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Zoom's enterprise phone software is the scalable cloud phone solution for businesses of all sizes. Explore the Zoom Community's Recent Activity below to join the Phone System conversation and connect with other members. If you're still looking for support, browse our Zoom Phone System support articles or start a new discussion below!

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Trouble with Alarm Panel dialer communicating through an AudioCodes mp1288

Hello, I am trying to connect a building alarm panel dialer to an AudioCodes 1288. No matter the settings I change the modem lines don't seem to synch up. I monitor the line connected to the legacy PBX and the communication seems the same. I know the... Show more

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I am trying to connect a building alarm panel dialer to an AudioCodes 1288. No matter the settings I change the modem lines don't seem to synch up. I monitor the line connected to the legacy PBX and the communication seems the same. I know there is some delay which is probably causing the issue. I see modem settings in the Audio Codes, but the recommended Fax settings from Zoom seem to be interfering with them. 

 

Has anyone had any luck when attempting this before. I have also tried with a Grandstream ATA with no luck. 

 

Thanks,

Derek


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Route calls to an Intercom

Is there a way in Zoom Phone to route calls automatically by caller phone number to go directly to an intercom? This would be useful for when our vendors call us.

SOS Need set up help

Hi there, we began using Zoom phone ~1 year ago for our small business and have never been fully satisfied. I find the set up and customization of features confusing and don't have anyone else on my team who can help me with it. I would greatly appre... Show more

Hi there, we began using Zoom phone ~1 year ago for our small business and have never been fully satisfied. I find the set up and customization of features confusing and don't have anyone else on my team who can help me with it. I would greatly appreciate set up guidance and would be happy to pay someone for their expertise. Some context on what we do and what I'm looking for:

 

We're a specialty auto repair shop open M-F 8:30am to 5:30pm. We field many calls a day from retail customers and individuals at other businesses we work with. Calls are typically to schedule appointments or ask for updates on repair/parts/etc.

 

Our General Manager is responsible for answering calls. He has a company-owned iPhone with Zoom installed on it. If he's unavailable, the calls ring through to my account.

 

One big problem: our GM's phone no loner has a cellular plan, so if he's not on wifi he can't receive Zoom calls. He's often on the road visiting customers and needs to be able to receive calls during those visits. 

 

What I'm looking for:

1. Fix our GM's need to be on wifi. Do I need to also get a cellular plan? Is there a way to have cellular internet only so the Zoom phone is always accessible? Any other suggested solutions?

2. Have calls ring first to my GM and then to me if he doesn't answer after a certain amount of time.

3. Have voicemail box set up with a professional answering message.

4. Direct customers to voicemail via a professional automated message if it is outside of our operating hours. 

5. Anything else to make us appear more professional to callers.

 

Thank you in advance.


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I Failed to Request a Temporary Number During Porting - How to Request Now?

Hello - I bought the basic unlimited phone service, 1 line. I put in a request for a port of my existing phone number but failed to ask for a temporary number until the port is complete. Is there any way to get a temporary number added without having... Show more

Hello - I bought the basic unlimited phone service, 1 line. I put in a request for a port of my existing phone number but failed to ask for a temporary number until the port is complete. Is there any way to get a temporary number added without having to purchase a second line while the port is happening?  Thank you.


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call queue setup: ring 2 simultaneously, if no answer ring a 3rd...?

How do I setup a call queue to first ring two people simultaneously, and if no answer then ring to a 3rd person? I see it shown as an option in the call queue setup section (see included screenshot below, but I can't find directions on how to set it ... Show more

How do I setup a call queue to first ring two people simultaneously, and if no answer then ring to a 3rd person? I see it shown as an option in the call queue setup section (see included screenshot below, but I can't find directions on how to set it up that way. 

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Feature Request: In-App Confirmation Capture

Product Area: Zoom Meetings / Zoom App ExperienceFeature Title: Native In-App Confirmation CaptureDescriptionCurrently, users who need to capture a visual confirmation (such as a meeting schedule confirmation, registration success, or similar in-Zoom... Show more
  • Product Area: Zoom Meetings / Zoom App Experience

  • Feature Title: Native In-App Confirmation Capture


Description

Currently, users who need to capture a visual confirmation (such as a meeting schedule confirmation, registration success, or similar in-Zoom-web messages) must use an external tool like the Snipping Tool or screenshot utility to capture the necessary information from the Zoom website.

This process is disruptive and inefficient, particularly for frequent users who are already operating within the desktop application.

Proposed Solution

We request the addition of a native feature within the Zoom desktop application that allows users to easily capture, copy, or save visual confirmations without needing to navigate to the Zoom website or use an external screenshot tool.

