With Click and Call you select a phone number on your computer screen and instruct your phone to dial this number. This means you don't have to manually dial the number, which saves you work and time! It's possible to click and call from Outlook or MS Business Contact Manager, but it does require a bit of effort to set up. Below you can read how to configure this.
To call from MS Outlook or MS Business Contact Manager, download 'Siptapi'.
- Extract the file and open the Release folder. Inside you'll find two folders: 32bit and 64bit. Choose the folder that matches your operating system (tip: you can find this by right-clicking on My Computer and then properties. Here you'll see 32-bit operating system or 64-bit operating system.
- Copy the file siptapi.tsp from the appropriate folder to C:\Windows\System32 Note: You need administrator permissions on your computer for this.
Setting up Siptapi
Open the Control Panel
- Select the item Phone and Modem Options.
- Click on the Advanced tab.
- Click on Add.
- In the list of available drivers, select SIPTapi and then click on Add.
- SIPTapi service provider now appears in the list of providers. Click on SIPTapi service provider and then press Configure.
Note: It's possible that another screen appears first where you're asked for your area code, among other things. Fill this in as completely as possible and click 'ok'
The following screen will appear, fill in the fields as follows (see image below):
- SIP Domain: sipproxy.voipgrid.nl
- SIP Outbound Proxy: sipproxy.voipgrid.nl
- Leave the checkboxes for Reverse mode and Auto answer unchecked
- User: Enter the account ID of your VoIP account here. You can find this on freedom.voys.nl -> Admin -> VoIP-Account.
- Password: Enter the password that belongs to your VoIP account here (this can be found on mijn.voys.nl).
- Authentication-user: Leave this empty.
- User's extension: The internal phone number of the device (for example 201)
- After configuring this, you need to restart your computer to be able to use Siptapi.
Using Siptapi
- With Siptapi, it's now possible to call contacts directly from Outlook, for example.
- To do this, go to a contact and right-click on the phone number. Choose call contact and press start call.
- Then your own phone will ring, pick up the phone.
- Now the contact is being called. It will take a few seconds before you hear the phone ringing at the called person's end.
Good to know
Many of our customers use Siptapi with great satisfaction. However, please note that Siptapi is not developed by us. Therefore, we do not provide support for this software.