Upgrade BCM50 From Rls 1 to Rls 6 for IP softphone?

[2809tst]

Hi group,

My BCM50 is Rls 1. Now I want to use a Ip softphone 2005. I was told I have to upgrade the BCM50 to the latest version, Rls6 in order for me to be able to use the IP softphone. Is it true? If I do need to upgrade to Rls 6. What exactly do I need and how should I do it?

Thanks for any reply.

 

[pkellow]

yes and no.

An i2050 was available on 50 release 1, subject to ip set keycodes of course. However this will be a very old version and won't be compatible with windows 7 for example.

The early versions (pre version 3 of i2050) were license free. However 3 onwards require a licensing server to be installed.

So for 50r1 you can download the i2050 from the bcm itself (

http://xx.xx.xx.xx

where xx.xx.xx.xx is BCM IP address). You will need account and password. However this will be a very early version and might give you problems. Otherwise you'll need to pay a support company to upgrade you to release 6 AND deploy a licensing server and cover off the licensing element. Note: this is in addition to IP set licensing on the BCM itself, not instead of.

regards
paul

 

[2809tst]

Thanks Paul, what is the licensing server? Isn't it not part of the BCM50? Does it run on a separate computer?

Thanks

Zen