3CX Phone System for Windows V7.1 - Build History

• Ability to barge in to a call as supervisor or manager
• Added 3 types of Queues (hunt random start, Ring all, Hunt)
• Hunt random start (Chooses random extension from list)
• Ring All (Rings all extensions simultaneously)
• Hunt (Will connect to extensions as ordered in the interface)
• Boomerang feature to allow Call Redirection to a mobile and forwarding to company voice mail if no answer or call is rejected.
• Added Secure RTP support, can be configured globally or per phone
• Added ability for users to record a voice mail and send this to another user on the system
• Added ability to forward a voice mail to another user
• Added ability to call back the person who left a voice mail
• Added ability to receive faxes from VoIP providers. Note that no interop testing has been performed with VoIP providers and mileage will be depend on fax implementation of provider
• Add security lock out: if user enters the PIN wrongly more then 3 times when accessing voice mail, call is disconnected.
• Added support for the Beronet BRI and E1 gateway cards
• Ability to pass Caller ID via the P asserted id SIP parameter
• Paging performance was increased by 400% - it can now more quickly setup a page to a larger number of phones.
• Added a beep to a page, so that the person making the page knows when to start speaking.
• Removed the prompt ‘Your call is being transferred’ when setting up a call via the Assistant or Outlook. Makes call setup much faster.
• Improved overall registration process – it is now faster
• Added Multicast paging – which allows for a media stream to be simultaneously sent to many phones at the same time for emergency paging and so on. For very large installations this more efficient, however requires multicast support by phone. (not all supported phones do this)
• If an extension is part of a ring group or has 2 IP phones registered to same extension, the other phone will not log a missed call if the phone is answered by the other phone. Requires IP phone to support this.
• Added ability to configure identification in method/logic for when gateway reports 486 busy as opposed to 503 service unavailable.
• Ability to configure whether the Queue or Ring group name are pre-pended or appended to the Caller ID
• Added prompt to inform caller when service is not available (i.e. gateway is busy and no backup routes available OR LICENSE LIMIT IS EXCEEDED)
• Caller ID is now shown in calls over a bridge
• Improved caller feedback for dial codes and system states using prompts

3CX Management Interface

• Added a new node ‘phones’ which lists all IP phones registered with the system and their Mac and IP. Allows ability to reboot multiple phones and re-provision them automatically. Also allows one click launching of the phone admin interface.
• Auto configuring of new phones: Phones that are connected to the network will show up in the phones node as new and administrator will be able to create an extension for that phone.
• Remotely reboot one or more IP phones
• One click launching of admin interface of an IP phone
• Re-provision one or more phones
• Added Windows Management interface (not web based)
• Added System extensions page to show status of system services such as conferencing, parking and so on.
• Ability to configure a DID for multiple ports in one go, eliminating the need to do them for each port
• New company phonebook node with import facility.
• Deploy/Provision FXS gateways – makes it easy to configure extensions for a 24 port FXS gateway
• Ability to edit XML phone provisioning templates with custom options for phone and re-provision all phones in one go.
• Ability to edit provisioning files for gateways and VoIP providers
• Management console and MyPhone interface now support Google Chrome and Internet Explorer v8
• Added simple Call Forwarding / Redirection page to make setup easier of call forwarding rules easier.
• Added ability to import extensions from Active Directory or any LDAP directory
• Improved provisioning templates for Aastra and Linksys including reboot links and Voicemail number
• Improved provisioning template for SNOM to allow BLF and Pickup on one button
• Add toggle to Extensions page to show PIN codes and Auth passwords so administrators can check they are sage.
• Ability to specify the path to call recordings and store them directly to a storage drive.
• Add SIP notify to reboot phones that can only be rebooted via SIP notify.

3CX Assistant features

• Text Chat feature allows messaging colleagues
• Better Integration with 3CXPhone – 3CX Phone can now be installed by 3CX Assistant and used to launch calls. Upon an inbound call, 3CXPhone can be triggered automatically without the second popup of the 3CX Phone.
• Launch calls directly on VoIP Phone or IP phone by specifying direct URL. This makes launching calls quicker
• Ability to trigger recording of a call from the assistant
• Select a number in a web page or document and trigger a call using a hotkey
• Ability for 3CX Assistant to operate over the tunnel from a remote location
• Network wide updating of 3CX Assistant – placing the 3CX Assistant in a directory on the phone system server will automatically update all 3CX Assistant installs network wide.
• Ability to trigger a call from a contact in the Company or Personal phonebook, featuring Gmail like contact resolving. Company phone book is maintained by administrator, personal phonebook can be maintained in the MyPhone page
• Ability to launch the MyPhone page from the Assistant and use the existing tunnel (no additional port required)
• Ability to login to the MyPhone page without needing to re-authenticate
• Ability to see server based recent calls list, i.e. outbound, inbound and missed calls (even when 3CXAssistant was off)

