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X-Lite 4 for Mac User Guide
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Setting your Online Status
Changing your Status
Click the down arrow beside the availability indicator on X-Lite, and select the desired availability. See Table 2,
below. When your availability changes, the new availability is sent to your contacts.
Table 2: Availability Indicators
Indicator Meaning for your Availability Meaning for Others’ Availability
Available Either:
• You have set your availability to this status.
• X-Lite has determined that you are logged on but not on the
phone or idle.
When you have this availability, X-Lite will automatically
detect when you are idle or on the phone, and change the
availability to match.
You can contact this person.
Busy You have set your availability to this status. 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 availability to this status. 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 availability to this status. 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.
As soon as you click the mouse or keyboard, your status
changes to “Available”.
You can contact this person.
Offline You have set your availability to this status. The other person
sees you as offline, even though you are not actually offline.
The other person cannot tell the difference between this status
and you really being offline. The contact is either not logged on or else
is not set up for availability.
No icon Not applicable You are not watching the other person’s
availability.