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Troubleshooting
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Enabling Watch Dog Feature
The Skype for Business phone provides a troubleshooting feature called “Watch Dog”, which
helps you monitor the Skype for Business phone status and provides the ability to get stack
traces from the last time the Skype for Business phone failed. If Watch Dog feature is enabled,
the Skype for Business phone will automatically reboot when it detects a fatal failure. This
feature can be configured using the configuration files or via web user interface.
Procedure
Watch dog can be configured using the configuration files or locally.
Configuration File
<y0000000000xx>.cfg
Configure watch dog
feature.
Parameter:
watch_dog.enable
Local
Web User Interface
Configure watch dog
feature.
Navigate to:
http://<phoneIPAddress>/s
ervlet?p=settings-preferenc
e&q=load
Details of the Configuration Parameter:
Parameter
Permitted Values
Default
watch_dog.enable
0 or 1
1
Description:
Enables or disables Watch Dog feature.
0-Disabled
1-Enabled
If it is set to 1 (Enabled), the Skype for Business phone will reboot automatically when the
system is broken down.
Web User Interface:
Settings->Preference->Watch Dog
Phone User Interface:
None
To configure watch dog feature via web user interface:
1. Click on Settings->Preference.