Cannot get anything to work

[Montclairguy]

System: Dual 2.8Ghz Xeon, XP SP2

I've installed the latest 3CX phone system, using the demo key, the 3CX Gateway for Skype, and the 3CX Softphone. I cannot get any outbound calls to connect with the softphone, and I cannot get any inbound calls to reach the phone. I cannot get access to the voicemail dialing 999. I cannot reach the echo123 service, after adding it to the phonebook for the softphone, either. 3CXPhone says it's online. 3CXGateway for Skype says both lines are "Online - On Hook". 3CX Phone System Management Console says the extension is registered. If I load Skype on another box in the office, and call the account I assigned to the 3CXGateway for Skype, I see the call ringing on both lines in the gateway monitor (and hear skype ringing simultaneously on the two hidden instances) but the softphone does not register the call.

And, where, exactly, is the manual for the "3CXGateway for Skype" product? All I can find is a web page with tiny pictures I can't see clearly.

Also, I installed the softphone on another box, and registered the extension. We can't even get the two softphones to connect to each other through the 3CX PBX.

Lastly, the only "System Extension" that is showing as "registered" is the FaxExtension. All the rest, including voicemail are red and "Not registered." I've turned off my firewall temporarily, and that has no effect.

The logs show no errors, and virtually no activity.

I don't consider myself to be an idiot, but these applications are making me question that conclusion. What other info do you need to help me diagnose this issue? I'm not looking to do anything with the 3CX products other than manage all calls utilizing Skype for our small business, via softphones.

[Montclairguy]

Guess I'm just SOL, or perhaps, impatient. Still cannot get this to work, and no response from 3CX.

Here's some log info:

17:52:35:921 - Info : Waiting for Skype authorization
17:52:37:484 - Info : Skype connection status is ONLINE
17:52:37:500 - Info : Expected Skype user logged in: [x]
17:52:37:500 - Info : Skype user status is ONLINE
17:52:37:500 - Info : Skype authorization request succeeded
17:52:39:453 - Info : Port check - Port [127.0.0.1:22500] is free
17:52:39:468 - Info : Making PBX call from [x1] to [x] succeeded
17:52:39:468 - Info : Call (skypeid 4973) incoming from Skype account [x1]
17:52:39:468 - Info : Call (skypeid 4973) is now established
17:52:52:234 - Info : Call (skypeid 4973) has been ended by Skype, reason: missed [misc. error]
17:52:52:250 - Info : PBX call has been ended by PBX
17:53:39:890 - Info : Port check - Port [127.0.0.1:22500] is free
17:53:39:890 - Info : Making PBX call from [x1] to [x] succeeded
17:53:39:890 - Info : Call (skypeid 5165) incoming from Skype account [x1]
17:53:39:906 - Info : Call (skypeid 5165) is now established
17:54:12:375 - Info : PBX call has been ended by PBX
17:54:12:421 - Info : Call (skypeid 5165) has been ended by caller, reason: refused [misc. error]

3CX PBX shows nothing going on at all, regarding any of this, and the softphone never rang.

[leejor]

It sounds like you are trying to do too much at one time. Concentrate on getting calls working between two extensions first. Once you have that working, then move onto outside calls. Getting Skype working should be the very last step, long after you have all of the other bugs worked out of your system.
You probably need to re-read the 3CX manual and start over from scratch. It sounds like you have some major misconfiguration if you can't even call voicemail (did you choose two or three digit extensions?, it's "99" if you chose two)

[Vali_3CX]

17:54:12:421 - Info : Call (skypeid 5165) has been ended by caller, reason: refused [misc. error]

Hi
Usually, this Skype message tells it has no microphone device available, so it doesn't want to accept making calls. Please check sound system on machine running Skype.

[Montclairguy]

17:54:12:421 - Info : Call (skypeid 5165) has been ended by caller, reason: refused [misc. error]

Hi
Usually, this Skype message tells it has no microphone device available, so it doesn't want to accept making calls. Please check sound system on machine running Skype.

Not in this case. The call just timed out after I let it ring and ring and ring. It didn't immediately generate that error.

