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3CX is pleased to announce a new release of 3CX Phone System 10, build 22686. Service Pack 5 fixes numerous 3CX Wallboard issues and also adds a new and important caller ID feature. To download …

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VIDEO: Troubleshooting and Logging
May 4, 2011 – 11:44 am | Comments Off

Skills Covered by this Module

What devices or providers are 3CX-Supported, and why.
What devices or providers are Vendor-Supported, and why.
What devices or providers are Unsupported, and why.
Types of issues you may encounter.
The Server Activity Log …

How to diagnose problems in applications built with 3CX Voice Application Designer
September 3, 2010 – 7:02 pm | 2 Comments

The 3CX Voice Application Designer (VAD) is a powerful tool for creating voice applications quickly and easily, without needing to have great programming or telephony skills.

Analyzing a successful call setup between extensions within 3CX
March 11, 2010 – 9:12 pm | Comments Off
Analyzing a successful call setup between extensions within 3CX

Introduction
This chapter gives you an overview of how a call is established within 3CX and how you can trace through these steps by reading the server activity log. The Server activity log can be accessed …

Jittery IVR when using HyperV or Vmware
March 11, 2010 – 3:42 pm | Comments Off
Jittery IVR when using HyperV or Vmware

When using a virtualized operating system and 3CX Phone System, you may experience Stuttering voice quality if you have not configured your virtual environment correctly. This article explains how pm timers on the machine may …

Troubleshooting IVR Errors with IIS installs
March 9, 2010 – 4:09 pm | Comments Off
Troubleshooting IVR Errors with IIS installs

The 3CX Phone System IVR service is based on VXML and therefore integrates with the web server that you have chosen to use with 3CX. If there are problems with the web server integration, the …

3CXBackup Restore Troubleshooting
March 9, 2010 – 2:56 pm | One Comment

This article helps you recover from Backup and Restore Errors including some tips to make this operation quick and seamless. When a new major version is released, it is recommended to install the latest version. …

Analyzing registration
February 10, 2010 – 6:45 pm | Comments Off
Analyzing registration

Introduction
This article describes how an extension or a gateway line registers itself with the PBX Server to make itself available for making and receiving calls, and how the PBX Server will register itself with a …

Using the MSI Cleanup Utility
February 9, 2010 – 4:39 pm | Comments Off
Using the MSI Cleanup Utility

To uninstall any MSI installation that fails to uninstall itself for whatever reason, use the MSI Cleanup Utility:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/9/d/e9d80355-7ab4-45b8-80e8-983a48d5e1bd/msicuu2.exe
This version of Windows Installer CleanUp Utility works correctly in all 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows.
The …

What to do when Media Server reports “Binding Failed”
January 12, 2010 – 6:24 pm | Comments Off
What to do when Media Server reports “Binding Failed”

If the Media Server needs to allocate a port for media transmission, and cannot bind, it will generate a log message such as:
MediaServerReporting:InitEndPoint [MS003003] C:179.1: RTCP socket 10.0.0.173:7023 binding failed with error code 10048
This is …

Fixing Internet Explorer Script Errors
January 9, 2010 – 5:44 pm | Comments Off
Fixing Internet Explorer Script Errors

This document describes how to fix and solve Internet Explorer Script Errors that come up in the 3CX Management Console every time one of the following actions is performed:

Uploading an audio file to a Digital …

Management and Myphone Web Interfaces show blank
January 2, 2010 – 6:28 pm | Comments Off
Management and Myphone Web Interfaces show blank

This document describes how to resolve an issue when you try and access the 3CX Management Console or the 3CX MyPhone Portal and instead of getting the standard login screen, you see a blank white …

Troubleshooting Cassini Web server Issues
November 9, 2009 – 4:18 pm | Comments Off

When using 3CX with Cassini, you may encounter situations where the Web Interface or the Web Service stops running and you have to restart the 3CX services to get it running again, or where the …

Analyzing a SIP Call
August 4, 2009 – 8:38 pm | Comments Off

This document describes how a SIP call is established in 3CX Phone System, and what events will be written to the ‘Server Status’ page in the 3CX Management console. Using this call flow description, and …

Error 2738 VBscript error during installation
March 9, 2009 – 10:22 pm | Comments Off
Error 2738 VBscript error during installation

Error 2738. Could not access VBScript run time for custom action.
This error usually appears on a system during some installations because Visual Basic Script (VBScript) is not installed or has been disabled. …

How can I view SIP traffic with the Wireshark Network Capture tool?
March 4, 2009 – 5:42 pm | Comments Off
How can I view SIP traffic with the Wireshark Network Capture tool?

To troubleshoot or analyze a particular problem, it is often handy to take a closer look at the actual SIP traffic being sent to and from 3CX Phone System or the 3CX VOIP client.

For example:

You …