[Software] Poly Edge E PVOS 8.2.1

[SteffenBaierUK]

Poly announces the 8.2.1 release of Poly Voice Software (PVOS) for Poly Edge E only Series phones

Software version: PVOS 8.2.1

Release date: February 2024

The build ID is:

• 8.2.1.0820

• What’s new in PVOS 8.2.1

  This release of PVOS includes new features, feature enhancements, and important field fixes.

• Resolved issues in PVOS 8.2.1

  Review the resolved issues in this release.

• Known issues in PVOS 8.2.1

  Review the new known issues in this release.

What’s new in PVOS 8.2.1

This release of PVOS includes new features, feature enhancements, and important field fixes.

• USB ports on the phone and EM shut down in overcurrent situations

  If a USB peripheral requests more power than the USB port on the phone or Expansion Module (EM) can allocate, the port shuts down until you remove the peripheral. This overcurrent check now blocks USB peripherals that could previously connect but exceeded the USB port current draw limits.

• New Call-ID in the REGISTER transaction that initiates a failover

  This release adds an optional behavior to enhance current redundancy features. This new behavior causes the REGISTER transaction to alternate routes to be initiated with a new Call-ID on failover .

• New speed dial icon style

  This release release provides a new icon style for speed dial entries.

• Enhancements to the surround lighting bar for DND

  To enable the surround lighting bar when, you set your phone to DND (Do Not Disturb) set the following parameter ind.pattern.haloDND.step.1.state="1".

• LDAP reverse name lookup using a wildcard

  You can configure the phone to append a wildcard character at the end of the LDAP query string when performing a reverse name lookup if the LDAP server doesn’t accept exact match queries by using up.rnl.ldap.addStar="1"

• Enhancements to caller ID display from EFK-initiated outgoing calls

  When an enhanced feature key (EFK) is used to place a call from its associated line key, the caller ID for the resulting call displays the value assigned to the efk.efklist.x.linelabel configuration parameter.

• Phone no longer restarts when updating certain call configuration parameters

  This release enhances the software so that changes to certain call configuration parameters are now applied without causing the phone to restart.

• TCP keepalive and SIP server recovery configuration parameter enhancements

  This release provides enhancements to TCP keepalive and SIP registration timeout configuration parameters.

• Updated default cipher list for TLS

  This release provides updated default TLS cipher list values.

 USB ports on the phone and EM shut down in overcurrent situations

 If a USB peripheral requests more power than the USB port on the phone or Expansion Module (EM) can allocate, the port shuts down until you remove the peripheral. This overcurrent check now blocks USB peripherals that could previously connect but exceeded the USB port current draw limits.

New Call-ID in the REGISTER transaction that initiates a failover

This release adds an optional behavior to enhance current redundancy features. This new behavior causes the REGISTER transaction to alternate routes to be initiated with a new Call-ID on failover .

Select and enable the appropriate new parameter to add to your existing confirguration. The new parametrs are:

voIpProt.SIP.outboundProxy.failOver.reRegistrationOn.withNewCallID="1"

reg.x.outboundProxy.failOver.reRegistrationOn.withNewCallID="1"

voIpProt.server.y.failOver.reRegistrationOn.withNewCallID="1"

reg.x.server.y.failOver.reRegistrationOn.withNewCallID="1"

New speed dial icon style

This release release provides a new icon style for speed dial entries.

The new speed dial icon inverts the color palette of the regular speed dial icon: Poly Edge E phone homescreen showing regular and dynamic speed dial entries.

Add the following under <item> in the <mac>-directory.xml or 000000000000-directory.xml file for a speed dial to display the new icon

<directory>
	<item_list>
		<item>
			<ln>last name</ln>
			<fn>first name</fn>
			<ct>contact entry #</ct>
			<rt>ringtone</rt>
			<sd>speed dial #</sd>
			<it>dynamic</it>
		</item>
	</item_list>
</directory>

Enhancements to the surround lighting bar for DND

To enable the surround lighting bar when, you set your phone to DND (Do Not Disturb) set the following parameter ind.pattern.haloDND.step.1.state="1".

You can now customize the lighting bar pattern state, effect, color, and duration of the LED indicator when you set your phone to DND.

For information on how to customize your lighting bar, refer to the Customizing LED Indicators on Poly Edge E Series Phones feature profile.

LDAP reverse name lookup using a wildcard

You can configure the phone to append a wildcard character at the end of the LDAP query string when performing a reverse name lookup if the LDAP server doesn’t accept exact match queries by using up.rnl.ldap.addStar="1"

 Enhancements to caller ID display from EFK-initiated outgoing calls

When an enhanced feature key (EFK) is used to place a call from its associated line key, the caller ID for the resulting call displays the value assigned to the efk.efklist.x.linelabel configuration parameter.

