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Sametime Unified Telephony plug-ins
Extended status plug-in
Telephony status plug-in
It was first supported by the Lotus Sametime Connect 8.5 client, but does not require a Sametime 8.5 server.
You place a file name managed-settings.xml on your server at the location specified by the administration update site URL. This is the same URL that specifies where the client looks for updated features posted by the administrator, which are automatically installed. This URL is specified by a Sametime user policy. So, a different URL can be used for different users and groups. This server must be configured to host the managed-settings file over the network, such as in a web browser. Alternatively, the managed-settings file could be placed on a non-Domino server running Apache HTTP or the IBM HTTP server, provided that the full URL to that file is accessible from a web browser. You can verify this by adding the following parameter to the plugin_customization.ini file on the Connect client (for example, if the file was placed at http://sstest1.company.com/sametime/update-site-851/managed-settings.xml):
com.ibm.rcp.managedsettings.provider.file/URL=http\://sttest1.company.com/sametime/update-site-851/managed-settings.xml
For the new settings to take effect, you can save the preferences file and restart the Connect client.
Lotus Sametime Connect 8.5 and later clients use the administration update site URL to look for updated features and the managed-settings.xml file. If found, the settings from the managed-settings.xml file are read and processed by the client.
Older clients use the administration update site URL to look for updated features, but ignore the managed-settings.xml file at that location.
Below is the format of the managed-settings.xml file that you should use to enable or disable Unified Telephony, extended status, and telephony status. The values set here are a minimum for the Avaya AES presence to be visible in the Connect client:
<Managed Settings>
<settingGroup name=com.ibm.collaboration.realtime>
<setting name=enableSUT value=false/>
<setting name= enableTelephony Status value=true/>
<setting name=enableExtendedStatus value=true/>
</settingGroup>
</ManagedSettings>
For more information on using managed settings, see the section on configuring client preferences with the Expeditor managed settings framework in the Lotus Sametime Installation and Administration Guide.
A discussion of the update site and Sametime user policies for managing the Connect client preferences is outside the scope of this guide. The administrator should consult the IBM Sametime documentation for recommendations and best practices regarding managing user policies and settings. For experienced administrators who want to quickly verify telephony presence, the preferences for the standalone Connect client can be set manually at the client to override the default preferences.