Logging and tracing, Lan port mirroring, Tracing capabilities within the phone – Siemens MOVIEMATE 50 User Manual

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Open Communications Principles and Best Practices

19/03/2012, page 14

Logging and Tracing

OpenStage phones are perfect. But if something should go wrong anyhow, the customer

service needs tools to focus on the problem. Service effort is needed, but should be

minimized. Therefore, OpenStage phones provide plenty of tools and options to find the

cause of a problem quickly, even if it is not located at the phone.

LAN Port Mirroring

Every OpenStage phone has a built-in Ethernet switch. One of the ports is used to connect

the phone to the local network. The other port is intended for connecting a PC, thus allowing

network connectivity for both devices with only one wire from the desk.

In addition, the PC port enables network monitoring which might be useful for development

and error tracing. For this purpose, the PC port must be configured as a mirror for the LAN

port by setting PC port mode to “mirror” (see [3]). If configured this way, the complete

traffic of the LAN port will be passed through to the PC port, just like with a simple network

hub. Now, a network tracing tool on the PC can trace all IP traffic, like SIP over UDP, or XML

over HTTP, for instance.

Tracing Capabilities within the Phone

OpenStage phones provide strong support for system integration, testing, and

troubleshooting. Besides the Administration Guide [3], the tracing capabilities of the phone

are described in [5].

Basic Troubleshooting

For tracking network issues, the phone can execute ping and traceroute tests; these can be

controlled and viewed online using the WBM.


For elementary troubleshooting, the phone provides an overview about basic issues in the

user menu. The admin can ask the user to read that basic information to get a first hint

about the possible causes of an issue:

Problem Description

Error code

Network Problem No network connection

LI1

Not Initialised Waiting for data

I1

Unable to use LAN 802.1x error

LX1

Unable to use LAN Physical connection missing LP1
Unable to Register Server timeout

RT2

Unable to Register Server failed

RF2

Unable to Register Authentication failed

RA2

Unable to Register No number configured

RN2

Unable to Register No server configured

RS2

Unable to Register No registrar configured

RG2

Unable to Register No DNS domain configured RD2
Unable to Register Rejected by server

RR2

Unable to Register No phone IP address set

RI2

Survivability Backup route active

B8

Survivability Backup not configured

RS8

Survivability Backup timeout

RT8

Survivability Backup authentication failed

RA8

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