Sep 10

WorldxChange Xnet VFX

We had a couple of customers lately enquiring about using various devices with WorldxChange's Xnet VFX VoIP service.

Unlike other providers, WorldxChange suggest using only Linksys VoIP equipment which they will automatically provision and lock down for you. You can however choose to go with their unsupported "OpenVFX" service if you would like to use your own device.

First I tested the Yealink IP Phones with OpenVFX and these worked great.

Next I tested the ATCOM phone systems, these don't work out of the box. I loaded up the Switchfin firmware which worked with some minor modifications to handle the separate authentication username. These modifications have now been included in the Switchfin firmware for everyone to use.

Finally I tested with our local FreeSWITCH install, this worked fine with a few minor tweaks to the dialplan for outgoing calls like so; 

<action application="bridge" data="{sip_contact_user=3746xxxx,sip_cid_type=none}sofia/gateway/pan.wxnz.net/$1"/>

We don't use WorldxChange's service ourselves so can't comment further other than the fact that it works in our limited testing.

Posted by Hadley Rich on Friday, 10 September 2010 at 12:29, tagged as , , , . You can leave a comment.

8 responses to "WorldxChange Xnet VFX"

  1. My Polycom VVX-1500 works a treat on OpenVFX too - including the HD voice + video ;)
    Posted by Phil Gale — Friday, 10 September 2010 @ 13:27
  2. Been having a go at compiling Switchfin, but not being a Linux guru (I'm a GUI boy), it has been a bit of a challenge.
    Maybe you could look at setting up an FTP site for alternative ATCOM IP0x builds?
    Posted by Fraser — Sunday, 10 October 2010 @ 16:47
  3. Hi Fraser,

    We have provided a few builds of Switchfin for people. If you let me know what model you want to compile for and any specific options I will see if I can organise it for you.

    Cheers,

    hads
    Posted by Hadley Rich — Tuesday, 12 October 2010 @ 08:26
  4. Thanks - will send you an email
    Posted by Fraser Campbell — Monday, 18 October 2010 @ 11:25
  5. Hi Im assuming I replace my sip_contact_user with my own number ?
    Thankyou!
    Posted by Matt Woods — Thursday, 13 September 2012 @ 18:30
  6. Hi Matt,

    That's correct.

    Cheers,

    Hadley
    Posted by Hadley Rich — Thursday, 13 September 2012 @ 19:45
  7. Just wondering if there's any guidance on using the Atcom boxes with WxC with the new GUI? Or is the recommendation still to replace the Atcom GUI with Switchfin? Switchfin looks to be pretty ancient now.
    Posted by Matt Poole — Thursday, 05 September 2013 @ 12:06
  8. Hi Matt,

    You're right, SwitchFin is ancient news these days. I've not used WxC apart from this small test so I'm not sure how much help I can be there sorry.

    Cheers,

    Hadley
    Posted by Hadley Rich — Tuesday, 10 September 2013 @ 10:48

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