Howto:Bria 3.x - Counterpath - SIP Testreport

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Summary

This testreport is based on the Bria 3.x softphone for Windows, developed by counterpath . There is also a Mac and Linux edition but they are not in the scope of this test.

The Bria 3.x is an new version of the already tested and certified Bia 2.x . Bria 3.x comes with new features like SRTP, LDAP, DHCP provisioning, hide own number, HD Video, USB HID support and additional language support.

innovaphone do not recommend connecting the Bria LDAP client to big LDAP databases.

The presence features of the Bria soft-phone can be used only with limitations.

Certification Status

The tests for this product have been completed.

Testing of this product has been finalized August 16th, 2010.

Version

Firmware Version:

Bria release 3.1.1 stamp 58571

innovaphone Firmware:

V8 HF5

Test Setup

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Device Setup

Tested feature Result
Register Device w/o specific configuration (requires DHCP) No
DHCP is default Yes
DHCP yields timeserver and time displays correctly Yes
SNTP config has TZ string for timezone/dst autoconfig Yes
DHCP yields correct default gateway Yes
Device supports magic registration (e.g. by serial) No
Fixed registrations works Yes
Device registers w/o Extension (just by name) Yes
Device registers by extension Yes
Device registers with password Yes
Device registers multiple identities Yes
Device supports STUN protocol Yes
Device sends NAT - keepalive messages Yes
Device refreshes the PBX registration Yes
Device supports SIP over TCP Yes
Device supports SRTP Yes
Device supports SIPS (SIP over TLS) Yes
Device supports HTTPS N/A
Device supports VAD (Voice activity detection) Yes

Test Results

Basic Call

Tested feature Result
call using g711a Yes
call using g711u Yes
call using g729 Yes
Overlapped sending No
Early media channel Yes
Device shows called id number Yes
Device shows called id name Yes
Device shows called id display info Yes
Fax using T.38 N/A
CGPN can be supressed Yes
Reverse Media Negotiaton Yes
Device shows CDPN/CGPN on incoming call Yes
Device shows CDPN/CGPN on outgoing call Yes
Device shows connected number Yes
Device shows diverting number No
Device supports distinctive ringing No
Device supports asymetric codec negotiation Yes
Device supports codec renegotiation during a conversation Yes
Device shows correct display message in case of busy CDPN Yes
Device shows correct display message in case of not existing CDPN Yes
Device shows correct display message in case that the call is declined Yes
Call using video Yes
call using wideband codecs Yes
MWI from voicemail displayed correctly Yes
Device can create audio conferences Yes , up to 6 possible
Device can create video conferences Yes, 3 way conference possible
Voice Quality OK? Yes

DTMF

Tested feature Result
DTMF tones sent correctly Yes
DTMF tones received correctly Yes

Hold/Retrieve

Tested feature Result
Device handles incoming hold (sendonly) correctly Yes
Device can put a call on hold using correctly(inactive or sendonly) Yes

Transfer with consultation

Tested feature Voice Ok? MoH Ok?
inno1 calls inno2. inno2 transfers to testphone. Yes Yes
inno1 calls inno2. inno1 transfers to testphone. Yes Yes
inno1 calls testphone. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
inno1 calls testphone. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
testphone calls inno1. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
testphone calls inno1. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes Yes

Transfer with consultation (alerting only)

Tested feature Voice Ok? MoH Ok?
inno1 calls inno2. inno2 transfers to testphone. Yes Yes
inno1 calls inno2. inno1 transfers to testphone. Yes Yes
inno1 calls testphone. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
inno1 calls testphone. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
testphone calls inno1. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes Yes
testphone calls inno1. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes Yes

Blind Transfer

Tested feature Voice Ok?
inno1 calls inno2. inno2 transfers to testphone. Yes
inno1 calls inno2. inno1 transfers to testphone. Yes
inno1 calls testphone. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes
inno1 calls testphone. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes
testphone calls inno1. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes
testphone calls inno1. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes

Blind Transfer (alerting only)

Tested feature Voice Ok?
inno1 calls inno2. inno2 transfers to testphone. Yes
inno1 calls testphone. testphone transfers to inno2. Yes
testphone calls inno1. inno1 transfers to inno2. Yes

Broadcast Group & Waiting Queue

Tested feature Result
testphone makes call to a Broadcast Group. inno1 picks up. Yes
inno1 makes call to a Broadcast Group. testphone picks up. Yes
testphone makes call to a Waiting Queue. inno1 picks up before announcement is played. Yes
testphone makes call to a Waiting Queue. inno1 picks up after announcement is played. Yes
inno1 makes call to a Waiting Queue. testphone picks up. Yes

Twin Phones

Twin Phone feature is a checkmark in the user object, which means that one user uses different phones. The main difference is, that if one phone is busy and additional call is sent to the busy phone only as call waiting and not to the other phones.

