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SADOS VOIP Phone System User Guide

SADOS Communications LLC.

501 North Market Street

Frederick, Maryland 21701

Copyright and Trademarks

Software specifications are subject to change without notice. SADOS is a registered trademark of SADOS

Communications LLC. All rights reserved.

Limits of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranty

While every precaution has been taken while preparing this guide, including research, development, and

testing, SADOS assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. No liability is assumed by SADOS for

damages resulting in the use of this information.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 4

Objectives 4

Overview 5

Logging In 5

Home Page 5

Main Navigation 6

Secondary Navigation 7

Voicemail 8

Services 9

Phone Numbers 10

Caller ID Routing 13

E911 Locations 15

Fax Lines 16

Extensions 18

Mailbox 21

Auto Attendants 25

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Time Frame 27

Ring Group 28

Contacts 29

Conference Bridges 30

Listen Live 31

Holidays 34

Hold Groups/Music 34

DISA 35

Call Blocking 37

Cases 38

Accounting 39

Reports 43

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Introduction

Thank you for choosing SADOS as your new VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone service provider. Our

web application has been built to help manage your new SADOS phone system and customize your

experience. This user guide serves to provide instruction and guidance as you become acquainted to the

website and features we offer.

Objectives

Upon completion of this user guide, you will be able to:

Configure and update phone numbers, extensions, and voicemail

Manage forwarding and call routing options

View invoices and pay bills online

Create auto-attendants and hold music

The SADOS logo signifies a hint

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Overview

Go to your web browser and visit voip.SADOS.com/login.

Login using the information your SADOS representative provided.

The default username is the email you’ve registered with SADOS,

The default password is Welcome1234

This is the home page after you’ve logged in. Here, we have some shortcuts for commonly used activities.

This includes:

A message center for information

regarding your SADOS phone

service

Your recent bills and transactions

Other common tasks, such as

listing the out the list of

extensions and telephone

numbers

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Main Navigation

Home – contains the message center, recent transactions, and common tasks

Voicemail – allows you to view voicemail messages based on mailbox number

Services – this is where most of the configuration will take place, including phone number and extension

managing, caller ID routing, time frame and ring group rules, and more.

Cases– this section is only used if/when you are switching your old phone numbers over to SADOS’

phone solution.

Accounting – has a detailed listing of all transactions under the account, with the ability to view invoices.

Reports – displays graphs and information pertaining to call usage and activity

Home – contains the message center, recent transactions, and common tasks

Tools – lets you test your VoIP connection

Settings – lets you view and configure account and service settings, manage users, and more.

Refunds and Exchanges – view our refund and exchange policy

Privacy Policy– view our privacy policy

Terms of Use – view the terms of use you accept by using our products

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Secondary Navigation

This secondary navigation will change depending upon which part of the website

you are currently visiting. The example on the right is from Accounting. Each

secondary navigation menu will allow you to:

Find and select the different tools that each section has to offer

View recently visited items

Create new users, mailboxes, auto attendants, time frames, ring groups,

conference rooms, holidays, and hold music tracks

Sort the sub-categories and rearrange items

You may also rearrange submenu items by clicking and

dragging the items into the order you desire

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Voicemail

The voicemail section allows you to choose a mailbox number, and view any messages left in that mailbox.

Choose a mailbox number and keep “INBOX” as the folder, and click submit. You will see call information and

have the ability to listen to messages.

Voicemails are stored for up to 180 days

Visit Mailboxes under Services to change mailbox settings

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Services

The services section is where most of your configuration will take place. Here, we

have the options to:

View phone numbers and edit general configuration, caller ID settings, call

routing, and other features.

