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Calls & Contacts Drawer
To display the Contacts drawer, click the black button toward the extreme right edge of the softphone
application.
This drawer displays a user’s Contacts lists, lists of recent calls, and availability information (i.e. presence) for
both the user and contacts. For more information, see
3.2 Starting X-Lite
1. Start X-Lite by using the Windows Start menu or by double-clicking the desktop icon. Note that users can
have X-Lite running at the same time as they are running eyeBeam—CounterPath’s retail softphone available
for purchase at
.
2. Take an appropriate action:
• If the user has enabled an account, the next message displayed will be Registering. X-Lite attempts to log
into every enabled account, and when login is complete, the Call display shows Ready. Your username is.
• If the user has not enabled an account, the SIP Accounts window will appear. Enable an account; X-Lite
will designate that account as the default. For information about enabling accounts, see “SIP Accounts” on
• If the user has set up no account, the final message will be Awaiting proxy login information. For
information about setting up an account, see “Configuring X-Lite” on
When logged in to an account, the Call display will show Ready - Your username is.
For more information about accounts, see “Rules for Enabled Accounts and Default Account” on
Showing and Hiding the Softphone
After clicking
to minimize the softphone application, users will still be able to receive calls.
After exiting the application while the softphone is minimized, X-Lite will start minimized for the next session.
Users can specify that X-Lite should provide visual cues whenever a call arrives while the softphone is
minimized or covered by another application. See “Options – General – Alerts and Sounds” on
Receiving a New Contact Request
If local presence availability is enabled, users can receive a New Contact Request dialog box at any time while
X-Lite is running. For information about such requests, see “Availability” on