Howto:Firmware Upgrade V8 V9
Applies To
This information applies to:
- All PBX devices
- All DECT devices
Configuration Changes
PBX Objects
Existing Broadcast Conference objects must be changed with the update to V9 Final till V9 Hotfix 6 if an innovaphone Conferencing Interface (CONF) is used. Add the 'Conference Id Prefix' '*3' in all BC Conference objects, see also Conferencing Interface. With V9 Hotfix 7 and later a predefined id prefix and suffix are used and nothing must be changed if the innovaphone Conferencing Interface is used. With V9 Hofix 7 and later the 3rd Party Conferencing Unit option in the Broadcast Conference objects must be ticked again if a third party conference unit is used.
Known Problems
H.323 pickup execute encoding changed
If you use V8 DECT devices, the internal DECT feature code 'Pickup' is not correct working with a V9 PBX. The call is not connected, but the device is called back by the PBX.
Workaround: Update the DECT device to V9, use the PBX object DTMF features or use the call pickup with call back.
innovaphone voicemail
Mailboxes with vowel mutation (umlaute/umlauts), like ü,ö,ä (for example Müller, more precisely mailboxes for users with non-ascii characters in the name) did work anymore when upgrading from pre-V9 versions to early V9 development versions. This has been fixed from build 90423. Pre-V9
licenses with certain characters in license comment
See V8 to V9 update with license comments with certain-characters.
Incomapibilities between certain Firmware Versions in V7, V8 and V9
There are incompatibilities between newer and older V7, V8 and V9 firmware builds. As a result, you should not mix these versions. However, contemporary builds of all these version do not hae the problem. It is recommended thus to upgrade all V7 and/or V8 builds to the latest version before starting the migrateion.
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