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1. trusted and therefore get a preferred treatment The black list usually contains the list of contacts that are known and unwanted For example it makes sense to put a family member s number on the white list while the caller ID of an aggressive sales person might end up in the black list If that flag is set to white the number is part of the white list That means when a caller has the type white he will never be intercepted by the auto attendant to record the name Callers on the white list are allowed to receive a call back when the extension becomes available If a caller is on the black list the behavior of the PBX depends on the settings of the user for anonymous call treatment If the caller should be blocked then the PBX will block that call Otherwise the PBX will always ask the person to leave his name before calling the extension Callers on the black list will also no be allowed to camp on an extension 2 11 4 Personal Address Book The address book entries in the personal address book are only visible to the user To see the personal address book you must be logged in as user in the web interface of the PBX In this screen you can edit and delete address book entries by clicking on the edit and delete button Page 30 System Administration pbxnsip au TEE Lists EXCITE Help Logout Mailbox Missed Calllog LUGI TIS Personal Address Book This list shows your personal address book Please be careful when s2. Please note that in the common language many people say park the call when they technically just want to hold the call For example for a call pickup you don t need to park the call it is enough to hold the call and tell the other person to pick up the call 1 5 2 Call pickup Call pickup is used to pick up ringing calls for example calls to an extension or to a hunt group If you want to retrieve calls that were already connected and now are on hold or are parked please use the retrieve code There are two ways or picking up calls The directed call pickup is used to pick up a call from a specific account while the undirected call pickup searches for a call that can be picked up The directed call pickup uses the call pickup code together with the account from which a call should be picked up For example 87123 will tell the PBX to pick a call up from account 123 Please note that the code must be dialed as one number The call pickup can be done for the following account types e Hunt groups If there is a call that goes to the specified hunt group the PBX will stop the hunt group and send the call to the extension that dials the pickup code If there are several calls that ring the hunt group then the PBX will pick up the first call that went to that hunt group e Extensions When the account number is an extension the PBX will search for calls that go directly to the specified extension These calls can come from an Pag
3. SIP PBX User Manual Version 2 0 3 pbxnsip pbxnsip 2007 pbxnsip Inc All Rights Reserved This document is supplied by pbxnsip Inc No part of this document may be reproduced republished or retransmitted in any form or by any means whatsoever whether electronically or mechanically including but not limited to by way of photocopying recording information recording or through retrieval systems without the express written permission of pbxnsip Inc pbxnsip Inc reserves the right to revise this document and make changes at any time and without the obligation to notify any person and or entity of such revisions and or changes Product specifications contained in this document are subject to change without notice Comments are welcome Please send them by email to wiki pbxnsip com Version 2 0 3 Page 2 pbxnsip Preface This user manual will show you how you can use your phone with the pbxnsip PBX If you have been using a traditional private branch exchange PBX system before you will recognize many familiarities However due to the new technology there may also be a few things that are handled differently For your specific phone there might be additional features available for example the address book Because the PBX supports a large variety of VoIP enabled phones we will not address such topics in this manual Please see the manual for your phone for such topics Our goal is to make the usage of the tele
4. model that you are using You should see the Caller ID on your phone If the Caller ID is in your personal address book or in the domain s address book the PBX will insert the name of the caller 1 2 Mailbox 1 2 1 Leaving Mailbox Messages When a user is not available the voice mail system may pick up the call In this case the caller will hear an announcement indicating that he she may leave a message after the tone If the extension did not record a name the PBX will spell the extension number After leaving the message the caller can simply hang up the message will be delivered or the caller can press the pound sign to access the standard message option features In this case the caller has three options e If an operator number is available pressing 0 will send the message and connect the caller with the operator e Pressing 1 will delete the message If the caller presses the 2 option after that he can leave a new message otherwise no message will be sent e Pressing 2 will give the caller the opportunity to record a new message e Pressing 3 will make the message as urgent If the mailbox is full the caller will hear an announcement that makes this clear If the mailbox is full but there are saved messages the PBX will make room for a new message by deleting the oldest saved message 1 2 2 First Call to Your Mailbox The system administrator may assign a mailbox to your account The mailbox will pick
5. Marketing Meeting 05 16 2007 15 00 00 77 822703 X Budget Conference 05 17 2007 10 15 00 77 975359 X Create a new conference Name Product Management Start time e g 11 24 12 30 5 18 11 00 End time e g 13 30 12 00 Participants e g 101 102 user domain com fk domain com kf pbxnsip c Room Test Konferenzraum 77 reae In order to set up a conference you need to specify a conference name the start time and the end time The name is just used for describing the conference so that the participants know the subject of the conference The start time must be in the format MM DD HH MM month and day hours and minute The PBX will use the selected time zone of the extension that is logged in The end time must in the same format however you may leave out the day information In this case the PBX will automatically choose the day information of the start time stamp You may also list the participants If your domain has been set up for sending out emails the PBX will send out an invitation to the listed participants The list of the participants must be separated by semicolons this is different than in most other places of the system You may either specify the email address of the participant or the extension number If the extension number has an email stored the PBX will use this email address to send out the email The email contains a calendar event which can be