3CX MyPhone

• Ability to switch off MyPhone per user
• Added simple Call Forwarding / Redirection page to make setup easier of call forwarding rules easier.
• Added Personal phone book / Speed dial list
• Added tabs for Inbound, Outbound and Missed calls (Recents)
• Ability to black list certain caller IDs – these calls will be dropped automatically.

3CX Installation & Setup

• Setup wizard now allows setup of VoIP provider
• Setup wizard asks user for extension to use for the voice mail menu (Default 999)
• Setup now includes latest Postgress database version 8
• Removed Postgress user account.
• Removed 3CXPhonesystem user that was being created – no longer needed
• Fixed an issue in system paths when installing on a Czech operating system

Reports

• Improved call reporter with report designer and new reports
• Added page numbers to Call reports and improved formatting

Misc

• Time control fixed in my phone interface
• Ring group hunt and ring all are now always shown as registered in system extensions
• Progress bar added in restoring of the call history in backup and restore
• Addition of rules in forwarding rules for extensions fixed.
• Fix in firewall when it is not loaded on Winforms and management console.
• When you make an update in MyPhone, the provisioning file gets updated
• Improved call routing logic
• Added additional configuration parameters to parameter table to increase flexibility and control of services (port of conference place and IVR service)
• Changed SQL date format to enable compatibility between Postgress version 7 and 8
• Hotel application fixes in exception in view calls
• Polish and regional fixes in call history and hotel application

3CX Phone System Build Version 7.1.7139 22 May 2009

Note on upgrading:

If you are uninstalling 3CX Phone System version v7.1 6589 and you make heavy use of the 3CX Tunnel Service, it may happen that the 3CX
Phone System service will not stop in a timely fashion. To proceed with the installation open Task manager (right click on the task bar, Task Manager), right click on the 3CXPhoneSystem.exe process, and Click End Process. The installation will then proceed automatically as usual.

• Added: Template of actio.pl - Polish provider
• Added: Snom 820 template for provisioning
• Added: Parameter to enable / disable VmAIL pin VMPINREQUIRED 1= ON , 0=OFF
  
  
• Fixed: Improved logging notifications in PBX Logs
• Fixed: Added a cache limit in Tunnel to reduce memory usage in largerenvironments
• Fixed: Tunnel not starting when port is in use
• Fixed: Stuck calls in call assistant server in particular situations
• Fixed: Permissions in the viewing of extensions in different membergroups has been improved
• Fixed: Buffer UDP FAX Outgoing Faxes over Patton gateways ISDN 4960
• Fixed: Control size of Fax Log file
• Fixed: Parameter Table Validation for duplicate parameters
• Fixed: Removed excessive Make call registrations  in server status log
• Fixed: Call History Service handling of unterminated calls
• Fixed: Call History Service handling of Call repostings file
• Fixed: Backup and restore of Call logs for Netherlands entry (relatedto formatting of country name)
• Fixed: Management Console: Stuck calls in Management console in Ringing State
• Fixed: Management console translation file for SIP FIELD.
• Fixed: Management console - removed unnecessary updates in active calls page
• Fixed: Management console download link for PBX manual 7.1
• Fixed: Voip Providers -> TCP transport for Broadvox
• Fixed: Voip Providers Added parameter for Voip Providers remote partyid : Calling party : user part == Caller Name
• Fixed: Date and Time Conversion in Voicemail. 

3CX Phone System Build Version 7.1.6589 17 April 2009

3CX Phone System Build Version 7.1.6391 3 April 2009 (RC3)

• Fixed: Caller ID is displayed when doing an attended tranfers (SNOM only)
• Fixed: Improved validation when creating Voip Providers
• Fixed: Time and date filtering in the call reporter
• Fixed: Rotation of tunnel log could cause a crash on Windows Server 2008
• Fixed: Patton 4554 reject from mobile now disconnects and does not retry
• Fixed: Deleting of voice mails
• Fixed: Improperly configured FXO gateway which does not send BYE would cause calls to voice mail to remain as stuck calls
• Fixed: Display problems in Japanese, Greek and Polish translations
• Fixed: Ability to filter out make calls in the call reporter
• Fixed: Ability to filter out calls with billing code
• Fixed: Removed registry Key from Windows XP
• Fixed: Sip proxy manager fixes for Windows Server 2008
  
