Wave Desktop - User Guide Documentation Center
Wave Desktop - User Guide Documentation Center
Overview
Wave desktop is a client application for the UCM63xx series IP PBX users to use a desktop application to participate in
video/audio conferences and make calls via WebRTC. With Wave desktop client, users can easily create, schedule, manage,
and join video conference calls, share presentation, chat during conference calls, register UCM extension and make point-to-
point calls. Wave desktop helps enterprise users to join meetings and communicate efficiently. It is an ideal product for
enterprises looking for tools for users to communicate and work productively.
Feature Highlights
Native integration with UCM including contacts and ability to display SIP users’ online status
Full integration with Grandstream UCM6300 IP PBX, including creation of QR code for automatic login, call transfer, call
recording from server etc.
Supports Opus and G.722 for HD audio. Jitter resilience up to 50% audio packet loss and 20% video packet loss.
Supports H.264.
Support basic chat functions, including single chat and group chat, sending files and emoticons, starting audio
conferences in a group chat, simultaneous group chats and meeting chats.
Integrated UCM user portal entry to access personal data, follow me settings, SCA, wakeup calls etc.
Specifications
Specifications and limitations of WebRTC change from one model to another, please find below a table showing the
specifications for the features on each model.
UCM630x Video Screen Concurrent user Participant limit Participant limit (Video
series feeds Share Feed registration (Audio Conference) Conference)
UCM6301 4 or 9 1 500 75 20
Below are the rest of technical specifications for all the models:
SIP RFC3261, TCP/IP/UDP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS (A record, SRV, NAPTR),
Protocols/Standards
STUN/TURN/ICE, SIMPLE, LDAP, TLS, SRTP, IPv6
Voice Codecs and Capabilities Opus, G.711 A-law/U-law, G722, FEC, NetEQ
H.264 1080P HD video supports displaying multiple videos, screen sharing, camera on/off,
Video Codecs and Capabilities
GS-FEC
Call hold/unhold, mute/unmute, call transfer, audio meeting room, call history, scheduling
Telephony Features meeting, voicemail, call recording, etc. User portal entries allow access to personal data,
wakeup call settings, SCA, follow me settings, call queue, CDR, CRM user settings, etc.
UCM Applications Supports UCM feature codes (transfer, call park, recording, meeting control options, etc.)
English, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian,
Multi-language Support Greek, Arabic, Russian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Thai, Czech, Turkish,
Hebrew, Dutch, and Slovenian.
Supports login with SIP extension and password. Supports joining meetings via link without
Login
logging in.
Upgrade Wave Web client is built-in with UCM and upgrades via UCM.
Please visit our website for more Wave desktop information and product documentations: https://www.grandstream.com
GETTING STARTED
System Requirements
Web environment: stand by Network connection above 3 Mbps (recommended), UCM needs to be connected to the
network.
Audio and video equipment: to make a call, you need a speaker and microphone, webcam, or high-definition webcam.
https://fw.gdms.cloud/wave/download/
After the download is complete, you can install it according to the instructions on the interface.
Upgraded Version
On the main page before or after login, click the upper right corner, and then click the menu item “About”. If there is a newer
firmware version, you can click the “Upgrade Firmware” button to upgrade.
Wave About Interface
Users can sign in on different platforms at the same time and using different methods:
To manage the open login sessions, please refer to [Login Device Management] section.
1. Click on to open Wave Desktop application. The following login page will be displayed.
Wave Desktop Portal
2. Enter an extension number and its user portal password in the Wave desktop login page. Make sure to set the correct server
address.
Note
3. Click on the “Log In Automatically” option and the application will store the username and password. The user can auto-
log in the Wave application when clicking the application icon.
