User Portal

Introduction

The User Portal is an individual access portal provided for every extension (DN) configured on the UCX with a voicemail account enabled. You can use the portal to manage your own voicemail box, call recordings and other features enabled for your extension. This feature must be enabled by the UCX system administrator before you can use it.

Accessing the User Portal

From any web browser

Access the user portal by entering the following URL in a web browser:
https://your_UCX_server_ip_hostname/recordings

For example, if your UCX Server IP address is 192.168.1.200, access the user portal as follows:

https://192.168.1.200/recordings

You may need two different addresses - one for in your office and one for outside of your office. Your system administrator should supply you with the exact address(es) you should use.

The login page will be displayed. Login using your voicemail extension number and password. For example, for extension 510 with the password 321510, you would enter the following values:

  • Login = 510
  • Password = 321510

 
If you get a prompt that the website you are trying to access has a problem with its security certificate, select the option to proceed to the website. You may want to install the security certificate of the UCX Server on your PC or add the UCX Server IP address to your browser's permanent exceptions list if you do not want to encounter this warning again.

 

Note that this functionality is disabled by default on new UCX systems. If you do not see the Login screen shown above, then please contact your UCX system administrator.

 

You cannot log in using the original default password for your mailbox (which would be 829ext, where ext is the digits of your extension). Even if you enter your credentials correctly using the default password you will receive an indication that you have entered an Incorrect Username or Password  Follow the instructions here for resetting the password before 

Voicemail

This is the default page when you first login to the extension portal. You can view, download, delete or organize your voicemail messages from here.  To navigate to this page, from the left-side column, click on Voicemail.

Listen

There are 3 methods to listen to the voicemail message(s):

  1. Click on the download icon under the Download column to save the message on your local PC and listen to the message from your PC.
  2. Click on the phone icon under the Playback column and the system will ring your extension. When you answer the call, the message will be played back.
  3. Click on the volume icon under the Playback column and your browser’s audio plug-in will appear below. You can then play the message via the browser’s audio plug-in.

Note: Depending on your browser and the plug-in installed for playing audio, this last method may not be supported by your browser.

Delete

To delete one or more messages, select the message(s) and click on the delete button.

Move

To move one or more messages to a different folder:

  • Select the message(s)
  • Select the destination folder from the Folder pull-down list
  • Click on the move_to button

Forward

To forward one or more messages to another user’s voicemail box:

  • Select the message(s)
  • Select the target user from the pull-down list next to the forward_to button
  • Click on the forward_to button

Email

To send the message by email to an email address:

  • Select the message(s)
  • Enter the target email address in the blank text field next to the email_to button
  • Click on the email_to button

Note: This function requires that email service be enabled on your UCX Server. Check with your UCX administrator if email service is available on your system.

 

Call Monitor

The Call Monitor page keeps details of calls made on this extension.  If the extension is configured for call recording, this is also where you can view, listen and download all your call recordings associated with this extension, including ad-hoc conferences. To access the page, from the left-side column, click on Call Monitor.

Filter

You can filter the call logs that appear in the list based on the call duration. Calls that are less than or equal to the specified duration will be ignored.

  • Enter a number in seconds in the duration field.
  • Click on the ignore button.
  • The page is refreshed and only calls longer than the specified duration will be listed.

The example below shows the output where calls longer than 10 seconds are listed.

 

Call Recordings

If recording was enabled for a call, icons will appear under the Monitor column.

There are 2 methods to listen to the recording:

  1. Click on the download icon under the Monitor column to save the recording on your local PC and listen to the recording from your PC.
  2. Click on the volume icon under the Monitor column and your browser’s audio plug-in will appear below. You can then play the recording via the browser’s audio plug-in.

Note: Depending on your browser and the plug-in installed for playing audio, this last method may not be supported by your browser.

Delete

To delete one or more call recordings, select the entry with the call recording and click on the delete button. Note that the select checkbox will only appear for entries that have a call recording.

Feature Codes

To see the list of feature codes that are configured on your system, from the left-side column, click on Feature Codes.

Follow Me

To view or modify the Follow Me feature settings for your extension, from the left-side column, click on Follow Me.

If the Follow Me feature has not been added to your extension, you will see the following message. Contact your UCX Administrator to add the Follow Me feature to your extension.

 
The Follow Me feature provides the ability to ring multiple extensions and/or external phone numbers simultaneously or in sequence.  There is no limit to the number of extensions or external phone numbers that can be configured in the Follow Me List.

Enable

The feature can be added to your extension and remain disabled. You can then enable/disable the feature by selecting/deselecting the Enable checkbox.

