MOBILITY FOR iphone USER GUIDE

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1 MOBILITY FOR iphone USER GUIDE VERSION Market Street, First Floor Philadelphia, PA

2 Table of Contentsl 1. About Alteva Mobility for iphone Installation... 4 Sign In... 4 Startup Settings Main Tabs Contacts... 7 Add... 8 Edit... 9 Presence Instant Messaging Chat Tab Chat Group Chat (Ad-Hoc Rooms) Audio and Video Calls Dial Pad Tab Make Audio or Video Calls Dialing Service Answer Call In Call Actions Call Transfer Conference Calls Call Pull Call Park Retrieve a Parked Call Transfer to Circuit-Switched Call (to Mobile) Call Waiting Missed Calls and New Messages Message Waiting Indicator and Voice Mail Access Business Line Call Back and Call-Through Contact Name Lookup for Incoming Calls and Call Logs Call History Settings Call Settings Caller ID Blocking Telephone Number Call Forwarding Do Not Disturb Simultaneous Ring Personal Alteva Anywhere Alteva Remote Office Alteva Mobility Multiple Device Support Smartphone only Users Troubleshooting Alteva Mobility for iphone 2

3 1. About Alteva Mobility for iphone Alteva Mobility for iphone provides the following communication features: Instant Messaging and Presence (IM&P) Voice Calling (VoIP) Voice Calling (iphone) Video Calling Call History Call Settings Full functionality requires the Alteva Mobility Complete license Users with another Alteva Voice license, Platinum for example, require the Alteva Mobility Smartphone Add-on license. These users will not have any Instant Messaging and Presence features but still have full access to: o Voice and Video Calls o Searching the company directory and local address book o Call History o Call Settings o The app uses the contact list from the phone or a directory search. Refer to the Smartphone only section for a description of how to use this guide. Alteva Mobility for iphone 3

4 2. Installation The iphone app can be downloaded from Apple App Store. Sign In When you first launch the application, you are prompted to sign in. 1. Enter your Alteva user name and password. for example: & password Show Password view your password Remember Password have the app remember your password. Sign in automatically sign in automatically on subsequent launches. 2. Tap Sign In ` NOTE: If you select automatic sign in, you are signed in automatically and taken to the Contacts list upon subsequent launches. Otherwise, you are presented with the Sign In screen. Alteva Mobility for iphone 4

5 Startup Settings Settings Set up your client. Refer to Call Settings for additional settings options. Telephone Number Enter your phone number. This is used in conjunction with the Mobility service, and more specifically, with the Call-Through calling mode. The user should provide their mobile device telephone number in this field. This number should match the number configured for the Mobility service for the Call-Through functionality to work. The Transfer to Circuit Switch feature requires this setting as well. Dialing Service Notification Under some conditions you may see a warning that dialing services are not enabled for the phone. The optimal choice is to Configure Mobility; the preferred setting is shown above. Phones to Ring: Both Diversion Inhibitor, Alert Click to Dial, Call Control: Call Back is available if the user has Alteva Mobility, Remote Office, or Alteva Anywhere assigned. The app validates that one of these services is provisioned (and is active or on) with a phone number that matches the mobile number; if so, it gives the user the option to make calls using the Call Back feature (Call Through requires Alteva Mobility to be set). On Alteva Mobility for iphone 5

6 3. Main Tabs When you start the app for the first time, the Contacts list is empty; however, you will see contacts you ve added with Alteva Mobility for Desktop. Use the search field to find people and add them to your Contacts list. Contacts can also be added manually by tapping the Add button in the Options menu at the upper right. Chat View your Buddies list, Chat History Dial Pad Make calls History View incoming, outgoing, and missed calls Contacts View your local contacts or search for directory contacts Settings Set up your client Chat Tab The main view contains a number of tabs: Chat Call (Dial Pad) History Contacts Settings Alteva Mobility for iphone 6

7 4. Contacts The Contacts list in Chat tab can contain different types of contacts as follows: Presence-enabled contacts Non presence-enabled contacts Any contact can be marked as a favorite and it appears at the top of the Contacts list in the Favorites section. Contacts are the people with whom you communicate and, if available for your Alteva Mobility License, you see their presence and share your presence with them. There are two types of contacts. Contacts People with whom you communicate Conferences Audio conference bridges that you use to communicate with others Contacts Tab Local Contacts Tab Directory Search Add contact The Contacts tab contains a search for: Local contacts on the iphone Directory contacts from the company Alteva Mobility for iphone 7