  
• Added: Template for Polish Voip Provider, Actio.pl
• Added: Update to the Nettel template
• Added: Template for Sotel SIP trunk service

3CX Phone System Build Version 7.1.6278 24 March 2009 (RC2)

• Added: Much improved tunnel that can also support UDP (if available) for better audio quality
• Added: Skype Gateway - 3CX Gateway for SKYPE
• Added: Improved Cassini support - Now a recommended web server
• Added: Sangoma A200 FXO PCI card (BETA - North America only)
• Added: Portech MV372 GSM gateway template
• Added: Actio.pl VoIP provider (Poland) template
• Added check for deleting of the operator extension. Extension cannot be removed unless modified to something else.
• Added: Added the ability to restore Call History logs
• Added: Detailed backup and restore logs during database operations
• Fixed: Polish Prompts
• Fixed: RTP Port leaks in tunnel
• Fixed: Exception on 2 Slave configuration
• Fixed: Faster reconnect of tunnel when connection is lost.
• Fixed: Source ID reorganization and changes to the Database. Easier to Add Source ID rules now./ Removed the need to type them in twice.
• Fixed: Invalid Time Interval in "In Office Hour" Selection. 00:00 is invalid as to range. Fixed: Exception in some rare configuration instances
• Fixed: In some instances a thread would not stop in the wizard
• Fixed: Removed ability to enter a blank source identification value.
• Fixed: Restore of a file without an extension (provisioning) was failing.
• Fixed: IVR redirection when voice mail is disabled. When VM is disabled you get the correct prompt
• Call Reporter: Importing of new calls after Call History Import
• Call Reporter: Fixed interpretation of Make call calls in the call reporter
• Call Reporter: Fixed interpretation of Sip Forked ID extensions.

3CX Phone System for Windows V7.1 Build Version 7.1.6064 -
10 March 2009

• Added: Japanese Language files
• Added: Gateway for the Linksys 3102 gateway with tone sets added for various countries
• Added: New startup page for the Call Reporter
• Added: Two additional reports - Call Statistics and Agent Statistics
• Added: Call Assistant and Call History service to services page
• Added: Better ring group validation
• Added: Adjusted validation to allow entry of SKYPE addresses
• Added: Management console will logout after 10 minutes of inactivity
• Fixed: Transfers and Attended transfers to extensions on the same PBX or to extensions on the remote PBX through bridges and tunneled connections.
• Fixed: RTP port leaks in Tunnel Functionality -RTP ports were being left open on the system.
• Fixed: It is now possible to specify a hostname in the tunnel configuration.
• Fixed: An exception could be shown when adding a VoIP provider.
• Fixed: Shortcuts in program group when selecting Cassini as the web server.
• Fixed: MyPhone Login Page closes after timeout of 10 minutes.
• Fixed: Myphone Busy timeout bug.
• Fixed: Call Reporter now saves Header and Footer of reports.
• Fixed: File not found problem in Call Reporter fixed when reports.dsn file is not written.
• Fixed: Call Reporter now uses Date-Month-Year setting of local machine.
• Fixed: Default port for fax sending module was not correct. Has now been changed to 5487.
• Fixed: Call History Service is now restarted automatically after license activation.
• Fixed: Bug in Conference Place extension configuration.
• Fixed: IVR transfer when sip port is not equal to 5060.
• Fixed: Wasted call license when assigning calls to an agent.
• Fixed: Cache of non existent calls.
• Fixed: Forwarding rules on extension would conflict with system wide Holiday settings.