Tested feature Result
Bria Device pick up call -more phoes are ringing h.323 and sip registration at the same extension. Yes
Bria Device makes call forward to own extension (other registration is ringing). Yes
Bria Device has a active call (is busy) - signalling of an additional call is sent only to the Bria Device Yes

Other Features

Directory

Tested feature Result
Device built-in directory exists Yes
Can be dialled from Yes
Does CLI resolution Yes

Hands free

Tested feature Result
Loudspeaker operation works fine Yes
Hands free works fine Yes
Volume adjustable during call Yes


Configuration

innovaphone configuration

Add a new PBX object of type "user"

Howto-Bria 3.x - Counterpath - SIP Testreport Bria 3 x inno.png


TLS

When using SIP via TLS you need to configure a self-signed certificate with the IP address as common name at your innovaphone PBX. Also you need to put this certificate to the PC (where the softphone runs) and add it to the trusted certifications. Per default the innovaphone PBX holds a certificate with the mac address as common name. The Bria don´t accept this certificate, it needs the IP address of the PBX as common name.

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Bria 3.x configuration

Account Configuration

Open the Bria, go to tab sofphone/account settings and add a new account

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You can use the Dialing plan to support international numbers, e.g. +x.T;match=1;prestrip=1;pre=000 will remove the `+´ from an international number and replace it with 000 (assuming this is your international trunk prefix from an internal line).

Voicemail configuration

To make Bria interrogate for current voicemail status, enable Check for voicemail in the Sip account/Voicemail and enter the voice mail number of the Bria user.

Like sip:VMnumber+extension@ipaddress of the PBX

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Usually the voice mail number of a PBX user is constructed by appending the phone number of the PBX user to the voice mail prefix (9 + 100)

MOH methode

In order to get the MOH working right you need to set the hold method to M-line and C-line. Go to softphone/account settings/edit account/tab advanced

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TLS & SRTP

For using SRTP you need to enable make and accept only encrypted calls, the drawback is that you only can make calls to devices supporting SRTP.

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Recording

There are three ways of recording a call

  • use the build in recording from Bria, during a call press the record button. After ending the call a screen pops up showing you where the file is stored. You can change the file name in this screen and/or delete the file.

Presence

In the SIP account change the presence modus from peer-to-peer to presence agent.

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Also you need to enable your SIP account for presence.

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Presence interaction works only partially with the BRIA soft-phone and innovaphone PBX. By using Bria you can see the presence state of your 'buddy list' contacts. You can also change your own presence state by using a drop-down menu in the soft-phone. The new state is published to the PBX and from there to other users monitoring your state.

The limitation of the BRIA client is that it doesn't allow the PBX to update it's presence state. Its not designed for a user having more then one client (e.g. IP hard phone, mobile phone, DECT handset, etc.). So if you have more then one devices registering to your PBX user, changing the presence state from another device (e.g. mobile phone) is ignored by BRIA. The new state is not displayed in the soft phone menu. Moreover the PBX presence state is overwritten with the state configured at the BRIA client after a defined period (by default 3600 sec).

In conclusion, BRIA can only use innovaphone presence feature if the soft phone is the sole client registered to a PBX user (e.g. no multiple registrations). Also you cannot change the presence state from the PBX (e.g. by DTMF Feature Object, Mobility)


LDAP integration

Bria 3.x supports connecting a LDAP directory or Active directory server. The search entries from the directory will appear at the directory tab.

* Note: innovaphone do not recommend to connect the Bria LDAP client to a LDAP directory that has a big database. 

The Bria trys to download the whole subtree and displays then the search entry, but when having many entries the download will stop somewhere and thus not displaying your search entire. We have tested and seen this behaviour with a LDAP database having more then 15.000 entries.

Tests with a LDAP database (innovaphone PBX) having about 200 entries worked fine (but be in mind that every search request will download all LDAP entries). Here it shows how to connect the Bria LDAP client to the innovaphone PBX.

Go to softphone/preferences/Directory

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Bria advanced options

RTP inactivity timer

When Bria puts a call on hold RTP is deactivated. Although RTP is inactive Bria expects to receive RTCP report periodically. Otherwise Bria will terminate the held call automatically after 60 seconds. In order to keep Bria from terminating the hold call, you must set the following advanced option:

Go to softphone/preferences/advanced and unchek the chekmark - RTP enable inactivity times.

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Codec setting

Deactivate asymetric codec support on the Bria softphone, otherwise you will have one-way-audio problems (at transfer and blid transfer).

Go to softphone/preferences/Audio Codecs and chek the cekmark accept the first codec offerred

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Provisioning

With Bria 3.x it is possible to do

  • remote login
  • remote provisioning
  • remote configuration update
  • remote software upgrade

You must deploy a web server (serving plane text and xml) to do the remote provisioning, the server is provided via DHCP or manual setting. The exchange is performed via HTTP or HTTPS.

More about provisioning is described in | Provisioning Guide Retail Deployments pdf. The provisioning feature was not tested by innovaphone.

Field Reports for Bria 3.5.5

We have received indication from the field that Bria 3.5.5 does not support all of the settings described here any more. Also, it seems that there are audio issues after a transfer. Customers have reported that the issue was solved by changing the transfer settings under Preferences/Application/Default Actions/Transfer to Call First. We have not verified this information though.

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