CounterPath Bria 2.1 User Manual

Bria 2.1 for Windows

User Guide

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The content of this publication is intended to demonstrate typical uses and capabilities of the CounterPath Multimedia Communicator Bria 2.0 softphone application from CounterPath Solutions Inc. Users of this material must determine for themselves whether the information contained herein applies to a particular IP-based networking system.

CounterPath makes no warranty regarding the content of this docu ment, including—but not limi ted to—implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose.

In no case will CounterPath or persons in volved in th e pr oduc tion of this docume nted materia l be liable for a ny incidental, indirect or otherwise consequential damage or loss that may result after the use of this publication.

This manual corresponds to Bria version 2.1

Contents

Introduction...................................................................................................................................1

What Is Bria? ..........................................................................................................................1

Installation and Setup....................................................................................................................3

Getting Ready .........................................................................................................................3

Installing Bria .........................................................................................................................4

Configuring Bria.....................................................................................................................5

Using Bria.....................................................................................................................................7

Starting Bria............................................................................................................................7

Shutting Down........................................................................................................................7

The Onscreen Multimedia Communicator .............................................................................8

Placing a Call..........................................................................................................................10

Handling an Incoming Call.....................................................................................................13

Handling an Established Call..................................................................................................14

Conference Calls.....................................................................................................................19

Instant Messaging ...................................................................................................................23

Email.......................................................................................................................................25

The Deskbar............................................................................................................................25

Contacts, History and Availability................................................................................................27

Contacts Tab...........................................................................................................................27

History Tab .............................................................................................................................32

Availability .............................................................................................................................34

Privacy ....................................................................................................................................39

Configuring Bria...........................................................................................................................41

Configuring your Profile.........................................................................................................41

Configuring Preferences .........................................................................................................42

Configuring Accounts.............................................................................................................55

A Application Hot Keys ...............................................................................................................71

B Dialing Plan...............................................................................................................................73

C Contact List Headings...............................................................................................................79

D Location of Files .......................................................................................................................81

E Other Ways to Run Bria............................................................................................................83

F Glossary.....................................................................................................................................85

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1 Introduction

1.1 What Is Bria?

Bria is the latest telephony application from CounterPath, allowing users to enjoy multimedia communications in a dynamic new way. Featuring an intuitive new interface, Bria is expanding the softphone experience by making it even easier for users to make VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and Video over IP calls, see when contacts are available and send instant messages.

Designed to work over internet-based phone systems, Bria provides VoIP solutions using an internet-based telephony server within your company’s local area network and/or over your local internet VoIP service provider.

Standard Telephone Features

The CounterPath Multimedia Communicator Bria 2.0 has all the standard telephone features, including:

• Call display and Message waiting indicator (MWI).

• Speakerphone and Mute.

• Redial, Hold, Do not disturb.

• Call history – list of received, missed, and dialed calls.

• Call transfer.

• Six-party audio conferencing.

• Three-party video conferencing.

Enhanced Features and Functions

The CounterPath Multimedia Communicator Bria 2.0 also supports the following VoIP features and functions:

• Instant messaging and presence using the SIMPLE protocol.

• Managed contact list – importing and exporting contacts between Bria and other applications.

• Support for Intel® Centrino® Mobile technology, allowing Bria to provide more consistent quality of

service across both wired and wireless networks using industry standards such as 802.11e.

• Log in with up to ten different VoIP service providers.

• Automatic detection and configuration of audio and video devices.

• Acoustic echo cancellation, automatic gain control, voice activity detection.

• Support for the following audio codecs:

AMR Wideband (G.722.2), Broadvoice-32, Broadvoice-32 FEC, DVI4, DVI4 Wideband, G.711aLaw,

G.711uLaw, G.723, G.726, G.729, GSM, iLBC, L16 PCM Wideband, Speex, Speex FEC, Speex Wideband,

Speex Wideband FEC.

• Support for the following video codecs:

H.263, H.263+ 1998, H.264.

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• Automatic selection of the best codec based on the other party ’s capability, the available bandwidth, and network conditions. Bria switches the codec within a call in response to changing network conditions.

• SIP compliance to 3261 SIP standard.

• STUN and ICE NAT traversal. XTunnels for firewall traversal.

• Support for DTMF (RFC 2833, inband DTMF or SIP INFO messages).

• Support for languages. Bria can be configured for English or German.

2 Installation and Setup

2.1 Getting Ready

After choosing a VoIP service provider, you will need the following information:

•User name

• Password

• Authorization Name (if applicable)

•Domain

• Firewall traversal and other network information; see “Configuring Accounts” on page 55.

System Requirements

Processor Minimum: Intel Pentium III 1.3 GHz or equivalent

Optimal: Pentium 4® 2.4 GHz or equivalent Memory 512 MB RAM Hard Disk Space 50 MB Operating system Windows® 2000

Windows® XP Connection IP network connection (broadband, LAN, wireless) Sound Card Full-duplex, 16-bit

Microsoft Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later.

Multimedia Device Requirements

Bria requires both speakers and a microphone to make calls. Any of the following configurations are acceptable:

• External speakers and microphone

• Built-in speakers and microphone

• Dual-jack multimedia headset

• Bluetooth® multimedia headset

• USB multimedia headset

• USB phone.

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Optimized Devices

Bria is optimized to work with the following:

• Actiontec Internet Phone Wizard

• GN Netcom GN 8120 USB and GN Netcom 8110 USBXP

• Plantronics CS50-USB Wireless Office Headset System

• Polycom® Communicator C100S Wideband USB Speakerphone

• TigerJet RJ11 to USB Phone Adaptor (incorporating the Tiger560C)

• TigerJet USB Phone Set (incorporating the Tiger560C)

• Yealink USB-P1K USB hand phone

Video Cameras

Calls made with Bria will work without a video camera, but one is necessary to allow other parties to see your image. Bria will work with most USB video cameras.

2.2 Installing Bria

1. Run the Bria setup executable file and follow the prompts in the install wizard.

2. At the final step of the wizard, select Launch Bria to start using the Multimedia Co mmu ni cat or.

3. Click Finish to complete the installation. The Log In dialog box appears. You can press Cancel to exit for now, or you can set up your CounterPath Bria account immediately; see below.

Uninstalling Bria

Uninstall Bria as you would uninstall any other program: launch the Windows Control Panel, and select Add or Remove Programs. Follow the prompts.

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2.3 Configuring Bria

1. If Bria is not already running, start it as you would any oth er program: Use the Windows Start menu or double-click the desktop icon. Bria appears.

2. From the Bria menu, choose File > Account Settings. The SIP Accounts window appears.

3. Click Edit. The Properties of Account window appears.

4. In the Account tab, complete the User Details area with the information obtained from the VoIP service provider.

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5. Complete the remaining tabs as specified by the service provider or to suit your setup. Settings that you may need to change immediately include:

• Account tab, Domain Proxy area.

• Topology tab, if your computer is on a network and/or behind a firewall.

• Security tab, if you want to set up secure calls. For more information, see “Configuring Accounts” on page 55.

Setting up for Voicemail

Your VoIP service provider may offer voicemail. If it does, then you can set up some voicemail features in Bria . See “Account Properties – Voicemail” on page 58.

Setting up a Contacts List

Use of a Contact list is optional, but is the most efficient way to make calls. You can set up contacts in several ways:

• During a call that you place or receive, you can add the other party to your contact list. “Handling an Established Call” on page 14.

• You can add numbers to the Contact list one by one. See “Adding a Contact” on page 29.

• You can import a contact list from a file or from another application. See “Importing Contacts” on pa ge 29.

For general information on contacts, see “Contacts Tab” on page 27.

3Using Bria

3.1 Starting Bria

If Bria is not already running, start it as you would any other program: Use the Windows Start menu or double-click the desktop icon. Bria appears.

Receiving a Presence Request

If availability is enabled, then at any time you may get a Presence Request dialog box. For information on this request, see “Availability” on page 34.

3.2 Shutting Down

To shut down Bria, choose File > Exit. Or press Ctrl-Q.

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3.3 The Onscreen Multimedia Communicator

Bria menu. See below.

Call panel. See page 10.

Phone Book panel. See page 27.

The Bria Menu

File

• My Profile. See page 41.

• Preferences. These settings control the way that you work wi th Bri a and apply to a ll accounts. See page 42.

• Account Settings.These settings control how Bria interacts with your VoIP service provider, and are set individually for each account. See page 55.

• Sign Out. To log off and minimize Bria to the system tra y. If you click on th e Bria i con in t he status bar, the Login screen appears.

• Exit. To shut down the application. You can also exit by pressing Ctrl-Q.

View

• Change the GUI. See “Showing and Hiding Parts of the Multimedia Communicator” on page 9.

• Select the language. After changing the language, you must restart Bria for the new language to be used.

Contacts

Lets you work with contacts. Everything in this menu except for import and export can also be performed directly in the Phone Book panel.

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For information on these actions, including import and export, see page 27. For information on managing blocked contacts, see “Privacy” on page 39.

Actions

Lists the actions that you can perform, depending on the current “state” of Bria. For example, if a contact is selected, it lists all the actions that can be performed on that contact.

Help

Provides access to various service-related features.

Showing and Hiding Parts of the Multimedia Communicator

Restore to large view

Show/hide Dial pad

Show/hide Video panel

Display as Deskbar. See page 25

Close to System Tray

Move Call panel to separate window. This button is enabled only when at least one call is in progress.

Close Call panel (only Call entry field will remain). Click again to open

Move Phone Book to a separate window Show/hide Phone Book

Drag to resize

You can still receive calls when Bria is hidden or minimized. If you exit when Bria is minimized or in Deskbar mode; Bria will start next time as minimized or in Deskbar

mode.