3CX Phone System for Windows V7 Build Version 7.0.4744 13 January 2009

• Added: Ability to restore database immediately from the wizard
• Added: Ability to Group extensions and edit them
• Added: Ability to Edit extension properties in bulk via multiple select
• Added: Ability to specify a DID name and have it displayed in caller ID to identify number that was called on
• Fixed: Exchange 2007 integration was not working in installs with complex/incorrectly configured routing options
• Fixed: Performance Counter on 64 bit installs
• Fixed: Firewall checker on 64 bit installs
• Fixed: Bug in Wizard after a restore is performed - Now Stops after restore
• Fixed: Upon un-installation of 3CX, certain IIS settings were altered on some installs
• Fixed: IVR and IVR transfers PBX setup with 2, 4 and 5 digit extension lengths
• Fixed: Voicemail transfer and logon in a PBX setup with 2, 4 and 5 digit extension lengths
• Fixed: Operator extension was not being saved
• Fixed: User agent string of phones is matches via substring only for better phone recognition
• Fixed: Improved HTTP MAKE CALL notification in free version
• Fixed: Status in registration for Trunks / VoIP Providers
• Fixed: Voip trunk validation on password authentication ( no password is required )
• Fixed: Services Page/Restart All to synchronise depending on service state
• Fixed: Active calls page - Correct updating in transfers and call duration.
• Fixed: Tunnel connection setup problems
• Fixed: Aastra phones would reboot over a particular SIP message. This message has been removed
• Fixed: Bugs Holidays and specific hours configuration
• Fixed: Restore issue when Configuration port is not default port
• Added: Index entries for Snom Phonebooks (these were required)
• Added: Exit argument (/exit) in Backup and Restore for scheduled tasks
• Added: Changes to gateway/voip provider templates with modifications
• Added: h3 argument in call history updater by default v7 to support new call log database format
• Added: Reduced Linksys re-provisioning to 24 hours 86400 seconds, since re-provisioning forces a reboot
• Added: Improved validation in PBX setups that are 2,4 and 5 digits long
• Added: Better handling for removal in GAC
• Added: Better representation of data when reloading in myphone
• Added: German language file
• Added: Greek language file
• Added: Portuguese language file

3CX Phone System for Windows V7 Build Version 7.0.4 249 (RC3)
4 December 2008

• Added: Support for provisioning of Polycom phones
• Added: Significantly improved audio quality of tunnel by binding it to media server
• Added: Ability to select audio codec in Bridge and Tunnel connections
• Added: Italian translation
• Added: Spanish translation
• Added: Russian translation
• Added: French translation (Wizard and Myphone only)
• Added: Simplified Chinese (Myphone only)
• Fixed: On the login pages, clicks on the OK button where sometimes ignored
• Fixed: Improved response of interface for OK and Apply. Note: when busy (progress circle at right hand side is turning), clicks will be ignored
• Fixed: Improved Call History Importer functions

Build Version 7.0.4056(RC2) 28 November 2008

• Added: Provisioning of Linksys phones via option 66
• Added: Provisioning of Polycom phones
• Added: Ability to clear server status log
• Added: Moved IVR to separate port for IIS installs on Windows 2003/2008/Vista
• Added: Email notification text can now be configured from the interface
• Added: Configuration file for Audiocodes gateways MP114, MP114 2fxo 2 fxs can now be created
• Added: Aastra is provisioned with Back light going off to save energy
  
  
• Fixed: Improvements to tunnel - default port 5080 is now used for external extensions
• Fixed: Spelling mistakes in the interface
• Fixed: Myphone now uses extension number and voicemail PIN for authentication
• Fixed: Bridge now uses authentication ID rather then virtual extension number for validation
• Fixed: Problems with provisioning when using IIS
• Fixed: Installer would modify application pool of an already configured website
• Fixed: Increased time out for establishing database connection for slow machines
• Fixed: Many improvemenst to the restore process from V6.1
• Fixed: Some options were not shown in the free edition
• Fixed: Forwarding rules using specific office hours including holidays can be viewed.
• Fixed: Pickup can allow any pickup and pickup by specifying extension number
• Fixed: Sorting of DID's - by numeric order and line they are associated with
• Fixed: Faxes are no longer limited to 20 pages
  

3CX Phone System for Windows v7  -Build Version 7.0.3775 (RC) 17 November 2008

Note: IIS is now the recommended web server – its faster and more stable then Cassini

• Added: IIS support for Windows XP PRO. XP users no longer have to use Cassini
• Added: Ability to make external calls out of the personal voice mail menu
• Added: Systems prompts page redesign
• Added: Improved error messages
• Added: If using IIS all web applications reside on a single port
• Added: Option to send 'Keep Alives' to a VoIP provider so that firewall will keep port mapping alive. This allows dynamic port mapping for VoIP providers
• Added: Secure SIP – tested only with SNOM so far
• Added: Improved validation
• Added: Port status page now shows multiple calls on ports that can handle more then 1 simultaneous call
• Added Vegastream FXO/FXS template
• Added: Ability to specify MAC address and phone model in the wizard so as to allow auto provisioning
• Added: Removed transfer announcement in a nested DR
• Added: Forwarding options in DR will now show the destinations Number and Name.
• Added Support for ranges starting with 0 in outbound rules example 01,02,03 etc
• Added Caller ID in the Call History Log file and type of call Voice/Fax
• Added: Phone provisioning files, gateway and VoIP provider templates are now backed up and restored
• Added: New H3 parameter in callhistory will create new call history table with more information including caller ID
  