6. PIN e g 1234 m PIN repeat Cell phone number 16035436576 4 When calling the extension After 10 Seconds Timezone Alaska Time Zone v IVR Language Default System IVR Language Web Language Default System Web Language 9 Watch the calls of the following extensions for all 223 224 225 Watch the presence of the following extensions 4 for all Limit own visibility to this list Upload a picture BMP format Durchsuchen Block outgoing caller ID 9 no O yes Copyright 2005 2006 pbxnsip Inc All rights reserved See the license agreement for more information Page 20 User Manual pbxnsip The settings First name and Last name store the display name of the extension This name will be used for internal calls Phones that are able to display the names will show it on the screen These names will also be searched by the auto attendant if the caller chooses the dial by name feature The Password is used for SIP and HTTP traffic It should be reasonable safe just a few digits of digits will not be enough However it is up to the user to choose a safe password When the user enters a new password the current HTTP session will stay valid until the next login Permanent cookies will be invalidated on the next login The PIN is used in several dialogs of the PBX for example when
7. 18 User Manual pbxnsip Login Please enter your login information Password eeeeeee Type v Login Remember login information Copyright 2005 2007 pbxnsip Inc All rights reserved See the license agreement for more information There are three ways to log in There is a selection box where you can tell the system how you want to log in If you choose automatic then the PBX will first try to log you is as system administrator if that is not possible it will try domain administrator and if that does not work it will try to log you in as user The first way is to log in as system administrator In this mode you have access to all resources of the PBX There is exactly one system administrator mode Because of this you should make sure that the login information is kept in a safe place By default the login name is admin and the password is empty The second way to log in is as domain administrator In contrast to the system administrator there may be several accounts that have the permission to act as domain administrator even within one domain The password in this mode is the password for this extension which is the same as the SIP password but not the PIN code To log in as domain administrator you must enter the username and domain name in the user domain form and enter the password for example 123 test com If you have just one domain you may omit the domain name after the sign
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9. If you have more than one domain and omit the domain name the system will automatically append a localhost behind the account name The domain administrator flag is used to control the permissions of the User Manual Page 19 pbxnsip extension If the flag is set to true the web interface will accept the user s login same as their extension registration and allow them to change the settings of the domain The third mode to log you in is the user mode The login for this is similar to the domain administrator mode but you are just taken to a different web page and you can make only changes in your account s realm If the PBX could not allocate the port that you specified as http port you need to locate the port number This situation can happen for example if another web service already took the port In these situations you can use the Windows command line command netstat a p to locate the process and find out which TCP ports it has allocated Usually you are then able to log in The first thing that you should do then is select another port that is available so that after a restart the PBX will be able to allocate the specified port 2 2 General Settings lists Status Help Logout CHEZ Redirection Mailbox Email Instant Message General settings for account 222 First name e g John Mark Last name e g Smith Buchenberg Password Password repeat s
10. dial 77 and then the destination number You must dial the transfer destination together with the star code for example 771234 If you want to transfer a call to an external location you must also have a dial plan for the extension that initiates the transfer Either you must have a default domain dial plan or you must assign a dial plan directly to the extension Also it should be noted that most SIP devices support the REFER method to initiate a transfer This method does not need a star code 1 5 6 Transferring or calling directly to voicemail If your PBX System Administrator has enabled a prefix normally 8 to enable you to call a voice mailbox directly you can blindly transfer a call to someone s voice mail by pressing the transfer key then that mailbox prefix key followed by the extension number and the call start key Of course you can also call any person s voice mailbox directly by similarly pressing the mailbox prefix key followed by the extension number and the call start key Page 14 Installing the IP PBX Appliance pbxnsip 1 5 7 Transfer between different registered devices Let s assume you picked up a call on your WiFi phone and you are getting back to your desk and you want to continue your conversation with your regular phone Both phones are registered to the same extension number so you cannot just simply transfer the call In order to achieve this you must first park the call on your extension and
11. row in the address book The following example shows an address book that can be imported First Name Last Name Number Speed Dial Fred Feuerstein 978 123 4567 Carl Clever 212 324 4334 12 Franky Fahrenheit 515 234 3334 A B C 123 543 3453 2 12User Status The user status page shows essential information about the state of the account You can see the settings for call redirection the current state of do not disturb DND and the last number that have been dialed or received from that extension Page 32 System Administration Status for extension 501 Do not disturb false Agent logged in true Hot Desking at Call forward all destination Call forward busy destination Call forward on no answer Timeout for call forward on no answer Timeout for mailbox Call redial Mariza Mountainside lt sip 508 localhost gt Call return Klara Klever lt sip 503 localhost gt System Administration pbxnsip Page 33 pbxnsip pbxnsip Inc http www pbxnsip com Email info pbxnsip com 1600 Osgood St North Andover MA 01845 United States of America
12. the PBX architecture is that existing calls can be interrupted and monitored All three modes and especially the listen in mode are severely affecting the privacy of the calls on the PBX Therefore those modes are only available to extensions that are specifically allowed to use those features In the permissions tab of the respective extension the domain or system administrator has to enable the features Please consult corporation and government regulations if turning these features is allowed in your environment Illegal listening to phone calls is a severe crime and system administrators must be aware about that To see which calls are active you can monitor the extension s state of the state of a CO line For example you can do this by using the LED key of a SIP phone with the associated display 1 9 1 Call Barge In In call barge in two persons that are talking to each other are put into a kind of conference with a third person Typically this third person is a secretary reminding saving the boss about another appointment Both parties will hear the third person come into the call knock knock and both parties will be able to hear what the third person has to say The existence of the barge in call depends on the existence of the underlying conversation In order to barge into a call dial 81 followed by the extension number that you would like to interrupt then press dial 1 9 2 Call Teach Mode In teach mode only o