8 Add When you sign in for the first time, there are no contacts on your Contacts list. Add a new contact: Select the option Add Contact from the Option menu icon in the navigation bar. Another way to add new contacts is to use the directory search option from the Contacts tab. In the Add Contact screen, enter the contact s information and then click Done. XMPP account, you should leave this blank for anyone outside of your company. Company contacts that are presence-enabled will have this automatically completed when you add them from the directory. Name Home Phone Work Phone Web If you receive a buddy request invitation, you can ignore or accept it. If you ignore the buddy request, you can always share your presence information later by selecting Subscribe from the buddy contact card. Note that the contact must accept your subscription request for you to establish the presence relationship successfully. The newly added contact appears on your Contacts list. Alteva Mobility for iphone 8

9 Edit Add a conference number by selecting the option Add Conference from the same menu icon in the navigation bar by typing a conference number. You can also add a conference number from directory search. A conference contact is a special contact used for conference bridges to avoid having to remember a PIN code. Tap the information icon of a contact entry from the Contacts list to open a contact card. Edit opens the Contact Information dialog box where you can add, edit, or remove information. Delete Contact removes the contact from your Contacts list. Unsubscribe removes the presence relationship between you and that contact. This means you do not see the contact s presence information and your contact does not see yours. Select Subscribe to re-establish the presence relationship. An unsubscribed contact remains on your Contacts list and is always shown as offline. Click Done to return to the contact card. Alteva Mobility for iphone 9

10 Presence For each contact you have subscribed to, you can see their presence. Similarly, your contacts can see your presence on their Contacts list. Presence means that your friends are able to see whether you are available, for example, I m available or I m busy. Icon What it means Online the green presence icon indicates that the user is online and ready for communication. Away the orange presence icon indicates that the user is online but has been idle or away from their computer for more than ten minutes. Busy the red presence icon indicates that the user is busy and does not want to be disturbed. Offline the grey presence icon indicates that the user is offline and the only available contact method is calling or chatting Pending the question mark indicates that a subscription is pending and the contact has not yet approved sharing their presence Busy in Call This icon indicates that the contact is busy on a call. This is an automated presence status Busy in Meeting This icon indicates that the contact is busy in a meeting. This is an automated presence status. The Busy In Call status overrides the Busy In Meeting status so this one is only seen if there is a meeting (for contacts using Alteva Mobility for Desktop Windows) but no call is active. Set your own presence by tapping on the presence icon from the status bar in all tab views. The presence icon opens the My status screen where you can change your avatar, personal message, and presence status. Alteva Mobility for iphone 10

11 Your avatar is the picture that represents you in your friends Contacts lists and in chat screens. Tapping on an avatar opens a dialog with options to select an existing image, to take a new one with your phone camera, or to clear your avatar. You can enter a status message into the area next to the avatar. This status text is shown in your friends Contacts lists. If you see the error message, Chat Unavailable under any tab, it means that XMPP connectivity has been lost for chat and presence; however, you can still make calls. For a sustained loss of Chat connectivity, contact Alteva Support. Alteva Mobility for iphone 11

12 5. Instant Messaging Chat Tab Chat shows the list of recent chats since the last login. If User A chats with User B multiple times, their discussions appear as one item in the list. Tapping the name opens the chat view (IM view) where new messages can be typed. Old messages are also shown. New incoming messages are indicated with a notification badge to the right of the name. The icon remains next to the name until the message is read. Chats are listed so that the newest one is always at the top. Alteva Mobility for iphone 12

13 Clicking the menu button in the navigation bar, displays the Make all as Read option. This option removes all notification badges from the Chat History list. Chat Start a chat using one of the following methods: From the Buddies list, tap a contact to open the communication view. From the contact card, choose Open Chat to start a chat. In the Chat History list, tap a contact entry to start a chat. Chatting with a contact is only possible when they are online. If your contact initiates a chat, you see a notification badge on the Chat tab and the entry appears on the top of Chat History list. Alteva Mobility for iphone 13

14 When the chat opens, the name of the recipient is on the top bar and there is a presence icon flag before the name. A smiley emoticon can be added to a message by typing the corresponding character codes or by selecting a smiley icon, (the smiley is displayed graphically in the message area). Group Chat (Ad-Hoc Rooms) Start a group chat using one of the following methods: In single chat session, tap the add participant icon to escalate from a single to a group chat. Alteva Mobility for iphone 14

