VoIP Phones - Yealink DECT

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Configuring Yealink DECT phone for AAISP

Relevant to: Yealink W60B

The Yealink W60B is a DECT base station aimed at small and medium-sized businesses, is perfectly suitable for home use too. Its main specifications are:

  • Up to 8 handsets
  • Up to 8 SIP accounts
  • Up to 8 simultaneous calls
  • Support for additional 'DECT repeaters'
  • IPv4 and IPv6
  • PoE or Mains plug for power
  • Transfer button (allows assistited or blind transfers to other SIP extensions/external numbers)

Credentials

As shipped / unconfigured Once configured
IP: DHCP DHCP
Username: admin
Password: admin contact us

IP address

By default the Yealink base unit picks up an IP address using DHCP. You can find the IP address from the Handset:

Press OK –> Select the ‘i’ icon (Status) -> select ‘Base’ -> the IP will be shown

Yealink and Voiceless Settings

click to view settings

On the web interface, go to:

Account ->
Yealink Settings
Setting Value
Line Active Enabled
Label AAISP (or what ever you like)
Display Name Your Name (or what ever you like)
Register Name Your phone number, +44...
Username Your phone number, +44...
Password Your SIP password
Server Host voiceless.aa.net.uk
Server Expires 600

Check the SIP registration status:

Go to:

Status -> Yealink_W53P_SIP_Config.png

You should the the account Status as 'Registered'

Handset Assignment

Handset Assignmnent

Here you can assign which of your (up to) 8 SIP accounts are to ring which of your (up to) 8 handsets!

Account -> Number Assignment

Other optonal settings

Features -> General Information -> Call Waiting --> set to Disabled
Features -> General Information -> Number Of Active Handsets --> Set to 8 (if you have more than 4 handsets)
Features -> General Information -> Fwd International --> set to Disable (no need to allow forwarding to international numbers)
Features -> Phone Lock --> Add 999 to the list of emergency numbers
Settings -> Time&Date -> Time Zone --> 0 GMT
Settings -> Time&Date -> Primary Server --> time.aa.net.uk
Settings -> Time&Date ->  Date Format --> YYYY-MM-DD
Settings -> Tones --> Set to Great Britian 
Account -> Handset Name --> Give a name to each handset, will be displayed on their screen

Transfer a call

The handsets, eg the W53H, have a dedicated 'Transfer' button 'TRAN'. This lets you transfer a call to someone else.

Assisted Transfer on a Yealink W53H handset

Say you have an incoming call that you've answered, and you want to transfer it to someone else and introdice the caller as you go...

  • Answer the incoming call, and find out who they want to be transferred to
  • Press the TRAN button
    • At this point the caller is put on hold
  • Enter in the extension number or full number of who you want to transfer the call to
  • Press the Green dial button
    • At this point you will be ringing the third party
    • If no answer, then you can press the button under End to go back to the originall caller
    • At this point you can also Blind transfer the call, by pressing the button under Transfer
  • Once answered, you can introduce the original caller and press the button under Transfer

DND - Do not disturb

You can enable/disable DND via the handset for each of the SIP accounts allocated to the Yealink handset:

OK --> Call Features (orange) --> Do Not Disturb

Firewall & Security

  • You will also want to set up firewall rules, as per the VoIP Firewall page.
  • Also see the VoIP Security page for information about securing your VoIP service.