[Montclairguy]

It sounds like you are trying to do too much at one time. Concentrate on getting calls working between two extensions first. Once you have that working, then move onto outside calls. Getting Skype working should be the very last step, long after you have all of the other bugs worked out of your system.
You probably need to re-read the 3CX manual and start over from scratch. It sounds like you have some major misconfiguration if you can't even call voicemail (did you choose two or three digit extensions?, it's "99" if you chose two)

I uninstalled everything last night after heavy frustration with the products. I did read the installation section of the manual and I accepted most of the defaults as they were presented to me. Lastly, if I have no gateway, then how would I install this product at all? Will it even function without a method of making/taking calls? I thought a gateway was required to install this at all; perhaps I'm mistaken.

As stated previously, the only working registered extension was 888 for fax. Everything else was listed as "Not registered", including voicemail. But, I'll give it another shot today, and try to get extension calling and voicemail working.

I just want to move my business to Skype using softphones 100% and use this to manage it -- that's all.

[Vali_3CX]

My advice is to split this problem in two - one for PBX-related, and one for the Skype gateway. Post the PBX issue on the General section, I cannot help you too much on it since i'm not a PBX insider. However, I suggest you to (be prepared to) provide there OS version, PBX version, some PBX tracelogs in Verbose mode, a netstat -ano dump.
I totally agree with Leejor in what he adviced - let the Skype gateway as the last step, after PBX is up-and-running.
Regards
vali

P.S I wanted to move this topic on the General section, but I preferred to keep it here for later, for the Skype gateway problem.

[Montclairguy]

However, I suggest you to (be prepared to) provide there OS version, PBX version, some PBX tracelogs in Verbose mode, a netstat -ano dump.

I did, more or less:

System: Dual 2.8Ghz Xeon, XP SP2

I've installed the latest 3CX phone system, using the demo key, the 3CX Gateway for Skype, and the 3CX Softphone.

I do appreciate the advice and assistance. Again, i was under the impression some kind of gateway was necessary to install this PBX at all, but I believe that assumption was incorrect. Regardless, I took everything off the box and will reinstall, and advise what happens from there. I hate to move this topic to the PBX forum, after I'm getting some help here... but if that's not your specialty, then I suppose I probably should. Thank you for the assistance.

[Montclairguy]

Guess it just didn't like that first install, for whatever reason. Installed the PBX, then the softphone, and those talked to each other for the first time correctly (except for the voicemail -- the only system extension online is still just the fax server.) Then I installed the Skype gateway and created the outbound rule, and finally got a call to go out over skype using the 3CX softphone. So -- it just must have been a cruddy install the first time, as I really did nothing differently this time.

Well, now that I think of it, this time I put in the demo key first, then restarted all the services (some of which refuse to stop unless forced with task manager), then I installed the phone, then the skype gateway. So, perhaps that is the trick. Not sure. I did also mute all of the Skype sounds, and disable Skype's notifications immediately after the gateway launched it. Could be a combination of all these things -- who knows?

Thanks for the assistance.

[Montclairguy]

Upon rebooting the system, and verifying all the services are running, the entire setup stops functioning, and I'm back to square one, where nothing works.

During the first call attempt from the softphone, I hear my windows standard error wav file played, and no pop up box -- and that's all I get out of it. No notifications from that point forward.

Server activity log shows the softphones logging in to the PBX, and then this only:

11:44:00.218 [CM503008]: Call(1): Call is terminated

From that point forward, there is no record of the incoming calls, no record of the outgoing calls, etc.

I disabled the firewall completely, with identical results. I restarted all the services with identical results.

OS is XP SP 2. Machine is dual xeon 2.8ghz.

