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The PnP Service is enabled by default on all Sangoma IP Phones (as the initial boot process for NEW setup) and on FreePBX/ PBXact systems with Sysadmin 13.0.73 +
If the PnP Service fails to discover FreePBX / PBXact, the Sangoma phone(s) will attempt the next boot procedure.  Click Here for Boot Procedure Order

FreePBX / PBXact Administration

The following information is assuming that you have already configured extension and User Manager accounts within your FreePBX / PBXact . If you have an un-configured out-of-box server, please start here: FreePBX Distro First Steps After Installation

Verify End-Point-Manager IP Address

The End-Point-Manager (EPM) module, inside FreePBX / PBXact, is responsible for auto-provisioning Sangoma Phones.  In order for EPM to be able to communicate with the phone(s) it must be configured with the same IP address as your FreePBX / PBXact system.

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• Navigate to the Global Settings section of EPM from the right nav bar.
  

  

• Define the Internal IP Address or FQDN that phones will connect to when local to the PBX.
  

  

• Define the External IP Address or FQDN that phones will connect to when not local to the PBX.
  

  

• Also take note what port you have HTTP Provisioning setup on as that port needs to be accessible for your phone to receive its configrations.
  

  

• Press the Save Global button.
  

  

Verify we have a proper Template setup

• In the right nav menu, under Brands, click on Sangoma.
  

  

  
   

• Either click on the New Template button at the top to create a new template, or click on the default-sangoma template name to edit the included default template.
  

  

   
   

  • Give the template a Name. For the Destination Address, pick either the Internal or External option. This will pull in the IP address that you entered in the Global Settings section earlier.
    

    

     
     

  • Define your Time Zone and if you want Daylight Savings time mode to be enabled.
    

    

     
     

  • For Firmware Version, pick Firmware Slot 1 from the drop-down menu. (When you install EPM it will install the latest firmware in slot 1.)  See Firmware Management for more information on updating firmware for your phones in the future.
    

    

     
     

  • Define what Provision Server Protocol you want to use to have your phones receive their config files:

    • TFTP should be used when phones are local to the PBX, as it's easy to use and requires no setup.  

    • HTTP should be used for local or remote phones and is easy to use and required no other setup.  The default HTTP port used for phone configs is port 83 but may be different on your PBX.  You can view the port that is currently setup for HTTP in the Global Settings section we just went through above. 

    • FTP should be used if your phones are remote, as it requires the phone to know the FTP username and password to receive the config file.

      • If using FTP, you will need to set up an FTP username and password for the PBX. Review the System Admin - FTP Setup wiki for information on setting up a username and password for phones to receive their configuration files via FTP.

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Configuring Buttons on your Phone

Line Keys Setup

End Point Manager will help you set up the Line keys for your Sangoma Phones, based on the phone family:

S-Series

Line Key Types

• Depending on the phone family type, Line keys can be set up in End Point Manager either for S-Series or P-Series with the following options.

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• Line Key Types:

  • BLF- ("Busy Lamp Field") - Monitors another extension or feature code that has state information on your PBX. The state is indicated by the BLF button.

  • Call Park- Used for one-touch Call Parking.

  • Conference- Configures a conference button to allow 5-way conference calling.

  • DTMF- Sends DTMF digits while on a active call, such as having the system dial a feature code while on a active call.

  • Hold- Places the caller on Hold.

  • Intercom- Causes the dialed extension to answer using Intercom Calling/Auto Answer instead of ringing.

  • LDAP- Button to Launch LDAP directory

  • Line- Sets up a line key. Each phone needs at least one line key.

  • MultiCast Paging- Starts a page to a specific MultiCast address.

  • Record- Toggles on-demand call recording. Requires the user to have on-demand recording permissions in the PBX.

  • Redial- Redials the last number.  

  • SpeedDial- Dials the programmed external number.  

    • To insert pauses, use a comma.  Each comma adds a 500ms pause when dialing.  

    • If you want to create a speed dial that dials a number and then waits for the user to enter more digits on the keypad you would use a + at the end of your speed dial such as *80+ would dial *80 when you press the speed dial button and then wait for you to enter more digits.

  • Transfer-Transfers a call to a new recipient.

  • Voicemail- Dials the voicemail system, allowing the user to check voicemail.

  • XML API- Provides access to the specified Phone App.

Configuring Line Buttons

• S-Series Line Buttons

• P-Series Line Buttons

User Manager Permissions

Verify Groups Permissions are setup with Access to Phone Apps

• Navigate in your PBX to the User Management module.

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• From here go into each tab under Phone Apps and make sure you have your permissions setup correct and press the submit button at the bottom of the page when done.

Verify my users are setup to inherit permissions from the group

• By default when a new user is created most permissions for that user are told to be inherited by the group they are apart of.  We are going to go verify they are all setup correct.  If a user permission is not setup when they try to use a app on the phone or login to the phone they will get error saying they do not have permissions.

• Navigate in your PBX to the User Management module.

• Click on the Users tab at the top
  

  

•  Press the Edit button next to the user you want to edit permissions for.
  

  

• Click on the Phone Apps tab on the top
  

  

• For each permission you want to verify it is set to inherit from the group.  If you wanted to override a permission for a user to be different then the group permissions you can do that here by not using the inherit option.
  

  

• From here go into each tab under Phone Apps and make sure you have your permissions setup correct and press the submit button at the bottom of the page when done.

PnP Service

By default, FreePBX / PBXact has PnP Service enabled. Configuration options are accessible from Sysadmin. Below is an example screenshot of the default configuration 

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If you do not want PnP to autoprovision the phone, select Ignore, which will force the phone to use the next available method of autoprovisioning.
(You will want to ignore PnP autoprovisioning when the phone is not on the same network as the PBX) 

Logging in with your Phone

Now that we have told our phone how to reach the PBX using a redirect server and we have verified that End Point Manager is setup in our PBX and our users have permissions for Phone Apps we will now log our phone into the PBX.

Automatic Configuration process

• When the phone contacts your PBX it will communicate with the End-Point-Manager (EPM) module inside. 

• EPM will detect any Sangoma phone that is requesting configuration and if the MAC Address has already been setup in EPM Extension Mapping it will use the configuration for that phone.  

  • If the Mac Address has not been mapped to a user or template inside EPM yet it will prompt you with a login screen. Since your PBX will not have any information on the phone at this point, the phone will prompt the user to enter their Extension and voicemail password and EPM will generate a configuration for this phone based on your default template.

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Note: The above 220 and 230 are example extensions. Your phone will display the extension number that the user logged in with.

Managing Phone Apps

The following information describes how to modify the phone apps that are displayed on screen.

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