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3CX Phone System for Windows System for Windows
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2. Installing 3CX Phone System for Windows
System requirements
3CX Phone System for Windows requires the following:
Windows XP, Vista, 2000 (server & professional) or 2003 server
Ports 5060 (SIP), 5481 (Apache) to be free and open and 5480 (Postgres), 5482
(Media server) to be free
SIP standard based software or hardware phones
Optional VOIP Gateway (if you need to connect PSTN phone lines)
Optional VOIP service provider account (if you want to place calls via the internet)
You will need to have a good basic understanding of Windows Networking. It is
recommended to read up on IP PBX’s & SIP. For more information visit the IP PBX FAQ
Run set-up
1.
Download the latest version of 3CX Phone System from http://www.3cx.com/ip-
pbx/downloadlinks.html. Run set-up by double-clicking on the file 3CXPHONE
SYSTEM5.EXE. Click ‘Next’ to start installation.
2.
You will be asked to review and approve the license agreement, as well as to choose
an installation location. 3CX Phone System will need a minimum of approximately 50
MB of free hard disk space. You will need to reserve additional space to store voice
mail files & prompts.
3.
Set-up will ask you how many digits you wish your extension numbers to be. It will ask
you
for a preferred username and password, which you will need to logon to the
management console and manage the phone system. Finally it will ask you for your
mail server name and reply to address. These settings are used to send email
notifications to users of new voice mail.
4.
Click ‘Install” to start the installation of 3CX Phone System.
Setup will now copy all
files and install the necessary Windows services. Click ‘Finish’ when ready.
After Set-up has completed, you can connect to the 3CX Phone System Management
Console by clicking on the management console short cut in the 3CX Phone System
program group.
To connect to the management console from a remote machine, start a web browser and
enter the name of the machine on which 3CX Phone System is installed, followed by port
5481. (For example: http://phone-system:5481)