CUPC Deskphone Video

My environment: UCM 8.5.1, CUP 8.5.1, CUPC, 8.5.3, 9951 with firmware 9.1.1SR1

It is a headache for people that deployed CUVA and loves the experience but they want to upgrade the PC to Windows 7. Currently Windows 7 doesn't support CUVA and one of the alternative is to use CUPC to run deskphone mode with video as it supports CAST in the latest CUPC version.

There are a couple of tips and tricks that you need to bear in mind in order to get this working:

1. Enable "Video Capability" in device
2. Connect your PC to the integrated switch of the phone
3. If that is the new 9951 and 9971 phone, make sure the Unified Camera is not attached to the phone, otherwise CAST connection will be rejected.
4. Check the server health and make sure "Deskphone video" shows green light instead of orange exclamation mark.

Try to make a call and you will have "CUVA" experience with CUPC!

JQ Phone - Customize your Cisco IP Phone by iPhone

JQ Phone is an application that allows you to change your Cisco IP Phone background and customize it into an unique phone.  You can use the iPhone library or take a picture live and send it to IP phone as background image.  You can view it as the iPhone version of phone designer.  It works with Cisco Unified Communications Manager.

JQ = IP + 1, when you add something to your IP phone, it will become a totally unique phone for you

Key features:
- Support background photos from media library in iPhone or take live pictures from iPhone
- Support most color IP phones, including 9971, 9951, 8961, 7975, 7971, 7970, 7965 and 7945
- Save your settings so that you don't need to enter over and over again

Check it out:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jq-phone/id460091669?ls=1&mt=8

Demo Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaZMEjGMQc4

Facebook Page:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/JQ-Phone/142119685882763

1-Click Extension Mobility Error Codes

If you encountered errors with the Extension Mobility apps, check out the below table to see what the error is:

iPhone apps - 1-click Extension Mobility for Cisco UCM

This is my second iPhone apps in app store and this is an application that allows you to login and logout your Cisco IP phone with Apple iPhone.  Good thing is you don't need to access the IP phone and press a lot of keys to login / logout, and repeat it everyday.  With the 1-click Extension Mobility apps, all you need is to do it once, then save the profile, you can login and logout with 1-click afterwards.

View in iTunes store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/1-click-extension-mobility/id456944750?ls=1&mt=8

View the video demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDlCV9ZRCCU

iPhone apps - Cisco CME Config Generator

An iPhone apps that allow you to generate Cisco CME router config without need to know a single line of CLI command!!  Now on iTunes apps store!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cme-config-generator/id453025819?ls=1&mt=8

"com.apple.transporter.util.StreamUtil.readBytes" error while submitting iPhone apps from Xcode

My environment:  Xcode 4.1, iOS SDK 4.3, Lion


I am working on my first iPhone apps and when I tried to submit the iPhone apps after validation success, the following error is shown:


“com.apple.transporter.util.StreamUtil.readBytes(Ljava/io/InputStream;)[B”


Good thing is I am not alone, the workaround is uninstall Xcode and reinstall again, that works for me.


sudo /Developer/Library/uninstall-devtools –mode=all


Now I am waiting for the app review and approval, can't wait to see my first app in app store!

Taking Screenshot on Cisco IP Phone and Cius

Try to access this link from your browser:

http://your-ip-phone-address/CGI/Screenshot

Enter your end user username and password, you will see the phone screenshot in your browser.

It is working for both IP phone and Cius.

Enable Video for CIPC on CME

My environment:  CME 8.6, IOS 15.1(4)M, CIPC 8.6.1, CUVA 2.2.2

It takes me some time to make the "broken line" in CUVA becomes connected again.  Try this if you have similar issue.

telephony-service
   service phone videoCapability 1

Using PVDM3 for Video Switching - CME

My environment:  IOS 15.1(4)M, CME 8.6 on 3945

The configuration of video switching DSP farm is similar to the voice conference DSP farm.  There are 2 different types of video conference, homogenous and heterogenous.  For homogenous, assuming the video codec and resolution for endpoints are the same.  For heterogenous, you can have different endpoints with different video codec and resolution.  In this post, I am trying to use 9971, 9951 with unified camera in a CME-only environment.

