Phone template when used doesn't assign lines (7931 Phone)?

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We are running version 7.1.5.31900-3 of callmanager.  I have a new office that I have a bunch of 7931 IP Phones that I want to make their initial configuration easier and faster.

I have created a phone template and added a couple blank lines that I am planning on adding extensions to when I add a new phone based on this template. 

The problem is when I add a new phone using this template the main phone configuration is added to the phone ok, but none of the 2 lines I have added to the template are added to the added to the new phone configuration. 

What am I missing here? 

Jim

[Victor Circelli]

Hi Jim,

If I understood your question, this is working as expected.

DN's used on Phone Templates are not added to the Device when creating it. They're phantom DN's only to allow the creation of the template

Regrds

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So is there any way I can add phone numbers to a phone template that are actuallly used in adding a new phone?  I don't understand why you can add the lines to the template but they don't actually do anything.  I really just need them as a placeholder to save some time in setting up all the line parameters.  Is there any way to do this or do I just need to manually create 2 lines on every one of my phones and configure all of the line parameters manually for every DN? 

Jim

[Victor Circelli · Accepted solution]

I don't know any way to add lines (DN) in a template, so the new phone will use that lines.

Answering your question, the template lines exists to allow you to create a line template, defining what will be your forwards, CSS, Voice Mail Profile and etc. If you pay attention to the "DN" from the phone template, it shows "Line Template Name" instead of "Directory Number", I mean, that's not a Directory Number.

As a suggestion, I guess you can create some DNs without assigning to any phone, and when creating the phone (based in a template), put the number of the previously created DN instead of creating a new one.

You'll spend some time creating the DNs but then you'll save time on creating the phones

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That makes sense and is exactly what i am looking to accomplish. Set default forward css etc. the problem is that when i add a phone using the template the dn s are blank and have taken none of the parameters from the line template.

Any other thoughts?

Jim

[Victor Circelli]

Hey Jim,

I made some tests with IP Communicator template configured like we discussed ("phantom" DN with CSS, MoH etc) and it really doesn't work when adding a new phone based on a template. I guess it only works for Bulk (this I tested and works. It really gets the template DN config).

Let's see if someone else have any suggestions

[jeremiah88 · Accepted solution]

Why not just use Super copy feature and then change the parameters you need to, if this is just an ad-hoc phone add?

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Thanks for the super copy feature.  That should accomplish exactly what I need to do.

Jim