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3.4 Placing a Call

You can contact someone using:

• A softphone address (kpereira@domain.com)

• A traditional phone number, if supported by your VoIP service provider

You can place a call when another call is already in progress. There is no limit to the number of calls you can make, although eventually the quality of audio and video will degrade because of l imitations on the computer. We recommend no more than six concurrent calls.

Other calls are on hold

Redial Open/close Video panel

Call entry field

Click a button to place the call. If the Video panel were open, a Video Call button would also appear here.

Current Calls bar Call toolbar

Filter

1. If you have a camera on your computer, decide how you want to handle video for this call:

• The Video panel must be open if you want to send your video immediately. When the Video panel is

opened, the Video button appears on the Call panel. (You always have the option of starting the call without video and then adding it later).

• The Video panel can be opened or closed if you do not want to send video.

2. Place the call. See the table below. The new call is added to the Current Calls bar. You will hear a ringing tone while Bria attempts to make a

connection.

3. Once the new call is established, switch between different calls by clicking the tab in the Current Calls bar.

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Keying Dialpad or computer

keyboard

Drag-and-drop contact or previous call

Right-click a contact or previous call

Redial Redial button Click Options and choose Redial. Or click the Redial button.

From Outlook If you have set up contacts in Microsoft® Outlook®, you can place a

Contacts or History tab in the Phone Book panel

1. If another call is currently in progress, click on the Call toolbar . A new Call Entry area appears. The current call is put on hold.

2. Enter the softphone address or number in the Call entry field using the dialpad or the computer keyboard.

For the name, you can enter the entire softphone address (kpereira@domain.com) or just the name (kpereira).

As you type, a suggestion for completing the entry may appear. Choose the suggestion or keep typing.

3. Click Call or Video Call (if the Video panel is opened), or press Enter.

Drag an entry from the Contacts or History tab. The call is placed immediately.

If the tab contains lots of contacts, first use the field to filter the list.

Right-click an entry from the Contacts or History tab and choose Call or Call with V ide o. The call is placed immediately.

If the tab contains lots of entries, first use the field to filter the list.

The call is placed immediately (without video).

call using a PSTN number (but not a softphone address).

1. Double-click the contact in the contact list in Outlook. The Contact dialog box appears.

2. Click the in the top left corner and select the phone number to dial. As soon as you release, Bria will be brought to the front (or will be started) and the call will be placed.

You may need to revise the dial plans for your accounts in order to support the format used in Outlook. For example, if phone numbers in Outlook all have a “+9” prefix, you must ensure the dial plans for your accounts strip out the + correctly. For details, see “Dialing Plan” on page 73.

For information on how Bria and Outlook contacts work together, see “Exporting Contacts” on page 30.

Placing another Call

To place a new call (without hanging up on the current call), click the Start another Call button. In the Current Calls bar, a tab appears for each separate call.

Start another Call button

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Hiding your Identity

You can hide your identity on a call, so that the other person will not see your ID on their phone.

On the Call control bar, ch oose Options > Hi de my Number for this Call. appears on the Call control bar for this call. Place the call in the usual way.

You identity is hidden only for this call.

Which Account Is Used?

If you have more than one account enabled, Bria selects the account to use to place the call as follows:

• If a dial plan exists for any account, Bria runs through the dial plans to determin e if the di aled number matches any of these plans. If a match is foun d, the acount that the dial plan bel ongs to is used. See “D ialing Plan” on page 73.

• If there is no match on any dial plans or if no dial plans are defined, then the default account is used.

When placing an outgoing call, you can explicitly specify the account to use for that call. Cli ck the Account Selection menu and select the desired account.

Once the call is placed, this menu always reverts back to “Auto”.

Ending a Call

Click End on the Call panel. Details of the call remain on the Call display. To clear the details of the call from the display, click Clear.

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3.5 Handling an Incoming Call

Bria must be running to answer incoming calls. (If Bria is not running, incoming calls may be directed to voicemail, but check with your VoIP service provider to be sure.)

Bria rings and information about the incoming call appears in the Call entry field. In addition, the Call Alert box appears, even if Bria is minimized. For information on call alerts, see “Preferences – Alerts & Sounds” on page 43.

The softphone address of the person calling you is displayed. The display name may also appear.

Action From the ... Description

Answer Call panel or Call Alert box Click Answer.

If you are on another call, that first call is automatically put on hold. You are now talking to the new caller.

Or press Enter (on the keyboard), if Bria is the active application.

Decline Call panel or Call Alert box Click Decline. There will be a busy signal. In some networks, the call will be

directed to voicemail (if you have this service).

Permanently block the caller

Answer with IM Options menu Click Options and choose Answer with Instant Message. The phone call is

Options menu Click the Options button and choose Block this person.

declined, and instead an Instant Message window appears. Type the message and click Send. (Or close the window if you change your mind.)

Creating a Contact

If the caller is someone who is not currently in your contact list, the Add to Contacts button appears. You can click this button at any time during the call and for up to three seconds after the call has ended.

Click to display the Contact Profile dialog and enter more information

Ending a Call

Click End on the Call panel. Details of the call remai n on th e Ca ll d isp lay. To clear the Call display, click Clear.

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3.6 Handling an Established Call

While the call is in progress you can:

• Control the audio: use the speakerphone, mute the call, control volume.

• Record the call.

• Put the call on hold.

• Add the caller as a contact.

• Pull an individual call into a separate panel. See the next page.

• Transfer the call. See the next page.

• Add video. Pause and resume video when video is already present. See “Video” on page 17

Show/hide video panel. See page 17

Conference call. See page 19

Hold

Place another call (this one will automatically be put on hold). See page 11

Quick transfer. See page 15

Mute

Record on/off

Add the current caller as a contact

Speakerphone (this button only appears if your computer has a speakerphone)

Volume

You can do any of these even with the call in progress. Many of these actions are also buttons on the Call toolbar.

Displaying Separate Panels for Calls

You can pull each individual call into a separate panel.

The active call is currently not in a separate window.

This call is in a separate window. Click to move back to the main window

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Click to separate the active call

T ransfering a Call

Quick Transfer

You can set up a list of phone numbers that calls can be transferred to. Then during a call, you can transfer to any of these numbers by selecting from a list.

To set up the numbers:

1. Choose File > Preferences from the menu. Display the Transfer panel.

2. Enter as many numbers as you want. To enter a new number, click in an empty line. To remove an entry, click in the line and delete the number.

Set one of the numbers as the default and click OK.

To transfer a call, click the arrow on the Transfer button and click the number to transfer to. As soon as the transfer is made (the other phone starts ringing), the call is disconnected at your end.

Quick Transfer

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Basic (Unattended) Transfer – Transfer this Call

You can transfer a call to any number, then hang up as soon as you have entered the number.

1. Click Options > Transfer this Call. The LCD prompts for the number to transfer to.

2. Call the target (the person you are transfering the call to) by keying the number.

3. Click Transfer; the message Call Transfered Successfully appears. Or click Cancel to continue the current call

Attended Transfer – Call then Transfer

You can first speak to the target (the person you are transfering the call to), then click Transfer to complete the transfer.

1. Click Options > Call then Transfer. The first call is put on hold and a New call tab appears

2. Call the target in any of the normal ways.

3. When you are ready, click Transfer; the message Call Transfered Successfully appears.

If the target does not want to take the call, simply end the call with that person. The first call is taken off hold.

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Video

Show/hide video panel

Adding Video

Either you or the other party can add video at any time. T o add video, open the V ideo panel and click Start My V ideo. When you add video, the other party may (or may

not) start sending their video to you. You can add video, even if you do not have a camera, in order to start receiving the other party’s video.

Other Party Adds Video

If the other party starts their video, the Video panel automatically opens and the video is played. You can start sending your own video, if desired (and assuming you have a camera) by clicking Start My Video.

Pausing and Resuming Video

If the Video panel is open and video exists in a call, the Start My Video and Stop My Video buttons appear, to let you pause and resume video.

If you close the V ideo p anel, your video will stop being sent; you can reopen the pa nel and click S tart My Video again.

Control video from the Call panel or the Video panel

This button only appears when video panel is open

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Voicemail

If your service includes voicemail, then when you have voicemai l messages, the word “new” appears beside the voicemail icon at the top of the phone. Click the icon to automatically connect to voicemail and listen to your messages.

Voicemail icon

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3.7 Conference Calls

Starting a Conference Call

You can create a conference call starting from one existing call:

1. Click the Conference icon. Bria enters “conference mode” and “Call a conference participant” appears on the LCD.

2. Place the second call in one of these ways:

• Right-click on a contact and choose Add to Conference Call.

• Type a name or number. (Or to cancel the call, click the Cancel button.)

When the second callee answers, the call will automatically be added to the conference.

Or you can start a conference call using all the existing, separate calls:

1. Establish the calls. The calls can be incoming or outgoing, and one or more calls can include video.

2. Click Conference All.

Conference icon Enter phone number for new participant

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Conference is now established

Managing the Conference

Adding More Participants

You can add more participants to an existing conference in any of these ways:

• Right-click on a contact and choose Add to Conference Call.

• From the tab that contains the conference, click the Conference icon. Place a call by typing a name or number. When the callee answers, the call will automatically be added to the conference.

• Place a separate outgoing call in the normal way (by clicking the New Call icon to display a new tab). When the call is established, click Conference All. All existing separate calls will be brought into the existing conference.

• Accept one or more incoming calls. A separate call will be established for each call. Click Conference All. All existing separate calls will be brought into the existing conference.

Whenever you click Conference All, all current established calls are conferenced together; you cannot keep any one call out of the conference.

Removing a Participant

To remove one call from the conference, right-click on that participant and choose Separate Call from Conference. The call becomes a separate call.

Disbanding the Conference

To break the conference into separate calls, click Options > Disband Conference. To hang up on everyone, click the End button.

