Info services on S450IP

Anyone managed to get the screen saver working with this? The web
config says you must have the screen saver "clock" or "info services"
active. I have clock but nothing seems to happen.

TIA

Regards
Dave Saville

 

(09/06/10 22:26), Dave Saville:

You might need to configure what info service you want to appear.

Although you can do it from the handset itself, I suggest you to
configure the services from the Gigaset portal on the web.

Login on it with the details you find on the phones' management
interface at the "Info Services" menu selection.

Click on the link you can see on the page and enter your username and
password there.

The rest is quite well guided and explained on the Gigaset portal.

It can take a few minutes for the phones to pick up your new settings
and changes, but to expedite the process you can follow this procedure:
- pick up the handset
- press two times the red hangup button
- re-seat the handset in the cradle and wait a few seconds.

You should see the clock screen saver kick in and immediately a bell
appear on the display, with a quick flash of the "message" key on the
keypad.

After that, the display should come back to the normal screen, only for
the screen saver to kick in again, but now you should see the
information you chose on the portal.

Beware, by its very nature some of the services are not well suited for
this type of application.

I have successfully used the Weather Forecast, the Biorhythm, and the
Horoscope.

HTH
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Thanks for the reply, see insertions.

Have done.

Tried both.

Neat trick - where did you find that out?

Well to would if it had Trying the weather - Nothing. Clock comes
up and stays until display goes out. Do you need "backlight on cradle"
set to "on"?

Firmware version: 022230000000 / 043.00
EEPROM version: 183

I take it the base unit is fetching the data? ie it's not being sent
and bouncing off the firewall? This all started because I wanted to
put my own info up - I run my own web server. Could not get that to
work, thought it might be me and tried the weather. My page works OK
if you specifically fetch it.

 

(10/06/10 10:24), Dave Saville:

Don't know, somewhere in the Gigaset portal FAQ or other documents I've
read when I deployed them at my home.

I'd recommend to leave it to "yes", the display might go blank before
the system it's able to fetch and output data on the screen.
I have one in the bedroom with that setting and the info display is just
a glimpse before the screen goes blank.
The other two have the backlight permanently on and they display the
weather info, constantly updating it without fail.

Same as mine, on C475IP.

It's an HTTP call, initiated by an internal device. It MUST work through
a firewall of any type.

Is it inside your own network? If you configured the Gigaset portal to
access your info on your internal server using an internal IP
(192.168.x.x) sure it won't work, verging to the complete mayhem, for
the whole info service to bail out.
The info is collected by the Gigaset servers and then dispatched to the
specific unit when the base fetches it from there.
So if your server is internal to your network and is not accessible from
outside with NAT or PAT, the Gigaset servers won't be able to collect
the information, and your whole account could be borked or down.

Are you using the specific - very limited - HTML subset specified by
Siemens for the info your pages are pushing out?
Can I have your info service URL?

Remove your own service from the portal and see if it works.
I had a few hiccups at the very beginning, now it's 5 months it's up and
didn't fail me one time, although I didn't have the time yet to
experiment with a self built info service...
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# Kernel Panic

 

10 minutes and still nothing.

External address. I am not sure you are correct in that the Gigaset
servers collect the data because my server logs show the (external) ip
address of the base unit against the page fetch request. My guess is
that the Gigaset server simply passes the URL(s). My page works fine
if I specifically ask for it.

Yes, in fact it is a hacked example from their PDF - which threw
errors as is

Well "My applications" is disabled and it does not work.

Later.

Removed my service - no change.

I just get the feeling I am missing something obvious

 

Am 10.06.2010 19:36, schrieb Dave Saville:

Yes, you do ;-) Your Handset Gigaset S45 does not support the Info
services. The Handset Gigaset C47H of Bodincus however does!

Christoph

 

(10/06/10 22:33), Christoph Schweers:

D'OH! It's a handset thing...???

But the OP said he did set up everything correctly on the web interface
AND the handset...

I supposed he had a handset with that functionality registered with its
base... As far as I know - and as far as what the Gigaset website says -
the S450IP base can register other models of handsets, and some support
the Info Services.

Right: if in the menu you get pressing the right side of the central
wheel, there is a "Sel Services" option, and selecting it you get the
"Info center" option in the subsequent menu, the handset supports the
Info Services function.

Select that option, and as the last option in the menu you should see
"Screen Saver". If you don't, Tango Sierra.

The S45H doesn't support the Info Service as screensaver with the S450IP
base, but the S67H, S68H, S79H, SL37H, SL400H and SL78H do.

http://gigaset.com/hq/en/cms/PageCustomerServicesCompatibility.html

Sorry Dave if I misled you, I thought you had one of these.

Thanks Christoph for pointing us in the right direction... ;-)
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Ah, but I *do* get all that menu stuff...............

 

Am 12.06.2010 15:46, schrieb Dave Saville:

yes, but that only means that your Basestation Gigaset S450IP is capable
of doing all the stuff. And as I already wrote your Handset Gigaset S45
can't show the Info services.
Get for example the actual successor Gigaset S79H, register it to your
Basestation Gigaset S450IP and you will be able to get the Info services.

 

Well it can, it just can't do them as a screen saver :-(

 

Am 15.06.2010 13:21, schrieb Dave Saville:

No, it just shows some Menu Items coming from the Basestation ... ;-)

 

I repeat, it *can* show the info items if you specifically select
them, it just can't put them up as a screen saver.