Turn your iPhone Mobile into a full-featured mobile SIP extension with Bria iPhone or iPad Edition. To achieve this, you need to install the Bria application on your iPhone Mobile Phone and Ozeki Phone System XE on your Windows PC. This step-by-step guide explains you what you should do in order to use your cell phone similarly to a conventional desktop phone extension of your communication network.

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

How to create a connection

Step 1: Creating a SIP account in Ozeki XE

Step 2: Installing Bria

Step 3: Configuring Bria

Step 4: Setting up dial plans

Step 5: Making a test call

Step 1: Creating a SIP account in Ozeki XE

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

Step 2: Installing Bria

Now, it is time to connect your iPhone Mobile to your telecommunication system. For this purpose, you need an application that can be used to turn your phone into a mobile extension. Bria softphone is great for iPhone users.

In order to install Bria you need to download it from iPhone Store:

Option 1: Visit iPhone Store website: Download from iPhone Store
Option 2: Scan the following QR code:

Figure 1 - Download Bria from iPhone Store

Step 3: Configuring Bria

After you have launched Bria, select the "Accounts" menu item then click on "+" button in the top right-hand corner of the screen to add a new account (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Add account

On the "Select VoIP Provider" screen select "SIP - Making Calls" from the User-defined Accounts (Figure 3).

Figure 3 - Select SIP account

Now, you need to specify the user details that you defined earlier in Ozeki Phone System XE WebGUI:

Firstly, click on "Display as" and specify a unique user name that will be shown on your contact list. It is an optional setting, if you do not enter a unique name, the number of the mobile extension will be shown by default.
Similarly, click on "Username" and enter the phone number of the new extension. Your mobile phone will be available on this telephone number.
After that, click on "Password" menu item and enter the password of the extension.
Finally, click on "Domain" and provide the IP address of your Ozeki Phone System XE. Turn your account status into "Registered" by dragging the circular button to the right in the buttom right-hand corner of the screen in the "Enable" line. This action will automatically register your account.

In the top of the screen the "Registered" caption shows that your account is enabled. Save your configuration by clicking on the Save button at the top right-hand of the screen (Figure 4).

Figure 4 - Specify user details

After providing user details, your new account appears within "Enabled" accounts. It means that your mobile phone is ready to use. Click on the telephone icon at the bottom left-hand of the screen and the keypad will appear (Figure 5).

Figure 5 - Mobile extension is ready to use

Step 4: Setting up 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: Making a test call

In order to make a call;

enter a phone number (the number of the extension you would like to call), by using the keypad,
click on the Call button to initiate the call.

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

Figure 6 - Test call

Conclusion

This guide provided detailed information about how to connect your iPhone Mobile to Ozeki Phone System XE. By following these instructions, you will be able to install and configure the Bria application, and to use your iPhone Mobile as a full-featured mobile extension of your VoIP system.

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

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