Home Automation/IoT

You may have heard some of the hype around home automatation or IoT in the news. When I look at it over the past couple of decades I see that some type of automation has be happening and improving for a while. We have had plug-ins on a timer that can turn devices like lights on at night automatically often…

Learn to program IPO series: ICR

In today's blog you will learn about the Incoming Call Route and how it is used to direct calls from the dial tone provider to the destination on your PBX (phone system). This destination most commonly would be an AA (auto attendant), 1 deskphone phone, a group of deskphones, or voicemail prompt. In Manager go to the Incoming Call Route…

Learn to program IPO Series: Auto Attendants

In this series of blogs I will discuss and explain how to program some basic and more than basic features of IP Office.The features and programming in this series will be shown on release 10.1 and may differ from your release. You will also see differences in programming as no two systems are the same. Over the next couple of…

Now I see you…

Why would you want surveillance video for your business? One of the biggest benefits is a deterrent to crime and theft prevention. Another benefit would be monitoring punctuality or productivity of staff. A record of activity can be stored to be reviewed later. So footage from stored videos can help you make correct and fair decisions when settling disputes and…

Take and make calls from anywhere… almost

Sure, most of us have cell phones and we can make and take calls from anywhere already. But what if... you do not want to give out your cell number and you want people to call you at your deskphone; you only want to deal with one voicemail box; someone calls you on your landline and you are out of…