15 From the Chat tab, tap on the menu icon to select the Start group chat option. In the Chat History list, tap a group communication entry to start a group chat. When you initiate a group chat, the Chat screen opens. More people can be added later to the chat using the add participant icon. Anyone in the group chat can add participants; however, removing participants is currently not supported. A group chat works the same way as a one-on-one chat. All messages from anyone are sent to everyone else. All contacts need to be online to be able to participate in a group chat. You cannot invite an offline contact. A group chat history is saved and is available to view later in the Chat tab. From the Options button in the Navigation menu, View Participants opens a dialog that shows the list of participants in the group chat. A user can leave a group chat by selecting the Leave chat option. The chat is marked as offline and the user no longer receives messages from the chat. When clicking on the offline chat, the user re-joins the room and starts receiving messages. However, the user does not receive the messages that were sent in the chat while the user was outside of the room. The Clear History menu item works the same way as the corresponding option in a one- on-one chat and removes the local history. Alteva Mobility for iphone 15

16 6. Audio and Video Calls Dial Pad Tab The Dial pad tab displays a dial pad and a text field used to enter numbers. The dial pad is one of the options used to make audio or video calls. There are three buttons below the dial pad: Video call, Call, and Dial pad menu. The top text field also has a delete button that, when pressed, deletes one character at a time. A badge notification appears on the Dial pad tab when there are messages in the voic box. A long press on the 1 digit connects you to your voic box. The Dial pad menu can contains two options: o Pull Call o Retrieve Call. Alteva Mobility for iphone 16

17 Make Audio or Video Calls Make an audio or video call using one of the following methods: Tap the contact info button on a contact to open a contact card. From the contact card, tap on any of the contact s numbers to perform an audio or video call. From search results, open a contact card and tap on a contact number to perform an audio or video call. Open the dial pad, enter a phone number, and tap the Call or Video button. On the Call History list, tap a call entry. On the Chat screen, tap the Call icon for an audio call or the video icon to perform a video call. Alteva Mobility for iphone 17

18 Dialing Service Depending on a user s settings there are four options for making calls: Option What it means Will make a circuit-switched call using the native dialer of the iphone Carrier minutes are used The user s personal iphone Caller ID is used Will make a VoIP call using the Data connection (Carrier or WiFi) No Carrier minutes are used The user s business identity (Caller ID) is used Generates an incoming circuit-switched call from the Alteva platform to connect the call Calls use Carrier minutes The user s business identity is used Appropriate when there is poor or no data connection Generates an outgoing circuit-switched call Calls use Carrier minutes The user s business identity is used Answer Call An incoming call is indicated by a ringtone. There are two options on the incoming call screen: Answer and Decline. Depending on a user's settings these are the incoming call screens Alteva Mobility for iphone 18

19 In Call Actions You can perform the following actions from the In Call screen: Call Transfer End a call Mute your microphone Place a call on hold Adjust the volume Open the dial pad Transfer a call (Blind Transfer) Talk and transfer a call (Attended Transfer) Make a conference call Park a call Transfer a call to a circuit-switched call View participants (on a conference call) The client supports transferring calls to another party. Two modes of transfer are supported: Attended transfer Select Add call and click a contact s phone number. Select Talk + Transfer. The second call is placed with the selected contact. If the call is successfully established, you can talk with the third party privately before completing the transfer by pressing the Complete button. Unattended Call Select Add call and click a contact s phone number. Select Transfer from the menu, the call is dropped and the party is transferred to the selected contact. Conference Calls The application supports conference calls with up to three participants. While on a two-way call, tap More then on the Add call button. This opens the address book on the device to search for and select the new participant. Optional. Select the Dial Pad and enter a phone number to call. Alteva Mobility for iphone 19

20 Select a contact s phone number and press Conference Once the conference is established, the participants are shown on the screen. Note: The supported mode is Blind Conference calling. The third party receives a call and is joined to the conference automatically when they pick up. An Attended Conference mode, (which prompts the third party to join or decline), is not supported in this release. Call Pull Call Pull can be used in scenarios where a user has two endpoints, for example, a desk phone and a mobile phone with Alteva Mobility. If the user has an active call on the desk phone, this call can be transferred seamlessly to the mobile phone using the Call Pull button. Depending on the dialing settings, the call can be pulled as a VoIP Data or circuitswitched call to the mobile phone. There is no interruption to the voice call. Call Park The Call Park service allows a user to park a call against a parked against extension. The parked call is placed on hold until a user retrieves the parked call. If the call is not retrieved within the provisioned recall time, then the parked call is reverted and presented to the recall user. While on an active call, tap More and then Park Call Listen for the voice prompt and enter the extension to park the call against or type # to park the call on your own extension Retrieve a Parked Call A parked call can be retrieved from your own number (an extension) or another extension to provide flexibility for who is picking up the parked call. From the Options Menu of the Call window select Retrieve Call Alteva Mobility for iphone 20