13. 1 00 02 2007 01 24 14 48 00 501 501 00 23 2007 01 24 14 52 14 Mariza Mountainside 508 501 2007 01 24 14 59 03 501 hd 00 00 2007 01 24 14 59 07 501 00 02 2007 01 24 15 58 15 501 501 00 13 2007 01 24 15 59 24 501 501 00 39 2007 01 24 16 00 09 501 501 00 22 2007 01 26 11 38 06 501 Mariza Mountainside 508 00 02 2007 01 26 13 56 21 Mariza Mountainside 508 501 2007 01 26 14 12 43 Mariza Mountainside 508 501 The call list shows what calls were made from or to the current extension If there were display names available the PBX will show them in the list If the call was not connected the duration will be empty Otherwise it will show the duration in minutes and seconds The Time column shows when the call was started The PBX offers click to dial by clicking on the number listed on the web page The PBX will call the extension and ask it to acknowledge the click to dial initiation The call resulting from the click to dial will be charged to the extension The length of the list is set by the domain administrator The PBX has only a specified context in which it keeps the necessary records for the call list feature 2 10Scheduling Conferences Users of the PBX may schedule conferences In order to do this the domain administrator has to set up at least one conference room that allows scheduled conferences Login Page 27 pbxnsip 2 10 1 Creating a new conference Conferences organized by 44 Name Start Room PIN Action
14. IP endpoint to send instant messages IM to another extension However most of the SIP devices do not support that feature today Therefore the PBX offers a possibility to do that from the web interface Sending an IM is simple Just enter the destinations in the Destination field and the text that you want to send in the Message field then click on the Create button You can send the message to more than one destination by listing the extensions separated by spaces The PBX will then send the message to all registered devices for the extensions that you selected The PBX will tell you how many messages have been sent in total User Manual Page 25 pbxnsip 2 7 Mailbox View pbxnsip ale Lists MESCIUE Help Logout CELT Missed Calllog Address Book Mailbox of 501 Time Number 2007 01 24 15 58 03 Mariza Mountainside 508 2007 01 24 15 59 13 Mariza Mountainside 508 2007 02 03 18 04 04 Klara Klever 503 2007 02 03 18 10 17 Klara Klever 503 Duration Flags 00 05 X m 00 04 X m 00 14 KU em 00 08 X I e Copyright 2005 2007 pbxnsip Inc All rights reserved See the license agreement for more information The mailbox page shows you the content of the mailbox It contains the following information e The Time is the time stamp when the message was recorded The time is shown in the time zone of the extension that received the message e The Number shows the Caller ID and if available the name of t
15. Y a KR E AO DUAE 29 Creating a New COMMER SNCS nennen nee een gene 30 Editing existing conferenceS ua 30 Ina COMPOP SNCS u a 31 Address BOOK v dicssedutvetunnadeaisatctosanidecserkeeuniatiieuanidstenbuavateusdantves 31 PUDOSE qe TP EEE 31 eie c p M M 31 Black List and White List ann aa aa 31 Personal Address BOOK susanne 32 Domain Address BOOK anne 33 Address Book IMPOrT sense anne 34 User Stalls are eier 34 Table of Contents pbxnsip 1 Using the PBX from a phone This section will show you how to use the pbxnsip PBX with a standard Voice over IP phone Although the usage of different phones varies significantly you can use most of the features of the PBX in a similar way The access codes shown in this manual are the default codes Your system administrator may assign different codes for the available features In that case you should receive a list of the functional feature codes Many phones require that you press the Ok button like on the cell phone to start a call other phones may accept pressing the pound key or a check mark key instead However for the usage of the PBX that does not make any difference 1 1 Basic Calling Making phone calls using an IP PBX is not much different from traditional telephone systems 1 1 1 Dialing an Internal Number To call another extension just dial the number For example if you want to reach extension 123 just enter 123 and start the
16. call There are several services that your PBX System Administrator may have programmed for you like auto attendant and conference mixing that can also be reached by dialing an extension number 1 1 2 Dialing an Outside Number To dial an outside number just enter the number that you want to reach Please note that your system administrator may require a prefix before the number that you want to dial for example 9 On some VoIP phones you may have a dial plan that automatically dials the number without requiring that you press the start key The PBX allows the administrator to assign an outside dial plan to each user Depending on company policy this feature may be used to restrict certain extensions from placing outside calls or from placing calls to expensive numbers If you are not in your office and your company has a strict telephone bill policy you might want to tell the PBX that you want to bill an outgoing call to your extension number This feature is useful if you are located in a room that has no permission to place outside calls for example a kitchen You must dial 91 to use this feature The system will prompt you for your extension number your access code and the destination number 1 1 3 Receiving Incoming Calls Incoming calls are usually indicated with a ring tone Calls from another extension sound different than calls from an outside line depending on the phone Installation and Quick Start Page 7 pbxnsip
17. e 12 Installation and Quick Start pbxnsip auto attendant or through direct extension dialing Calls that ring the extension because it is part of a hunt group or an agent group will not be considered for call pickup e Agent groups Like with the hunt group the PBX will pick up a call from the specified agent group If there are calls in the ringing state it will pick the first call which in that state Otherwise it will pick the call that entered the queue first The undirected call pickup goes through the list of calls and searches for calls that can be picked up It will use the following preference for this e It will first try to pick up calls from a hunt group e If no call has been found it will try to pick up a call for an extension e If that also is not possible it will try to pick up a call for an agent group For all pickup attempts the extension that attempts the pickup must have the Dialog Permissions for seeing the state of the account If this is not the case then the PBX will not allow picking the particular call up Please note that the pickup mechanism changed in version 2 0 2 The pickup policy in previous versions was too difficult to understand and was causing many problems The loose and strict pickup policy has been given up and was replaced with a single loose policy The Dialog Permissions concept can be used to limit the access to specific accounts 1 5 3 Call park and retrieve While in many cases you