Suspending the Conference

To suspend the conference, click the Hold butto n .

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Audio Controls

Adjusting Volume. Use the speaker adjustment to adjust volume of the sound you are hearing. Mute. Click on the dialpad to prevent the other parties from hearing you. The icon appears on the Call

display. When you mute, you may also want to stop video feed, if any.

Speakerphone. Click on the dial pad to put the callers on the speaker phone. The icon appears on the

Call display.

Video Conference Calls

Starting a Conference with Video

To start a conference with video, make sure that both the existing calls are video calls. Then click the Conference button.

Adding Video to an Existing Conference Call

Choose Options > Start Group Video. Your video starts immediately. Or open the Video panel and click Start my Video. When you add video, the other party may (or may not) st art sending the ir video to you. You can add video, even

if you do not have a camera, in order to start receiving the other party’s video.

How Video Is Shared

When you conference two calls together, video continues as it was before the conference call. For example, if you were sharing video with one party, and only sending your video to another party, then that is how the video will be handled when the conference call is created.

The conference host, serves as the “funnel” for other video. Whatever the conference host is receiving will automatically be sent to the other parties.

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Controlling Video

Once video has been added, it can be paused, resumed and stopped in the same way as on a regular conference call, by the intitiator of the indivi du al “le g” of the conference call.

The conference host does not have special control over the video, and can only add video on legs for which they were the initiator.

However, if the conference host pauses or stops video, other participants will no longer receive video, because the host is the video “funnel” as described above.

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3.8 Instant Messaging

Instant messages are made using softphone address. Therefore, you can send or receive an instant message (IM) to:

• Any contact who has a softphone address.

• Any party who phoned you from a softphone address.

• Any party whom you phoned using a softphone address.

Sending an IM

1. There are several ways to select the person to send an IM to.

From the Contacts tab in the Phone Book

An active phone call The person in the active phone call. Choose Options > Send Instant Message. A person on hold In the Current Calls bar, click the arrow next to this call and choose Options >

From the History tab in the Phone Book

Right-click on the contact and choose Send Instant Message. The contact must have a softphone address.

Send Instant Message. Right-click on the entry and choose Send Instant Message.

The Instant Message window appears. Or if another Instant Message session exists, a new tab is crea ted for this IM session.

2. Type the message. Include emoticons and formatting, as desired. T o insert a return in the message, press Ctrl-Enter. (You can control the behavior o f Enter and of Ctrl -Enter;

see “Preferences – Application” on page 42.)

3. Press Send or Enter.

You can press Ctrl-F to search for text in the large message area.

A separate tab for each IM conversation. The active conversation appears in bold. If a message comes in on a hidden tab, the tab flashes. Click the button to close one conversation.

Click to perform one of these actions for the active conversation.

Message input area

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Receiving an IM

When an IM is received, either the IM window or a Call Alert pops up. (To control which window appears, see see “Preferences – Application” on page 42.)

If the IM window is already displayed with an IM session with another person, the message from t he new person appears in another tab in that window. (You can set up Bria so that each person has their own IM window; see “Preferences – Application” on page 42.)

Sending a Broadcast IM

You can send an IM to several people at one time. A broadcast IM is not a conference IM.

• With a broadcast IM, each recipient can reply to the IM, but only you will see these replies; the other recipients will not see these replies.

• With a conference IM, all parties see everyone’s messages and the messages each party sends are seen by everyone. Conference IM is currently not supported.

1. Select the parties from the Contacts tab in one or more of the following ways:

• Select one or more contacts in the usual ways (using Shift-click or Ctrl-click).

• Select one or more groups in the usual way.

2. Right-click and choose Send Broadcast Instant Message. The Send Instant Message to Group window appears.

Shows the display names of all the selected contacts and the individual display names of all the contacts in any selected groups. Contacts that do not have a softphone address are not included in the list.

3. Type the message. Include emoticons and formatting, as desired. T o insert a return in the message, press Ctrl-Enter. (You can control the beh avior of Enter an d of Ctrl-En ter;

see “Preferences – Application” on page 42.)

4. Press Send or Enter. The IM is sent and the window closes. A recipient may send you a response, which will b e displ ayed t o you in a regu lar Instant Message w indo w;

you will then be in a regular IM with that one party.

You can press Ctrl-F to search for text in the large message area.

3.9 Email

You can send an email to one or more contacts, or to all the contacts in a group. Select the contact, contacts or group, right-click and choose Send Email. An email window opens in your

default email application, with the “to” l ine populated with all those contacts wh o have email add resses (in their Contact Profiles).

3.10 The Deskbar

The Deskbar provides a compact GUI for performing many Bria actions. It is assumed that you will work in this mode after you are quite familiar with Bria and its features.

Your availability

Missed calls

Entry field

Switches between Call button and End button

Menu changes depending on whether there is an entry in the entry field

Restore to main window

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4 Contacts, History and Availability

The Phone Book panel, which is divi ded into th ree tabs, provi des access to key contact , call history, and contact availability (presence) features.

4.1 Contacts Tab

Add a Contact

Display all contacts

Display only contacts who are set up for Availability and who are currently online

The availability of others. See page 34.

The Contacts tab displays your contacts and lets you specify multiple contact methods for them, including:

• Softphone address

• Home phone number

• Business phone number

• Cellphone number

• Fax number (this is provided for convenience; Bria does not have any fax capability).

•Email You can identify one of these contacts as the primary contact method. Contacts are typically organized into groups. Bria includes built-in groups: “Friends”, “Home” and “Work”.

You can add more groups, as desired.

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Using Contacts

Call a contact To use the person’s primary number, double-click or dr ag the contact to the

Call display. To choose the number to use, right-click and choose

Call, then click the

desired number.

Call a contact and include video Right-click the contact and choose Call with Video. The Video panel opens,

and call is placed. As soon as the other party answers, Bria starts sending your video.

Email a contact who has an

Right-click and choose Send Email.

email address

Send an IM to a contact who has a

Right-click and choose Instant Message.

softphone address

You can watch the contact’s availability, if the contact has a softphone address

See Table 1 on page 37 for the meaning of the availability icons. See “Availability” on page 34 for information on obtaining availability

information.

Contact Flyout

Left-click on a contact to show the Contact flyout. This flyout shows all the contact methods set up for the contact and has icons you can click to perform an action that is valid for that contact method.

Click an icon to perform the action.

Finding a Contact

If the contact list is long, use the field to filter the contacts that are displayed. To clear the filter and redisplay all contacts, clear the field.

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Setting up Contacts

Adding a Contact

Click , or right-click a group and choose Add Contact to Group. The Contact Prof ile dialog box appears.

Importing Contacts

You can populate the Bria contact list by importing from an external file. The new contacts will be added to the existing contacts.

You can import a contact list from:

• A comma-separated file. Use this method to import from a Microsoft® Excel® file. You will first have to set up the file; see below.

• A Microsoft® Outlook® or Microsoft® Exchange contact list (a *.pst fi le).

• A vCard file (*.vcf file). A vCard is an electronic business card that is often attached to an email.

1. From the main menu, click the Contacts menu and choose Import Contacts. The Import Contacts wizard starts.

2. As soon as you click Finish on the wizard, the Contacts tab in Bria is updated to show the imported entries. Note that none of the entries are set up with availability tu rn ed o n; i n ord er t o view availability of contacts, you must modify the appropriate entries by changing the Show this contact’s Availability checkbox. See above for details.

Setting up an Excel File for Import

1. Remove any introductory text or headings from the top of the file. (You can keep text at the end of the file; it will be ignored during the import.)

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2. Insert a blank row as the first row, then insert the headings that Bria will use to interpret the meaning of each column. The columns can be in any order. The most popular headings are:

• display-name

• entry_id

•given_name

• surname

• postal_address. For a complete list of headings, see “Contact List Headings” on page 79.

3. Save the file as *.csv.

External Storage of the Contact List

Each time Bria is started, the contact list is retrieved from the external storage. Each time a contact is added to the contact list, it is immediately copied to external storage.

The list is always stored on the local computer. In addition, if you have access to a remote storage server, you can configure Bria so that the contact list is also stored remotely using XCap or WebDAV.

To set up for remote storage, see “Account Properties – Storage” on page 64.

Exporting Contacts

You can export a contact list to a comma-separated file, a pst file or a vcf file.

1. From the main menu, click the Contacts menu and choose Export Contacts. The Export Contacts wizard starts.

2. When you click Next, the export starts. The result is:

• For an Outlook export, the existing.pst file is updated to include the entries from the Bria contact list. If

Outlook is open, the entries immediately appear in the contact list. All information in the Bria contact list is exported to Microsoft Outlook. Only information that can be

displayed in Outlook actually appears in the Outlook Contacts window. Typically this means that all softphone addresss are exported (and stored in custom fields) but not displayed in Outlook.

• For other formats, a new file of the specified type is created.

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Managing Contacts

Changing Contact Information

To change the information for a contact, right-click the contact and choose View Profile. The Contact Profile dialog box appears, see page 29. Some of the changes you can make are:

• Change any contact details.

• Add, delete or change a contact method.

• Change the primary contact method.

• Move a contact to another group by selecting a different group.

• Add an existing contact to more groups by selecting one or more extra groups.

• Change the Show this contact’s availability checkbox to enable or disable availability information for this contact. For information on availability, see page 34.

Moving or Deleting a Contact

• To drag one or more contacts to a different group, select them and drag to the new group.

• To delete one or more contacts, select them, righ t-cl ick, and choose Delete. The contacts are removed from this group.

Adding, Deleting or Renaming Groups

Select any group, right-click, and choose the appropriate menu item. You can only delete an empty group.

