Voice Over Internet Protocol | VOIP

What is VoIP (voice over IP)?

VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet. If you have a reasonable quality Internet connection you can get phone service delivered through your Internet connection instead of from your local phone company. Some people use VOIP in addition to their traditional phone service, since VOIP service providers usually offer lower rates than traditional phone companies.

How does VOIP work?

VoIP technology enables traditional telephony services to operate over computer networks using packet-switched protocols. Packet-switched VoIP puts voice signals into packets, similar to an electronic envelope. VoIP packets can be transmitted over any VoIP-compatible network, such as a local area network (LAN).

Voice over Internet Protocol services in Odoo

Odoo VoIP can set up to work together with OnSIP (www.onsip.com). In that case, the installation and setup of an Asterisk server is not necessary as the whole infrastructure is hosted and managed by OnSIP. You will need to open an account with OnSIP to use this service. Before doing so, make sure that your area and the areas you wish to call was include by the service

Create OnSIP Account

OnSIP is a cloud-based, real-time business phone system. It offers InstaCall, a tool that lets visitors to your website make video calls to your sales or support team straight from their browsers.

• Go to https://www.onsip.com webpage and create a new account
• Purchase OnSIP Package

Find your OnSIP credentials

You can find all this information by logging in at https://admin.onsip.com/users, then select the user you want to configure and refer to the fields as pictured you see here >

Odoo OnSIP  Module Installation

Go to Apps and install the module VoIP OnSIP.

Configuration

Go to Settings/General Settings. In the section Integrations/Asterisk (VoIP), fill in the 3 fields:

• OnSIP Domain is the domain you chose when creating an account on www.onsip.com. If you don’t know it, log in to https://admin.onsip.com/ and you will see it in the top right corner of the screen.
• WebSocket should contain wss://edge.sip.onsip.com
• Mode should be Production

User Configuration

Go to Settings/Users. In the form view of each Voice over Internet Protocol user, in the Preferences tab, fill in the section PBX Configuration:

• SIP Login / Browser’s Extension: the OnSIP ‘Username’
• OnSIP authorization User: the OnSIP ‘Auth Username’
• SIP Password: the OnSIP ‘SIP Password’
• Handset Extension: the OnSIP ‘Extension’

Make a call

You can now make phone calls by clicking the phone icon in the top right corner of Odoo (make sure you are logged in as a user properly configured in Odoo and in OnSIP).

Note : If you see a Missing Parameters message in the Odoo softphone, make sure to refresh your Odoo window and try again.

Note : If you see an Incorrect Number message in the Odoo softphone, make sure to use the international format, leading with the plus (+) sign followed by the international country code. E.g.: +16506913277 (where +1 is the international prefix for the United States).

Receive phone calls

You can now also receive phone calls. Your number is the one provided by OnSIP. Odoo will ring and display a notification.

OnSIP on Your Cell Phone

In order to make and receive phone calls when you are not in front of your computer, you can use a softphone app on your cell phone in parallel of Odoo VoIP. This is useful for on-the-go calls, but also to make sure to hear incoming calls, or simply for convenience. Any SIP softphone will work.

On Android and iOS, OnSIP has been successfully tested with Grandstream Wave. Also When creating an account, select OnSIP in the list of carriers. You will then have to configure it as follows:

• Account name: OnSIP
• SIP Server: the OnSIP ‘Domain’
• SIP User ID: the OnSIP ‘Username’
• SIP Authentication ID: the OnSIP ‘Auth Username’
• Password: the OnSIP ‘SIP Password’

Aside from initiating calls from Grandstream Wave on your phone, you can also initiate calls by clicking phone numbers in your browser on your PC. This will make Grandstream Wave ring and route the call via your phone to the other party. This approach is useful to avoid wasting time dialing phone numbers. In order to do so, you will need the Chrome extension OnSIP Call Assistant.

Warning :- The downside of using a softphone on your cell phone is that your calls will not be logged in Odoo as the softphone acts as an independent separate app.

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