Phone Assistant Provides Personal, Team, and Business Productivity
Highly desirable features such as Presence, Real-time view of all phone activities for managers and team leaders, wizards to help with most common telephony operations, and an intuitive web interface for easy TDA PBX configurations – all make the Phone Assistant applications an indispensable business productivity tool.Panasonic Phone Assistant applications come in Express (Free license – Limited feature) and Pro (Licensed – full feature) versions. Express works for 60 days as a Pro trial version with the only limitation being user capability against Pro version. The software targets three key aspects of business telephony communication needs.
Phone Assistant for Personal Productivity
- Easy Access to Phone Features
Phone Assistant Status for Supervisors and Team Leaders
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Easy Call Monitoring
Phone Assistant Manager for the tool of IT Administrators
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Easy Maintenance
All applications, when used together, can significantly enhance enterprise business productivity and help propel your business to the next level.
Phone Assistant
By providing on-screen call related information like Caller ID, Calling Party's Name and allowing users to simply point-n-click or use keyboard shortcuts to quickly handle calls - users are able to do more in less time increasing personal productivity.
Confirm colleague availability and presence
It helps in determining who is available to handle calls before you decide to call them, greatly reducing the number of unanswered calls.
Easy access to system phone functions
Wizards appear as and when you need them, helping you with most common telephony features like Transfer, Forward, Do-Not Disturb, Hold, Park, and Conference call set up.
Dial easily through your database
Users can create their own business and private contacts, show the presence and availability of all co-workers or they can simply dial external business contacts by double-clicking. The software can utilise Outlook address books for contact lists.
Integration with IP Camera
Panasonic IP Camera can also be integrated, allowing users to answer a doorphone and open the door after viewing the IP camera video feed on screen.
Record conversations directly into Voice Mail (TVM 50/200)
Allows Phone Assistant users to record the conversation that they are having with a caller.
Phone Assistant Status
Business managers, supervisors, and team leaders can benefit from real-time monitoring of all team member telephony communication activities. The Phone Assistant Status application allows monitoring of up to 128 users - (combination of phone assistant users or normal phone extensions) with complete presence and availability information - perfect for any informal call centre.
Status users can pick up any ringing call being monitored, as well as silently Listen-in, Barge-in, or Take over a call. In addition - supervisors can even record a selected call - if required. Monitored extensions can also be flagged for easy identification - e.g. when monitoring a new employee or an agent in training.
Monitor employee phone status / usage
Phone Assistant Status Pro users can monitor all configured incoming calls. Monitoring allows Status users to see not only all telephony activities but also settings of the monitored users, e.g. call forwarding, absent messages, etc.
Extended reporting capabilities
The software supports extensive reporting capabilities with built-in reports as well as the ability to customize reports in order to keep track of all company telephony communications activities, such as the following.
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Status of monitored extensions
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History of all calls
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Output of call logs as CSV files
Phone Assistant Manager
IT departments can use any networked PC with a standard web browser to use the Phone Assistant Manager to create and set Phone Assistant users as well as make typical Adds/Moves and configuration changes to their TDA Hybrid IP PBX. Using this tool, customers can use self help to modify simple system and extension settings like:
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Modify System Date/Time and Holidays
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Add/Modify PBX speed dial numbers
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Set system wide absent messages
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Set Call Forwarding, Do-Not-Disturb, Call Waiting etc, and
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Assign flexible programmable keys
With a properly configured office IP network, authorised IT department personnel can even remotely access and configure basic TDA PBX settings from anywhere in the world they have access to the office network.
