asterisk users - Mar 2005 - Polycom IP 500 bitmaps and Idle Display Animation

Has anyone got this to work?  Under Idle Display Animation, the
administrators guide says "For example, a company logo could be
displayed"..
 
In the ipmid.cfg file, I enabled 'ind.idleDisplay.enabled' (ie changed
it to 1), and under the IP 500 section, I added an entry for the bitmap
that I want to display: bitmap.IP_500.66.name ="arf" but from there
I'm
not sure where to go...what do you change to tell the phone to actually
use that bitmap on the main screen during idle conditions?
 
Thanks
 
Marty Mastera
M3 Resources
marty@m3resources.com
Phone: 303.680.1283 x200
FAX:    206.666.1786
 
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> Has anyone got this to work?  Under Idle Display Animation, the
> administrators guide says "For example, a company logo could be
> displayed"..
 
> In the ipmid.cfg file, I enabled 'ind.idleDisplay.enabled' (ie
changed
> it to 1), and under the IP 500 section, I added an entry for the bitmap
> that I want to display: bitmap.IP_500.66.name ="arf" but from
there I'm
> not sure where to go...what do you change to tell the phone to actually
> use that bitmap on the main screen during idle conditions?
Here's what worked for me (after much trial and error): Like you did,
enable the idle display and define my own bitmap (astlogo). Then, in the
<Animations> <IP_500> block, modify the entry for IDLE_DISPLAY to
use
the new logo:

<IDLE_DISPLAY ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.bitmap="astlogo" ...

And lastly, in <gi> <IP_500 ... you need to properly position your
logo.
Mine is 100x36, so here's my ideal positioning:
  ind.gi.IP_500.10.physX="51" ind.gi.IP_500.10.physY="6"
  ind.gi.IP_500.10.physW="100" ind.gi.IP_500.10.physH="36"

I *think* this was all that was needed. After rebooting the phone, it
will initially display a blank idle display (with a small time/date
display). Go into one of the softkey menus (i.e. MyStat or Buddies) and
exit back to the main menu: there's your logo. No idea why it wouldn't
show initially.

Also, contrary to the wiki, my IP500 can display 8-bit bmp bitmaps. The
logo I'm using was created as a Windows Bitmap. A 'file' command
against
the bitmap returns "astlogo.bmp: PC bitmap data, Windows 3.x format,
100 x 36 x 8".

-- kuj

> > Has anyone got this to work?  Under Idle Display Animation, the 
> > administrators guide says "For example, a company logo could be 
> > displayed"..
>  
> > In the ipmid.cfg file, I enabled 'ind.idleDisplay.enabled' 
> (ie changed 
> > it to 1), and under the IP 500 section, I added an entry for the 
> > bitmap that I want to display: bitmap.IP_500.66.name ="arf" 
> but from 
> > there I'm not sure where to go...what do you change to tell 
> the phone 
> > to actually use that bitmap on the main screen during idle 
> conditions?
> 
> Here's what worked for me (after much trial and error): Like 
> you did, enable the idle display and define my own bitmap 
> (astlogo). Then, in the <Animations> <IP_500> block, modify 
> the entry for IDLE_DISPLAY to use the new logo:
> 
> <IDLE_DISPLAY ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.bitmap="astlogo" ...
> 
> And lastly, in <gi> <IP_500 ... you need to properly position 
> your logo.
> Mine is 100x36, so here's my ideal positioning:
>   ind.gi.IP_500.10.physX="51"
ind.gi.IP_500.10.physY="6"
>   ind.gi.IP_500.10.physW="100"
ind.gi.IP_500.10.physH="36"
> 
> I *think* this was all that was needed. After rebooting the 
> phone, it will initially display a blank idle display (with a 
> small time/date display). Go into one of the softkey menus 
> (i.e. MyStat or Buddies) and exit back to the main menu: 
> there's your logo. No idea why it wouldn't show initially.
> 
> Also, contrary to the wiki, my IP500 can display 8-bit bmp 
> bitmaps. The logo I'm using was created as a Windows Bitmap. 
> A 'file' command against the bitmap returns "astlogo.bmp: PC 
> bitmap data, Windows 3.x format, 100 x 36 x 8".
> 
> -- kuj

Thanks very much, you've got me well on my way now...

Marty

> I'm still having some trouble and have a few questions.
> 1) When defining the bmp file name...
> <IDLE_DISPLAY ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.bitmap="astlogo"
> should the filename be exact or is there an assumed extension of .bmp?
 It is an assumed extension of .bmp. So just put the "basename" into
 ipmid.cfg. My complete line reads

   <IDLE_DISPLAY ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.bitmap="astlogo"
                ind.anim.IP_500.38.frame.1.duration="0"/>

 And then in ~PlcmSpIp I have the astlogo.bmp.
> 2) Where is the custom bmp file to be placed?  The ftp folder that the
> phone is using to pull the configs or from a web server? 
 Yep, the root of your ftp folder to be exact. Which is the same as the
 home directory of your PlcmSpIp user, I assume, and the same directory
 where ipmid.cfg sits.
> 3)Did you have to change the microbrowser section of the ipmid.cfg?
>  <microbrowser mb.proxy=""><main
mb.main.home=""/>
>  <limits mb.limits.nodes=""
mb.limits.cache=""/></microbrowser>
 No changes there. I think the MB stuff is for the IP600 only, in any
 case.

 And that's all I had changed. Just ran a diff between my ipmid.cfg and
 the stock version:

 - In <bitmaps><IP_500 ... Added my bitmap def as
	bitmap.IP_500.66.name="astlogo"

 - changed <indicators ind.idleDisplay.enabled="0"> to
	<indicators ind.idleDisplay.enabled="0">

 - redefined <IDLE_DISPLAY to use the new bitmap, as shown above.

 - reposition the bitmap on the display in tge <gi><IP_500 block as
	outlined in my previous message. The physX and physY coordinates
	will depend on the size of your bitmap, so don't just use mine.

-- kuj