VVX 1500 (5.9.1) only shows BLF when ringing

[bobjase]

The regular lines show up on the top right but the BLF entries are absent.

However, when a call comes in to a monitored endpoint (e.g. 701), a new row appears on the top right while it rings. As soon as the call is answered (or hung up), the line disappears. Also, when it does come up it only has the URI, not the label.

I have tried 100 iterations of the attendant element all to no avail. Here is the current setup (which is only one of many that all produce the aforementioned outcome). I tried setting all the appearances to 1 or 0 or some of each, nothing helps:

<attendant attendant.reg="1" attendant.resourceList.1.label="TI701" attendant.uri="701">
		<attendant.behaviors>
			<attendant.behaviors.display>
				<attendant.behaviors.display.remoteCallerID attendant.behaviors.display.remoteCallerID.automata="1" attendant.behaviors.display.remoteCallerID.normal="1" />
				<attendant.behaviors.display.spontaneousCallAppearances attendant.behaviors.display.spontaneousCallAppearances.automata="0" attendant.behaviors.display.spontaneousCallAppearances.normal="0" />
			</attendant.behaviors.display>
		</attendant.behaviors>
		<attendant.resourceList attendant.resourceList.1.label="TI701" />
		
	</attendant>

[SteffenBaierUK]

Hello @bobjase ,

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From the UC Software 5.9.0 Admin Guide:

BLF Types

VVX phones support the following types of BLF:

• An enhanced BLF, supported on all VVX phones except the VVX 1500 business media phone, notifies users of all states of monitored phones, including the active, idle, and ringing states.
• A basic version of BLF, available only on VVX 1500 business media phone, enables users to be monitored and to monitor idle and active phone states. The basic version of BLF enables VVX 1500 phones registered to users to fully monitor other VVX 1500 phones. However, VVX 1500 phones monitoring other VVX phones are notified of the idle and active states of monitored phones only, and are not notified of incoming calls to the monitored phones.

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[bobjase]

Thanks for the info.

Except for the MAC address (which is not possibly relevant), everything is in the original post.

The description you provided of the BLF functionality is aligned with what I want, but not what I'm experiencing.

[SteffenBaierUK]

Hello @bobjase ,

The original post does not tell us what SIP switch you are using. Neither does it have a backup attached so we could try and verify if you used the correct configuration. It is also lacking a log showing any potential SIP signalling.

The MAC is required to provide the reseller who could help getting this into Polycom as an example or outline who would be able to open a PPI ticket.

We also do not know if this is a day one issue or any other details.

Feel free to check this FAQ:

Nov 4, 2011 Question: How can I setup a Busy Lamp Field / BLF with an Digium Asterisk SIP Server?

Resolution: Please check => here <=

Finally I am quite sure the VVX 1500 is end of life and on its way to end of support so not a lot we are able to do.

Best Regards

Steffen Baier

Polycom Global Services

[bobjase]

MAC: 00:04:F2:4F:F3:93

Server: Asterisk 14.5.0

Backup: Attached

I can try to download all the SIP signaling, but there's a tremendous amount of it and I was/am hoping that this is simply a configuration issue so I'm waiting to see if someone knows how the <attendant> is supposed to work on the VVX 1500

[SteffenBaierUK]

Hello @bobjase ,

finally we are getting somewhere.

Nov 4, 2011 Question: How can I setup a Busy Lamp Field / BLF with an Digium Asterisk SIP Server?

Resolution: Please check => here <=

The VVX 1500 only supports static BLF and not the version that an Asterisk Server provides.

Please ensure to provide some feedback if this reply has helped you so other users can profit from your experience.

Best Regards

Steffen Baier

Polycom Global Services

[bobjase]

Sadly, I have already read through that article.

The attendant.resourceList.1.address isn't functional on VVX 1500. You have to use attendant.URI and that doesn't seem to support a label. 

If you wanted to tell me "BLF just doesn't work with the VVX 1500", that doesn't seem true because (as it says in the title of this question) the BLF entry DOES show up next to the registered lines when the monitored party's line is ringing.

Which brings me back to the original questions - 

1. How do I set a label if I'm using the attendant.URI? (as opposed to the attendant.resourceList)
2. Why is the BLF entry only visible when the phone is ringing?

To be clear, on the web admin under "Line Key Configuration" I do see the monitored line under the BLF section. It just doesn't show up on the phone's screen

[SteffenBaierUK]

Hello @bobjase ,

again if you would have provided this all from the beginning (as outlined clearly in the ReadMe 1st and the FAQ) we could have told you that the label comes from the server when the Phone subscribes to the URI.

This is all part of the SIP signalling and a standard process usually used and developed around the BroadSoft server.

I reached the end of what I can do here for free and would need to refer you to NETXUSA who sold this VVX back in 16/07/2015.

They can open a ticket for you once you paid the PPI fee. Information around this is within the FAQ.

You can of course wait for other community users to respond.

Please ensure to provide some feedback if this reply has helped you so other users can profit from your experience.

Best Regards

Steffen Baier

Polycom Global Services

[bobjase]

I did specify that in my original post and the server DOES provide the name and the phone DOESN'T show it.

I appreciate the help you have given me thus far, but as yet it has amounted to nothing.

[SteffenBaierUK]

Hello @bobjase ,

I already outline what has been missing from the original post so we no longer need to discuss this.

You have two options:

• Try and downgrade the software to find out if an older software supported this feature. I am not aware of any bugs for the VVX 1500 unit.
• Work with the reseller quoted who originally sold the phone back in 2015. This will require you to Pay PPI aka Pay Per Incident.

Best Regards

Steffen Baier

Polycom Global Services