18. e someone who might want to leave a Installation and Quick Start Page 9 pbxnsip message To retrieve your voice mail just enter your access code Mailbox PIN If the code matches the system will start reading out messages Usually a voice mailbox is set up without an access code In this case you must call from your extension into the mailbox by simply dialing your extension or 97 You can follow the main menu instructions to set up the access code if you choose to have one Using an access code is normally advised 1 2 6 Forwarding Messages per Email If your system administrator has set the PBX up with your email address you may choose to have your voicemail forwarded to your email To turn this feature on call 95 Ask someone to leave a message on your mailbox to check that the forwarding works If there are problems ask your administrator to check the email address and the settings for the email server Call 96 to disable the email forwarding 1 3 Call Forwarding 1 3 1 Call Redirection There are several events that may trigger the redirection of an incoming call The PBX differentiates between the following cases e Always All incoming calls are forwarded For example this can be used when you are away and a colleague is answering your phone or when you want to redirect all calls to your cell phone e No answer Calls are redirected after a certain time when the extension does not pick up Typically you use this t
19. entering the mailbox Although it is also possible to do brute force attacks on PIN codes it takes more time to perform such attacks We recommend using at least 5 digits so that an attacker has at least 100 000 combinations to choose from The Cell phone number is associated with the extension When someone tries to call the extension directly the PBX may include that number in the list of devices that is being called The setting When calling the extension controls if and when the cell phone is being called For more information see Cell Phone Integration for more information The Timezone tells the PBX in which time zone the user is This setting is used for example in the mailbox reading out timestamps but it is also used when the PBX generates configuration files for attached phones The IVR Language settings controls which language the user prefers This is setting is used for example when the user calls the mailbox or when the caller calls into the PBX from the associated cell phone The Web Language is used when the user logs into the web interface of the PBX This setting is also used when emails are sent to the user The Watch the calls of the following extensions is used for automatic generation of the configuration files of the phones The PBX will try to put the listed extensions into the settings for the phone This setting depends on the used device For this setting you can use Wildcard Patterns For example i
20. envelope information This means the time and caller will be included in the message announcement e 6 can be used to move the message into another mailbox The PBX will ask for an extension number and after a verification move the message to another mailbox e 7 will delete the message and move to the next message e 8 will leave the mailbox and call the number that has left the message if that number is not an anonymous number The PBX will prompt for verification pressing a star will get the user back to the message readout e 9 will save the message in the mailbox e 0 will play a help text After all your messages are played you will hear the main menu for our voice mailbox 1 2 4 Main Mailbox Menu From the main mailbox menu you can listen to your messages change the access code Mailbox PIN for your voice mail or record your name or record a personal greeting e 1 will read new and saved messages e 2 makes it possible to change the PIN code for the mailbox e 3 will ask for a new name recording e 4 will ask for a new personal greeting message e will start dialing a star code For example this way you can record a new announcement for the auto attendant of the office while you are in your mailbox e g from a cell phone while you are traveling 1 2 5 Logging into your Mailbox When calling your mailbox from a different phone you will hear the mailbox announcement The PBX assumes that you ar
21. eparate page Hot Desking There are several ways of doing call forwarding e If you want to temporarily redirect all calls to another extension you can use the Call forward all calls setting This setting affects only calls that are going Page 22 User Manual pbxnsip directly to the extensions If the extension is part of a hunt group or an agent group or the call origins from a paging group the call is not being redirected e The Call forward calls when busy forwards calls only when the extension is busy This condition is either true if the phone itself signals it is busy or the Lines parameters has been set for the extension and this number has been reached see Registrations e The Call forward on no answer kicks in when the phone rings but there is no answer The waiting time is defined in the domain and can be overridden by a user setting Call forward no answer timeout If the mailbox picks up earlier this setting has no effect if the call is being redirected the mailbox timeout is cancelled All redirection settings can have one number either internal or external If the call is being redirected to an external destination the PBX will use the dial plan of the extension for placing this call and it will charge the extension for this call 2 4 User Mailbox Settings Mailbox Enabled yes Ono Time until mailbox picks up Default value Announcement Mode Name Announcement v Send message
22. etting speed dial numbers Use the asterisk sign in front of the number and be sure that you don t overlap a feature code Please be careful clicking the delete button because the entry will be permanently deleted Number First Name Last Name Speed Dial Edit Delete 011 43 234 4223423 Frederick Steinman 13 g 212 243 2323 Marc Kelvin 12 515 423 5434 Maria McKenna 978 994 4985 Karl Klo Create New Entry First Name Last Name Number Speed Dial Contact Type Regular Contact 9 Create Copyright 2005 2007 pbxnsip Inc All rights reserved See the license agreement for more information If you want to add an address book entry you can manually add this entry from the web interface You may also load a CSV file into the system see below You can also add a number to the address book by dialing the black list and white list star code If the number does not exist the PBX will automatically create an address book entry for this number 2 11 5 Domain Address Book The domain address book entries are visible to all members of the domain That means they can search the domain address book and calls coming to that domain will automatically see the name of the calling party Allnames in a domain are automatically included in names searches in the domain You can also use the address book to indicate which DID number has been dialed If you add an address book entry that matche
