How to setup Ozeki Phone System XE with Trixbox

Trixbox is a PBX software that is based on Asterisk. With Trixbox, you can place your phone calls using VoIP technology. If you use Ozeki Phone System XE you can build an efficient application with VoIP support. In this guide you can learn how to connect Ozeki Phone System XE to Trixbox.

If you or your corporation already have an operative PBX but you would like to use the useful and particular features of the Ozeki Phone System XE you can easily connect them by using the Ozeki Phone System XE VoIP service provider. It is also useful when you want to connect your system to an outer service to make and accept calls by using outside lines.

It could be very effective to use the features of the Ozeki Phone System XE like the sending and receiving SMS messages besides VoIP calls and services and you can use the benefits of the Webphone of Ozeki. By connecting a webphone to your PBX you can make it possible for your customers to reach your support staff easily. Any web browser is capable of handling microphones and web cameras, making voice and video chat become available. And the visitors of your website can call your corporation for free because they can connect to your phone system.

VoIP technology is one of the continuously evolving technologies nowadays. It offers lower costs than traditional PSTN calls, and flexibility to use your existing network architecture to make phone calls.

VoIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms, phone service over the Internet. VoIP technology is based on converting voice data into network packets. Your existing network architecture can deliver these packages to the destination phone.

Ozeki Phone System XE offers the ability to utilize the advantages of VoIP technology, and place phone calls over the Internet.

In this guide you can read about how to make your first steps, and connect Ozeki Phone System XE to yout Trixbox PBX.

Overview

If you follow the steps of this guide, you will have a system which is connected to Trixbox PBX and works as follows: First, you need to install your Trixbox server. After the installation, you need to create an extension which Ozeki Phone System XE can use to connect to it. After the registration you can start to place your phone calls via Trixbox PBX. Figure 1 demonstrates the process:

Figure 1 - Connection with Trixbox

• Install Trixbox in your network environment.
• Login to Trixbox and create an extension for Ozeki Phone System XE.
• Ozeki Phone System XE will register to Trixbox using this extension.
• You can start calling your contacts.
• Trixbox PBX will call your contacts via Ozeki Phone System XE.

Configuration steps

Before you begin, it is assumed that you have already downloaded and installed Trixbox in your environment.

Step 1.) Install Trixbox

Install your 3rd party PBX on your computer or virtual machine. More important to realise that your PBX and Ozeki Phone System XE should be in the same local network. Run installation, it will automaticly formatting and reboot your computer. After the default options ( keybord type, time zone ) add your password and start installation of the pbx. That will be the server reboot. Log into the Tribox with root username and the password which you gave reviously. You can configure over GUI with console setup:

#system-config-network
		

#service network restart
		

Step 2.) Create a SIP account

In this example, I have installed Trixbox in a server which IP address is 192.168.91.99. Open your web browser and navigate to the web interface of Trixbox.
In this guide it will be:
http://192.168.91.99/user/
Once it is done, click on switch next to User mode (Figure 2).

Figure 2 - Navigate to Trixbox web interface

Enter the username and password to switch to Admin mode. By default, the username is maint and the password is password (Figure 3).

Figure 3 - Login to the Admin interface

After login, click on PBX Settings at the PBX drop-down menu (Figure 4).

Figure 4 - Click on PBX Settings

Click on Extensions at the Basic menu (Figure 5).

Figure 5 - Click on Extensions

Select Generic SIP Device at the Device list, and click on Submit (Figure 6).

Figure 6 - Select Generic SIP Device

Provide the details of the extension you wish to create at the Add SIP Extension form. Enter the register name into the User Extension field, the display name into the Display Name field, and the password into the secret field (Figure 7). Once it is done, click on Submit.

Figure 7 - Provide extension details

I will use extension 100 to register Ozeki Phone System XE into Trixbox. Click on Apply Configuration Changes to save the changes (Figure 8).

Figure 8 - Apply Configuration Changes

By reloading the config file, your settings will come to effect in Trixbox. Click on Continue with reload to apply your changes (Figure 9).

Figure 9 - Reload your configuration

By reloading the configuration, the configuration of Trixbox is done, and you can start to configure Ozeki Phone System XE.

Step 3.) Configure Ozeki VoIP provider to use the created SIP account

It is assumed that you have already downloaded Ozeki Phone System XE and installed it into you computer.
You will need to login to the Ozeki Phone System XE and install a VoIP provider. At the VoIP provider installation section you can set General, Network and Call options and you can select the audio and the video codecs of the calls.

You can reach the configuration of the VoIP service provider on the How to connect to VoIP service providers page.

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

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