Create caller ID routing rules based on inbound caller number or caller ID

Update your registered emergency address associated with your phones

View and configure fax lines

View extensions and edit their configuration, call routing, voicemail boxes,

and dialing rules

Configure phone endpoints

Create and configure voicemail boxes and greetings

Edit auto attendant and virtual attendant configurations

Create time frames, holidays, and ring groups for call routing customization

Manage your contacts

Create conference bridges for dial-in teleconferences

Edit live listening settings

Upload hold music

Manage call blocking

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Phone Numbers

The phone numbers sub-section of services is where you will go to configure the routing and other options of

your telephone numbers. Upon opening it, you will see a section where your phone numbers are listed out

with their general information. You can use the search box to search for a specific number if you happen to

have a large number of phone numbers. Click on the box with the pencil (highlighted below) to change your

options for a specific telephone number.

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Phone Number Configuration

General Options

Incoming Number – this is the phone number you are

currently editing

Toll Free Number – Yes/No field based on the initial set

up of the phone

State – You must set the state for every phone number

when you first set up your phones

Caller ID Settings

Caller ID(CNAM) – The caller ID that will appear when

this phone number is calling out

Internal Presentation – An appending ID used when the

number is calling other internal numbers. For example,

a sales department in a business might have SALES

here, so when they call other internal numbers it would

say “SALES SADOS”

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Call Routing

The following are all options for call routing:

Caller ID Routing – Routes calls based on Caller ID Routing Rules

(pp. 13-14)

SIP Trunk – Routes calls to associated digital phone lines

Extension – Routes calls to the phone number to a specific

extension (pp. 18-20)

Phone – Routes calls to another phone and follows the call

routing rules of that phone

Mailbox – Routes calls to a voicemail box (pp. 22-25)

Auto Attendant – Routes calls to an automated auto attendant

(pp. 26-27)

Time Frame – Routes calls based on time frame rules (p. 28)

Group – Routes calls to a ring group (p. 29)

Conference/Hub – Routes calls to a conference/hub (p. 31)

DISA/Hub – Routes calls to a DISA/hub (p. 36-37)

Queue – Routes calls to a call queue

Outside Number – Routes calls to the specified outside number

Company Directory – Routes calls to the company directory

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Check Voicemail – Allows users to call in and check their voicemail boxes

Custom Setting – Allows you to create a custom rule for call routing.

Virtual Attendant – Routes calls to the specified virtual attendant (p. 38-39)

Features

Hold Music Group – Selects which hold music is used for this particular phone number (Page #)

Screen for Privacy – Used if you would like all incoming calls screened for privacy. This only works if you

enable the announcement where phones calling in must announce who’s calling (Page #)

Visit the page numbers specified next to the call routing

options above for more in depth information

Caller ID Routing

Caller ID Routing allows you to create a routing strategy based on either the caller ID name or number.

In the example below, we’ve created a caller ID routing strategy that forwards known spam callers, based on

caller ID number, to the general mailbox. Any numbers that aren’t matched by our pattern are then forwarded

to the main office ring group.

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Route Settings

Route Name – The name you want to give this caller ID routing rule.

Description – A general description of what the rule is being used for

Match By – You may either choose to create a rule by matching caller ID number or caller ID name, but

you can’t match to both in the same caller ID routing rule.

Route Settings

Patterns – Either the caller ID number or caller ID name that you would like to match for. You may have

up to 500 patterns per routing rule.

Route Notes – Short description of

this specific pattern

Route To – Routes to the specified

destination if the pattern is

matched

If no records match – Routes the

call to the specified destination

when the system cannot match the

caller ID information with any

pattern defined

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E911 Locations

E911 Locations are the addresses that you have registered with emergency services. Your initial location

should be set up by your SADOS representative. If you purchase more phones for other locations, you can

always add more addresses. To add more locations;

Navigate to the E911 locations tab

Create a new location

Enter the address information

Add the phone number to be

associated with the new location

Select the phones that you

would like to be associated with

the new location

Read the terms and conditions,

accept, and then save

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T.38 Fax Line

This section allows you to view and configure fax lines. Contact your SADOS representative if you need further

help configuring your fax lines. See the next page for an example configuration.

General Information

Description – A short description of this fax line

Caller ID –The fax endpoint’s caller ID

SIP Peer Status – Lets you know whether your phone is online or offline

SIP Configuration

Use the SIP configuration information below to connect your remote PBX system or SIP endpoint to your

new phone system. You will need to enter the SIP registration hostname, SIP username, and SIP

password into your remote PBX system or SIP endpoint.

