Introduction

The <uploads> tag contains a list of the URLs for uploading new designs onto the phone.

<uploads> tag syntax and use cases

This XML tag can be used in different ways:

• 1. directly in an xml file (where the uploads tag is used alone)
  On the Snom phone, configure Settings URL to a link to the file similar to uploads.xml below:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <uploads> <file url="URL" type="TYPE" /> </uploads>

  
  

• 2. inside the <settings> tag
  On the Snom phone, configure Settings URL to a link to the file similar to settings.xml below:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <settings> <phone-settings> <phone_name perm="R">MonTelephone</phone_name> <language>English</language> <timezone>ITA+1</timezone> <tone_scheme>ITA</tone_scheme> ... </phone-settings> <uploads> <file url="URL" type="TYPE" /> </uploads> </settings>

  This scenario is used for simple provisioning, where different settings must be provisioned to the phone as well as the design customisation
  
  

• 3. directly in an xml file (where the uploads tag is used alone), which is added to the phone through a setting-files container
  On the Snom phone, you can configure Settings URL to a file similar to files.xml below. The file files.xml is a Setting files container file, meaning that it can contain links to uploads.xml and as well to other setting files. The files.xml looks like this:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <setting-files> <!--Link to the uploads file--> <file url="http://yourserver/uploads.xml" /> <!--Links to other setting files-->  <file url="http://yourserver/some_other_settings_file.xml" /> ... </setting-files>

  File http://yourserver/uploads.xml is the uploads file with the syntax as explained in section 1. above
  
  This scenario is used for advanced provisioning, where other different setting files must be provisioned to the phone as well as the new design

Using the URL and TYPE parameters

• URL = The URL of the customization tarball file (*.tar) to be uploaded onto the phone
• TYPE =
  • following miscellaneous customization options:

• • • gui: allows replacing the default Phone User Interface background images and icons by customized ones, see Branding below
    • web: allows replacing the default Web User Interface images and stylesheets by customized ones, see Branding below
    • font: allows replacing the default snom821,snom760, and snom870 Phone User Interface font by customized ones, see fonts (from V8.7.2 onwards)
    • defaults: allows replacing the default configuration parameter values by customized values, see Factory Defaults below
    • license: allows replacing the current phone license with a new license to enable additional features. The license will be ignored if it's not valid (e.g. not matching the mac address of the phone) (from V8.7.2)
    • moh: allows uploading a local music on hold file (RAW PCMU 20ms) (from V8.7.3.7)
    • qml: allows replacing the default snom870 QML description. (from V8.7.4 onwards)
      
      
  • following allow replacing the default behaviour of the respective PUI state which is specified via XML:

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    gui_xml_state_settings: allows replacing the default Phone User Interface Menu by a customized menu, see PUI Menu gui_xml_addperson: (from V8.4.1) gui_xml_contactlist: (from V8.4.1, file contact_list.xml): used for displaying contacts, for example the LDAP contacts list within the directory function gui_xml_state_conference: state conference (from V8.4.1) gui_xml_state_details: state details (from V8.4.1, file details.xml) gui_xml_state_holding: state holding (from V8.4.1) gui_xml_state_multicast: state multicast part 1 (from V8.7.2.14) gui_xml_state_multicast_file: state multicast part 2 (from V8.7.2.14) gui_xml_state_status_message_file: (from V8.7.2.14) gui_xml_call_lists_file: (from V8.7.2.14, call_lists.xml) gui_xml_call_lists_list_file: (from V8.7.3.2, file call_lists_list.xml) gui_xml_contact_pool: (from V8.7.2.14, file contact_pool.xml) gui_xml_message_file: (from V8.7.2.14, file message.xml): used for displaying call messages (for example "Call disconnected") or other Information. In version 10.x, this can be customized only for phones that don't have the color user interface gui_xml_call_lists_details: (from V8.7.2.14, file call_lists_details.xml) gui_xml_edit_user: (from V8.7.2.14, file edit_user.xml) gui_xml_templates: (from V8.7.2.14, file templates.xml) gui_xml_presence: (from V8.7.3.2 until V8.7.3.18/V8.7.4.6) -> since V8.7.3.18/V8.7.4.6 changed to "gui_xml_broadsoft_acd_state_chooser" gui_xml_broadsoft_acd_state_chooser: (from V8.7.3.18/V8.7.4.6, file broadsoft_acd_state_chooser.xml) gui_xml_decision: (from V8.7.3.2, file decision.xml) gui_xml_login_wizard: (from V8.7.4 onwards) gui_xml_pkeys: (from V8.7.3.7 onwards, file pkeys.xml) gui_xml_ucmenu: (from V8.7.5.16/V8.8.3.28 onwards) gui_xml_state_settings_preferences (file preferences.xml) gui_xml_state_settings_call_features (file call_features.xml) gui_xml_state_settings_identity (file identity.xml) gui_xml_state_settings_network (file network.xml) gui_xml_state_settings_maintenance (file maintenance.xml) gui_xml_state_settings_information (file information.xml) gui_xml_state_ringtone_file      gui_xml_transfer_setup (file transfer_setup.xml) gui_xml_remote_office_menu (file remote_office_xsi.xml) gui_xml_simultaneous_ring_menu (file broadsoft_simul_ring.xml) gui_xml_voicemail_inbox_lists (file voicemail_inbox_lists_list.xml) gui_xml_broadsoft_anywhere_settings (file locations_settings.xml) gui_xml_broadsoft_anywhere_portals (file anywhereportals.xml) gui_xml_contact_details_menu (file contact_details_menu.xml) gui_xml_contact_details_xsi_edit (file contact_details_xsi_edit.xml) gui_xml_demo_mode (file demo_mode.xml) gui_xml_action_choice (file action_choice.xml) gui_xml_state_edit_number (file state_edit_number.xml) gui_xml_state_addressbook_file gui_xml_ad_hoc_conference (file ad_hoc_conference.xml) gui_xml_smart_labels_file gui_xml_preferences_general (file preferences_general.xml) gui_xml_hotel_login (file hotel_login.xml) gui_xml_call_recording (file call_recording.xml) gui_xml_voicemail_info gui_xml_conference (file conference.xml)

    
    

Since version 8.9.3.60 all the original mentioned files can be found inside the "Customisation archive file" released along with the firmware, so please refer to the firmware download page in our: Firmware Update Center.

The following attributes are allowed:

• e="2" defines that unicode-values inside xml-escapes (e.g. & # 6 4 ;) may be greater than 255.
  
  

Customizable xml files syntax

The customizable xml files are in Snom XML Minibrowser format. See XML Minibrowser for details regarding their syntax.

Examples

Branding - phone menu design (images, icons etc)

See Branding Snom Deskphones

Factory-default settings

To change default settings create a XML file e.g. default.xml with the settings which you want to change and copy it onto your Web (HTTP) Server, i.e. http://yourwebserver/default.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<settings>
 <phone-settings>
    <webserver_type perm="">off</webserver_type>
 </phone-settings>
</settings>

Now create a second XML file e.g. uploads.xml and load it via webinterface/advanced/update/Setting URL:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<settings>
  <uploads>
    <file url="http://yourwebserver/default.xml" type="defaults" />
  </uploads>
</settings>

Phone menu content

See this How To for changing the content of the phone menu

Phone menu fonts

1. See this How To for creating a new font.tar

2. Create a XML file, e.g. fonts.xml with the content as below, and load it via web user interface --> Advanced --> Update --> Setting URL:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> 
 <uploads>
  <file url="http://yourwebserver/fonts.tar" type="font" />
</uploads>