  
• Changed: If using IIS, URL for management console is <IP>/Management
• Changed: If using IIS, URL for user portal is <IP>/Myphone
• Changed: If using IIS, URL for provisioning is <IP>/Management/Provisioning
• Changed: Templates and parser for Phone identification and provisioning
  
  
• Fixed: Bug in Voicemail not reading the time a message was left
  
• Fixed: Bug in Timezone conversion in the CallHistory Backup Procedure
  
• Fixed: Unknown in Gateways and VoIP Providers. backups from 6.1 only. Alpha and beta versions not supported.
  
• Fixed: Problems with outbound and inbound parameters in Patton gateways
  
• Fixed: Problem in hunting of calls on Patton when 1 port only is connected
  
• Fixed authentication in Bridges and Tunnel
  
• Fixed Restore bug restoring standard English prompt sets

3CX Phone System for Windows V7 - Build Version 7.0.3406 (Beta) 30 October 2008

Note: Close the management console BEFORE making a restore.
After a restore you need to restart the application pool in IIS (Run Inetmgr, and restart 3CX application pool)

• Fixed: My phone website not found after backup and restore from 6 to 7
• Fixed: DID range creation and updating in Inbound rules page
• Fixed: Firefox 3 browser is now able to upload files
• Fixed: Bug in Append ring group/Queue name
• Fixed: Incorrect notification in Http API for call recording
• Fixed: Problem with using external numbers in Ring Groups
• Fixed: Paths for IVR and Prompts after a restore from Version 6
• Fixed: You can add DID's with 3 digits using masks
• Fixed: Generic Trunks set not to register would register anyway
  
• Fixed: Bug in Specific and Out of Specific Hours
• Fixed: Bug in Restart All services
• Fixed: Download and selection of prompts from the systems prompts.
• Fixed: Session ID was being shared between the Myphone and Management console
  
  
• Added: Implemented checking for Configuration service port 5485
• Added: Ability to change port of configuration server from ini file
• Added: New section - Global options
• Added: Ability to append Call Queue or Ring Group name after caller ID
• Added: Re-arranged Admin Credential Page
• Added: Source identification by DID
• Added: Mask matching for DID's (exact, start and end)
  
• Added: Source identification for gateways in 'to' field by default
• Added: Generate support info in Backup and restore tool and in Help interface.
• Added: changes to Phone functionality in templates
  
  
• Removed: DID importing from Version 6 to 7. These need to be recreated
  

3CX Phone System for Windows v7 - Build Version 7.0.3190 (Alpha 2) 21 October 2008

• Fixed IIS issues on Windows server 2003, Server 2008, both including MyPhone Web interface, and IVR.
• Improved version of My Phone (Voicemail section not implemented).
• Ability to select multiple downloaded Prompt Sets in the System Prompts Page.
• Backup and restore v7 to v7 completed.
• Backup and restore 6 to 7 completed with known issues - Please refer to separate post called BKP 6 to 7.
• Fixes in Outbound rules logic and interface elements.
• Fixed Firewall checker on 64 bit OS.
  
• Make Call / HTTP API is finalized - Please refer to FAQ (under construction).
• Added provisioning for Grandstream GXP2010 + Changes to Linksys Phone provisioning.
• Added Outbound Caller ID display in the Extension and port/trunk status.
• Ability for member in RingGroup/Queue to contact external number based on Forward all condition and correct Gateway Config.
• NEW! Added DID or Line inbound routing to Conference Extensions.
• NEW! Added UK System Prompts.

3CX Phone System for Windows v7 - Build Version 7.0.2993 (Alpha) 14 October 2008

• Completely revamped interface, with many usability improvements.
• Ability to set advanced forwarding rules per extension based on caller ID, time received and whether its an internal or an external call.
• Apache was replaced by a Microsoft Web Server, Cassini, which is more windows friendly, or optionally IIS can be used.
• Added support for running as a virtual instance in Hyper V.
  
• New configuration wizard which makes first setup easier.
• Improved performance of system.
• MyPhone User portal is now also available on the free edition.
• Ability to offer callers a way to exit out of the queue and leave a message instead of waiting.
• Ability to have callers go straight to voice mail if no one is manning the queue.
• Support for using Sangoma cards as VoIP Gateways, either installed on the same machine or on a remote machine.
• Resolve inbound calls to an outlook contact – incoming calls can automatically bring up the appropriate contact record based on the caller ID.