21 o o Dial # to retrieve a call parked against your own extension Dial the extension where a call is parked. Transfer to Circuit-Switched Call (to Mobile) An active call can be transferred off of the VoIP (data) connection to the carrier s voice circuit. This is useful when you are on an active call over the data connection and are traveling; you can transfer the call over to the carrier voice network to not have the call drop during poor data connectivity. For example, you re in your office and connected to the office Wi-Fi during an active call. If you leave the office, you ll lose Wi-Fi connectivity and the call will drop. To continue the call out of the office, transfer the call to the carrier s voice circuit with the press of a button. This feature also maintains your business identity (Caller ID) for the call. During an active call, select More and then tap Transfer to Mobile. Call Waiting The call is placed on hold and disconnects. After a few seconds, answer the incoming call and your call is now transferred from the data connection to the carrier s voice circuit. Note: you need to have your mobile phone number entered in Settings. You can have one active call at any one time if you receive a new incoming call and accept it. The existing call is put on hold and you can change between these two calls by using the Hold and Unhold buttons. Missed Calls and New Messages Notifications (for example, missed calls or new messages) are shown as badges on the tab icons. Message Waiting Indicator and Voice Mail Access If you have pending voice mail (VM) messages, then a badge is displayed on the Call tab icon with indicating the number of pending VM messages. The voice mail is accessible with a long-press of the dial pad digit 1 Business Line Call Back and Call-Through Alteva Mobility for iphone allows you to originate a circuit-switched call using your business line identity. This is done using the basic Call Back functionality or the Call- Through functionality. Alteva Mobility for iphone 21

22 Basic Call Back is only available if you have Alteva Anywhere or Remote Office assigned. The application checks to see whether one of these two services is provisioned with a phone number that matches the mobile number. If it is provisioned this way, it provides you with the option to make calls using the Call Back feature. Call-Through functionality is available if the Mobility service is assigned to your Alteva user profile. Call-Through provides a more natural dialing experience. When a call is placed in this mode, the client communicates transparently with the Alteva platform to connect directly to the destination identifying the call with your business line identity. Contact Name Lookup for Incoming Calls and Call Logs Whenever the incoming call does not have a calling name associated with it, the app can perform a local contact search. If the number matches one of the contacts on the mobile phone s Contacts list, the name is shown on the incoming Call screen along with the alert. Whenever you retrieve your call logs/history and the call log does not have a calling name associated with it, the client does a lookup in the local contacts and populates the name if a match is found. Alteva Mobility for iphone 22

23 7. Call History Call history can be accessed from History tab. Alteva Mobility saves a call history for placed, received, and missed calls. The call history makes it easy for you to redial and call back when you have missed a call or when you want to dial a contact with whom you have recently spoken. Tapping an item on the list opens the contact card where a call can be made to that contact. Incoming Call Outgoing Call Missed Call Alteva Mobility for iphone 23

24 8. Settings The Settings view contains the following items, which can be configured by the end user: Language o U.S. English (default) o French o German o Italian o Spanish (European) o Korean o Japanese o Chinese Remember password Sign in automatically (note that this is disabled until Remember password is checked). Call settings opens a new view with the different settings that the user can set. Troubleshooting the user can send diagnostics to Alteva when requested. Refer to the Troubleshooting section. Help View the user guide pdf About shows the current version number Sign out exits and closes the app Alteva Mobility for iphone 24

25 9. Call Settings The app supports the following Alteva Service Management features, allowing various Alteva supplementary services to be turned on or off using the Settings window: Dialing Service refer to the Dialing Service section Caller ID Blocking Telephone number Call Forwarding Do Not Disturb Simultaneous Ring Personal Alteva Anywhere Mobility Service Alteva Remote Office Normally a user would configure these settings with their Alteva voice portal, with the Alteva Toolbar (if applicable), or their Admin configures it for them. Caller ID Blocking You can hide or display your number when calling or communicating with other parties or contacts. To hide your number, set to Enable. To show your number, set to Disable. Telephone Number This is used in conjunction with the Mobility service, and more specifically, with the Call- Through calling mode. The user should provide their mobile device telephone number in this field. This number should match the number configured for the Mobility service for the Call-Through functionality to work. The Transfer to Circuit Switch feature requires this setting as well. Call Forwarding By tapping on a different Call Forward options, you can enter a number to forward your calls. Call Forwarding No Answer Automatically forward your calls to a different phone number when you do not answer your phone after a certain number of rings. Call Forwarding Always Automatically forward all your incoming calls to a different phone number. Call Forwarding Busy Automatically forward your calls to a different phone number when your phone is busy. Call Forwarding Not Reachable Automatically forward your calls to a different phone number when your phone is unreachable. Normally, voice mail will take the call. Alteva Mobility for iphone 25