Important:

The phone may overwrite this initial EFK-derived display name as the call progresses. For example, the phone may apply reverse name lookup sources (local contact directory, SIP, or LDAP) or remote caller ID received via SIP.

Phone no longer restarts when updating certain call configuration parameters

This release enhances the software so that changes to certain call configuration parameters are now applied without causing the phone to restart.

These changes apply to the following parameters:

• call.directedCallPickupMethod

• call.parkedCallRetrieveMethod

• call.lastCallReturnString

• call.directedCallPickupString

• call.parkedCallRetrieveString

• call.parkedCallString

TCP keepalive and SIP server recovery configuration parameter enhancements

This release provides enhancements to TCP keepalive and SIP registration timeout configuration parameters.

To enable faster detection of a breakage of the TCP connection used for SIP signaling TLS sessions:

• The minimum value allowed for tcpIpApp.keepalive.tcp.noResponseTransmitInterval parameter is reduced from 5 seconds to 1 second.

• The tcpIpApp.keepalive.tcp.noResponseTrasmit.retries parameter is added to configure the number of no response retries:

  • Minimum: 1

  • Default: 3

  • Maximum: 5

  Previous versions of the software always transmitted 3 no response retries.

To enable faster restoration of SIP registration after a failure:

• The minimum value allowed for the reg.x.server.y.registerRetry.baseTimeOut parameter is reduced from 10 seconds to 4 seconds.

Updated default cipher list for TLS

This release provides updated default TLS cipher list values.

The sec.TLS.webServer.cipherList and sec.TLS.cipherList parameters now use the following updated default cipher list values:

• TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

• TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

• TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

• ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

• ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

• ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

• ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

• ECDHE-ECDSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305

• ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305

• DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256

• DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

• DHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305

Resolved issues in PVOS 8.2.1

Category	Issue ID	Description
Audio	VOICE-76842	Switching back and forth between handset and speaker after answering a mobile incoming call caused a loss in audio quality.
Audio	VOICE-21146	A pop was heard when answering a call on Hands Free mode.
Calling	VOICE-77646	When you enable enhanced failover on a line, the phone initiates a failback, even though there is an ongoing active call on another registered line.
Calling	VOICE-77547	When a Poly Edge E phone dialed a hunt group extension, the call was automatically placed on hold and the user had to press the ‘Resume’ key to connect the call.
Calling	VOICE-77032	Phones didn't show list contacts on Broadsoft Common Directories (Group Common and Enterprise Common).
Call management	VOICE-75483	Using headset buttons to control calls didn't work when the headset was connected to the phone via the BT700 Bluetooth to USB adapter.
Headsets	VOICE-76595	USB-C headset wasn't detected on the EdgeE EM USB port.
Networking	VOICE-77680	Poly Edge E100 phones, SIP line authentication password was overwritten/emptied when a number is manually entered from the phone menu.
Networking	VOICE-77224	Poly Edge E phones configured with TLS transport didn't follow the subscription expiry set on the server side flooding the server with SUBSCRIBE requests.
Shared Lines	VOICE-76463	An incoming BLF call was dropped when the user picked up the call and handset at the same time.
Software	VOICE-77481	The phone randomly rebooted due to concurrency issue in Reverse Name Lookup LDAP queries.
Software	VOICE-77133	Poly Edge E phones didn't save up.analogheadsetoption if factory reset.
User interface	VOICE-76703	Unable to change the location of a speed dial between screens of the Poly Edge E 4xx.

 Known issues in PVOS 8.2.1

Category	Issue ID	Description	Workaround
Headset	VOICE-77543	USB headset volume set during an active call resets to the default value after the call ends.	No workaround.
User interface	VOICE-77446	The phone screen doesn’t display the Dial and Save softkeys for a contact if only the number field is populated.	No workaround.
Wi-Fi	VOICE-77732	The phone shows the Failed to connect to SSID... error dialog although the Wi-Fi is connected and the phone receives the IP address.	Close out of the dialog.

Security Updates

Refer to the Poly Security Center for information about known and resolved security vulnerabilities.

Edge E

• Older 8.2.0 release >here<
• Older 8.1.3 release >here<
• Older 8.1.2 release >here<
• Older 8.1.1 Release >here<
• Older 8.1.0 Release >here<
• Older 8.0.2 Release >here<
• Older 8.0.1 Release >here<
• Older 8.0.0 Release >here<