PC Requirement Hardware
PA Manager | PA Client(PA Express / Pro, PA Status Express / PA Soft Phone Plug-in Module) | |||
Minimum | Recommendation | Minimum | Recommendation | |
CPU | Pentium / Celeron Family / compatible CPU 1.0GHz | Pentium / Celeron Family / compatible CPU 2.0GHz or upper | Pentium / Celeron Family / compatible CPU 1.0GHz | Pentium / Celeron Family / compatible CPU 2.0GHz or upper |
RAM(Memory) | 256MB | 512MB or larger | 128MB | 512MB or larger |
OS | Windows2000 Pro WindowsXP Pro Windows2003 Server SE | Windows2000 Pro WindowsXP Pro Windows2003 Server SE | Windows2000 Pro WindowsXP Pro, Home Windows2003 Server SE | Windows2000 Pro WindowsXP Pro Windows2003 Server SE |
HDD | 1.5GB Free Space | 2.0GB Free Space or larger | 1.5GB Free Space | 2.0GB Free Space or larger |
VIDEO | For installation, the resol union depends on OS. | For installation, the resol union depends on OS. | 1024x766 256Colours | 1280x1024 or upper 256Colours or upper |
Communication | For LAN, 10BaseT For USB, USB 2.0 standard with one connector | For LAN, 100BaseT or upper For USB, USB 2.0 standard with one connector | For LAN, 10BaseT (For use of recording feature: USB 2.0 standard with one connector) | For LAN, 100BaseT or upper (For use of recording feature: USB 2.0 standard with one connector) |
PBX Hardware | Conditions |
Supported PBX MPR Version | TDA30 : 3.00 or later ,TDA100 / 200 : 3.00 or later ,TDA600 : 2.22 or later. |
Communication Path | USB (on the MPR) or LAN (CTI Link Card is required for LAN.,TDA30 suppor |
Extension Device | At least, one of DHLC, DLC, SLC, MSLC, ESLC, EMSLC, IP-EXT |
Doorphone Device | Required for the use of Door control (Optional Card is required.) |
IP Camera Hardware | Conditions |
Supported IP Camera | Panasonic , BL-C Series |
Phone Assistant Express / Pro
Features | Express V1.1 | Pro V1.1 |
User Capability | 5 for TDA30, 10 for TDA100/200, 20 for TDA600 | max 128 Users (Pro trial version : 2 for TDA30, 4 for TDA100/200, 8 for TDA600) |
Basic Call Control | X | X |
Call History | 4 Types and each Type is max 10 Last items | 4 Types |
FWD / DND Control | X | X |
Contact List | 2 Groups and each Group is max 10 item | max 100 Groups and each Group is max 100 items |
IP Camera Monitor | 1 Camera | 4 Cameras |
Conference Room | (Participator only) | (Set up as Initiator) |
Outlook Integration | - | X |
Call Recording | - | X (Using VM (Not USB connection)) |
IP soft phone (Optional Modele) | - | X |
Optional Product Requirement
Software / Hardware Requirement | Express V1.1 | Pro V1.1 |
Use IP Soft Phone. | - | Add IP Soft-Phone Plug-In Module |
Phone Assistant Status Express / Pro
Features | Express V1.1 | Pro V1.1 |
User Capability | max 3 Users | max 8 Users |
Extension Monitor | max 5 Extensions | max 128 Extensions |
Call History | 4 Types and each Type is max 10 Last items | 4 Types |
Reporting | X (sample) | X (Basic) |
Software list
Product t Name | Model | Description |
*Phone Assistant Express | KX-NCS1100 | Software to control a telephone with Limited feature. Free license. |
Phone Assistant Pro | KX-NCS1101 | Software to control a telephone. License is required. KX-NCS1101 is for 1 license. KX-NCS1105 is for 5 licenses. KX-NCS1110 is for 10 licenses. |
*Phone Assistant Status Express | KX-NCS1200 | Software to monitor a call with Limited feature. Free license. |
Phone Assistant Status Pro | KX-NCS1201 | Software to monitor a call. A license is required. KX-NCS1201 is for 1 license. |
*Phone Assistant Manager | KX-NCS1301 | Web Software to control PBX configration. Free license. |
Phone Assistant IP Soft-Phone Plug-In Module | KX-NCS9101 | IP Soft-Phone Plug-In Module for PA Pro and PA Network Console. A license is required. KX-NCS9101 is for 1 license. |
* Free Licence Software