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3 How does SwyxPhone work?
This chapter introduces the basic technical concepts of SwyxPhone.
SwyxWare - the Telephony of the Future Avail-
able Today
With SwyxWare you use a software based telephony
system which offers extensive advantage.
The telephony server SwyxServer act as a core
system, which offers the complete functionality of a
sophisticated telephone private branch exchange.
The SwyxServer takes care of call handling (e.g.
transferring calls to another extension or to your
Voicemail) and manages both terminal equipment
and users which use it to communicate.
In a PC network, which is equipped with a
SwyxServer, you can use SwyxPhone to make
telephone calls just like you would with a traditional
desk telephone. However, in this case your
telephone is not plugged into a normal telephone
socket, but into the PC network interconnection
(Ethernet).
You can use SwyxPhone just like any other desk
telephone, but in doing so, you are using a high-
performance telephone, which is run on the
SwyxServer private branch exchange, and this
means you can take advantage of all of its features.
SwyxGate is a supplementary component for
SwyxServer and it enables you to make calls in the
public telephone network.
SwyxServer also supports SwyxIt! and SwyxPhone
in a particularly high-performance manner, in addition to any number of H.323 compatible
terminals (such as Microsoft NetMeeting and the H.323 compatible terminals of other
manufacturers).
SwyxIt! is an application software that you install on your PC. This software allows you to
make telephone calls in a network from your PC, and this can be done with a SwyxIt! Headset,
a SwyxIt! Handset or by using a microphone and speakers, which are connected to your PC.
SwyxIt! and SwyxPhone use the same user account. You will find more information on SwyxIt!
in Chapter 8,
Interaction with SwyxIt! , page 127.
Figure 3-1 The Interaction of SwyxWare
Components