This feature allows you to login quickly to Wave Desktop client if you are already logged into Wave on your smartphone. To
login using this method, please follow the steps below:
1. On Wave Desktop, click on the top right corner highlighted in blue to change the login method.
2. Enter the address of the UCM on which your extension will be registered.
3. On Wave mobile application, click on the plus icon on the top right corner, and select “Scan”.
Users can reset wave login password by following the below steps:
1. Click on Forgot Password and the below window will be displayed, then enter the username
3. And an email will be sent to the email address configured under the extension
4. On the received email, click on the link to confirm to change password and you will be redirected to the below page, where
you will need to enter a new password, re-enter it and the provided verification code, as shown below:
Reset Password
5. And you will be jumped to the login page after the password is reset correctly.
Note
Users can reset wave login password not the extension SIP password, which means when you reset the Wave’s password, the
Endpoint phone’s SIP account’s password will not be reset.
Custom Status
Wave users can customize the status in the application. It is divided into account status and working status, and it is displayed
in the contacts book and chat module.
Account Status:
The user can click the user icon to enter the configuration interface, then click the status below the account at the top to
customize the status of the account, as the screenshot shows below:
Account Status
Online: This is the default account status. The new calls and messages will prompt users.
Busy: The user is busy now, and the user can send/receive new calls and messages normally.
Do not disturb: The new incoming calls and messages will be prompted without any sounds, and there is no pushing
notification. The new incoming calls will be ignored, and the new missed call history will be generated.
Offline: The account status will be displayed as offline, but the user still can send/receive calls and messages normally.
Away: The account status will be displayed as away, but the user still can send/receive calls and messages normally.
Working Status
The user can click the status bar below the user icon and click “Set Working Status” to select the following working status:
Meeting in progress, On a business trip, Working remotely, Sick leave, On leave, None and Custom.
After setting the working status, it will be displayed in the contacts book and chat module.
Working Status
Note
The custom working status allows users to enter up to 64 characters and the emoji are not allowed.
Custom Avatar
Users can customize the profile avatar and the custom avatar will be displayed in the contacts book, chat interface and
meeting interface.
Step 1: Click on the account icon on the left upper corner, and click “Change profile picture”, users can modify the avatar
as the screenshot shows below.
Step 2: Click on “Select images” to open the local file selection window, users can select the images from local files.
Step 3: Select an image and click “OK” to upload the custom avatar to the application.
Custom Avatar
Users can click “Reset to default” option to restore the avatar to the original avatar.
Note
Custom avatar uploading only supports PNG, JPG and JPEG files.
CALLS
Making Calls
Users can use Wave desktop for point-to-point audio and video calls.
1. After logging in Wave desktop, click on the “Calls” tab on the bottom left of the page to bring up keypad.
3. Click on for video call or click on for audio call. Or press enter to start an audio call.
Info
All calls are routed via UCM. Users can dial internal extensions, PSTN number and mobile phone numbers as needed.
Call a Contact
Personal Contacts
There are two repertoires in Wave, Enterprise Contacts and Personal Contacts. This helps the user to keep his/her contacts
organized and he/she can easily find the information of a certain contact.
Users can search for a specific contact or a specific number to dial under Contact Tab.
Contact search
The user can also use T9 contact search by entering the numbers which map to the dial pad letters existing in the contact
name as the example below shows.
1. In the search bar, enter the number or username to search.
2. Click on the search result. The details of this contact will show on the right.
3. For the search result, clicking on to make video call and clicking on to make audio call.
4. Also, by hovering the cursor on the contact, you can add it to your favorite contact tab as shown below
Favorite Contacts
Note
The contacts displayed in Wave desktop portal contains all UCM extensions, meeting room extensions and LDAP contacts.
The user will be able to see the contacts based on the privileges that have been configured on the UCM. For example, if the
UCM administrator configures that a contact group can only view the contacts of their own group, then they will only be
able to see the contacts of the group.
Personal Contacts allow the user to add their own contacts to Wave to initiate calls to those specific contacts.
