Freeside:Documentation:Administration:Phone devices

Phone devices

Phone devices are things like ATAs, VoIP phones, softphones, and so forth.

Setup

• Configuration -> Services -> Phone -> View/Edit phone device types: Add a type for each kind of phone device (each VoIP phone or ATA model)

Optional MAC addresses from inventory

• Configuration -> Miscellaneous -> Inventory classes and inventory: Add an inventory class of MAC addresses for each device type
• Configuration -> Services -> Phone -> View/Edit phone device types: Assign the appropriate inventory class to each device typee

Exports

• (As of Q1 2013) The Netsapiens, Grandstream and phone_shellcommands ("Run remote commands via SSH") provisioning exports support phone devices. Configure an export of one of these types and add it to the appropriate service definition.
• When adding or editing a device type, also select the desired export.

Usage

• Provision a customer's phone service as usual

Adding devices

• On the phone view page, click "Add device" at the bottom, under E911 information
• Select a device type
• For device types configured without a MAC address from inventory, fill in the text MAC address.
• Or for device types configured with a MAC address from inventory, select the MAC address from the dropdown.
• Click on "Add Phone device"

Editing devices

• On the phone view page, in the "Devices" section under E911 information, click on the "edit" link next to the device to edit.

Deleting devices

• On the phone view page, in the "Devices" section under E911 information, click on the "delete" link next to the device to edit.