How to use your Web Phone

The Web Phone will allow you to receive and place calls using the microphone and speakers on your computer.

Warning About Call Queues

If you plan on using the Web Phone in a Call Queue, the Web Phone device must be added to the queue after the Web Phone is registered for the first time (the device will appear as <ext>wp).

Click on this guide for more information: Working with Call Queues.

Registering the Web Phone

1. Login to the web portal: https://portal.iplogin.ca

2. Select Apps near the portal's top, and click Web Phone.

this will open the Web Phone in a new browser window:

3. When it first opens, your browser will ask for permission to use your microphone; you must Allow access to the microphone, or the Web Phone will not register

4. To see if your Web Phone is successfully registered or not, click the small phone icon in the top right of the Window; if it is registered correctly, it will look like this:

5. Ensure your preferred audio device for phone audio is selected in the Settings panel

This may be useful if you would like the ringing to play on your speakers rather than through the headset or if you would like to have additional audio through a different device, such as music in the background.

Using the Web Phone

Placing a call

Select the icon near the bottom right of the Web Phone, then select
You may begin entering the phone number or extension of the person you want to reach using the dial pad on your screen or using your keyboard.

Receiving Calls

When receiving a call, the computer will play a ringtone, and the Web Phone will display the following call options:

Reject - Send the call to your voicemail

Ignore - Stop ringing the Web Phone, but allow the call to continue ringing your other phones

Answer - Accept and answer the inbound call 

Call Handling

When a call is active, the following functions will be available

Mute - Disables the microphone

Hold - Places the other party on hold

Dialpad - Enables entering digits (for menus)

Transfer - Allows the call to be transferred to a contact or a dialled number

Add Call - Creates the second call and puts the first call on hold

Swap Call - Button to allow for switching between calls when two are active

Contacts - Displays the user’s contacts and optionally creates a second call by clicking on a contact

Merge Calls - Bring both calls into a conference

Switch phone - Moves the call to another device associated with your extension