How to Run Plantronics Spokes in a Mac or Linux Machine (for development)

Steps

How to Run Plantronics Spokes in a Mac or Linux Machine (for development)

1. Install VirtualBox https://www.virtualbox.org
   1. https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads 
2. Install the VirtualBox Extension Pack (support
   for USB 2.0)
   1. http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.2.12/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.2.12-84980.vbox-extpack
3. Create a new virtual machine
   1. Create a new windows machine
      • Open VirtualBox, click on New
      • Enter the name, type and version of your VM
        (type, should be Microsoft Windows and version the windows version, ie Windows
        7 for example)
          
      • In the next windows you’ll setup memory size and
        hard drive
        
        
   2. Select the .iso file to be used to install
      windows in it (get it from msdn, for example)
      • Select your vm and click on settings
      • Under storage, select the CD/DVD drive that
        should show as ‘Empty’ and select the iso file to associate with it
        
        
   3. Run through the windows install
      • Start your VM and it’ll boot from the virtual cd
        created above
      • Go through the normal steps to install windows
4. Select the usb devices
   1. In the VB Manager, select your VM and click on
      settings/USB
   2. Add the headset you’ll be using to the USB
      devices list
      
      
      
      
5. Configure networking
   1. In the VB Manager, select your VM and click on
      settings/Network
   2. Click on Port Forwarding

1. Create a rule to allow you to access the VM
   via  a ‘localhost’ address in you host
   machine, example: (http://localhost:32000/Spokes/DeviceServices/DeviceList)
   
2. Disable the firewall in your Windows VM
   
3. Install Spokes / SDK

              http://developer.plantronics.com/docs/DOC-1072

1. Have fun

This article was written by Ricardo de Andrade. Ricardo is a Systems Architect and Evangelist at Plantronics helping the developer community, clients and partners with the Spokes SDK and building solutions around current and future offerings. Ricardo has an extensive background in software and cloud distributed architectures, and in specific telecommunications. Ricardo previously worked for Microsoft where he helped clients and partners to develop cloud based speech recognition applications and integrate their web services into the Microsoft Tellme services.