With the recent release of 3CX v8, we thought it was a good time to do an article and really explain what 3CX is all about. Some people may have tried earlier versions of 3CX over the past couple of years, but 3CX has really become a production-ready IP PBX system over the past year [...]
Even though many people really like the Cisco 7940/7960 phones and want to use them with third-party IP PBX platforms such as 3CX, trixbox CE, and trixbox Pro, Cisco does not want you to do this and it is an unsupported configuration. Secondly, the phones are extremely picky about their configuration files and only a [...]
In this video Kerry walks you through the process of provisioning Cisco SPA500 series phones with 3CX. During this tutorial, you will see how to use the provisioning tool within 3CX, how to manually provision a phone, how to do semi-automatic provisioning, and fully automatic provisioning using DHCP option 66.
The SN4110 series is the perfect choice for phone-to-IP connectivity supporting up to 8 FXS ports or a combination of 4 FXS and 2 or 4 FXO ports. With its FXS analog ports the SN4110 connects to any legacy telephone or PBX and provides dial-tone, ringing, caller-ID and [...]
The Patton 4960 is ideal for PBX business trunking or corporate VoIP access. Offering up to four software configurable T1/E1/PRI interfaces the SN4960 connects to any switch, PBX and data network with up to 120 simultaneous calls using SIP, T1, E1 or PRI signaling. The dual gigabit Ethernet ports connect to the network for the [...]
Sangoma cards are known for their high quality and great echo cancellation modules so it makes sense to want to use them with 3CX, but the process can be a little confusing the first time. The reason it seems a little complicated is that you also need to install Sangoma’s NetBorder Express software. NetBorder Express [...]
Trying to get a Sangoma A101D PRI card working with 3CX can seem a little intimidating the first time since there is more to just plugging it in and having it work. The “secret sauce” is Sangoma’s software interface, NetBorder Express. What NetBorder Express does is it talks directly to the card and then creates [...]
One thing you need to think of with running a 3CX system is making sure you have a current backup of your system. The phone system for a business is usually the single most critical system and without a current backup, you could find yourself in a real world of hurt if you have a [...]
In this guide Kerry shows you how to manually configure Aastra phones with 3CX
In this tutorial Kerry walks you through configuring an extension in 3CX and then how to manually configure the snom MeetingPoint Conference Phone to register to that extension. At the time of this writing, there is no provisioning for the MeetingPoint in 3CX so the phone has to be manually configured, but fear not, its not that hard.
In this tutorial Kerry walks you through the 3CX interface to show how to configure an extension and setup the extension to create the proper configuration files for the snom 3xx series phones. After the extension is configured, he then shows how to setup a DHCP server to tell the phone where to find the file and also demonstrates how to tell the phone itself how to grab the file if your DHCP server doesn’t support the Option 66 feature.