Outlook Plugin
Overview
Please note this application is still in BETA
OnSIP now supports dialing your Microsoft Outlook contacts through our Windows TAPI Driver plugin. Simply install the following Windows 'exe' and you will be able to dial any phone number or extension through Windows TAPI enabled applications like Outlook and Phone Dialer.
Download and Install Process
Supported versions of Windows:
- Windows Vista 32-bit
- Windows XP 32-bit
Installation
To install follow these steps:
- Download the OnSIP TAPI Driver
- Be sure to exit Outlook before continuing with the install process
- Run the OnSIPTapiSetup.exe installer and follow the steps of the setup wizard.
- After the wizard completes you will be prompted for:
Phone Number:
You can ignore this field
SIP Address:
Your SIP Address
Password
Your WWW/Portal login password (this is not your VoIP Password)For the users on your system, log into the OnSIP Admin interface and click on the "Users" tab. Click on the user and scroll down to the 'Maintenance' section for that user. Click on the link to 'Reset and Email Portal Password'.
- Press the "Test" button once you have enterred your credentials
- When you are sure your credentials are correct press "OK"
How to use the plug in
To use the dialer from Outlook:
- Open your Outlook Contacts
- Right click a contact and choose dial
- In the dialog that appears click "Dialing Options..." and chose "OnSIP Hosted PBX" from the dropdown and press "OK"
- In the original dialog window click "Start Call"
Source Code
The Outlook plugin is an open source project available for download here:






Expected behavior?
I have Counterpath's Bria installed on my machine and most of my users use X-Lite. I was initially thinking that it would just dial through that immediately. Is it doing what it's supposed to do?
RE: Expected behavior?
Yes that is the correct behavior.
The plugin is built to be completely independent of the phone that you use. The call setup is done by placing a call to your registered phone(s) and then transferring you to the destination number that you originally dialed once you answer.
This lets us integrate our call-setup service with any compliant SIP phone on the market and is in fact a standard way to implement third party call control in SIP.
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Junction Networks Engineer
Hi,When trying to make a
Hi,
When trying to make a call it tells me that there's another TAPI driver. How do I uninstall them?
Also, not sure what the SIP address and password are. Can you be a little but more specific / give examples?
Thanks.
P.S. For example, say that when you click on "Email Phone Configuration Instructions" on the user's page that will send you the SIP address, which in that email called "Address of Record"
RE: Hi,When trying to make a
We have heard this problem from a few customers so far. Our suggested solution currently is to uninstall the TAPI driver and restart Windows. When Windows starts up again reinstall the driver and be sure to follow the steps for placing a call in the list on this page. Specifically please be sure to select "Dialing Properties..." and choosing the OnSIP TAPI device from the list of devices.
Re: SIP address and password
To read more about what SIP is and SIP addresses you can refer to this very brief overview of SIP or this more complete overview of SIP.
To find your SIP address in OnSIP you can find it in the admin portal - users page. If you do not have access to the admin portal please consult the administrator who set up your OnSIP account. Your password is the same web password that you would use to log in to the Admin Portal or my.OnSIP. Again, if you do not know your password consult your administrator and he or she can have it emailed to you.
--- Junction Networks Engineer
Win 7 x64 Support
64-bit version
Will there be a 64-bit version of the plugin?
64-Bit Windows 7
When can we expect 64-Bit Windows 7 support?
64 biut support
agree, 64 bit support is much needed
64 Bit Support
+1 Vote for 64 Bit version. (windows 7-64 Bit)
PLEASE.
Added to the To-Do list
Hello,
We've added this to our to-do list and understand it's desired by our clients. I'll provide updates via our Knowledgebase/blog/newsletter as I have them. Thank you for the feedback.
Outlook Plug-In for 64bit
Still waiting!!!
Onsip is almost worthless without the plug in.
re: Outlook Plug-In for 64bit
I'm sorry you feel that way about OnSIP without the Outlook plug in, but I have to respectfully disagree. Although I do appreciate how much you like the Outlook plug in.
In any case, we do have the 64bit version of the plug in developed but we have not been able to finish testing it yet.
In the meantime until we officially release it, all of the Outlook plug in code is completely open source and has the compiled release candidates included in the git repository under the "Releases" directory. See the information in the article above about where to find the git repo.
Cheers
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Erick J
Junction Networks Engineer
re: 64 bit
I noticed the source is updated for x64, however there is no documentation regarding this on github..