23. f you use just a star the PBX will try to put all extensions of the domain into this list The setting Watch the presence of the following extensions is similar but it does not provision calls but asks the device to subscribe for the presence state of the listed extensions The PBX itself will just forward the presence state of the phones the phones themselves are responsible for generating the presence information If the Limit own visibility to this list is set the PBX allows only the listed users to watch the extension It also uses Wildcard Patterns If you upload a picture in the Upload a picture setting the PBX will automatically insert a SIP header that can be used by SIP phones to show the picture of the extension This is similar to the display name of the extension with User Manual Page 21 pbxnsip the difference that in addition of a text a picture is rendered The picture must be in BMP format that the endpoint understands The setting Block outgoing caller ID is used when making outbound calls If the setting is set to yes the PBX will ask the gateway or SIP provider to hide the Caller ID for this call 2 3 User Redirection Settings Do not disturb Oon off Incoming anonymous calls Pretend to be busy wv Hot Desking at Call forward all calls to Call forward calls when busy to Call forward on no answer to 19784353234 Call forward no answer ti
24. for example in the SIP display name it will automatically put a space character between the first and the last name if both names are not empty Names consist of the first name and the last name The purpose of this separation is to make searches easier sometimes the user searches for first and sometimes for the last name Otherwise the PBX treats the names transparently Names should be encoded in UTF 8 format The web browser usually performs the necessary conversations so that the end user does not have to deal with this problem 2 11 2 Speed Dial The speed dial entry is a two digit star code for example 12 The range should be in the lower feature code range so that they do not overlap with the other feature codes that are available on the system If there is an overlap the speed dial numbers have a higher priority Speed dial numbers are useful if you want to store numbers that you are using frequently especially if your telephone does not support an address book Used in the domain mode they also might be useful to hide the number that is being dialed however that kind of security is very weak 2 11 3 Black List and White List An address book entry also has a type flag This flag can be set to white black or unset If it is white that address book entry is on the white list if it is black it is on the black list The white list usually contains the contacts that are System Administration Page 29 pbxnsip
25. he person who left the message e The Duration shows how long the message is The format is minutes seconds The Flags field shows several icons e The delete icon can be used to delete the message e The loudspeaker icon will download the message as WAV file and offer this file for playback on the web browser e The New symbol indicates that the PBX keeps that message as unread e The red exclamation mark message indicates that the caller marked this message as urgent 2 8 Missed Call List The missed call list shows what calls were attempted to the current extension but did not connect If there were display names available the PBX will show them in the list The Time column shows when the call was started The PBX offers click to dial by clicking on the number listed on the web page The PBX will call the extension and ask it to acknowledge the click to dial initiation The call resulting from the click to dial will be charged to the extension The length of the list is set by the domain administrator The PBX has only a Page 26 Login pbxnsip specified context in which it keeps the necessary records for the call list feature 2 9 Personal Call Log Call list for 501 Time From To Duration 2007 01 24 14 14 45 501 Mariza Mountainside 508 00 04 2007 01 24 14 15 23 Mariza Mountainside 508 501 00 03 2007 01 24 14 18 39 Mariza Mountainside 508 501 00 08 2007 01 24 14 18 51 Mariza Mountainside 508 50
26. ive a call from someone that you have to call back If your system administrator has set up your extension with your email address instead of asking the person on the phone to spell the phone number and scribble it down on a notepad you can direct the PBX to send you an email with the call details To receive a data record dial 63 after the call The system will send you an email with the Caller ID the duration of the call and the time of the call 1 8 Recording Prompts The attendant and the agent group support the recording of customized greetings You can record those greetings from any telephone in your network Installing the IP PBX Appliance Page 15 pbxnsip Consult the system administrator manual if you want to restrict the extensions that are allowed to record greetings In order to record a greeting dial 98 followed by the account number e g 98123 if 123 is the number of your auto attendant The PBX will prompt you for your new prompt If you just want to delete the old prompt and use the standard prompt press the star key during the announcement The agent group has up to ten announcements The announcement with the number 0 is the initial announcement the announcements 1 to 9 are placed in a loop In order to record those announcements you need to dial 98 the group number the announcement number for example 98123 4 to record announcement 4 in the account 123 1 9 Call Mixing One of the benefits of
27. may dispose of a call by transferring it to a specific extension in certain situations you will want to park a call so that it can be picked up by an unspecified extension Parking a call so that it may be picked up by any extension is a two step process First put the call on hold then dial 85 to park the call You will hear an announcement that the call has been parked At that point the call can be picked up by any extension that dials 86 Again your telephone system administrator may have configured your PBX with a more strict pickup policy In that case you will specify a group to which you are parking the call 85610 for example for group 610 Any member of that group can then pick up the parked call by dialing 86 1 5 4 Attended and unattended transfer If your telephone has a transfer button the PBX will receive the transfer signal and switches the call to the provided destination There are generally two types of transfer The simplest transfer is called a blind transfer The other type is often referred to as an attended or a consultative transfer In an attended transfer you speak with the party to whom the call will be transferred to ensure that the call is wanted In a blind transfer you simply transfer the call with no knowledge of whether the person called will be available to take the call Installing the IP PBX Appliance Page 13 pbxnsip To initiate a blind transfer just press the transfer button on yo