Click-to-Dial Chrome plug-in is another way to quickly initiate calls from your Chromium-based web browser (Google
Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera). To install this plug-in in your browser, please follow the steps below
Step 1: Click on your profile picture in Wave Desktop then select “Chrome Click to Dial Plug-in”.
Step 2: A window will pop up showing the plug-in, if you are using Microsoft Edge or Opera, you might have a prompt that
will ask if you want to allow installing plug-ins from Chrome Web Store. Please go ahead and click allow. Then click
Now that the plug-in has been installed, it will be detecting the numbers on the web page and by right-clicking on the
number you can quickly have it dialed in Wave, please see the figures below.
Click-to-Call via Wave
Note
Please note that Click-to-Dial Wave plug-in will only take into consideration numbers that consist of 5 digits or more.
Answering Calls
If the user has logged in Wave desktop, when there is an incoming call, the desktop will prompt an incoming call notification
on the right bottom corner. Clicking on the notification will bring up Wave desktop page.
If it is an audio call, the user can select to answer the call, or select to hang up.
If it is a video call, the user can select to answer with video, select to answer with audio only, or select to hang up.
During a Call
Once the call is established, a new windows will on which you will have the call controls, as well as the video feed if it’s a video
call. The users can use the call controls to mute/unmute themselves, enable and disable their video feed, screen share (video
calls only), hold/unhold the call, and transfer the current call.
One-to-One Call
Meeting Call
:View current network connection status including audio and video packet loss.
:End call.
:Mute/unmute. Users can click “More” button to enter the alternative ringing speaker settings interface.
:Video on/off. Users can click “More” button to enter the virtual background settings interface.
:After clicking on for more functions, click on this icon to hold the call.
:After clicking on for more functions, click on this icon to transfer the call.
After clicking on for more functions, click the button to transfer both parties’ calls to the conference room for
the call, so that more people can be added to the conference.
During a video call or screen-sharing, when the user minimizes the call screen, a small window with the toolbar will appear on
the top right corner of the screen showing a small video of the camera feed or the screen-sharing.
Hold/unhold
Mute/unmute
1. During call, click on to mute the call. The user will not be heard by other parties anymore.
2. To unmute the call, click on . The user can now be heard by the other parties.
DTMF
1. During the call, press the more button to open the menu page, and click the DTMF button and a soft keyboard will
be opened, as shown in the figure below.
Users can start the audio recording function during the one-to-one call. Users can click the More button🡲Recording
button to record the current call. Please see the screenshot below:
Record a call
When the call is ended, users can click button on the call history interface following the specific call log to listen to the
call recording, and download/delete the recording files. Please see the screenshot below:
Call Recordings
2. When the call has been transferred to the video meeting room, the operator will become the meeting host.
Let’s say you initiated a call on your GS Wave softphone app, but when you arrived to your office, you wanted to continue the
call on your Grandstream desk phone or on Wave Web client. Call flip function allows to do that seamlessly. Without any
interruption, you can switch between calls from device to another without having to hang up the call. Also, the callee won’t
notice that you have switched devices. In order to be able to use the call flip function, make sure that both devices have the
same account configured on them.
On the device you want to switch to, a green bar will appear notifying you that there is already a call ongoing on a different
device. In our example, if you open Wave Web App you’ll see the green bar on top side of the screen and if you wish to
continue that call on the Wave Web app, click on
Multiple Lines
It supports two-line calls at the same time. The user can quickly switch between lines in the lower left corner. The user can
click button to answer the call and click button to hang up the call.
Multiple Lines
If the user wants to convert all the calls received on the lines into a meeting, he/she can click on “More” and then choose “N-
way conference” then check “Invite members of other lines”, then click “Accept”.
Users can click on “Calls” menu on the left side of the application UI and click “Calls” menu to view all call history of the
current Wave account. Users can view call history, search in call history, view details or initiate calls from there.
Recent calls
The user can enter the number or username to search in call history.