Field Description

Display name Required. This is the name that will appear in the Call display and the Call Alert when this

Group Either:

Contact Methods Enter as many contact methods as you want. Email and softphone entries must have the format

Primary contact method Choose the desired method. This method will be used when you double-click or drag this

Ring tone Choose a ring tone for this contact, or use the default. Click the arrow to play the currently

Show this contact’s availability Click in order to obtain this contact’s availability and display it on the Contacts list. This field is

Other fields Complete as desired.

person phones you.

• Choose one group.

• Click More and select several groups. The new contact will be added to each group.

contact.

selected ring tone.

only enabled when a softphone address is specified. This contact will have an availability icon beside their name in the Co nta cts list. Initially this

icon will be gray, later its color will change to indicate the current availability. For details on availability, see page 34.

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4.2 History Tab

Canceled outgoing

Answered call (incoming or outgoing)

Missed or blocked incoming

Display all calls

Dialed calls

Missed calls

Received calls

Managing the Lists of Calls

You can right-click on an entry in a list to:

• Delete the call.

• Delete all entries in this list.

• Add to contacts. The Add a Contact dialog box appears. Complete the dialog box and press OK. For more information on the fields, see “Managing Contacts” on page 31.

• Block this person to control whether they can send you phone calls or instant messages, or see your online availability. You can change these privacy settings at any time; see page 44.

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Phoning and Sending IM from a List

You can right-click on an entry in the Received or Dialed list to:

• Place a call to this person, using the con tact method that was used for th is call. You can also double-click to place a call.

• Place a call to this person and add them to a conference call that is in progress. For more information on conference calls, see “Conference Calls” on page 19.

• Send an instant message, if the call was made with a softphone address. For details, see page 23.

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4.3 Availability

Availability refers to the ability to see whether a person is available or not: online, on phone, busy, and so on. Your availability information is displaye d below on the main menu. Th e availability of o thers is displayed in the Contacts tab.

You can publish your availability to contacts who have softphone addresss, and you can set up Bria to view the availability of other contacts.

Availability of other people

Your availability

Sharing Availability

Watching others’ Availability

To be able to see the availability of another person, either add that person to Contacts with the “Show this contact’ s availabi lity” field che cked, or modi fy the existing c ontact informatio n so that this fiel d is checked. For more information, see page 31.

As soon as the person is set up in this way in your Contacts, Bria sends them a notification request. The request asks that you be able to see that person’s availability. If the person allows this request, then the icon beside their name (in your Contacts) becomes color coded, so you can determine their availability.

Allowing Other Parties to See your Availability (Publishing your Availability)

Continuing from above, when the other person allows the notification request, your name is added to their contact list. As soon as you are added to their list, a request is sent back to you requesting that they be able to see you. You can reply to this request to complete the sharing loop.

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Troubleshooting: When You Cannot See Availability

If you have multiple accounts set up, icons may remain gray when you expect them to be color coded. For information on how this can happen, see “Account Properties – Presence” on page 62.

The following chart illustrates how the sharing of availability occurs.

Joseph Kokila

Joseph adds Kokila to his contact list with “Sho w this c o ntact’s Availability” checked

Availability icon is added for Kok ila , c olored gra y

Kokila’s availability icon turns green

Josep h re ceives a n otification request and responds “Allow”

Joseph’s eyeBeam sends a “let me see you”

notific ation request t o Kokila

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Response sent

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Kokila re c e iv e s a notification request and responds by clicking “Allow and add”

Joseph is a dded to Kok ila’s contact list

Privacy ru le is c re ated for Joseph with “allow” and “show”

Availability icon is added for Joseph, colored gray

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Joseph’s availability icon turns green

Receiving a Presence Request

Your Bria receives a new contact request when you add a contact to your list (with “Show this contact’s Availability” checked) or when another person adds you as a contact at their end.

The request is handled in one of two ways:

• If you set up a privacy rule before this person has a chance to contact you, then you will never see this request. Bria will automatically reply to the request according to the rule. See “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

• If you do not yet have a privacy rule set up for this person or for th eir domain, this request a ppears to you as a Presence Request. You must respond to the request.

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Button Next Action Result

Allow and Add to Contacts

Allow The other person will:

Block The other person will:

Close the window The other person will not be able to see your availability. The

This button appears only if the other person is not already on your contact list.

When you click this button, the Add a Contact dialog box appears. Complete the dialog box and press OK. For more information on the fields, see “Managing Contacts” on page 31.

The other person will:

• Be able to see your availability.

• Be added to your Contacts. In the future, you will not receive this request from this

person. In addition, this same request will be sent to the other person,

so that you can see their availability.

• Be able to see your availability, but for this session only. Because you have not set up the person as a contact, a

Presence Request will appear for this person each time you start Bria.

• Not be able to see your availability .

• Not be able to phone or IM you.

• Be added to your Blocked List. See “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

other person will not be added to your privacy settings. The Presence Request may appear again in this session or a

future session

For important information on how privacy affects availability, see “Privacy” on page 39.

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Setting your Availability

Changing your Availability

Click the down arrow beside the availability indicator on Bria, and select the desired availability. See Table 1, below.

When your availability changes, the new availability is sent to everyone who has permission to see your availability, according to the Privacy Settings (see “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44).

Setting up Availability Indicators

You can create custom availability indicators, or edit or delete custom or built-in indicators: click the down arrow beside the availability indicator, and choose Custom Message.

Indicator Meaning for your Availability Meaning for Others’ Availability

Available Either:

• You have set your availability to this status.

• Bria has determined that you are logged on but not on the phone or idle.

When you have this availability, Bria will automatically detect when you are idle or on the phone, and change the availability to match.

Busy You have set your availability to this status. Bria will never

automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

On the phone Either:

• You have set your availability to this status. In this case, Bria will never automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

• Bria has detected that you are on a call. When your call finishes, your availability reverts to the last availability.

Table 1: Availability Indicators

You can contact this person.

Not A v ailable for calls

You have set your availability to this status. Bria will never automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

Incoming phone calls will be directed to voicemail.

Your phone calls to this person will be directed to voicemail.

You can IM this person.

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Table 1: Availability Indicators

Indicator Meaning for your Availability Meaning for Others’ Availability

Do not disturb You have set your availability to this status. Bria will never

automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch

You cannot make phone calls or IMs to this person.

yourself. Both incoming phone calls and incoming IMs will be directed to

voicemail. However, you can still make phone calls and IMs. When the

other person responds, your availability will remain as Do not disturb.

Idle You have not moved or clicked the mouse or pressed a keyboard

You can contact this person. key for the Idle period. To set the Idle period see “Preferences – Application” on page 42.

As soon as you click the mouse or keyboard, your status changes to Available.

Away You have set your availability to this status. Bria will never

You can contact this person. automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

Offline Not applicable The contact is either not logged on or else is

not set up for availability.

4.4 Privacy

You can control how contacts and other people can contact you by phone or IM, and you can control whether your contacts can see your availability information (whether you are online, one the phone, and so on).

You can set up controls in advance or “on the fly” (as phone calls and presence requests come in)

Setting up Controls in Advance

To set up controls in advance, see “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

Setting up Controls “on the Fly”

On an Incoming Call

To block someone when they are phoning you, choose Options > Block this Person.

The call is declined, and this person is added to your Blocked List (see page 44). In addition, if the person is a contact, then “blocked” appears beside their name in the contact list.

You will no longer see incoming calls or instant message s from this person; they will auto matically be declined . To later unblock this person, remove them from your Blo cked List. Or, if the person is a contact, right-click

their name on the contact list and choose Unblock this Person.

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On an Incoming IM

T o bl ock who send s an IM, choose Opt ions > Block thi s Perso n on the Instant Message window. Then close the window.

The other person gets a message that their instant message has been declined. This person is added to your Blocked List (see page 44). In addition, if the person is a contact, then “blocked”

appears beside their name in the contact list. You will no longer see incoming calls or instant message s from this person; they will auto matically be declined . To later unblock this person, remove them from your Blocked List. Or, if the person is a contact, right-click

their name on the contact list and choose Unblock this Person.

Via the Presence Request Dialog Box

Another party can send you a presence request, to request that they be able to see your availa bility, as described on page 34.

Your response has the following effect on privacy:

• If you add the person as a contact, then the ability of that person to phone or IM you is controll ed by your privacy settings; see “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

• If you allow the person without adding them as a contact, then the ability of that person to phone or IM you is controlled by your privacy settings; see “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

• If you block the person, then that person is added to your Blocked List (see pa ge 44). The person will not be able to phone or IM you, and will not see your availability information. You can change this blocking by removing the person from the Blocked List, in which case they will then be controlle d by your pri va cy settings.

From the Contact List or History List

Right-click on the name and choose Block this Person. The person will be added to your Blocked List (see page 44). The person will not be able to phone or IM you, and wi ll not see your availability information.

To later unblock this person, right-click on the name and choose Unblock this Person

5 Configuring Bria

You can configure Bria in several ways:

• Set up your personal profile. See below.

• Configure global behavior. See “Configuring Preferences” on page 42.

• Configure the behavior on a per-account basis. See “Configuring Accounts” on page 55.

5.1 Configuring your Profile

To set up information about yourself, choose File > My Profile. In later versions of Bria, you will be able to share this information with other users.

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5.2 Configuring Preferences

Choose File > Preferences. The Preferences window appe ars. The Preferences panels let you control the way that you work with Bria.

Preferences – Application

This panel lets you set your preferences for general GUI behavior.

Preferences – Alerts & Sounds

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This panel lets you assign sounds and lets you control the Call Alerts box.

Assigning Sounds

You can assign specific sounds to a variety of actions or “events”. For each, you can assi gn the default ringtone, which is different for each event. In oth er words, th e defau lt rin gtone for an in coming call is no t iden tical to t he default ringtone for call waiting.

This panel lets you set up default ringtones – the tones that will be used if specific tones are not assigned. For example, if it is the ringtone that will be used for incoming calls unless you assign a specific ringtone to a specific contact (see page 29).

