VoiceGear SkyBridge User Manual - 5. Adding Skype Accounts
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5. Adding Skype Accounts
Skype accounts are used by VoiceGear SkyBridge gateway as lines to carry voice and DTMF between your PBX
and Skype network. Whether you intend to call other Skype accounts or regular phone numbers, you need to
register Skype accounts with VoiceGear SkyBridge first.
Please Note:
Only existing Skype accounts can be registered with VoiceGear SkyBridge. Therefore, before adding Skype
accounts to VoiceGear SkyBridge gateway, you need to create those accounts using Skype client first. If you
already have existing Skype accounts which you want to use with VoiceGear SkyBridge, please skip to section
5.2 below.
Please Note:
Skype accounts are not application users as defined in “Users and Groups” -> “Users” section. Skype
accounts are actual Skype accounts registered on Skype network via the Skype client. To create Skype
accounts for each line you are planning to use on your gateway, please follow instructions in section 5.1
below.
Each Skype account works as a telephone line available to all VoiceGear SkyBridge users, to a group of users or
to a single user depending on configuration. As such, a single Skype account can be used as a shared office line
or a direct personal line.
For example, if you want to have 3 Skype lines for 3 of your company's offices (no matter how many people
work in each office), you will have to create 3 Skype accounts (eg: company.1, company.2 and company.3) and
register them in VoiceGear SkyBridge as described in section 5.2 below.
If you would like to have personal Skype lines for some or all employees, you can register their personal Skype
accounts with VoiceGear SkyBridge and configure call routes to have all inbound and outbound calls placed via
their personal Skype account (see section 8.1.2).