For the call history entry, click on to make a video call and click on to make an audio call or for a chat.
When a call history entry is selected, the details of this entry are displayed on the right side.
: Incoming audio calls : Outgoing audio calls : Missed audio/video calls and rejected calls :
Missed Calls
If there is a missed call, there is a notification on the lower right corner of the desktop, as the screenshot shows below:
CALL TRANSFER
Wave desktop users can transfer current call to another party via blind transfer or attended transfer.
Blind Transfer
1. User A is using Wave desktop. Establish call between User A and User B.
2. On User A Wave desktop call screen, click on icon and select transfer
3. Enter User C’s number as the number to transfer the call to. The number will be listed in the search result.
5. User C rings. User A hangs up automatically. When User C answers, the call between User B and User C will be established.
Blind Transfer
Attended Transfer
Step 1: There is a call which is in progress between extension John and Arthur.
Step 2: Arthur clicks on button then select the contact to which he wants to initiate the transfer to.
Transfer Call
Step 4: Once the attended transfer has been initiated, the call between John and Arthur will be put on hold, and Catherine’s
extension will start ringing. John will be hearing the On-Hold music.
Transfer Now: The call between Arthur and John will hang up and the transfer will be performed, regardless if Catherine
answered or not.
Cancel Transfer: The call between Arthur and Catherine will hang up, and the call between Arthur and John will be
resumed.
CHATS
Wave desktop allows users to conduct a peer-to-peer chat or a group chat. After logging in Wave desktop, click on “Chat” on
the left panel to open the chat page.
If you want to use the cloud IM system, go to the Grandstream official website to learn about the CloudIM package.
Start a single chat
Method 1: After clicking on the “Chat”, user need to click on button, then select the other party he/she wants to chat
with and click OK to enter the single chat interface.
Method 2: User can click on “Contact” tab, find the contact he/she wants to chat with, and click button, the user will be
redirected to the chat section.
Method 3: User can click on “Calls” tab, find the contact he/she wants to chat with, and click button to initiate the chat.
Method 4: User can click on “Keypad” tab, find the contact he/she wants to chat with among the calls log, and click
button to initiate the chat.
Wave supports end to end encryption which encrypts the messages from the terminal which is sending the message and
decrypt the message once it reaches the recipient’s terminal. This protects the confidentiality of the messages exchanged; this
includes all the types of messages, text messages, images, documents, and files. Waves uses advanced asymmetric encryption
technology to ensure that nobody, other than the two parties, can read the messages.
Important Note
Please note that end to end encryption feature is only available on the paid plans. For more information please refer to:
https://ucmrc.gdms.cloud/plans
Important Note
Please note that end to end encryption is not supported on group chat and audio/video calls.
Wave point to point chat is by default not encrypted, but if the user wants to start an end to end encrypted chat, then please
follow the steps below.
Navigate to Contacts, then select the hover the mouse cursor over the profile picture of the contact, after than click on
and on the menu, click on E2EE Chat.
End to End Encryption Chat
Method 1: After clicking on the “Chat”, user need to click on Button, then select multiple contacts he/she wants to chat
with, enter the group name, and click OK to enter the group chat interface.
Method 2: In the single chat window, user need to click on , then on to invite more contacts to form a group chat.
Note
Send Messages
While typing a message in the chat box, Wave will underline any misspelled words
By right-clicking on the misspelled words, a list of similar words will pop up to help the user choose which word they wanted
to type.
Dictionary suggestions
Notes
For file/picture, click on , or drag a file to this window, you can select a file/picture to send from the local computer,
and the file size is limited to 50M.
For call, if it is a single chat interface, click on to call the other party, select button to call the other party
in audio. If it is a group chat page, click on the same button to initiate a group conference call, all group members will be
called by default, and group chat messages will be brought into the chat box in the conference call.
For video call, only the single chat interface can initiate a video call; click on , select button to initiate a
video call the other party.
