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Creating a New Provisioning File
Via the Configuration Manager of a COMfortel 1400IP/2600IP/3600IP you can create a phone configuration and then select the configuration data which are to be distributed to other phones.
Proceed as follows:
Using the Configuration Manager
* Note: You find the account IDs for the PBX and for the exchange lines in the file editor under Subscriber (scr.) > IP provisioning > File management > Edit > Account IDs.


1.Open the Configuration Manager of the IP phone.
2.Open the page Settings > Personal > Backup and reset.
3.In the line Phone configuration under Create backup, click Export.
4.Accept the legal notes by entering ok in the entry field.
5.Click Export.
6.Save the created *.xml file created on your PC.
7.Open the *xml file with a text editor, e. g. Notepad++.
8.Press Alt 0 in Notepad++ to close the sub-levels to get a better overview.
9.Select the level which you want to distribute to other phones by deleting the levels that are not required.
* Note: In the case that the file shall be used as Template, the section <providersAndAccounts> </providersAndAccounts> must not be deleted as it is replaced by the subscriber-specific data by the PBX.
10.If required, open the level by clicking in order to modify the settings made there.
* Note: We recommend to contact your system administrator or specialised dealer for editing provisioning files, if necessary.