28. meout 15 sec isi The Do not disturb DND settings is used to keep the user from incoming calls If this setting is turned on then this extension will not receive incoming calls Only extensions that have the permission to override DND will be able to call the extension However the extension can a all times place outbound calls e The setting Incoming anonymous calls controls how incoming calls to the extension are treated This setting does not affect calls that come from a hunt or agent group or internal calls e The no special treatment mode turns this feature off and sends all calls directly to the extension e The mode reject call will inform the caller that the extension does not accept anonymous calls Calls will not be put through to the extension e The mode pretend to be busy also does not put the call through but does not tell the caller why The PBX will not offer camp on e The mode ask for name will prompt the caller for the name and then put him on hold while calling the extension After reading out the recorded name the extension may decide what to do with the call Either the call can be accepted or it can be sent to the mailbox or it can be rejected e The mode ask for name even if the caller id is present will always ask for recording the name even if the caller id is available Only callers which are on the white list are directly put through The Hot Desking setting is described in the s
29. ne side of the call can hear the third party This is typically useful in a call center when a trainer wants to give tips to a new agent so that the customer does not know about the teacher in the background This mode is also sometimes called whisper mode because the agent s phone must have a real good echo cancellation so that the customer does not hear some background echo Page 16 Installing the IP PBX Appliance pbx nisi In order to start the teach mode dial 82 followed by the extension number that should hear your voice and then press dial 1 9 3 Call Listen In The listen mode is similar but completely stealth mode The two persons talking to each other are not notified about the listen in and cannot hear what the third person says on the phone e g breathing In order to start listening to calls dial 83 followed by the extension number that you would like to monitor 1 10Hot Desking 1 10 1 Purpose Hot Desking see for example http en wikipedia org wiki Hot_desking makes it possible that employees temporarily or permanently change the routing of all their calls to a specific physical device Then all calls to that extension also as part of the hunt group or agent group get routed to that extension Hot Desking means that the person takes ownership on the phone That means that outbound calls from this phone will show his caller ID It is not expected that other significant inbound traffic goes to the originally
30. o redirect incoming calls to an assistant or to your secondary phone in case that you are not sitting next to your telephone e Busy Calls are forwarded if the extension is busy Typically you will program this number to redirect calls to a team assistant or to a colleague This way incoming calls are answered when you are busy on another call To turn the call forward always on dial 71 You will hear an announcement that asks you to enter the call forwarding number Enter the number and press the pound key The system will repeat the number and then hang up If you want to change the forwarding number just call 71 again Alternatively you can turn on call forward always by dialing the 71 code plus the redirection number and then starting the call This has the advantage that you can check the number on the display of your phone To disable call forward always dial 72 You will hear an announcement saying call forwarding has been turned off Programming call forwarding on busy works in a similar way Dial 73 to turn it on and program the forwarding number Like with the other codes you can also put the number directly behind the star code Page 10 Installation and Quick Start pbxnsip Dial 74 to turn call forward on busy off To turn call forward on no answer on dial 75 Like with the other codes you can also put the number directly behind the star code Your system administrator has set the time limit at
31. our SIP phone to receive voicemail messages You can decide what you want to do with the message after an email has been sent Keep the message as new message will keep the message in your mailbox and it will count as a new message This mode has the potential danger that your mailbox eventually might become full If you choose the mode Mark message as read the PBX will still keep the message in your mailbox but when the mailbox is becoming full it will drop the oldest message to make room for a new message and your mailbox will not become full However in this mode most SIP phones will not turn on their message waiting indicator because only new messages trigger this behaviour If you decide to Delete the message the PBX will delete the message after sending the email This keeps your mailbox clean but Page 24 User Manual pbxnsip the system relies on a reliable transport of the voicemail If you want to receive emails when you miss a call turn the setting Send email on missed calls on The PBX will send this email only if the call went directly to your extensions calls to a hunt group or agent group do not count The PBX can also send you emails when your status changes Send email on status changes This email is being sent when the DND status or the redirection changes 2 6 User Instant Message Destination 502 503 Hello can you see this Message Create Usually you would use a S
32. phone system as efficient as possible We know that your job is hard and you want to get things done as soon as possible Therefore we put a special focus on increasing your productivity with features like cell phone integration or Hot Desking support It is worth spending a few minutes to flip through this manual and see what features are available When you need them you can always come back to this manual and see the details on how to use the features We keep an updated manual on our web server Please see http wiki pbxnsip com for the latest user manual The pbxnsip team Preface Page 3 pbxnsip Contents 1 Using the PBX from a Phone nenne na na a 9 1 1 Basic Calling ernennen 9 1 1 1 Dialing an Internal Number aan na 9 1 1 2 Dialing an Outside Number ns 9 1 1 3 Receiving Incoming Calsa cn resar aaa 9 1 2 PANDO sssusa REA M EDAD EA Kd A d Ro DR DUAE MOD 10 12 1 Leaving Mailbox Messages een ahenn 10 1 2 2 First Call t Your Mailbox aaa 10 1 2 3 Picking Up Mailbox Messages 10 1 2 4 Main Mailbox Pen ee en L1 1 2 5 Logging into your MollDOX een 11 1 2 6 Forwarding Messages per EMail uns ana 12 1 3 Call Forwardiig san E a a E 12 1 3 1 Call Rc eC OUT cuia uaa iocna eia iac ta ql a on b IR LX ND X RE Nd RP MD 12 1 3 2 Do NOE DISEUEDG d asas gu sa dk aka id beata didi Redon E dio ma da eta Ri RR a 13 1 4 Radial and Call Return 13 1 5 Parking Pickup and Transfer nennen 14 1 5 1 Holding a Al reise 14 1 5 2 Call PICKUP sn een a
33. read by most scheduling tools The tool will then pop up a conference reminder with the relevant conference information 2 10 2 Editing existing conferences Currently it is only possible to delete an existing conference To do this just click on the delete icon in the conference list Conferences are automatically deleted after 24 hours If there are still participants in the conference they may continue talking Page 28 System Administration pbxnsip 2 10 3 In a conference If you are the creator of a conference and also participate in the conference you can use the following special codes to control the conference e 9 removes all other participants of the conference This is useful when you want to make sure that the conference is cleared up before you leave the conference yourself 2 11Address Book 2 11 1 Purpose The address book stores associations of numbers with names speed dial entries and types Numbers are generally telephone numbers The PBX does not support SIP URI numbers in the address book Numbers may contain readability characters The PBX internally converts the numbers into purified numbers so that matches with other numbers become more easy and consistent If your domain has selected a specific dial plan scheme for example North American dial plan the PBX also internally automatically converts the number into a consistent presentation If the PBX requires that a name must be presented as one string
