XCALLY Phonebar: Overview

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1 What’s about
2 Requirements
3 Installation Procedure
4 How to run the XCALLY Phonebar
5 Troubleshooting
6 Related topics

What’s about

The XCALLY Phonebar is an always-on-top application used by the Customer Care Agents to manage Inbound and Outbound calls.

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Requirements

General Requirements

XCALLY Phonebar is available for XCALLY Agents only, and not for Users
The Agent’s PC must be able to reach the following XCALLY server ports:
- TCP: 443, 5060, 5061
- UDP: 5060, 5061 and the whole range from UDP 10000 up to 20000 included
- ICMP: you need to be able to ping your XCALLY server from the Agents' computers
The XCALLY Phonebar can be installed only by administrators

Software Requirements

These software requirements are necessary to install the XCALLY Phonebar Application:

Operating System: Phonebar works from Microsoft Windows 7 onwards. We suggest to use Windows 11, or at least 10. If you use a version prior to Windows 10, you need also to install and enable components described at this paragraph
Processor: at least Pentium Intel Core i3
Memory: at least 4 GB RAM
Connection: IP network connection (broadband, LAN, wireless)
Audio Device: Internal or USB headset

Multimedia Device Requirements

In order to manage calls with the XCALLY Phonebar, both speakers and a microphone are required.
Any of the following configurations can be used:

External speakers and microphone
Built-in speakers and microphone
Dual-jack multimedia headset
USB multimedia headset
USB phone

Older versions of Microsoft Windows (prior to Windows 10):

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Installation Procedure

Video Tutorial

https://app.guidde.com/share/playbooks/uWDEd9SKKm98GnQAt9Tbxy?origin=3wPlti10dEfOGQjG7BKQvB2q4IC3

Download the setup at this link. The installer will first check for Software requirements or will attempt to download and install them. Then, download and run.
At the end of the download, follow the Phonebar installer procedure which will start automatically, by selecting the folder for the installation. To make the maintenance easy, change the destination folder only if strictly required. Then, click Install to proceed.
If the PC is running the Windows Firewall, you may be asked whether to allow the XCALLY Phonebar application to connect. In this case, select Allow Access.
If your PC hosts a different firewall, the prompts and method for allowing connection might differ.
Please, note that this is relevant only if the remote control is enabled.
At the end of installation process, you can launch XCALLY Phonebar

Silent Installation Procedure

Download the setup at this link, using Google Chrome, Firefox or MS Edge.
XCALLY Phonebar is not available on macOS, but if you use Safari browser, you must rename the file from Setup.msi.exe to Setup.msi
Access computer terminal, for example Windows PowerShell
Enter the folder where the .exe file has been downloaded
Run the command /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /VERYSILENT /NORESTART

How to run the XCALLY Phonebar

Open the XCALLY Phonebar by clicking on the shortcut icon on the desktop

After the Phonebar has been opened, enter the information necessary to login:

Host: Enter the IP address of the XCALLY Sever, using either your Motion IP address or the FQDN
Username: Enter the user’s XCALLY Agent Name (i.e. Mary Lion)
Password: This should match the User’s XCALLY Agent Password

If all the requirements are met, the XCALLY Phonebar will appear as shown below:

Troubleshooting

When an issue related to the Phonebar occurs on the Agent’s PC, the first action is checked the Phonebar log files.

Default XCALLY Phonebar log file is located at:

%USERPROFILE%\xCALLY\Logs, for example This PC/Local Disk (C:)/Users/<user_name>/XCALLY/Logs

If you find any technical problem running or login, please check our articles about XCALLY Phonebar published in Knowledge Base:

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