This could take the form of:

  1. A dedicated "Copy Confirmation" button on key confirmation pages/dialogs within the app.

  2. A built-in screenshot utility specific to the confirmation window, which automatically saves the image to a designated folder or copies it to the clipboard.

    User Benefit

Implementing this feature would significantly improve the workflow convenience and efficiency for users, allowing them to remain within the Zoom application ecosystem when capturing necessary documentation, thereby eliminating the extra steps of switching to a browser and using a third-party snipping tool.


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Dont waste your time

If you get a sales rep that cares, good for you, but mines was horrible. His name was JL and he would not help with setup. He would just direct us to other people, so I dont know why he was hired. Then to setup, the process takes long and you have to... Show more

If you get a sales rep that cares, good for you, but mines was horrible. His name was JL and he would not help with setup. He would just direct us to other people, so I dont know why he was hired. Then to setup, the process takes long and you have to keep chatting with others to get your phone system up and running. Then the biggest headache is setting up the SMS text messaging. It took numerous times to get it approved and you have to argue with customer service to help you with what is wrong with the SMS registration. After I got it done, which took two months by the way, they proceed to tell me that I must purchase another license and my team could not all text from the same phone number which is our main number for the office. At this point I am done with Zoom. I ended the subscription and you have to contact yet again customer service for this. Numerous agents have stated my account will end by this day and now they are saying it is on a soft pause and that I need to wait till it goes back to basic to terminate. I requested termination a month ago by the way. I had to call customer service because the guy John I was virtually talking to started yelling at me via text with all his exclamation points. It has been an exhausting experience and one I hope will. help someone else with not turning to ZOOM for their phone services. I hated the customer service and everybody is rude. Complete waste of time and energy when it is supposed to be an easy experience.


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Issues with outbound calls: Call may be monitored for Quality Assurance

Was wondering if anyone can help me solve this issueOn all Outbound calls the voice prompt "Call may be monitored for Quality Assurance" comes on. We as a company do not have call recording enabled, so I do not understand why this prompt plays. I hav... Show more

Was wondering if anyone can help me solve this issue
On all Outbound calls the voice prompt "Call may be monitored for Quality Assurance" comes on. We as a company do not have call recording enabled, so I do not understand why this prompt plays. I have ensured that the Prompt "play a disclaimer prompt to call participants" has not been selected for any of our monitoring participants. Is there something I am missing? Thank you! 


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A series of shortfalls: Paging, Call Queues, Ring Tones, Greeting

We are new to Zoom Phone as of this week. We had been with Ring Central a few years prior. I am very surprised to find that Zoom is missing the most basic of things for the phone functions. Paging - we have Polycom VVX 350 desk phones. The Keys & But... Show more

We are new to Zoom Phone as of this week. We had been with Ring Central a few years prior. 

 

I am very surprised to find that Zoom is missing the most basic of things for the phone functions. 

 

  • Paging - we have Polycom VVX 350 desk phones. The Keys & Buttons setting does not work for "Paging - Line". When applied to the user, it never appears as an option on their phone soft keys. Broken. 
  • Paging - You can get around this at least, by picking up the hand set and entering the Extension number assigned to a Paging group. But when you do, it still does not work right at all. Instead of hearing a Page across all the phone speakers, it makes the phones RING. If a person does not pick up the phone, they miss the page. For us, this is a major safety issue. We use phone paging for critical announcements, and calls to other staff for assistance if a client is in crisis at the desk
  • Call Queues - I had written about an issue with this, and then suddenly an hour after I posted this, all the Queues started to work correctly to show all calls and what status calls were - very odd. 
  • Ring Tones - while you can pick a ring tone in your app, you have no way to ever play it / test it. You have no idea what your ring tone is until it actually has a call come through. 
  • Greeting - You cannot change your greeting in the app. You have to go into the website portal, log in there, click on phone, then click your settings, then scroll way down, then go to Add Audio to finally get to a spot where you can record a new greeting. That is extremely convoluted and cumbersome when people tend to change their Greeting a couple of times a day to inform callers of their availability. In other cloud phone services I have worked with, you can record a greeting right out of the desktop app with 2 clicks! 

I cannot find anywhere in the Zoom community system, any kind of list of Features being worked on, or a voting system for features. I have found a number of posts about these issues above, but they all died for further replies many months (in some cases years) ago. So these are not new queries on my part - people have been asking about this stuff for a few years already. But there seems to be no updates or follow up by zoom on these things? 

 

aIs there some secret place I have not found yet? 


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