34. registered extension This fact suggests that offices use virtual and real extension numbers e Real extension numbers are used for employees with a fixed location e g switch board management e Virtual extensions don t have any registrations They are just used for routing calls to a specific user They use real extension numbers that are not assigned to any other person so that there is no conflict between identities on a specific physical device In cases when an employee just wants calls to his extension being routed to a colleague s office it is better to use the unconditional redirection feature of the PBX This feature must be turned on before the user leaves his office 1 10 2 Logging In When you want to log in enter the Hot Desking star code typically 70 The PBX will prompt for the extension number and the PIN code for that extension number and acknowledge the Hot Desking with a the service is active now 1 10 3 Logging Out In order to log out you just need to call the Hot Desking star code from a location that is currently registered as hot desk or from the phone that holds a registration for extension in question The PBX will answer with a the service is inactive now User Manual Page 17 pbxnsip 1 10 4 Limitations Hot Desking has limitations Because the configuration of the device does not change during Hot Desking you will not be able to move telephone preferences like ring tones addres
35. s book programming etc to another desk 2 Web Interface In this chapter you will see what you can do as user of the system by logging on to the built in web server of the PBX 2 1 Login You can use a standard web browser for the communication with the PBX Where ever inside or outside of your network you can connect to the web port of the PBX you can log in to the PBX The PBX uses http sessions to keep track of the context that the user is in The session identifier is stored as a temporary cookie in your web browser Usually those cookies are allowed today if that is not the case you need to allow it To get a login prompt just enter the address of the web server of the PBX By default this will be port 80 which is the default port of the system If you want to log on to the local system just use the address http localhost The PBX also supports the secure transport https If you use this transport layer the data between the PBX and the web browser is transported using the secure https protocol see the documentation on https in the Internet The PBX will usually offer a certificate that will cause an alert on the local web browser Please ignore the alert or add it to the trusted certificates of your web browser To log on to the secure connection use a login prompt like https localhost By default the PBX will run the service on port 443 but during the installation you may put it on any other port that you like Page
36. s can directly dial into the mailbox and listen to messages Those extensions will also receive the message waiting indication if the sending has been activated and the phones register for MWI events 2 5 User Email Settings Email Address e g abc company com greg burbonizer com Send a mailbox message by email Send message as attachment to email After sending a message Mark message as read i3 Send email on missed calls 9 yes O no Send email on status changes 9 yes Ono Save The setting Email Address tells the PBX where to send email messages The domain administrator must enable Email so that this setting actually enables sending out emails The setting Send a mailbox message by email defines how the PBX sends emails out e Send emails without attachments will just send a notification to the user by email The voicemail message itself is not sent and must be retrieved either through the web interface or by calling the mailbox This mode has the advantage that the emails are relatively short this way it is a useful feature when using mobile devices that support reading emails e Send message as attachment to email will also send an email but put the voicemail itself as attachment to the email This is a good choice if you are using email during the whole day and you are using a personal computer for processing emails e Do not send an email is a good choice if you are just using y
37. s the specific DID the PBX will add the display name to the caller ID and the phone then can display the text associated with the caller ID System Administration Page 31 pbxnsip 2 11 6 Address Book Import Most address management programs support the export of a CSV comma separated value file The PBX can read this format if the below guidelines are kept e The field separator must be a semicolon e The first column must contain the first name the second column must contain the last name e The third column must have the number The number must have numeric characters The characters space and are ignored and may be included for readability The first character may be a so that global telephone numbers may be used For example the numbers 978 543 6545 and 49 30 386 12345 are valid numbers while the text WIRELESS CALLER 9785436534 is not a valid number e The fourth column may have a speed dial number The number must contain a star character in the beginning If the star code was already used by another entry the PBX will clear the other star code entry during the import process e The text must be encoded in UTF 8 format Because the number must have numeric characters it is ok if the first contains the field description For example most programs use a name like Number to identify the column and because that name is not a phone number the system will not include that
38. then pick the call up from your desktop phone In order to do this put the call on hold on your mobile device dial 85 park and wait until the PBX disconnects the call Then go to your desktop phone and pick up the call with 86 1 6 Caller ID Treatment Caller ID s are usually telephone numbers By providing your caller ID to the party that you are calling the called party may be able to look you up in an address book initiate a callback or just see who is calling Sometimes you want to reject calls that come from callers whose Caller ID does not reveal their identity Most VoIP systems use the name anonymous in the caller ID in such a case To treat these calls dial 88 If you have set the call forwarding on busy condition the PBX will forward anonymous calls to that destination for example your assistant This way you can make sure that anonymous calls get screened first before you take the call If you have not set the call forward on busy the system will play an announcement to the caller that tells him that the call can not be taken because of the blocked Caller ID To allow anonymous calls again dial 89 If you want to place a call without showing your caller ID dial 67 You will hear an announcement that the caller ID will be blocked for all future calls To enable your caller ID again dial 68 Please note that the caller ID will always be presented for internal calls 1 7 Call Data Record Sometimes you rece
