Wouldn’t it be convenient to get a text message whenever a voice mail was left for you at work?

One of our sales guys was out of the office but on the phone a lot, and he couldn’t get his email notifications of voice messages at the office. Normally he would just check his email on a smartphone, but he doesn’t have a data package! Here’s a way around that situation.

Your BC200 emails you whenever you get a voicemail – mine goes to my Gmail account. I set up a filter that says “If the subject contains ‘voicemail,’ forward it to ‘myphonenumber@mycellcarrier.com.’ It’s pretty simple – here’s the whole process:

1. Someone leaves a voicemail on the BC200.
2. The BC200 emails my Gmail account, saying I have a voicemail.
3. Gmail forwards that email to my cellphone carrier.
4. My cellphone carrier sends an SMS message to my phone.

Data packages cost money, but most cell companies offer free incoming SMS messages.

I hope this little tip helps you make the most of your BC200. Until next time,

- Dave.

Well, now you can! If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, the SipPhone on iPhone  ($6.99) from VNetCorp allows you to make and receive office calls from any wireless hotspot, anywhere in the world, without using your regular cellular phone service. Your iPhone becomes an extra office phone that rings when your desk phone does, for free! Think of it as a cordless phone that works while you are in the office and also from any wireless hotspot.

To set up your iPhone as a wireless phone for Business Central

1. First, create a new softphone for your workspace in Business Central Manager

• be sure to write down the SIP user/account (it will look something like ‘10007’)

• also write down the LAN IP address of the your Business Central which can be found under ‘Local Area Network Settings’

**note you will need to be logged in as a Systems Administrator to do steps 1 and 2

2. Download the SipPhone iPhone application through the App Store (search for “SipPhone on iPhone”) and configure it.

1. Open SipPhone, Tap Accounts, then Tap Edit.

2. Tap ‘+’ and you should see the following:

3. Tap Domain and enter the LAN IP address that you wrote down earlier.

4. Tap Username and enter the SIP user/account name that you wrote down earlier (for example, 10007.)

5. Tap Password and enter anything as a password; Business Central does not require a password, but SipPhone requires you to enter one.

6. Tap Save, Tap Done, then Tap the on/off toggle button to turn SipPhone on.

3. Now all you have to do is connect your iPhone to your Business Central network. There are three ways to connect:

1. In the office through the Business Central wireless network. See your iPhone instructions for information about setting up the connection.

2. At home, a coffee shop, a hotel, or elsewhere through a wireless hotspot. Connect your iPhone to the wireless hotspot first, then connect to your Business Central through a VPN connection. See your iPhone instructions for information about setting up PPTP VPN connections.

3. At a remote office through an IPsec VPN router. Simply connect a wireless access point to the VPN router and then connect wirelessly from your iPhone, just like you were in the office.

That’s it! You can now make and receive your Business Central calls through your iPhone or iPod Touch.

NOTE: To use SipPhone on an iPod Touch, you will also need a microphone or a headset with a microphone.

NOTE: If you do not have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can use a Polycom SpectraLink 8002 wireless phone in the office. To receive calls outside the office, you can also forward your calls to any external phone through your workspace’s incoming call flow.