Follow Me List

Enter the list of extensions or external phone numbers you want to ring in the Follow Me List box. External numbers must follow your system’s dial plan and terminate with the  #  sign.

Do not remove the primary extension number from the list.

Ring Time

You can configure the duration of the ring time for the primary extension and the numbers in the Follow Me list. Depending on the ring strategy setup by your UCX Administrator, the system will ring all the numbers in the Follow Me list at the same time or one at a time.

Use Confirmation

You enable the Use Confirmation option when there is an external number in the Follow Me list and this external number has a voicemail box. When enabled, the system will prompt the user to press  1  to accept or  2  to reject the incoming call. This prevents the call from terminating in the external voicemail box.

Phone Features

To view or modify the features that have been enabled for your extension, from the left-side column, click on Phone Features.

Call Screening

Call screening requires external callers to say their name, which will be played back and allow you to accept or reject the call.
There are two modes to choose from:

  • Screening with memory verifies a caller with their CallerID just once
  • Screening without memory verifies a caller with every call.Either mode will announce the caller based on the last introduction saved with that CallerID.

If multiple users on the system use the memory option, callers will be required to say their names for each user on the system. The last saved introduction associated with the CallerID will be used.

Ring Timer

The Ringtimer field configures the number of seconds to ring before going to voicemail or to ring another number configured such as Call Forward. The Default setting will use the value set by your UCX Administrator.

The CallForward Ringtimer field configures the number of seconds to ring the Call Forward destination. If set to Always, the system will ring the call forward destination until it is answered or the caller hangs up. The Default setting will use the value in Ringtimer. This setting will be forced to Always if there is no voicemail or alternative fail over destination configured.

VmX Locator

To view and modify the VmX Locator settings for your extension, from the left-side column, click on VmX Locator.

If VmX Locator feature has not been enabled for your extension, you will not see the corresponding link. Contact your UCX Administrator to enable this feature.

The VmX Locator feature provides a "mini-IVR" menu for calls arriving at your voicemail box. You need to configure the following parameters for this feature to work.

Field Description
Use When Choose to apply the VmX Locator feature when unavailable or when busy or both, by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.
Voicemail Instructions Check this box if you want the Standard voicemail prompts to be played after your personal greeting.
If left uncheck, the caller will simply get a "beep" after your personal greeting.
Go To Operator If this box is checked, the Press 0 field is disabled.
When the caller presses 0, call will be sent to the Operator number configured for the whole system by your UCX administrator.
NOTE: You do not need to enable VmX Locater for the "dial 0" operator feature to work.
Press 0 To configure a different number for the Press 0 option, you have to first uncheck the Go To Operator field.
This is typically used to overwrite the system operator number in certain scenarios where an executive might prefer to have the call go to the secretary.
Send to Follow-Me If this box is checked, the Press 1 field is disabled.
When the caller presses 1, call will be routed according to your Follow Me list.
Ensure that you have the Follow Me feature enabled and configured when using this option.
Press 1 To configure a number for the Press 1 option, you have to first uncheck the Send to Follow-Me field.
Enter any extension, queue, ringgroup or external number (e.g. your cell phone).
Press 2 Enter any extension, queue, ringgroup or external number (e.g. your cell phone).

 

IMPORTANT:
Personal greetings for both "busy" and "unavailable" states MUST be recorded for this feature to work.
Record your personal greetings with instructions that match your VmX Locater menu options.

Settings

To view and modify the General Voicemail box settings for your extension, from the left-side column, click on Settings.

Password Settings

You can change your voicemail password here. Note that your password must be all numbers and at least 3 digits.

IMPORTANT:
DO NOT set your password to be the same as your extension number.

Notification Settings

If you want to receive an email notification when there is a new message in your voicemail box, enter your Email Address and select the Enable checkbox beside it.

You can also have the voicemail message attached to the email notification by selecting the Attach voicemail to email checkbox.

If you select the Delete voicemail after emailed checkbox, the message will be deleted from the system after it has been emailed.

IMPORTANT:
If you select Delete voicemail after emailed, make sure Attach voicemail to email checkbox is also selected, otherwise your messages will be lost forever.

Web Playback Settings

The Call Me Number can be any dialable number, such as an extension or external cell phone number.

Select the Audio Format that you prefer for your messages and call recordings:

  • Default (.WAV)
  • Best Quality (.wav)
  • Smallest Download (.gsm)

Phone Playback Settings

If the Say caller ID checkbox is selected, the caller’s telephone number will be played after announcing the message date and time.

If the Say envelope (date/time) checkbox is selected, the message envelope (date/time) will be played before playing the voicemail message.

 

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