If you import sounds, these will be added to the list of sounds you can choose from when assigning a sound to an action.

Showing Call Alert Box

You can control whether the Call Alert box is displayed for an incoming call or IM.

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Preferences – Privacy

Choose one. If you choose “Allow only”, then all contacts will be able to contact you unless they or their domain are in the Blocked list (below).

This section is optional. It lets you enter addresses and domains that will be prevented contacting you. You can add and remove entries from the blocked lists. In addition, entries are automatically added to this list when you block someone “on the fly” (page 39).

If you enter a domain in this list, people in that domain will automatically be allowed to see your availability online. You will no longer see Presence Request dialogs from these people in this domain.

Preferences – Quick Transfer

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This panel lets you set up a list of phone numbers that calls can be transferred to. Then during a call, you can transfer to any of these numbers by selecting from a list.

Enter as many numbers as you want. To enter a new number, click in an empty line. T o remove an entry, click in the line and delete the number. Set one of the numbers as the default.

See “Quick Transfer” on page 15 for information on using this feature.

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Preferences – Devices

Bria automatically detects devices at each startup, and selects the most appropriate device for each purpose. If you do not like this selection, you can override it on this panel.

If you override a selection, it will be honored the next time you start Bria, unless the device is no longer available, in which case Bria will again select the device to use.

Headset Mode

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Field Description

Speaker Microphone

Change these fields only if you want to override the devices that Bria automatically selected.

In both these fields, select the headset you are using. The headset is the device that is usually used for audio out (the sound you hear)

and audio in (recording your voice). The only situation in which the headset is not used is when the Speaker Phone button on the dialpad is pressed.

Therefore, unless you will always be using Bria in speakerphone mode, you must make a selection here.

Select the headset in both the Speaker device field and Microphone device field.

Speakerphone Mode

Speaker Change this field only if you want to override the devices that Bria

automatically selected. Make the appropriate choice:

• Select the device that you want to use for audio out (the sound you hear) when the Speaker Phone button is pressed. Make sure you select a speaker device (not the headset).

• Select None if you do not have a speaker phone. The Speaker Phone button on the dialpad is disabled.

Microphone Change this field only if you want to override the devices that Bria

automatically selected. Make the appropriate choice:

• Select the device that you want to use for audio in (recording your voice) when the Speaker Phone button is pressed.

It can be any microphone: it does not have to be the microphone on the device you specified as the speaker device. For example, it can be the microphone on your camera.

• Select None if you do not have a speaker phone. The Speaker Phone button on the dialpad is disabled.

Reduce background noise Automatically attempts to remove background noise.

Typically on for the speakerphone.

Phone Ring Device

Ring Device Change this field only if you want to override the devices that Bria

automatically selected. The device where you want to hear the phone ringing: the headset, the

speakerphone, or none.

Ring volume The volume of the ringer.

Also ring PC speaker Click on or off, to suit your preference.

Camera

Camera Change this field only if you want to override the devices that Bria

automatically selected. Select the camera model.

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Preferences – Network

Field Description

Use automatic bandwidth detection. Click the box to let Bria detect the speed of your network connection and hence

the potential bandwidth. If you move your computer to a different IP address, Bria automatically detects the new speed.

Or select the type of network connection for your computer.

Preserve bandwidth When this feature is on, Bria stops sending audio when you are not talking.

When this feature is off, Bria always sends audio, which uses more bandwidth but may result in better call quality.

Typically off. However, if you are using a slow (dial-up or ISDN) connection, you may want to turn it on.

Preferences – Audio Codecs

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This pane shows all the codecs that are included in the retail version of Bria. You can enable or disable codecs as desired.

With only one codec enabled, all calls made will use that codec. With more than one codec enabled, Bria automatically chooses the best codec based on the other party’s capability, the available bandwidth, and network conditions.

You cannot change the properties of any codecs.

About Codecs

Audio codecs describe the format by which audio streams are compressed for transmission over networks. Codecs can be categorized as either narrowband or wideband:

• Narrowband codecs work with low bandwidth such as a dialup internet connection. These codecs have a sampling rate of 8 KHz.

• Wideband codec s work with hi gh bandw idths and result in bette r audio qu ality. However, they do not work with PSTN. These codecs have a sampling rate of 16 KHz.

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Supported Codecs

Bria supports a wide range of codecs. See the table.

Codec Narrowband Wideband Royalty-bearing

AMR Wideband (G.722.2) 33 Broadvoice-32 33 Broadvoice-32 FEC 33 DVI4 33 DVI4 Wideband 33 EVRC 33 G.711aLaw * 33 G.711uLaw * 33 G.722 3 G.723 33 G.726 33 G.729 * 333 GSM 33 iLBC 33 L16 PCM Wideband 33 Speex 33 Speex FEC 33 Speex Wideband 33

Included in

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Speex Wideband FEC 33 * Generally, at least one of these codecs must be enabled in order to place a PSTN (land line) call.

Preferences – Video Codecs

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This pane appears only on versions of Bria that include video functionality. Video codecs describe the format by which video streams are compressed for transmission over networks.

Some codecs require less bandwidth than others, but may result in lower video quality. You can enable or disable codecs as desired. You may decide to disable a codec even though your service

provider supports it. With only one codec enabled, all calls made will use that particular compression format. With more than one

codec enabled, Bria automatically chooses the best codec based on the other party’s capability, the available bandwidth, and network conditions .

You cannot change the properties of any codecs.

Supported Codecs

Codec Narrowband Wideband Royalty-bearing

H.263 33 H.263+ 1998 33 H.264 333

Included in

Retail Bria

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Preferences – Quality of Service

These fields appear only on versions Bria that include video.

The Quality of Service pane lets you request a specific transport service for audio, video and signaling traffic. There are two types of services. The service to use depends on what your internet service provider supports:

• GQoS, which is available for audio and video.

• DSCP (also known as ToS), which is available for audio, video and signaling. In a network that has the default confi guratio n, th e recommen ded valu e for audio is 46, becau se “46 ” is the

standard marking for audio.

In addition, if you are running Bria on Windows on an Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile-technology-based laptop, you can request to reserve bandwidth for audio traffic on wireless networks using 802.11e. If bandwidth is available when the call is placed, it will be reserved for the call, possibly resulting in better audio service.

Bria supports 802.1p QoS packet tagging. If you set up for QoS, Bria will include the specified information in the packets that it sends to the network provider. Whether the packet is delivered with the specified service depends on whether your broadband router and the network provider between you and the other party supports multiple transport services. In other words, whether each network provider reads the QoS information and prioritizes packet delivery based on the requested service.

Preferences – Diagnostics

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This panel lets you enable logging to files. Loggi ng uses computer resource s, so you should only e nable it when instructed by a customer support representative.

To set up logging:

1. Click Enable diagnostic logging. If instructed, clear the Simple View box to show the complex view.

2. Set the logging level.

3. Specify the folder where logs will be saved.

4. Click OK. Activity on Bria will be logged to.csv files in the specified fold er. A new set of files is started each time you log

on. In order not to create lar ge fil es when lo ggin g (whi ch ma y cre ate co mpu ter pro blems), you mu st not re main logged on indefinitely when logging. You should occasionally exit and restart Bria.

If requested by a customer support representative, you can:

• Open the logging folder and then open a log file using a text editor.

• Email the logs in the specified folder to customer support: Click Send logs to customer support. A dialog box appears showing all the logs. Select files and cli ck Open; the selected files are sent and the dialog box closes.

You can delete log files from the specified folder as you would delete any file on your computer.

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Preferences – Advanced

This screen lets you set advanced features:

• Reduces echos. Turning this feature on improves sound quality. This feature is typically on.

• User slower but more compatible video format. Turning this field on may improve performance when runing the application on older hardware.

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5.3 Configuring Accounts

Choose File > Account Settings.The SIP Accounts window appears.

SIP Accounts

To work with accounts, choose File > Account Settings from the menu. The SIP Account window appears, showing all the accounts set up. Each account is automatically assigned a number: the first account in the list is 0, the second account is 1, and so on. These numbers do not imply any ranking.

You can:

• Add or remove an account.

• Enable one or more accounts. See below for details.

• Set one account as the default. See below for details.

• Set or change the properties of an account. These properties control how Bria interacts with your VoIP service provider, and are set individually for each account. Click the Properties button, then see the following pages for details.

Enabling Accounts

You must enable an account in order to make and receive calls on that account. You can enable as many accounts as you want. Click the Enable box beside each account. The rules for enabled accounts are:

• When multiple accounts are enabled, you will be able to receive calls on all those accounts.

• You can never place a call on a disabled account. If you place a call that is only “known” to the service provider of a disabled account, it will fail with a “Not found” message.

• You can never receive a call on a disabled account. If another party phones you on a number that is only known to a disabled account, the call will never appear on your Multimedia Communicat or.

• When multiple accounts are enabled, the account to use for an outgoing call is determined by the rules of the dial plan determine which account is used. See “Dialing Plan” on page 73. If you have not set up any dial plans, then the default account is used.

Setting the Default Account

When multiple accounts are enabled, one account is always the default. You can set any account as the default account: click on the account and click the Make Default button.

The dial plan rules may select the default account to use to place an outgoing call, as describ ed on page 73.

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Account Properties – Account

Table 2: Account Properties – Account

Field Description

Account If desired, change the account name to something that is meaningful to you. For

User Details

Display name This name is displayed in the Bria display.

User name Typically the account number for the softphone account. For example, in

Password Provided by the service provider. Authorization user name May not be required. If it is required, it will be provided by your VoIP service

Domain For example, in kpereira@domain.com, the domain is “domain.com”. Provided

Domain Proxy

example, the name of the VoIP service provider.

