GOautodial is a free, enterprise-grade open source omni-channel contact center system designed and built for businesses of all sizes. It boasts inbound and outbound (predictive and preview), and blended dialing, WebRTC, real-time dashboard used to quickly track agent activities, reports, analytics, and more. It is REST-powered under the hood and was proudly built using trusted open-source tech.
Some more of the major GOautodial features include:
Predictive, preview and manual dialing + inbound IVR and ACD
Customer Relationship Manager (CRM)
Ticketing system (under development)
Instant messaging (under development)
Social media (under development)
Additional documentation:
Instructions for Configuring GOautodial
In this activity you will:
Pre-requisites
Ensure that your Telnyx Mission Command Portal is configured properly
Provision your number (Assign it to a SIP connection)
Create a credentials-based connection on your Telnyx Mission Control Portal
RECOMMENDED: Enable TLS to encrypt your traffic
Work through GOautodialer's Getting Started guide up to and including logging into the dashboard (You can stop here, as the steps that follow require Telnyx-specific settings)
Video walkthrough
Setting up your Telnyx SIP portal account so you can make and receive calls:
Note: Video walkthrough for GOautodial/Telnyx configuration coming soon. Check back as we update our docs. |
1. Configure a SIP trunk
The first section will walk you through configuring your Telnyx SIP trunk with GOautodial.
Log into your GOautodial dashboard page and, in the left-hand navigation, find Settings and expand it.
Click on Carriers to open the Carriers page and then click the + sign in the lower right corner to add a new carrier.
You will be asked to choose a carrier type. In this case, choose Manual.
In the Add New Carrier wizard, provide the following values:
Carrier ID: Telnyx
Carrier Name: Telnyx
Carrier Description: You can use whatever makes the most sense to you. In this example, we simply named it Telnyx Trunk.
User Group: All User Groups
Authentication: Registration (As we are authenticating with a username and password)
Username: Your Telnyx account username
Password: Your Telnyx account password
Server IP/Host: sip.telnyx.com
Dial Prefix: The dial prefix setting will automatically dial a predefined number before every number you dial. For example: If your telephone system requires a 9 to dial an outside number, or a country-prefix to dial another country.
Codecs: Set codec preferences here. Telnyx supports the following audio codecs:
ulaw(g711u)
alaw(g711a)
g722
g729
DTMF Mode: RFC2833
Protocol: SIP
Port: 5060 if you have not enabled TLS encryption. If you have, choose 5061.
Active: Yes (if you wish to activate the trunk now. Otherwise, you can activate it in the future by going back to your Carriers page and editing your trunk.
2. Add account details and dial plan
In this section, we use the advanced configuration option to add a dial plan.
Still on the Carrier page, with your newly created trunk open, click Advance Configuration and confirm or provide the following:
Account Entry:
Account Entry: [telnyx]
disallow=all
allow=ulaw
allow=alaw
type=friend
dtmfmode=rtc2833
qualify=yes
nat=yes
host=sip.telnyx.com
insecure=inviteDialplan Entry:
exten => _X.,1,AGI(agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log)
exten => _NXXNXXXXXX.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@telnyx)
exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@telnyx)
exten => _6468688074,1,Dial(SIP/8001@default)
exten => _16468688074,1,Dial(SIP/8001@default)
3. Set up an outbound campaign
Today, manual cold calling is considered inefficient. Your call center's success is improved by setting up campaigns. Outbound campaigns effectively start conversations with leads, build brand awareness, and convert the target audience to loyal clients. It’s vital to create a detailed execution plan and hire the right reps to boost your dialing project’s effectiveness. In this section, you'll learn the mechanics of setting up your outbound campaign.
Log into your portal as an administrator. From the left-hand navigation, expand Telephony and click Campaigns.
Click the + to add a new campaign. When prompted for the Campaign Type, select Outbound.
Click the link in the Campaign ID column to check the campaign settings. you can also select or set preferred settings for your campaign. On the Basic Settings tab ensure that you set:
Dial Method: You have some choices:
Manual, Auto_Dial
Predictive
Auto Dial Level: You have some choices:
Slow
Normal
Max
High
Carrier to use for this Campaign: Telnyx. If this option isn't available, revisit section 1 to ensure that you have added Telnyx as a carrier.
Click Update once done.
4. Set up an inbound campaign
Inbound marketing campaigns are concentrated efforts that align all of your marketing channels around a single message and goal. It starts with a marketing offer -- something valuable and relevant for your audience that you promote through your marketing channels. In this section, you'll learn the mechanics of setting up an inbound call campaign.
Log into your portal as an administrator. From the left-hand navigation, expand Telephony and click Campaigns.
Click the + to add a new campaign. When prompted for the Campaign Type, select Inbound.
Complete the fields in the Campaign Wizard > Inbound and ensure that:
Call Route: Ingroup (default)
Once your campaign has been created, return to the Campaigns screen (Telephony > Campaigns) and click the link in the Campaign ID column to check the campaign settings. On the Basic Settings tab ensure that you set:
Carrier to use for this Campaign: Telnyx. If this option isn't available, revisit section 1 to ensure that you have added Telnyx as a carrier.
Now click on the Advanced Settings tab and ensure that:
INBOUND GROUPS: Select all options that you'll require
AGENTDIRECT: Single Agent Direct Queue
AGENTDIRECT_CHAT: Single Agent Direct Queue for Chats
Allowed Transfer Groups: Select all options that you'll require
AGENTDIRECT: Single Agent Direct Queue
AGENTDIRECT_CHAT: Single Agent Direct Queue for Chats
Note: Be sure to advise your agent to select always the ingroup on the INBOUND CAMPAIGN once they log in.   |
5. Import your list of call leads
Before your agents hit the phones, you'll need to make sure you've uploaded a properly formatted set of leads. This section will walk you through this activity.
Log into your GOautodial dashboard page and, in the left-hand navigation, find Telephony and expand it.
Click on List to open the List page and then click the + sign in the lower right corner to add a new list of leads.
Now you'll upload a .csv file containing your leads. Make sure that you've followed the lead file format illustrated in the following image and save as .csv comma delimited. (To view this image in full size, right-click on the image and select Open Image in New Tab from the context menu.)
Lead status will be posted after you have successfully uploaded your lead file, Click OK once this upload is complete.
That's it! You've now completed the basic setup activities required to link GOautodial with Telnyx.
Note: There are a number of other activities that do not involve Telnyx that you will want to complete in order to maximize your GOautodial experience. You can find those exercises here. |
Additional Resources
Review our getting started with guide to make sure your Telnyx Mission Control Portal account is set up correctly.
Additionally, you can check out: