[YMCS/YDMP Free Trial Program]Yealink would like to offer Free Trial Program of Yealink device management service for our current eligible customers. You can see the details below.
https://www.yealink.com/ydmp-freetrial-2020


Post Reply 
 
Thread Rating:
  • 0 Votes - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Get Serial Number Program
Author Message
jolouis Offline
Moderator
*****

Posts: 339
Joined: Oct 2013
Reputation: 6
Post: #10
RE: Get Serial Number Program
(04-02-2019 04:32 PM)Chris708 Wrote:  Not sure what Yealink's reasoning is. However, I have heard that some manufacturers of network devices have duplicated mac addresses for devices when they are going to different countries. In those cases, a serial # would be more useful.

Well since Yealink uses a single RPS for all of their products globally I doubt they would be duplicating MAC addresses as it would cause all kinds of failures/random issues.

I suspect it's more likely a historical or internal thing. IE when they first started making devices whoever setup the production flow was used to dealing with different types of products, so they put arbitrary serial numbers in place not realizing MACs would be unique enough to serve the purpose.

Really I do not expect to ever get a clear answer on this. At the end of the day if starion's distributor requires both MAC and serial number then that's all there is to it; I know the two major distributors in our region only need the MAC (and treat the MAC as the unique product identifier since it appears on bulk shipping boxes, etc) so I expect starion's distributor is using serials more out of their own desire/preference rather than Yealink's demand for them to do so.

The key point that remains is I strongly believe the serial numbers are not even electronically stored anywhere on the phones, so I doubt there will ever be a way to programmatically access them. Perhaps an official Yealink rep can chime in on that.
04-03-2019 01:48 PM
Find all posts by this user    like0    dislike0 Quote this message in a reply
Post Reply 


Messages In This Thread
Get Serial Number Program - HelpMe - 03-20-2015, 02:04 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - HelpMe - 03-20-2015, 02:37 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - starion - 03-26-2019, 05:23 AM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - jolouis - 03-27-2019, 01:09 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - starion - 03-27-2019, 04:28 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - jolouis - 03-27-2019, 10:02 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - starion - 03-28-2019, 01:19 AM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - Chris708 - 04-02-2019, 04:32 PM
RE: Get Serial Number Program - jolouis - 04-03-2019 01:48 PM

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread: Author Replies: Views: Last Post
  get serial number aka machine id sles 0 736 11-16-2023 01:25 PM
Last Post: sles
  W73H delete number oddjob 0 633 10-06-2023 04:47 PM
Last Post: oddjob
  set number key as speed dial key not working timotel 0 1,205 09-20-2023 06:51 AM
Last Post: timotel
  Is there a way to get the incoming caller phone number with an Action URI? troy44 1 1,136 09-04-2023 01:46 PM
Last Post: Regend_Yealink
Information Backlit number pad Andre Miller 2 2,492 09-24-2022 11:47 PM
Last Post: Andre Miller
  Call History adds a "1" to extension number VAspeed3 2 6,046 02-26-2021 12:25 AM
Last Post: VAspeed3
  T46s/T48s - Serial Number @Webinterface Bernhard77 2 6,467 01-29-2021 04:10 PM
Last Post: Bernhard77
  Slow response when user presses buttons means phone number enters incorrectly chris.stewart 1 6,912 09-26-2019 06:58 AM
Last Post: Jacqueline250
  Call History shows extension not external number mcurrie 4 12,071 02-14-2019 11:04 AM
Last Post: complex1
  T46S Connect call and show incoming number MartinNybrogrus 1 6,099 01-28-2019 03:42 PM
Last Post: jolouis

Forum Jump:


User(s) browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)

Contact Us   Yealink   Return to Top   Return to Content   Lite (Archive) Mode   RSS Syndication