You may need to adjust some of the advanced network options. The default values for these fields

should work in most cases.

Network Configuration

An endpoint may be configured to only connect from a set of trusted networks. Alternatively, you may

opt to allow this endpoint to connect from any network (recommended).

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Extensions

The extensions section gives you a list of all extensions and their general information, including extension

number, name, type, routing options, outgoing caller ID, and associated voicemail box number.

Extension Details

Extension number – Allows you to choose an extension number

Name – Associated name with this extension number

Outgoing Caller ID – The phone number that will appear when this extension calls out

E911 Location – The emergency location registered to this extension

Seconds to ring – The number of seconds this extension rings when called

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Routing & Configuration

Call Routing – Allows you to configure how inbound calls are routed for each extension

Call Forward Always – Allows you to forward all calls to this extension to an outside number, SIP trunk,

another extension, or a voicemail box. This setting overrides all other settings below it.

Do Not Disturb – Sends all calls to the “If Busy” destination.

Try First – Used when the two options above are off. Routes the call to the specified destination. These

routing options are the same as the phone routing options.

If Busy – Routes the call to the specified location when this extension is busy or in Do Not Disturb mode

If Not Answered – Routes the call to the specified location if the call isn’t answered

If Offline – Routes the call to the specified location if the phone associated with this extension is offline

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Networks – Which networks your extension can connect from. By default, extensions can be connected from

any network.

Find Me – A call strategy used to locate you by dialing each of the following locations

Ring Strategy – Sequential or Simultaneous. Sequential rings each phone after each other, simultaneous

rings all phones at the same time.

Locations to Ring – You may try and ring your extension, another extension, or an outside phone number

Ring Options – Allows you to select how long to ring each location, as well as options to announce the

caller’s name and let them transfer to voicemail in between call locations.

Time Settings – Allows you to declare a time frame for using the Find Me feature. Outside of these hours,

you may route the call to any other location (extension, phone, mailbox, ring group, etc.)

Voice Mailbox

Allows you to choose which voicemail box is associated with this extension, as well as record or play voicemail

greetings. You may record your voicemail announcements by phone, or by uploading audio files. If you wish to

record by phone, dial * + your mailbox number or click the record button on the page.

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Mailboxes

This section allows you to view and configure your voice mailboxes. The mailbox listing includes mailbox

number and name. There are two types of mailboxes, standard and broadcast. Standard mailboxes are for

single users, while broadcast mailboxes allow you to route a voicemail to any number of selected standard

mailboxes. (p. 25 has an example mailbox setup)

General Settings

Mailbox Number – The number you would like to assign to this mailbox

Name – The name that will appear in mailbox directory listings (such as routing a call to a mailbox)

Password – The password for the user’s mailbox. The default password is the mailbox number.

Recordings & Greeting

Allows you to record voicemail greetings or play a voicemail greeting for the phone at the designated

extension. You can also upload an audio file to use for these greetings.

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Notifications

This sections allows you to forward voicemail audio files via email or SMS email.

Email – The email that you would like all voicemail messages to be forwarded to. The email will receive

an audio file available to play.

SMS Email to Notify – This field must be an SMS email address. The email depends on what service

provider the phone you would like to notify is using. See the following table.

Carrier SMS Gateway Domain

Alltel [10 digit phone number]@message.alltel.com

AT&T [10 digit phone number]@txt.att.net

Boost Mobile [10 digit phone number]@myboostmobile.com

Sprint [10 digit phone number]@messaging.sprintpcs.com

T-Mobile [10 digit phone number]@tmomail.net

U.S. Cellular [10 digit phone number]@email.uscc.net

Verizon [10 digit phone number]@vtext.com

Virgin Mobile [10 digit phone number]@vmobl.com

Republic Wireless [10 digit phone number]@text.republicwireless.com

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Mailbox Options

Dial During Announcement – Allows the caller to dial any extension during the announcement

Skip Voicemail instructions – Skips the voicemail recording instructions for leaving a message that are

normally played after your announcement.