39. ther extension on your PBX system the call return number will not be cleared and you will be able to try to reach that extension later by dialing the call return code The PBX will only store a call return number for calls that contain a valid caller ID Please also note that if you have several telephones that share the same extension number these devices will share the same redial and call return number Installation and Quick Start Page 11 pbxnsip 1 5 Parking Pickup and Transfer Before you can perform parking pickup or transfer you must first put your last call on hold Then you can dial the star code as a regular call Please note that the Sipura devices from Linksys by default are not able to support star codes with more than two digits Putting the call on hold first males sure that the PBX can differentiate between DTMF pass through as a part of the ongoing call and requesting something from the PBX For example if you are calling an external IVR system like your bank and they require you to enter 77 you would not be able to do that if the PBX interprets and executes the star code 1 5 1 Holding a call Putting a call on hold is a important first step before making transfers or parking calls Most phones have a hold key all you need to do is push that hold key Some phones have a R key that is used for holding a phone call Ruckfrage Other phones use the hook flash to detect the request to hold the line
40. up messages when you are not available The message will either be stored for telephone retrieval or forwarded as email To go to the voicemail system you just dial 97 or your extension number The first time you call your mailbox you will have the opportunity to record your name and a personal greeting This name recording will be used in announcements to callers If you choose not to record your name your extension number will be recited to callers You many record your name later at any time 1 2 3 Picking Up Mailbox Messages If you have a voice message in your mailbox and the message has not been forwarded to you by email your phone should indicate that a message is waiting for you Message Waiting Indication MWI Page 8 Installation and Quick Start pbxnsip Usually this is a blinking LED light Depending on your phone type you may be able to press the message retrieval button which is just a shortcut for dialing the mailbox number for example 97 The system will automatically start reading out your messages During message playback the following keys are available e 1 will start reverse playback like on a tape recorder If pressed again the reverse playback will be faster e 2 will stop resume playback e 3 will start fast forward the playback If pressed again the playback will be faster e 4 will read the message again without envelope information e 5 will read the message again including the
41. ur phone and dial the extension to which you are transferring by pressing the extension number keys and the call start key To initiate an attended transfer first put the caller on hold using the hold button on the phone then dial the number to which you will transfer the call If the person on the receiving end of your call is prepared to take the call you can just press the transfer key and the call that is on hold will be transferred You do not have to press the hold button to free the call If the person is not available to take the call you can press the hold key to reclaim the call and discuss the caller s options with him or her 1 5 5 Transfer with 77 Many mobile devices do not have options to transfer calls However they are able to put a call on hold The PBX supports blind transfers for such devices in the following way e Put the call that should be transferred on hold e Then dial 77 followed by the destination number This number must be dialled as one number For example you would dial 771234 not 77 and then press 1234 by DTMF Then the PBX will put the call off hold and redirect it to the destination Please notice that a blind transfer does not check if the call will be connected If the number is busy does not exist or just does not pick up the PBX will not send automatically the call back Transfer requires that you then dial the star code together with the transfer destination That means you cannot first
42. waiting indication 9 yes Ono Call cell phone when new message arrives O yes GO no Share the mailbox with the following extensions 502 503 Save The user may decide if the mailbox should be enabled or not For this purpose the web page offers the setting Mailbox Enabled As with the redirection setting the user may override the default setting until the PBX redirects the call to the mailbox This can be done in the setting Time until mailbox picks up The Announcement Mode can have the following values e If the user selects the Anonymous Announcement mode the PBX will just read out the number of the extension e If the user selects Name Announcement the PBX will pay back the recorded name of the extension if present e The setting Personal Announcement will read out the recorded announcement of the extension if present If the PBX should send a notification to registered phones the setting Send message waiting indication must be turned on If the PBX should call the cell phone after a message has been recorded the setting Call cell phone when new message arrives needs to be turned on The PBX User Manual Page 23 pbxnsip will charge the extension for this call If the mailbox should be shared with other extensions those extensions can be listed Separated by space in the setting Share the mailbox with the following extensions If the mailbox does not require a PIN code those extension
43. which un answered calls are forward Please contact your system administrator if you want to change this value To disable the call forward on no answer dial 76 1 3 2 Do Not Disturb Do Not Disturb DND is similar to the call forward already described in the previous section However the typical case is that you temporarily don t want to be disturbed for example because you have a meeting To turn DND on dial 78 To turn DND off dial 79 If you are a member of a hunt group the call forwarding conditions for your extension will not apply when the hunt group is called But if you turn DND on even calls that go to the hunt group will leave your phone silent Most VoIP phones have a button that acts in a similar way However this DND function might not be available or might not work as reliably as setting DND for your phone on the PBX DND can be overridden by a person that has the DND override permission Typically this is a secretary who should be able to call the boss even if he is on DND 1 4 Redial and Call Return To redial the last number called just dial 66 Call Return 69 will dial the number of the last call that you missed The number will be available until you establish a call to that number This will prevent you from calling back the same person twice If you reach an external mailbox the system will believe that the call was established successfully and clear the number If you reach a mailbox of ano
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