XiVO Client

What is the XiVO Client

The XiVO Client is an application that you install on your computer and is connected to the Wazo server. This application offers the following features:

• search contacts and show their presence, phone status
• make calls through your phone (the XiVO Client is NOT a softphone, it is complementary to the phone)
• access your voicemail through your phone
• enable call forwards, call filtering
• show the history of your calls
• list conference rooms and members
• send faxes

It also offers some call center features:

• show screen popups or open URLs when you receive/answer a call
• list agents, queues, calls in queues
• login/logoff, pause/unpause other agents (for supervisors)
• listen/whisper to agents through you phone (for supervisors)

A lot of those features are modular and may be enabled for each user by choosing which Xlets they can see.

Getting the XiVO client

Binaries of the XiVO Client are available on our mirror. (latest version) (all versions)

Warning

The installed version of the XiVO Client must match the Wazo server’s version installation. With our current architecture, there is no way to guarantee that the Wazo server will be retro-compatible with older versions of the XiVO Client. Non-matching Wazo server and XiVO Clients versions might lead to unexpected behaviour.

Choose the version you want and in the right directory, get :

• the .exe file for Windows
• the .deb file for Ubuntu or Debian (i386 or amd64, depending on your computer)
• the .dmg file for Mac OS

For Windows, double-click on the file and follow the instructions. You can also install it silently:

xivoclient-14.XX-x86.exe /S

For Ubuntu/Debian, double-click on the file or execute the following command:

$ gdebi xivoclient-*.deb

For Mac OS, double-click on the file and drag-and-drop the inner file on the Application entry of the Finder.

The XiVO Client should then be available in the applications menu of each platform.

If you want to build your own XiVO Client, see Building the XiVO Client.

Connection to the server

To connect to the server using the XiVO client you need a user name, a password and the server’s address. Optionally, it is possible to login an agent while connecting to the server.

Xlets

Xlets are features of the XiVO Client. It is the contraction of XiVO applets. To select which xlets are displayed in your client, see CTI profiles.

• Conference xlet
• Directory xlet
• Fax xlet
• History xlet
• Identity xlet
• People xlet
• Service xlet

Configuration

The XiVO Client configuration options can be accessed under XiVO Client ‣ Configure.

Connection Configuration

This page allows the user to set his network information to connect to the xivo-ctid server.

• Server is the IP address of the server.
• Backup server is the IP address of the backup server.
• Port is the port on which xivo-ctid is listening for connections. (default: 5003)
• STARTTLS is used to specify that a secure connect should be used

Note

To use STARTTLS, the server needs to be configured to accept encrypted connection.

Handling callto: and tel: URLs

The XiVO Client can handle telephone number links that appear in web pages. The client will automatically dial the number when you click on a link.

Note

You must already be logged in for automatic dialing to work, otherwise the client will simply start up and wait for you to log in.

Warning

The option in the XiVO Client GUI Options ‣ Allow multiple instances of XiVO Client must be disabled, else you will launch one new XiVO Client with every click.

Mac OS

callto: links will work out-of-the-box in Safari and other web browsers after installing the client.

tel: links will open FaceTime after installing the client. To make the XiVO Client the default application to open tel: URLs in Safari.

1. Open the FaceTime application
2. Connect using your apple account
3. Open the FaceTime preferences
4. Change the Default for calls entry to xivoclient.app

Note

The tel: URL works out-of-the-box in versions of mac osx before 10.10.

Windows

XiVO Client is associated with callto: and tel: upon installation. Installing other applications afterward could end up overriding these associations. Starting with Windows Vista, it is possible to configure these associations via the Default Programs. Users can access Default Programs from Control Panel or directly from the Start menu.

The following popups might appear when you open a callto: or tel: link for the first time in Internet Explorer:

Simply click on allow to dial the number using the XiVO Client.

Note

If you do not want these warnings to appear each time, do not forget to check/uncheck the checkbox at the bottom of the popups.

Ubuntu

Currently, callto: or tel: links are only supported in Firefox. There is no configuration needed.

GNU/Linux Debian

Currently, callto: or tel: links are only supported in Firefox. If the XiVO Client is not listed in the proposition when you open the link, browse your files to find /usr/bin/xivoclient.

Manual association in Firefox

If, for some reason, Firefox does not recognize callto: or tel: URIs you can manually associate them to the XiVO Client using the following steps:

1. Type about:config in the URL bar
2. Click the I’ll be careful, I promise ! button to close the warning
3. Right-click anywhere in the list and select New -> Boolean
4. Enter network.protocol-handler.external.callto as preference name
5. Select false as value
6. Repeat steps 3 to 6, but replace callto by tel at step 4

The next time that you click on a telephone link, Firefox will ask you to choose an application. You will then be able to choose the XiVO client for handling telephone numbers.