Wazo Client

What is the Wazo Client

The Wazo 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 Wazo 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 Wazo Client

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

Versions

Here is the compatibility table between Wazo server and Wazo Client:

Server Compatible with client
Until 16.12 Identical version as the server
16.13 to 17.15 16.13, 17.13, 17.14, 17.15
17.16 and later 17.16 and later

Download

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:

wazoclient-17.XX-x86.exe /S

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

$ gdebi wazoclient-*.deb

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

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

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

Connection to the server

To connect to the server using the Wazo 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.

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Xlets

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

Configuration

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

Connection Configuration

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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 Wazo 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 Wazo Client Advanced ‣ Allow multiple instances of Wazo Client must be disabled, else you will launch one new Wazo 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 Wazo 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 wazoclient.app
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Note

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

Windows

Wazo Client is associated with callto: and tel: upon installation. Installing other applications afterward could end up overriding these associations.

  • Windows Vista: Start menu ‣ Control Panel ‣ Default Programs, subsection Protocols
  • Windows 7: Start menu ‣ Control Panel ‣ Default Programs, subsection Protocols
  • Windows 10: Start menu ‣ Settings ‣ System ‣ Default apps ‣ Choose default apps by protocol
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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 Wazo Client is not listed in the proposition when you open the link, browse your files to find /usr/bin/wazoclient.

Manual association in Firefox

If, for some reason, Firefox does not recognize callto: or tel: URIs you can manually associate them to the Wazo 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 Wazo Client for handling telephone numbers.