This page contains instructions on how to customize the VoipNow system in terms of extension settings, message notifications, and voicemail. |
To set and customize general preferences for the system, go to Unified Communications in the side menu and click on the Zero Priority icon, under the Settings area.
Open the General tab on the left and you will be able to modify:
Start with the preferences related to the extension.
Field | Description |
Number of seconds to call | The number of seconds a call rings before being redirected to the user's voicemail or before VoipNow considers the user as being unavailable. Default value: 30. |
Maximum call duration | The maximum number of minutes allowed for a conversation. Allowed value: 1 to 2400. |
Welcome extension | The account owner can use this extension to post announcements for system users (e.g. an Interactive Voice Response). |
Welcome sound | VoipNow plays this sound before connecting the caller to the Welcome extension. Use the icon to view the available sound files or manually fill in the location of the file. A pop-up window listing all the sounds matching the name specified in the text box is displayed. |
Allowed phone extension codecs | Codecs that the server can use in order to communicate with the phone extensions. |
Default ping extension to check its status | The server checks extensions for presence regularly. If an extension does not answer in a predefined time, it is considered offline. |
Send public CallerID on local calls, if any | The extension's public callerID will be displayed in internal calls as well. The public callerID can be set from the list of public phone numbers associated with the extension. It can also be the callerID of another extension on the same organization account. |
Configure the way in which you want notifications to be sent, taking into account the following options:
Customize voicemail to suit your preferences filling in the following fields:
voipnow300_pbx/options/pbx_preferences |