Use your smartphone as a mobile SIP extension by using the CSIPSimple application. For this purpose, you need to install the CSipSimple application on your Android Mobile Phone, and Ozeki Phone System XE on your Windows PC. This guide describes what else you need and how you should configure your mobile in order to turn your smartphone into a full-featured extension of your VoIP network.

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Video tutorial: How to connect your Android Mobile to Ozeki Phone System XE

How to create a connection

Step 1: Creating a SIP account in Ozeki XE

Step 2: Installing CSipSimple

Step 3: Configuring CSiPSimple

Step 4: Setting up dial plans

Step 5: Making a test call

Step 1: Create a SIP account in Ozeki XE

In order to connect your Android phone to Ozeki Phone System XE, you need to create a SIP Extension, first. You can find a detailed guide about how to create a SIP Extension here.

Step 2: Installing CSipSimple

In order to connect your mobile phone to your communication system, you need an application that can be used to turn your phone into a mobile extension. One of the most reliable apps is CSipSimple.

In order to install CSipSimple you need to download it from Google Play:

Option 1: Visit Google Play website: Download from Google Play
Option 2: Scan the following QR code:

Figure 1 - Download CSipSimple from Google Play

Step 3: Configuring CSipSimple

After you have launched CSipSimple, select the most appropriate connection method then click the Save button (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Select connection method

Click on "Add account" then select the "Basic" menu item from the Generic wizards (Figure 3).

Figure 3 - Add account

- First, click on "Account name" and specify the name of your account (Figure 4).
- After dialing, you have to choose the call's destination: Mobile or VoIP.
- After it is done, click the OK button.
- Similarly, click on "User" and enter the phone number of the new extension. Your mobile phone will be available on this telephone number.
- Click on the OK button.
- After that, select "Server" and type the IP address of your Ozeki Phone System XE.
- Click on the OK button.
- Finally, choose "Password" menu item and enter the password of the extension.
- Click on the OK button.
Save your configuration by clicking on the Save button.

Figure 4 - Specify user data

After providing proper user data, your new account will be a Registered one. It shows that your mobile phone is ready to use. Click on "Accounts" in the top left-hand of the screen and the keypad will appear (Figure 5).
Figure 5 - Mobile extension is ready to use

Step 4: Setup dial plans

By default, every extension can call every other extension. You can read more about the supported ones here.
If you would like to change the default settings, or you would like to handle outgoing and incoming calls from outside lines, you will need to set up dial plans for that, for example:

if you would like to call telephones in PSTN or GSM networks, you need to set up Standard connections within the Outside lines panel, and you also need to set Outbound routing rules within the Dial plan panel (since the called party is not on the list of Standard extensions in the PBX).
it is also possible that there are incoming calls from the PSTN or GSM networks. In these cases, you need to add Inbound routing rules to forward them to any of the extensions.
if a call is not answered by the destination and you wish to forward that to an another extension (for example to a Voicemail), you need to add new Missed call rules.
to send and receive SMS messages, you need to add new Message routing rules.

You can read more about dial plans and call routing rules here.

Step 5: Make a test call

In order to make a call;

enter a phone number (the number of the extension you would call) by using the keypad.
click on the telephone icon to initiate the call.

On Figure 6, you can see that our sample extension (1002) called an other SIP extension (1004) and the last picture shows an incoming call as well, from the other extension (1004).

Figure 6 - Test call

Conclusion

The guide above presented how to connect your Android Mobile (smartphone and tablet as well) to Ozeki Phone System XE. If you follow these steps, you will be able to install and configure the CSipSimple application and to use your Android Mobile as a full-featured mobile extension of your communication system.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact us at info@ozekiphone.com

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