Other parties will see this name they are when connnected to you.

kpereira@domain.com, the user name is “kpereira”. Provided by your VoIP service provider.

provider.

by your VoIP service provider.

Check this box if you want to register with your VoIP service provider, so that you can receive incoming calls.

Typically, this field is checked. A situation in which this field is unchecked is, for example, if your level of

service does not include the ability to recei ve incoming calls. In t his case, turning this field on may cause registration to fail (when you close the Account Properties window), meaning that your Bria cannot register with your VoIP service provider.

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Table 2: Account Properties – Account

Field Description

Send outbound via Choose the setting specified by your VoIP service provider:

• Domain: If your VoIP service provider requires that traffic be directed to proxies that are discovered via the domain.

• Proxy: If your VoIP service provider has an outbound proxy address and requires that you provide the address to Bria. For the address enter a domain name (for example, domain.com) or an IP address (for example,

123.456.789.012).

• Target domain: To send directly to the other party’s domain.

Dialing Plan Information about the syntax of the numbers used by this VoIP service provider.

Provided by the service provider. The default plan is: #1\a\a.T;match=1;prestrip=2; It is possible that this plan will work for you. If you can place a successful call,

then the dialing plan is suitable. If you cannot make a call, or if you want to set up a dialing plan for you own reasons, see “Dialing Plan” on page73.

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Account Properties – Voicemail

Complete these settings only if your service provider offers voicemail. These settings let you set up Bria to forward calls in several situations. Your service provider may also provide the ability to set up for voicemail outside of Bria, for example, by

phoning a softphone address and following the voice prompts, or by accessing a website. Check with your service provider to determine if another setup mechanism is available. If so, check what the

settings are in that setup, and make sure you do enter compatible information in Bria. In particular, if your service provider has a mechanism for call forwarding, find out if you should leave the Forwarding settings on this Voicemail tab blan k.

Field Description

Check for voicemail If your V oIP service includes voicemail, choose the setting specified by your

Number to dial for checking voicemail Complete only if your VoIP service includes voicemail.

Table 3: Account Properties – Voicemail

service provider:

VoIP

• On: Bria will subscribe to be notified when there is a voicemail for you.

• Off: the service provider may be set up to advise Bria when there is a voicemail for you; check with your service provider for details.

If your VoIP service does not include voicemail, choose Off. Voicemail is controlled by your VoIP

service provider for information on using voicemail.

If you leave this field empty, then this icon will not work; you will have to manually dial this number in order to connect to voicemail.

Enter the number provided by your VoIP service provider.

service provider, not by Bria. Contact your

Table 3: Account Properties – Voicemail

Field Description

Number for sending calls to voicemail Complete only if your VoIP service includes voicemail.

This is the number that incoming calls will be forwarded to if they are unanswered after the specified interval (below).

If you leave this field empty, then this icon will not be displayed. However, leaving this field does not mean that voicemail does not work. I t only means tha t this icon cannot be used to send to voicemail immediately.

Enter the number provided by your VoIP service provider.

Send calls to voicemail if unanswered Complete only if your VoIP service includes voicemail.

To send to voicemail after the specified number of seconds. Your service provider may also provide a similar feature that is set up outside of

Bria. If so, make sure you do not enter competing information in Bria and in the service provider’s user interface. For example, if you turn off this field, make sure the same feature at your service provider is also turned off. Otherwise, all

your calls will continue to be forwarded. Always forward to this address Not currently supported. Forward to this address when busy Not currently supported.

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Account Properties – Topology

Table 4: Account Properties – Topology

Field Description

Firewall Traversal

IP Address This setting controls how your IP address is presented.

• Discover global address: Let Bria determine your public IP address. This is the recommended setting unless your VoIP service provider advises otherwise.

• Use local IP address: use the IP address of the Bria computer.

The recommended setting is Discover global address.

STUN Server This setting specifies the STUN server to use.

• Discover the server: Choose this option to let Bria find the address of a STUN server.

• Use specified server: To use a different ST UN server. For the address enter a domain name or an IP address.

The recommended setting is Discover server.

Enable ICE ICE optimizes traffic and may help with firewall traversal.

Typically, ICE is enabled. However, it may need to be disabled if your VoIP service provider has implemented a firewall traversal solution that is not compatible with ICE enabled.

If you have problems with calls, contact your service provider for information on their firewall traversal solution.

Port Used on Local Computer

Manually specify range The appropriate setting depends on your computer setup:

• Checked: If your computer is behind a restrictive firewall that only allows specific port ranges to be used. Enter the range of ports to use for your SIP account. (You must also open those ports on your firewall; refer to applicable firewall documentation for information.)

• Unchecked: If your computer is not behind a restrictive firewall.

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Account Properties – Presence

Presence allows other softphone users to see your online availability, and also allows you to see the online availability of others.

Table 5: Account Properties – Presence

Field Description

Presence Mode Choose the setting specified by your VoIP service provider:

• Disabled: Presence is not supported.

• Presence Agent.

•Peer-to-Peer.

Poll Time

Refresh Interval

How Availability Works for Single Accounts

Enter the value specified by your VoIP service provider. The factory setting is

300.

Enter the value specified by your VoIP service provider. The factory setting is

3600.

If you have only one account, enter the appropriate values on this tab, in order to configure Bria according to how presence is supported by the VoIP service provider.

The icons in the Contacts tab on the Calls & Contacts drawer will be color-coded to show the contacts’ availability.

Once you have configured presence on this page, you can set up rules; see “Availability” on page 34 and “Preferences – Privacy” on page 44.

How Availability Works for Multiple Accounts

The Presence tab appears only for the account that is currently the default account. If you change the default account, the Presence tab will appear for that account and not for the previous default account.

The tab only appears for the default account because typically you can only see the presence for contacts who are contacted through the proxy for the account that is currently the default. For example, when the account

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domain.com is the default, all the contacts with the address “@domain.com” are watchable. The contacts at other domains are not watchable; their availability icons appear as gray.

(The only exception to this rule is if the de fa ul t ac co un t su pp orts “passthrough”, in which case you will be able to watch contacts for domains that the service provider passes through. Contact your VoIP service provider for details.)

The procedure for configuring availability for multiple accounts is:

• Choose which account you want to watch availability on. Set that account as the default. Note that the choice of default will affect how your dial plans work (if you use dial plans). See “Dialing Pl an” on page 73.

• Enter the appropriate values on the Presence tab for that account.

The icons of the eligible contacts in the Contacts tab on the Calls & Contacts drawer will be color-coded to show the contacts’ availability.

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Account Properties – Storage

These settings let you set up a remote storage system for your contact list via WebDAV or XCAP. (The contact list is always stored locally, even when you set up for remote storage.)

The tab only appears for the current default account: see below for an explanation.

How Storage Works for a Single Account

If you have only one account, all three storage methods are supported and easily managed.

How Storage Works for Multiple Accounts

If you have multiple accounts, the local storage method is supported and easily managed. However, if you are thinking of setting up remote storage, keep the following in mind: When you add a contact

(either manually or through a new contact notification), the co ntact is stored at the remote storage location for the current default account. Keep in mind that this account may not allow the new contact’s availability to be watched (for an explanation see “Account Properties – Presence” on page 62). In addition, when you switch default accounts, the list of contacts displayed on the Contacts tab switches from the old default account to the new default account.

Table 6: Account Properties – Storage

Field Description

Storage method The storage method to be used for the Contacts list file and the presence rules.

The file can be stored locally or on a remote computer.

• Local only

• WebDAV and local

• XCAP and loca.

Use SIP credentials Check this box to use the username and password from your SIP account in order

to log into the storage server. Otherwise, uncheck this box and complete the Username and Password fields. Not used for “Local”.

Root URL URL of an appropriate root folder on the remote server.

Not used for “Local”. The factory setting is https://webdav.$domain$/webdav/ $username$/

WebDAV poll time Enabled only for WebDAV. The time that elapses between polling for new

contact data from the remote server. The factory setting is 600.

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Account Properties – Security

Table 7: Account Properties – Security

Field Description

Signaling Transport Contact your VoIP service provider to identify the types of transport that are

supported. Then choose a supported transport:

• Automatic: Bria sets up the transport based on the capabilities of the network and the Bria computer. Choose this option if you do not care which transport is used.

• Encrypted: Currently, this option means TLS will be used. Choose this option to request signaling encryption or both signaling and media encryption.

• TCP: This transport provides no signaling security.

• UDP: This transport provides no signaling security.

• TLS: Choose this option to request signaling encryption or both signaling and media encryption.

Media Encryption See Table 8 on page 67.

The factory setting is Make unencrypted calls, accept all calls.

Currently, security is supported, but there are no icons on the GUI to indicate whether an incoming or outgoing call is being made with or without security.

You can set up Bria for the type of security (encryption) you want for incoming and outgoing calls. Bria supports:

• Signaling encryption using TLS

• Media encryption using SRTP.

Setting up for Security outside of Bria

When using TLS, you must have the root certificate that signs the proxy's chain of certificates. In most cases, the root certification will already be installed. Procedures for the exchange of certificates are outside the scope of this documentation. The certificates must be stored on the Bria computer, in the root certificate store.

Setting up the root certificate on your computer en sures th at t he connection to t he proxy is TLS secure (the first hop). Any proxy in the chain (between you and the caller) that does not support TLS may cause an insecure link in the chain. Therefore, if the other party is outside your domain, you cannot be completely sure that the call is secured at the signaling level, which means that you cannot be sure that it is secured at the media level.

Setting up for Security within Bria

The options for media encryption are described in the following table.

Table 8: Security Options

Option How Outgoing Calls are Handled How Incoming Calls Are Handled

Make and accept only encrypted calls

Prefer to make and accept encrypted calls

Make unencrypted calls, accept all calls

Do not allow encrypted call

Bria will place all calls with TLS. The call will specify SRTP media encryption.