Announcement Only – Announcement mailboxes are to be routed to from an Auto Attendant. They are

used to play the busy message for the current mailbox and then return the beginning of the Auto

Attendant.

Advanced Settings

Hide From Directory – Check if you would like to hide this voice mailbox from company directory listings

Delete Voicemail – Allows you to choose when to delete voicemails. Options include:

o After emailed

o After 1-7 day(s)

o After 1-2 week(s)

o After 1 month

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Auto Attendants

Auto attendants are a call routing feature that allows you to record or upload a dialogue, giving inbound

callers different options such as extension names and numbers. (p. 27 has an example auto attendant setup)

General Settings

Attendant Name – The name for auto attendant listings, used when call routing to an auto attendant

Attendant Timeout – The amount of time before the attendant timeouts, and goes to the timeout option

Digit Timeout – The number of options that can be selected before attendant timeouts

Announcement

In this section, you may choose which announcement to use. You can record an announcement via phone,

upload mp3 or wav files, use the default recording, or play a recording from a specified mailbox.

Button Configuration

These are the call routing options based on the button selected from the caller. For each button available, you

may select a call routing rule, or leave them empty for no call routing rule.

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Time Frame

Time frames are call routing features that allow you to route the call based on the time. Time frames are

commonly used for routing calls between different auto attendants. You may select the days that the time

frame is active for, as well as the hours. Below, we forward all calls during our time frame to the main auto

attendant, and all calls outside of our timeframe to our after-hours auto attendant.

Time frame Name – The name for this time frame, used when call routing

During hours forward call – The call routing configuration to follow when a call is received within the

specified hours

After hours forward call – The call routing configuration to follow when a call is received outside of the

specified hours

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Ring Group

General Information

Group Name – name for this ring group, used when call routing

Ring all extensions – you may either ring extensions simultaneously or sequentially

Seconds to ring – the number of seconds for the ring group to ring all or each extension

Caller ID Settings – the caller ID that will appear when the extensions or phone numbers are rung from

this ring group. You may keep the original caller ID, append it with custom text, or use only custom text.

What to ring

These are the extensions and/or

phone numbers to route to when

a call has been routed to a ring

group. In this example, we are

routing the call to all extensions

and a few phone numbers. If

nobody in the ring group answers,

the call is then transferred to

another ring group composed of

employee cell phones.

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Contacts

This section contains a listing of all

company contacts.

You can add a new contact by clicking

new contact and adding first and last

name, company, phone number type, the

phone number, and whether or not you

would like to share that contact

information with other users.

Alternatively, you can upload a CSV file with multiple contacts in it to streamline this process. The image below

is the format that your contacts CSV file must follow to work properly.

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Conference Bridges

Conference bridges are used for dial-in conference calls. Attendees call into the conference number, press #,

and then enter their attendee password to join the conference call. If moderator controls are enabled, the

moderator calls into the conference number, presses *, and then enters the moderator password to join the

conference call. See the next page for an example conference bridge setup.

Conference Bridge Information

Conference Number – The number people will dial in to join your meeting

Attendee Password – Password given out to conference call attendees

Moderator Password – You may enable or disable moderator controls, if moderator controls are

enabled, give this password out to your conference call moderator

Audio Settings

Attendee muting – When moderator controls are enabled, attendees can be muted or unmuted. This

includes muting attendees until moderator joins, allowing attendees to speak by default, or mute

attendees by default

Options – These include enabling hold music when there is only one attendee, enabling enter/exit

sounds as attendees enter and exit, and announcing the number of attendees before a caller joins

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User Group Assignments

This section shows us the available user

groups that we are assigning call

attendees to. Most of the time, All Users

are to be added and assigned.

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Listen Live

Listen live allows specified users to listen to or talk on other users live calls with a password. To listen in on a

call, dial *57 + an extension number. To barge in on a call, dial *58 + an extension number. See the next page

for an example configuration, where the CEO of the company can listen in on all other registered users as

necessary.