@Everyone/someone: Only supported in group chats. Enter @ in the input box or click on “@” button to send messages
from @all or someone, and the other party will remind you of @Message.
Send Excel Content: Copy the contents in the Excel file and paste the contents to the chat window. The user can select to
paste the contents in text (Paste text) or image (Paste image), and then send out the contents.
When a message fails to send, a red exclamation mark will appear right next to it as shown in the screenshot below:
You can click on the exclamation mark to try to send it. Or, you can delete it by right-clicking on it and choose “Delete”.
Send Files
With Wave Desktop app you can send one or multiple files to a contact or a group of contacts. To do that, click on under
the chat box, then select the file you want to send. When more than one file has been chosen, they will be sent consecutively.
Sent Files
In case a file fails to upload, you will get an exclamation mark that indicates that the file has not been sent.
File Failed to Send
The user can also send the link to a file stored on Google Drive. To do that, the user must install Google Drive integration
module from the App Store menu in Wave Desktop. After the integration has been installed, the user needs to login to her/his
account. After that the user will be able to send Google Drive files in form of links, please refer to the screenshot below.
In case the user sent an image in point-to-point chat or in a group chat, the users can directly see the images and will be also
able to rotate, share or download the image.
All the files that have been exchanged in a point-to-point chat or a group chat can be viewed in one list.
To access this list, the user needs to click on the folder icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen of the chat, then the
list will appear as shown in the image below:
The files list will be displayed, and “Search” bar is available to quickly find the needed file.
Files List
Users can forward/download or open the files as shown in the screenshot below:
Download/Forward a File
Audio Message
The users can receive voice messages from other users. Upon receiving a voice message, it will be shown on the chat window
and can played by clicking on the play button. Please see the screenshot below:
Audio Message
Note
Copy Message
In the chat interface, select a message, with right-click select “Copy” to copy the content of the message. Currently files and
pictures do not support copying.
Copy Message
Forward Message
Wave users can forward one or multiple messages using Share option to one or multiple recipients. These recipients can
either be a single chat or a group chat.
Step 1: In the chat interface, select a message, with right-click select “Share”.
Step 2: The user can select the contacts/groups and forward the message to the contacts/groups. It supports to forward the
message to multiple contacts/groups.
Forward message
Step 3: (Optional) Write a message and click the “OK” button to forward the content of this message to the selected person or
group.
To send multiple messages, please click on More then click select the messages that you want to forward.
Pin Messages
The user can pin important messages in group chats, the pinned messages will be displayed separately on the top of the chat
box so all the users can see the message or announcement when they open the chat window of the group. The user can select
a message that has been resent to pin on the top of the conversation. If many messages have been pinned in the
conversation, the user can click on the pin symbol to see all the messages which are pinned.
Pinned Message
Save Messages
The user can save any messages in one-to-one conversations or group conversations. This allows the user to save important
messages, to-do items, important files etc. which can be easily accessed to later. To save a message, hover the mouse cursor
over the message, click on the three-dot button to open more options. Then click “Save Message”.
Save Message
Wave Chats
The list of the saved messages will be displayed as shown in the screenshot below.
Save Messages
Message Reminder
The user can use the feature message reminder to set a a scheduled notification which will be prompted when the set time
arrives. To set a reminder for a specific please follow the steps below.
1. Hover the cursor on the message and the click on the three-dot button to open more options. Click on “Remind Later” as
show in the screenshot below, then select the time of the reminder.
2. Once the reminder is set, the message will be added to the list of “Saved Messages”.
Message Saved
To view the message, click on “View”. This will open all the saved messages, the user can mark the message as resolved before
the reminder is triggered, modify the reminder of the message, cancel it, or remove it.
Saved Message
When the time of the reminder arrives, the user will receive a Toast notification with the preview of the message.
The user can click “Remind Later” to postpone the reminder for 10 minutes, or he/she can click on “Marked Successfully” to
resolve the reminder.
