Obi 202: disable auto-provisioning permanently or??
Lafong:
I just opened an account at CallCentric and have it working for incoming, outgoing, and 911.
I followed their online guide, which asks you to disable auto-provisioning before making any changes in the configuration, unless you are going to use Obitalk. I'd rather not use Obitalk.
So, I disabled all 3 subcategories of auto-provisioning: firmware, ITSP, and Obitalk.
I continued with CallCentric's guide and succeeded. CallCentric is up and running.
I don't want to foul things up and am wondering which, if any, of the auto-provisioning categories should be re-enabled??
On the one hand, I'm concerned that possibly some things SHOULD be kept up to date. On the other hand, I'm concerned that allowing auto-provisioning could over-ride a known good config and cause problems.
As a general rule, I prefer manual control to automated stuff---particularly for firmware.
Any guidance from CallCentric users? Have you left all 3 of those settings disabled?
giqcass:
I have all auto provisioning turned off. I update firmware manually. If you don't use ObiTalk then there is no need for auto provisioning. If ObiTalk is not disabled completely it may auto provision anyway but it won't mess up Callcentric.
This is a useful post.
Managing Your OBi Device Configuration: OBiTALK or OBi Web Page but NOT Both
http://www.obitalk.com/forum/index.php?topic=61.0
carl:
There has been a lot of controversy about this issue in the past. If you are on expert level, you are probably better off without Obitalk and auto provisioning. If not, I would not touch that.
Lafong:
Thanks for the comments.
Carl: I'm nowhere near an expert. I'm a newbie and have owned the device less than a month.
Giqcass: Re that thread you linked to. The first post in it from Sherman seems to be illogical and poorly worded. I noticed it, as did 2 other posters in that thread. An ordinary reading of a particular passage says to me that DISABLING auto-provisioning WILL overwrite manual settings. I'm going to assume that is not true at least until someone verifies it. The post is over 2 years old.
For what it's worth, I contacted CallCentric support and their recommendation is to leave auto-provisioning off permanently or face the possibility of overwriting a good configuration.
I guess I'll leave it off and see if I eventually crash and burn. If I do, I'll come back here for a fix.
I know what firmware is, but I'm not clear at all on "ITSP provisioning", so I have no idea what that might affect in my configuration.
My primary concern is to not foul up something that's working now. I have a very simple setup and don't anticipate making any changes to it as long as it works.
Has anyone ever had an issue that can be attributed to NOT using auto-provisioning of any type?
giqcass:
Auto provisioning is a way to provide auto updates for settings. Things like user names, passwords, and servers can be changed. On the Obi auto provisioning can be used to change thousands of settings on the device remotely. It could even be used to lock you out of the device completely. Auto provisioning is good when the company that provides your service is controlling the device setup for you. Callcentric does not do auto provisioning for the OBi so having it turned on is of no use to the functions of Callcentric. It could even cause a problem if there was some kind of error in the auto provisioning file. ObiTalk uses auto provisioning so if you use that service auto provisioning should be on. You can always turn it back on if you need to.
This will explain more if you really want an in depth lesson on OBi auto provisioning.
http://www.obihai.com/docs/OBiProvisioningGuide.pdf
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