26 Do Not Disturb Automatically forward your calls to your voice messaging service, if configured, otherwise the caller hears a busy tone. Simultaneous Ring Personal Ring multiple phones simultaneously when calls are received. Provided for legacy compatibility, this feature has been superseded by the more feature-rich Alteva Anywhere function. Alteva Anywhere Alteva Anywhere simplifies communications for on-the-go users and remote users by extending the features of a desk phone to any other fixed or mobile device, regardless of the network or handset manufacturer. Callers dial one number and can reach you on any phone the user chooses. A desk phone, cell phone, and/or a soft phone may ring simultaneously. Enjoy voice call continuity with the ability to move live calls from one device to another without hanging up. Add locations (numbers) that can be used in the service using the Add New Location button. Use the Alert all locations to activate parallel ringing. Select Diversion inhibitor to prevent internal company calls ending up as a voice mail. This can only be used for calls within a Group or Enterprise. Select Answer Confirmation to receive a separate audio prompt when answering a call from that number (location). It may be useful in cases where, for example, mobile numbers are being used to prevent incoming calls going to mobile voice mail. Select Call Control to enable the server platform to provide mid-call services such as Call Transfer and Conferencing for that number (location). Alteva Remote Office This service allows the use of any phone as an office phone from a charging and numbering perspective. For example, a hotel room phone can be used as the office phone. Enable Remote Office and specify a phone number to be used as the Remote Office number. Alteva Mobility The Alteva Mobility service seamlessly integrates the mobile network with the business communications of the user. This service enables the Call Back and Call Through dialing services. Alteva Mobility for iphone 26

27 10. Multiple Device Support Alteva Mobility supports users with multiple devices using Alteva Mobility (Desktop and Smartphone): Chat invitations sent to a user are received on all devices supporting Instant Messaging, for example the Alteva Desktop program and an Alteva Mobility Smartphone app. Before the session is accepted, messages are sent to all devices and once answered, the chat messages go to the device that has sent a reply message. Accepting a sharing presence invitation in one client is also recognized by another client, and both clients start receiving presence updates. A new presence subscription made in one client is recognized in another. Removing a contact from the contact list in one device is recognized in another client and the contact list is updated (that is, the contact is removed) in the other client as well. If a user has many devices, each device has the same status when shown to the end user. In addition, the contacts on the contact list always see the same status with updates shown in the following priority order: o Busy o Online o Away o Offline This means, for example, that if one client publishes a Busy status and another client publishes a different status, contacts see the user as Busy. Alteva Mobility for iphone 27

28 11. Smartphone only Users Some users may be provisioned with a Smartphone only license and will not have any Instant Messaging and Presence features. The User Guide sections on Instant Messaging and Chatting can be omitted along with Presence and references to IM buddies. The user won t see any icons pertaining to Presence or Instant Messaging. All other features and functionality are available. o Voice and Video Calls o Searching the company directory and local address book o Call History o Call Settings The app uses the contact list from the phone or a directory search. Note: directory search contacts can be added to the local address book. The user will see the dial pad upon signing in. Alteva Mobility for iphone 28

29 12. Troubleshooting The troubleshooting function can be used if there are issues encountered with the application. It collects and sends diagnostic information to a predefined Alteva support e- mail address. This helps support personnel to identify the issues. The information being sent consists of application and media engine diagnostic logs. Troubleshooting is managed by a menu entry in Settings. It can be accessed from two places in the client: Using the Help button on the Sign In screen Clicking on Help opens the Settings screen that contains the help and troubleshooting-related entries. This can be used before the user signs in, for when a user has issues with sign in or connectivity. From the General Settings screen Help and troubleshooting entries are available at the bottom of the Settings menu. These are accessible while the user is logged in. Why doesn t my iphone make any sound for incoming calls? On some ios 7 devices, the notification sounds for Alteva Mobility ios should be enabled from the iphone s Notification Center. Navigate to Settings, Notification Center and set the following: Alert Style: Banners Badge App Icon: ON Sounds: ON Show in Notification Center: ON Show on Lock Screen: ON Alteva Mobility for iphone 29

30 Change History Date Item Author 5/23/2014 Created document William Jarema 7/11/2014 Updated for Smartphone only users William Jarema Alteva Mobility for iphone 30

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