Polycom 3725-49106-001 Rev A Getting Started 1:

Polycom, Inc. 8

Getting Started 1:

Getting Started provides you with information on helpful resources and recommended software tools that

can aid you in Web application development on Polycom® phones with the Polycom UC software.

This Web Application Developer’s Guide provides you with information on how to install and use the

Polycom Software Development Kit (SDK). This guide shows you how to plan, create, and develop Web

applications to run on Polycom phones using UC software.

This guide is designed to provide Web application creators with information for developing and deploying

Web applications to Polycom phones. This guide is not intended for end users and does not provide user-

level information on how to use any specific Web applications. You need to be familiar with creating Web

applications before reading this guide.

All Polycom phones run the Polycom® UC software. The software can be downloaded from the Polycom

Support Web site. Polycom also provides a simulation of different phone models with the Software

Development Kit (SDK). The Polycom Software Development Kit (SDK) can be downloaded from the

Applications page on the Polycom Web site.

Polycom recommends you use an XML editor – such as XML Notepad++ – to create and edit

configuration files. Using an XML editor ensures that you create valid XML files. If the configuration files

you create are not in the form of a valid XML structure, the files cannot load correctly on the phones.

For more complex applications, you need to use a fully Integrated Development Environment (IDE) like

Eclipse or Microsoft Visual Studio. You can also use the Linux tool Curl to send arbitrary HTTP and XML

content to a phone.

This developer guide includes a Getting Help section where you can find links to Polycom product,

support, and partner sites. You can also find information about The Polycom Community, which provides

access to discussion forums you can use to discuss hardware, software, and partner solution topics with

your colleagues. To register with the Polycom Community, you need to create a Polycom online account.

The Polycom Community includes access to Polycom support personnel as well as user-generated

hardware, software, and partner solutions topics. You can view top blog posts and participate in threads

on any number of recent topics.

The XML API is supported in applications running on Polycom® SoundPoint® IP 321/331/335, 450, 550,

560, 650, and 670 desktop phones; SoundStation® IP 5000, 6000, and 7000 conference phones;

SoundStation Duo conference phones; VVX® 500, 600, and 1500 business media phones; VVX® 300 and

400 desktop phones, and SoundStructure®.