Since DSP farm can only registered to SCCP CME or UCM, telephony-service configuration needs to be done to allow the video conferencing dspfarm registered to it.  You need AT LEAST ONE SCCP PHONE to initiate the conference ad-hoc or meet-me conference.

1.  voice-card 0 configuration, the new dsp-reservation command reserves a certain portion of DSP for voice.  dsp-reservation 0 means all DSP will be used for video.

voice-card 0

 voice-service dsp-reservation 0

 dsp services dspfarm

2. voice-service voip configuration, allow sip and h323 interwork and enable sip registrar

voice service voip

 allow-connections h323 to h323

 allow-connections h323 to sip

 allow-connections sip to h323

 allow-connections sip to sip

 fax protocol t38 version 0 ls-redundancy 0 hs-redundancy 0 fallback none

 sip

  registrar server

3. SIP CME configuration, remember to enable unified camera and video, either globally or per phone.

voice register global

 mode cme

 source-address 192.168.24.11 port 5060

 bandwidth video tias-modifier 1024000 negotiate end-to-end

 max-dn 100

 max-pool 100

 tftp-path flash:

 create profile sync 0000519212952386

 camera

 video

!

voice register dn  1

 number 2001

!

voice register dn  2

 number 2002

!

voice register dn  3

 number 2003

!

voice register pool  1

 id mac ACA0.166F.D863

 type 9971

 number 1 dn 1

 camera

 video

!

voice register pool  2

 id mac ACA0.16FC.ED7F

 type 9971

 number 1 dn 2

 camera

 video

!

voice register pool  3

 id mac 9CAF.CAFF.9ABE

 type 9951

 number 1 dn 3

 camera

 video

4. Homogenous video conference DSP farm configuration

sccp local GigabitEthernet0/0

sccp ccm 192.168.24.11 identifier 1 priority 1 version 7.0 

sccp

!

sccp ccm group 1

 associate ccm 1 priority 1

 associate profile 2 register VBRIDGE

!

dspfarm profile 2 conference video homogeneous

 codec g722-64

 codec g711ulaw

 codec h264 vga frame-rate 30 bitrate 1mbps

 maximum sessions 3

 associate application SCCP

5. Telephony-service configuration

telephony-service

 sdspfarm units 10

 sdspfarm tag 2 VBRIDGE

 conference hardware

 video

  maximum bit-rate 1024000

 max-ephones 100

 max-dn 100

 ip source-address 192.168.24.11 port 2000

 cnf-file location flash:

 max-conferences 154 gain -6

 transfer-system full-consult

 create cnf-files version-stamp 7960 Jul 15 2011 15:25:15

6. Create ephone-template and apply it to the ephone who wants to initiate meetme conference

ephone-template  1

 conference admin

 softkeys hold  Join Newcall Resume Select

 softkeys idle  ConfList Gpickup Join Login Newcall Pickup Redial RmLstC

 softkeys seized  Redial Endcall Cfwdall Pickup Gpickup Callback Meetme

 softkeys connected  Hold Trnsfer Park Endcall Confrn ConfList Join Select RmLstC

7.  Create ad-hoc video and meetme video ephone-dn 

ephone-dn  10  octo-line

 number 3333

 conference ad-hoc video

 preference 1

 no huntstop

!

!

ephone-dn  11  octo-line

 number 3334

 conference meetme video

 preference 1

 no huntstop

8.  Try to initiate a meetme video conference from the SCCP phone, the let the 9971 phones call in the meetme number.  It will work.  I don't have enough PVDM3 for heterogenous video conference therefore I didn't try the ad-hoc video conference, if you have tried it and it works, feel free to share with me your result.  :)

An iPhone app for CME Config Generation:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cme-config-generator/id453025819?ls=1&mt=8

Factory Reset a Cisco Cius

There are several reasons that you need to factory reset series, you will know the reason when you need to factory reset it.  :)
These are the steps
1. Power down the device.
2. Keep the settings key and back key on the device pressed(the outer 2 keys at the bottom of the device) and power it up.
3. You will see that it powers on and a red LED next to the front camera will start blinking.
4. Once it starts blinking press the volume buttons + and - at the side of your device for 6 times alternately. i.e., + - + - + -
5. Once this sequence is pressed, you will see a solid red light for a while and this confirms that the factory reset is going on.
6. After the reset is done the device will boot up.