General Information

Listen Live Settings – You may turn listen live on or off, and allow the user to be “barged” upon, or have

the user who is listening in talk on other user’s calls

Password – select a password for users to enter when listening in on other calls

Users Who May Listen

You may choose any of the current registered extensions to listen in on other users.

Users Who May Be Listened To

Select which of the registered extensions may be listened in on.

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Holidays

This section allows us to create and specify holidays that are used for further call routing. Simply create a new

holiday, add the holiday name, and the date of the holiday. Your holiday call routing rules will be automatically

updated with your new holiday.

Hold Groups/Music

This section is used to create hold groups. After creating a hold group, you can then save and add hold music

tracks. Hold music tracks may be played sequentially, in the order you dictate, or randomly. You may add up

to 60 MB worth of music, with no audio file exceeding 10 MB individually. After creating a hold group and

uploading hold music, you can then route calls to your hold group.

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DISA

Also known as Direct Inward System Access, DISA allows users to dial into the phone system from an outside

line, enter a DISA number and password, and make outbound calls as if they had dialed from their extension

in the office.

After selecting a phone to route calls to a DISA, users who calls that phone may call in, type in their password,

and use the specified caller ID to make calls from. See the next page for an example DISA configuration.

DISA Settings

DISA Number – The number used to identify this DISA

Name – The name used to identify this DISA during call routing

Description – A short description identifying the reason for using the DISA feature

Caller ID

Select the phone number that you would like to use as the caller ID when making calls through the DISA

Password

Create a password that users will enter when calling in to use the DISA.

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Call Blocking

This feature allows you to view and manage a list of blocked phone numbers. In our example below, all calls

from the number “123-456-7890” will be blocked as they call in.

General Information

Phone Number – the phone number that you would like to have blocked

Direction – whether the system will block the phone number specified above on calls coming in

(inbound) or calls going out (outbound)

Comment – used for a short description on why this number is being blocked

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Cases

This section shows the open number porting cases. There will only be information here after you have

submitted your LOA information to SADOS and the phone numbers are in the process of changing from your

previous phone service provider to SADOS Communications. SADOS representatives will take care of your

number porting. Should you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to contact your SADOS

representative.

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Accounting

The account section has all of the accounting information you might need.

Here, we have the options to:

Transactions – View all transactions, such as payments, invoices, and

orders, on your account

Orders – Review your initial order of service and any changes that are

made to your service

Invoices – Manage all invoices billed to you, and allows you to view

and print invoices

Payments – Shows all payments that have been successfully processed

Payment Profile – Allows you to save credit card information and set up auto-billing

Transactions

The top most section has information

on all of the transactions for your

account. You will see payments,

invoices, and orders here.

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Services Ordered (MRC)

MRC services are Monthly Recurring Charges. These are the charges that you will be billed for each month.

Services Ordered (NRC)

NRC services are Non-Recurring Charges. These are the charges that you will be billed for upon setup of

your phone system, but only that one time.

Services in Production

These are the services that are currently activated and in use by your phone system.

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Premium Features Available

This section contains a quick listing of the current premium features available, as well as whether or not

these features are enabled for your phones. Currently, we off Call Center and Call Recording premium

features.

Orders

Here, you can view your initial phone service order, and any changes made to that order.

Click the magnifying glass on orders, invoices,

and payments to view more in-depth information

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Invoices

Here, you can view all of your invoices.

By using the magnifying glass, like above, you can view

more detailed information. Under the Customer

Information section, you can view and print your

invoice.

Payments

Displays a listing of all payments that have been successfully processed and accepted for your account.

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Reports

Here, you can view all call activity, as well as narrow down call activity based on a time frame and/or the

type of call. We can also view activity graphs and call path usage. In the example below, we are viewing all

calls between Jan. 2nd, 2017 and Jan. 9th, 2017.

Click on view activity graphs and view virtual path usage

for visual representations of recent activity