CounterPath X-Lite 4.7 for Windows User Guide - Manual (Page 36)

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Setting your Online Status
Changing your Status
Click the down arrow beside the online status indicator on X-Lite, and select the desired online status.
Setting up Status Indicators
You can create a custom status indicator: click the down arrow beside the status indicator, and double-click on
one of the existing indicators; type your custom status.
Status Indicators
Indicator Meaning for your Status Meaning for Others’ Status
Available Either:
• You have set your status to this value.
• X-Lite has determined that you are logged on but not on the phone
or idle.
When you have this status, X-Lite will automatically detect when you
are idle or on the phone, and change the status to match.
You can contact this person.
Busy You have set your status to this value. X-Lite will never automatically
switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself. You can contact this person.
Away You have set your status to this value. X-Lite will never automatically
switch you out of this status; you must switch yourself.
You can contact this person.
On the phone Either:
• You have set your status to this value. In this case, X-Lite will
never automatically switch you out of this status; you must switch
yourself.
• You started a phone call when your status was “Available”. When
your call finishes, your status reverts to “Available”.
You can contact this person.
Idle You have not moved or clicked the mouse or pressed a keyboard key
for the Idle period. To set the Idle period see Softphone > Preferences
> Application.
As soon as you click the mouse or keyboard, your status changes to
“Available”.
You can contact this person.
Appear offline You have set your status to this value. The other person sees you as
offline, even though you are actually online. The other person cannot
tell the difference between this status and you really being offline.
The contact is either not logged on
or does not want to share online
status.
No icon Not applicable You are not watching the other
person’s status.