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Provisioning polling allows phone administrators to schedule fetching the provisioning files (configuration and/or software updates) at a well defined interval or date/time.
In this page we will show how to configure that on our desk phones (D1xx, D3xx, D7xx and D8xx series)
Enabling provisioning polling
To enable provisioning polling, open the Web Interface of your phone, click on Advanced -> Update and set Prov Polling to on.
Configuring provisioning polling
First, decide on the option you want to configure the setting Polling Mode to. Then, continue configuring the necessary settings depending on this.
The following options are available :
Relative
This mode enables phones to check for updates in the provisioning files every X seconds. There are two ways to enable this functionality:
- Option 1: set Polling Mode to Relative. You can set the value of X in parameter Prov Polling Period
- Option 2: alternatively, this can also be achieved by using a single setting called Settings refresh timer. If this is preferred, disable Prov Polling and set Settings refresh timer to the value of X
Example: fetch provisioning files every 20 seconds
Required settings:
- Option 1: using provisioning polling, configure the following settings:
- Prov Polling: on
- Polling Mode: Relative
- Polling Period: 20
- Option 2: using the Settings refresh timer
- Prov Polling:Â off
- Settings refresh timer: 20
Absolute
This mode enables phones to check for updates in the provisioning files at an exact time, based on the 24-hour clock. You can set the time in the parameter Polling Time.
Example: check for updates in the provisioning files every day at 09:00
Required settings:
- Prov Polling: on
- Polling Mode: Absolute
- Polling Time: 09:00
Random
This mode enables phones to check for updates in the provisioning files randomly. The randomness depends on the period set in the Polling Period (in seconds):
- If the Polling Period is less than one day (<86400 seconds), the phone will check for upgrades at any interval within the Polling Period randomly (see Example 3)
- If the Polling Period is greater than one day (>=86400 seconds): for example if it is set to 3 days (259200 seconds), the phone will check for upgrades every 3 days, starting the next day after the setting was changed, at a random time between Polling Time and Polling Time Random End
Example 1: check for updates in the provisioning files once a day at a random time between 09:00 and 09:10
Required settings:
- Prov Polling: on
- Polling Mode: Random
- Polling Period: 86400
- Polling Time:Â 09:00
- Polling Time Random End: 09:10
This case will have provisioning every day between 09:00-09:10, starting the next day after the setting was changed.
Example 2: check for updates in the provisioning files every 3 days at a random time between 09:00 and 09:10
Required settings:
- Prov Polling: on
- Polling Mode: Random
- Polling Period: 259200
- Polling Time: 09:00
- Polling Time Random End: 09:10
This case will have provisioning every 3 days between 09:00-09:10, starting the next day after the setting was changed.
Example 3: check for updates in the provisioning files at random intervals between 0 and 3600 seconds
Required settings:
- Prov Polling: on
- Polling Mode:Â Random
- Polling Period: 3600
For this case, settings Polling Time and Polling Time Random End are ignored
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