If the correct certificates are not in place or if the other party does not accept encrypted calls, the call will fail.

Bria will place all calls with TLS. The call will specify SRTP media encryption.

If the correct certificates are not in place or if the other party does not accept encrypted calls, the call will fail. Bria will then place the call without encryption.

Bria will place only unencrypted calls. If the other party does not accept unencrypted

calls, the call will fail. Bria will place only unencrypted calls. If the other party does not accept unencrypted

calls, the call will fail.

INVITE

Bria will only accept INVITEs that are for encrypted calls.

If Bria receives a call INVITE that is not encrypted, the call will be rejected.

Bria will accept INVITEs for both encrypted and unencrypted calls.

Bria will accept unencrypted calls.

Bria will only accept unencrypted calls.

If Bria receives a call call will be rejected.

INVITEs for both encrypted and

INVITEs that are for

INVITE that is encrypted, the

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Account Properties – Advanced

Field Description

Reregister every The time interval between Bria’s attempts to reregister in order to refresh the

Min. time If the reregistration fails, Bria will wait this amount of time, then attempt to

Max. time This is the maximum wait time between attempts to reregister. Once this

Send SIP keep-alives Typically on, to instruct Bria to send SIP keep-alive messages in order to

Use rport Typically on.

Table 9: Account Properties – Advanced

account registration with the VoIP service provider for this account. A value of zero means not to reregister after the initial registration.

This value is placed in the “Expires” header field of the The factory setting is 3600.

reregister. If the second attempt fails, Bria will wait twice this time and try again, then four times this time, and so on, until reregistration succeeds.

The factory setting is 20.

maximum is reached, Bria will wait this time for all subsequent attempts. For example, the min. time is 20 secs, the maximum time is 120 secs. Bria will

attempt to reregister as follows:

• Wait 20 secs.

• Attempt to connect.

• If fail, wait 40 secs.

• Attempt to connect.

• If fail, wait 80 secs.

• Attempt to connect.

• If fail, wait 120 secs (the maximum)

• Attempt to connect.

• If fail, wait 120 secs, and so on.

The factory setting is 1800.

maintain a “pinhole” through your firewall for SIP messaging.

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Table 9: Account Properties – Advanced

Field Description

Enable session timers A session timer is a mechanism to detect whether a call session is still active

from the signaling point of view. When the timer expires, a refresh is sent from one party to the other. The timer is then reset.

• Turn on to enable session timer. Enter a value in Default session time. The factory setting is 60.

Turn off to disable session timer; refreshes will never be sent.

Session timer preference This field specifies your preference for which party should send the refresh. The

preference is not a guarantee that the refresh will be performed by the specified party. The choices are:

• None: No preference.

• Local refreshes: Your computer sends.

• Remote refreshes: The other party sends.

• UAC refreshes: The user agent client (the party t hat initia ted establ ishment of the communications) sends.

UAS refreshes: The user agent server (the other party) sends.

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A Application Hot Keys

Function Keyboard Shortcut

Answer Enter Exit Ctrl Q Hang up Esc Hold Period Increase/Decrease Volume Up/Down Arrows Mute Spacebar

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B Dialing Plan

When a call attempt is made, the call input (what you type, select or drag onto the Call display) is processed to select the account to use and to modify the input if that is required to ensure that the call gets placed successfully . This ability to select a n account and modify the input relies on the existence of a “dialing plan” for each account.

The input is processed as follows:

• Cleanup: Input is cleaned up by removing spaces, dashes, open brackets, and close brackets. Cleanup allows Bria to support calls placed using contacts from a contact list, including Microsoft® Outlook®.

• Matching: The input is compared to the patterns defined by the dialing plan for each enabled account. Each account has one dialing plan, and each dialing plan has one or more pattern s .

When a match is found between the input and the pattern, the account th at this pattern belongs t o is selected and the transformation for this pattern is performed.

If no match is found, the default account is selected and no transformation is performed. For details on matching see “How the Input Is Processed” on page 76.

• Transformation: The selected transformation is performed.

• Then the call is placed using the transformed input.

The Default Dial Plan

The default dial plan is:

#n\a\a.T;match=1;prestrip=2;

where #n is the account prefix (#1 for the first account in the list (proxy0), #2 for the second account (proxy1), and so on).

If the input is the account prefix and the number, then the Account for this dial plan is selected. The account prefixed is stripped from the number before the call is placed.

If all Accounts use this dial plan, then the behavior is as follows: if the input includes the account, then that account is used. In other words, you can force selection of a specific account by includi ng the account prefix. If the input does not include #n, then the default account is used.

Do You Need to Read this Information?

You do not have to read this dial plan information if the default dial plan behavior (above) is acceptable. If you want to be able to place calls on a specific account without including the account prefix, then you must

create a dial plan for one or more accounts.

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B.1 Dialing Plan Syntax

In Bria, the dialing plan establishes the expected patterns of characters for a telephone number or softphone address, and allows for modification (transformation) of input based on the match to a pattern. The dialing plan has the following syntax:

pattern[|pattern];match=1;<transformation>=<value>;[match=2; <transformation>=<value>;]

Where:

• Items in [ ] are optional.

• Pattern: the pattern that will be matched. One or more patterns. Each pattern is separated by a | pipe. The pipe is optional after the last pattern. Each pattern is implicitly numbered, starting from 1.

• Match; Transformation: A pair that identifies the pattern number to compare with the input, and the transformation to perform on the input when a match is obtained. The transformation is optional (meaning that if there is no transformation for a pattern, then the input that matches this pattern is not transformed). One or more pairs.

“match=” is a literal. “n” identifies the pattern. “transformation=” is replaced by a keyword, see below. “value” is replaced by a value.

Spaces are allowed only in the <value> items.

Example

\a\a.T|xxxxxxxxxx;match=1;prestrip=2;match=2;pre=8;

where:

• \a\a.Tis the first pattern.

• xxxxxxxxxx;is the second pattern.

• match=1;prestrip=2;is the first match-transformation pair.

• match=2;pre=8;is the second match-transformation pair.

Pattern

Valid Content

The content for a pattern follows the digit map rules of RFC 2705, supplemented by the rules for regular expressions. Where there is an overlap between the digit map and regular expression rules, the digit map rules apply. For this reason, there are some special cases, included in the table below.

The following table describes the most common elements. As mentioned, all regular expression elements are supported.

Element Origin Description

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Literals Literal digits, used as is. # * a to z Literals Literal characters, used as is. Special cases:

• The literal x character is represented by \x.

• The literal t character is represented by \t.

x Digit map rules Wildcard for any single digit, 0 to 9.

Element Origin Description

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\a Regular

expression rules

[digit-digit] Regular

expression rules

[charactercharacter]

[digit1, digit2, digit3]

. Digit map rules Repeat the last element 0 or more times. For example, xxxx. means repeat the last x 0 or

T Digit map rules A timeout period will take place before aut omatic dialing starts.

Regular expression rules

Wildcard for any single alphanumeric character.

A digit within the specified range.

A character within the specified range.

One of the characters in the collection.

more times, which means this pattern matches three or more digits (not four or more digits)! Use of this element results in a pattern with “minimum requirements”.

The T timer forces Bria to wait after a match is made. This timer should always be included in , and situations:

• Any pattern that uses the . (dot). For example, if the pattern is xxxx. then adding a timer lets you type three or more digits. If there is no timer, then as soon as you type three digits, Bria makes the match as soon as you type three digits.

• Any dialing plan that has two patterns that are similar in elements but different in length. For example, if one pattern is xxx and the other pattern is xxxxxxx, then adding the timer lets you continue typing past three digits, in order to get a match on the second pattern.

In this situation, the T timer should be included in the shorter pattern.

Timers

There are two timers:

• T timer is 4 seconds.

• The long timer is 20 seconds. These timers are used in input comparison, as described in “How the Input Is Processed” on page 76.

Transformation Keywords

Keyword Description

prestrip Strip the first n characters from the input before

placing the call.

poststrip Remove n number of characters from the end of

the input before placing the call.

pre Add the specified account prefix to the input

before placing the call.

post Attach the specified postfix to the input before

placing the call.

replace Replaces the input with the specified string

before placing the call.

Order of Transformations

These transformations are always performed in the following order (the order in which the transformations are entered in the dialing plan is not significant):

prestrip > poststrip > pre > post > replace

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B.2 How the Input Is Processed

Comparing Input to the Dialing Plan Patterns

The input is compared to each dialing plan in turn, starting with the first listed account. The process is slightly different depending on how the call is placed:

• If the input was dragged or selected, then the entire input is compared to each dialing plan. If a complete match is found, then that account is selected and the associated transformation is performed. If no match is found, the default account is selected and no transformation is performed .

• If you are typing the input, the digits are compared one by one as they are entered. The comparison will result in one of the types of matches described in the table below.

It is possible for the same input to get matched to different dialing plans depending on whether the input is entered on the fly or dragged. It is important to keep this in mind when designing dialing plan patterns.

Results of the Comparison

Type of Match Conditions

Partial match The characters typed so far follow the pattern but

there are not yet enough characters for a pending or complete match.

Pending match • The pattern has no . (dot) but does have the T

timer. Th ere is a perfect match.

• The pattern has a . (dot) and the T timer. The minimum requirements are met.

Complete match • The pattern has no . (dot) and no T timer.

There is a perfect match.

• The pattern has a . (dot) but does not have the T timer. Th e minimum requirements are met.

No match The characters typed do not match the patterns

for any dialing plan.

Result if Y ou Press

Enter or Dial

The default account is selected. No transformation is performed.

This pattern's account is selected and the transformation is performed.

This pattern's account is selected and the associated transformation is performed.

The default account is selected and no transformation is performed.