Here's the whole log file:

Just repeats this over and over...
11:45:27.281 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:44:55.281 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:44:23.281 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:44:00.218 [CM503008]: Call(1): Call is terminated
11:43:51.281 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:43:46.046 [CM504001]: Ext.100: new contact is registered. Contact(s): [sip:100@127.0.0.1:3254;rinstance=adc41bbf911693ca/100]
11:43:19.281 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:42:55.281 IP(s) added:[192.168.1.2]
11:42:49.718 [EC200002]: Media server is connected: application:xxxx:0/MediaServer local:127.0.0.1:5482 remote:127.0.0.1:3199
11:42:47.578 [CM504008]: Fax Service: registered as sip:888@192.168.1.2:5060 with contact sip:888@192.168.1.2:5100;user=phone
11:42:47.265 Active calls counted toward license limit: []
11:42:46.812 [EC200006]: Conference server is connected: application:xxxx:0/3CXConferenceRoom local:127.0.0.1:5482 remote:127.0.0.1:3193
11:42:46.578 [CM506002]: Resolved SIP external IP:port (24.147.90.212:5060) on Transport 192.168.1.2:5060
11:42:46.546 [EC200004]: IVR server is connected: application:xxxx:0/IVRServer local:127.0.0.1:5482 remote:127.0.0.1:3190
11:42:46.421 [CM506001]: STUN request to resolve SIP external IP:port mapping is sent to STUN server 94.228.101.70:3478 over Transport 192.168.1.2:5060
11:42:46.375 [EC200005]: Parking Orbit server is connected: application:xxxx:0/3CXParkOrbit local:127.0.0.1:5482 remote:127.0.0.1:3189
11:42:45.250 Failed to obtain short path name for [C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\3CX\Bin\Cert]
11:42:45.250 [CM501006]: Default Local IP address: [192.168.1.2]
11:42:45.250 [CM501002]: Version: 8.0.10708.0
11:42:45.250 [CM501001]: Start 3CX PhoneSystem Call Manager
11:42:45.234 [CM501007]: *** Started Calls Controller thread ***
11:42:45.000 [CM501009]: License Info: Loaded Succeeded

[Vali_3CX]

Anybody know how to get the 3CX softphone to stop removing hyphens and other characters from Skype user names? Makes it impossible to return phone calls from Skype users, or dial them.

Can you provide an example of such skype account name?

[Montclairguy]

Anybody know how to get the 3CX softphone to stop removing hyphens and other characters from Skype user names? Makes it impossible to return phone calls from Skype users, or dial them.

Can you provide an example of such skype account name?

Kinda moot at this point, since I cannot get the thing working after a reboot -- but assuming I do, yes. Examples:

so-and-so
johnny-mcyoinkavitch
jane-doe

etc.
Thanks.

[Montclairguy]

I turned off all the services, and turned them on one by one, testing the config. Once this service starts, the whole thing dies:

"3CX PhoneSystem Media Server"

Without that running, the system functions. Any ideas?

[Vali_3CX]

so-and-so
johnny-mcyoinkavitch
jane-doe

etc.
Thanks.

This is not any problem with these names. The problem of dialing-back is the outbound rule. These are external numbers, passing through a gateway (the Skype gateway in our case) so they should met corresponding outbound rule.

So if you want to call jane-doe skype account using the Skype gateway channel having as outbound rule sk/strip 2 digits, you will have to dial skjane-doe.

Now, when your phone receive a call from Jane Doe, this is a call from jane-doe, so dialing back means a call to, obviously, jane_doe, which does not exist. To avoid this COMMON and NORMAL issue, an option is provided in the Skype's channel configuration, to specify a prefix, commonly matching the corresponding outbound rule. Therefore, if you will specify there sk, then your phone will get an incoming call from skjane_doe, which then, later, can be dialed back without problem, being properly routed by PBX to the Skype channel.

[Montclairguy]

For what purpose would I have to specify an outbound skype rule using "sk" (for example) then strip the characters? I have no other gateway. Everything goes out over the skype gateway, and there's no reason for me to say "everything starting with sk goes out over the skype gateway, since everything goes out over the skype gateway" -- is there?

echo123 can be dialed without anything special, for example. Am I being dense, and how does this correct the softphone from stripping the hyphens?

If i put in a phone entry of "so-and-so", and dial it, the softphone shows "dialing soandso". The gateway monitor shows "online - calling soandso". The PBX log shows Call to sip:soandso@127.0.0.1...

It never dials "so-and-so". Sorry if I'm not understanding why a rule is necessary to make the software properly format what's being dialed.

Regardless, I did as you suggested, and the results are the same. The 3CX softphone strips the hypens out of the name being dialed, and the logs show the same thing.