Result if You Stop

Typing

If you stop typing for the long timer length (20 seconds), then the default account is selected. No transformation is performed on the characters typed so far.

If the T timer expires, this pattern's account is selected and the transformation is performed.

This pattern's account is selected and the associated transformation is performed.

Nothing happens even after the T timer and long timer have expired.

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B.3 Examples

Example 1

\a\a.T|xxxxxxx.T;match=2;pre="9"

This simple example shows how to differentiate between a PSTN number and a softphone address, and how to add a “9” dialing prefix only to the PSTN number.

Example 2

3xxT|1xxxxxxxxxx|[2-9]xxxxxxxxx|+x.T;match=2;pre="9"; match=3;pre="91";match=4;prestrip=1;pre="9011"

3xxT The first pattern is any three-digit number beginning with 3. No transformation. The

1xxxxxxxxxx The second pattern is any eleven-digit number beginning with 1. Prefix with 9 and dial as is.

[2-9]xxxxxxxxx The third pattern is any ten-digit number beginning with a number other than 1. The

+x.T; The fourth pattern is a number of any length that begins with +, to indicate an international

match=2;pre="9"; For the second pattern, prefix 9 to access an outside lin e. match=3;pre="91"; For the third pattern, prefix 9 and 1 to access an outside line and enter the long-distance code. match=4;prestrip=1;pre="9011" For the fourth pattern, remove the + and prefix 9011 to access an outside line and enter the

assumption is that this is an internal extension. The timer forces Bria to wait aft er det ecting a three-digit number beginning with 3, in case you are actually dialing a local call starting with

The assumption is that this is a long-distance PSTN call within North America (within North America, all long-distance calls start with 1).

assumption is that this is a local PSTN call within a ten-digit dialing zone.

PSTN call from North America. Delete the +, prefix with 9011 (011 is the number to access an international line from North America).

international code.

Example 3

#1xxxxxxxT|#19xxxxxxx|xxxxxxxT|9xxxxxxx|;match=1;prestrip=2;pre=9;match=2; prestrip=2;match=3;pre=9;

#1xxxxxxxT The pattern is an acount prefix followed by seven digits. The timer forces Bria to wait to

allow a match to the second pattern. The #1 is stripped off and 9 is prepended to access an

outside line. #19xxxxxxx The pattern is an account prefix followed by a 9 and seven digits. The #1 is stripped off. xxxxxxxT The pattern is seven digits. The timer forces Bria to wait to allow matching to the fourth

pattern. 9 is prepended to access an outside line. 9xxxxxxx The pattern is a 9 and seven digits. The input is not transformed.

This example assumes that the dialing plan belongs to the first account. The dialing plan is slightly trivial, because it does not cover all the situations that a dialing plan should be

designed for (local calls, long-distance calls, international calls, and so on for the locale). However, the example does illustrate two ideas:

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• Handling of the account prefix (#1), if you are up grad in g fro m Br ia 1.1 and are accustomed to entering the account number.

Use of # to identify the account is now deprecated. The dialing plan should be capable of determining the account to use for this number . However, since users may still be in th e habit of ente ring the a ccount pr efix, you may want to include this pattern to handle such a scenario.

• Distinguishing between a local seven-digit call in which 9 is not dialed (to access an outside line) and one in which 9 is dialed to access an outside line.

C Contact List Headings

Following is a list of all the headings that are used in the Bria contact list. This list can be useful when formatting a contact list in order to import it into Bria. For details, see “Importing Contacts” on page 29

uri business_number sms_addresss display-name business_number2 ms_address2 entry_id business_number3 sms_address3 given_name business_number4 sms_address4 surname business_number5 sms_address5 email_address business_number6 sms_address6 email_address2 mobile_number custom_fields email_address3 mobile_number2 custom_fields2 email_address4 mobile_number3 custom_fields3 email_address5 mobile_number4 custom_fields4 email_address6 mobile_number5 pres_subscription sip_address mobile_number6 sip_address2 fax_number sip_address3 fax_number2 sip_address4 fax_number3 sip_address5 fax_number4 sip_address6 fax_number5 home_number fax_number6 home_number2 groups home_number3 comment home_number4 postal_address home_number5 default_address home_number6 default_address_type

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D Location of Files

System files get copied to the installation directory specified when installing Bria. The default installation directory is:

C:\Program Files\CounterPath\Bria

Data files are saved in the Counterpath folder in the standard location for application data, as defined in Windows.This location is typically:

C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\CounterPath Solutions Inc\Bria\

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E Other Ways to Run Bria

E.1 From a Hyperlink

You can attach a hyperlink to a phone number or softphone address that, when clicked, starts Bria and dials the number. Attach a hyperlink with this format:

For example:

<a href="sip:kpereira@domain.com">dial kpereira@domain.com</a>

E.2 From the Command Line

You can start Bria from a DOS prompt. You may need to add Bria.exe to the PATH. Then type:

Bria.exe

To start Bria from a DOS prompt and immediately dial a number, type:

Bria.exe -dial=sip:<number>

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F Glossary

AEC Acoustic echo cancellation. Processing of the audio or video signal to reduce the echo

effect that can arise with a speakerphone or that can arise if the sound from the speakerphone or headphone leaks into the microphone.

AGC Automatic gain control. Processing of the audio or video sign al to adjust the

microphone volume level so that the other party does not hear the distortion that might be caused by too high a microphone input o r too low volume (due to too low input level).

AVI Audio Video Interleave. A multimedia cont ainer format. AVI files contain both audio

and video data in a standard container that allows simultaneous playback.

Broadband Broad or wide bandwidth. In data transmission, the wider the band, the more data it is

possible to transmit in a given time span. A cable, DSL and ADSL connection to the network provide broadband for data transmission. A dialup or ISDN connection typically provide a narrow bandwidth for data transmission.

Codec The format by which audio or video streams are compressed for transmission over

networks.

Default account The SIP account that will be used when placing an outgoing call, if Bria does not

determine that another account should be used. Bria uses the dialin g plan to determine the account to use. You can mark one account as the default account; see “Setting the Default Account” on page 55.

Dialing plan The rules that Bria follows in order to interpret the softphone address or phone

number that the user has entered and to modify the number or address, as require d, to ensure that the call will be placed successfully.

DTMF Dual-tone multi frequency. DTMF is the system that is used in interactive voice-

response menu systems such as the menu system for accessing voicemail messages. The DTMF system allows the user to interact with the menu by pressing keys on a dialpad or keyboard.

IM Instant Messaging. A technology that lets users send text message and files for near

instantaneous delivery and display on each others’ computers.

IP Internet Protocol. A data-oriented protocol used for communicating data across a

network. IP is the most common protocol used on the internet.

IP address A unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each

other on a computer network using the IP standard.

Media In a VoIP phone call, the audio and video portion of the information in a call.

Compare to “Signaling”.

MWI Message Waiting Indicator. An indicator that there is a voicemail message for the

owner of an account.

Narrowband In data transmission, the wider the band, the more data it is possible to transmit in a

given time span. A cable, DSL and ADSL connection to the network provide broadband for data transmission. A dialup or ISDN connection typically provide a narrow bandwidth for data transmission.

Presence An instant messaging feature that allows users to share information about their

availability, mood, location and so on. Proxy See SIP account. PSTN Public Switch Telephone Network. The traditional land-line phone network.

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RFC Request for Comment. A document that describes an aspect of an internet techno logy.

An RFC may be a proposed, draft or full internet standard.

RTP Real-time Transport Protocol. A protocol for delivering the media portion of a data

transmission over an IP network. SRTP is another media protocol.

Signaling In a VoIP phone call, the information in a call that deals with establishing and

controlling the connection, and managing the network. The non-signaling portion of the call is the Media.

SIMPLE protocol Session Initia tion Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging

Extensions. The instant messaging (IM) protocol followed by Bria. It enc apsu lat e th e rules for exchanging instant messages.

SIP Session Initiation Protocol. The signaling protocol followed by Bria for handling

phone calls.

SIP account An account that provides the user the ability to make VoIP phone calls. The account

encapsulates the rules and functions the user can access.

softphone address The address used to connect to a SIP endpoint. In other words, the “phone number”

used in a VoIP phone call. For example, sip:joseph@domainA.com.

SRTP Secure Real-time Transport Protocol. A protocol for deliveri ng the me dia portion of a

data transmission over an IP network. SRTP is a secure protocol, which means that the media is encrypted. RTP is another media protocol.

TCP Transmission Control Protocol. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP

network. Other transport protocols are TLS and UDP.

TLS Transport Layer Security. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP network.

TLS is a secure transport protocol, which means that all the data being transmitted (signaling and media) is encrypted. Other transport protocols are TCP and UDP.

UDP User Datagram Protocol. A transport protocol for delivering data over an IP network.

Other transport protocols are TCP and TLS.

URI Uniform Resource Identifier. A name or address that identifies a location on the world

wide web. A softphone address is a type of URI.

URL Uniform Resource Locator. A URI that both identifies a name or address and indic ates

how to locate it.

USB device Universal Serial Bus device. A device that follows a specific communications

standard. A headset may be a “USB type” of headset.

VAD Voice Activity Detection. A technology that detects if audio is a human voice or

background noise. Bria includes a feature (Preserve bandwidth on the Network pane of the Preferences window) that controls whether audi o is transmitted when VAD determines that none is actually speaking.

vCard An electronic business card that is often attached to an email. It often appears as a

“signature” block that identifies the person, their title, and their business.

VoIP Voice over Internet Protoco l. A vari ation of IP used for sending voice data over the

internet, in other words, used for making phone calls over the internet.

VoIP service provider A business that prov ides a VoIP service, allowing a user to connect to the internet in

order to make VoIP phone calls using Bria. The VoIP service provider sets up a SIP account for the user.

WAV Or WAVE. A file format standard for storing audio on PCs.

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