In the “Chat” tab, users can view the latest unread messages. Tap to enter the chat interface to view new messages.
Unread Messages
In addition, by clicking on the chat box of a person or a group, users can view the history of chatting.
When a message is sent, Wave will indicate to the sender that the message has been successfully delivered to the contact. This
is indicated by a small check mark right next to the latest message sent
Message Delivered
Once a user has opened an unread message, Wave will indicate to the sender that the message has been read by showing a
small eye icon next to the latest message seen.
In a group chat, the user can check the parties who have seen the message by hovering the mouse cursor on the message,
then click on the three dots to open the menu, then you can see the read count. If you hover the mouse cursor on the read
count number, you can see who has read the message as displayed in the screenshot below.
Group Chat – Message Read
Step 1: In the chat interface, the user can select a message, right-click it and click “Reply” option or click the button next to
the message.
Step 2: The user can reply to the message in the message box.
In the chat interface, users can reply to the sent/received messages in the single/group chat, files, and images with emojis.
Click on option and select a specific emoji. The replied emoji and the emoji amount will be displayed under the
corresponding message, as the screenshot shows below.
For the same message, each member can only reply with 1 single emoji. If the member replies to the message with
another emoji again, the previous replied emoji will be replaced.
If the member clicks the same emoji as the replied emoji again, the replied emoji will be canceled.
If the user moves the mouse over the emoji, the user can view the member who replies to the message with the emoji.
Reply with Emoji
Wave Desktop supports Rich Text Formatting in the chat box. Rich Text Formatting features allow the user to format a
message before sending it by adding effects on the text like bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, changing the color of the
text, formatting the text in a bulleted or enumerated list, or formatting the text in a quote block.
To show the controls for rich text formatting in Wave, click on the icon .
In the chat interface, users can edit the sent text and resend the edited message.
1. In the chat interface, hover the cursor on the message to edit, a menu appear on which the user can click on the three
dots button to open a drop down menu.
Edit Message
Note
1. Images, videos, and files are not supported to be edited. The re-edited contents can only be added with text and emojis.
Delete Message
Step 1: In the chat interface, the user can select a message and right click it then click “Delete” button to delete the message.
Step 2: After deleting the message, the remote party will delete the message synchronously.
Note: After deleting the message, it will be deleted permanently, and the message cannot be recovered.
Delete Message
Note:
To delete a message, the user must have the “Delete Chat” permission. Please refer to the UCM63xx User Manual for more details.
When a message is sent, Wave will indicate to the sender that the message has been successfully delivered to the contact. This
is indicated by a small check mark right next to the latest message sent
Message Delivered
Once a user has opened an unread message, Wave will indicate to the sender that the message has been read by showing a
small eye icon next to the latest message seen.
Create Poll/Survey
In the chat window in Wave, the users can create polls, in which they ask the recipient(s) to pick one option. Polls and surveys
can be created in individual chats as well as group chats.
1. Navigate to the chat window in which you want to start a poll, then click on poll icon .
Create a Poll
2. Enter the information regarding the poll, as shown in the figure below.
3. Click “Save” to save the poll as a draft. The recipient will not be able to see the poll.
If the poll is ready to be sent, then click “Save and Publish”. Then the poll will be displayed just like the figure below illustrates.
Wave Poll Published
Please note that while the poll is ongoing, you can send it to multiple Wave users to cast their votes on the poll. To do that,
please navigate to the chat window in which you want to send the poll, then click on the poll icon . From the list of the
polls, select the poll you want to send.
Polls List
Click on the three dots to show more options, then click on “Send”.
Send a Poll
Notes
Option: There must be at least 2 options and up to 20 options. The input limit for each option is up to 265 characters.
Users can publish the the poll to one or multiple point-to-point chats or group chats.
Once a poll has ended, the user can choose to publish it again, delete it, share the results with other chat parties, or export the
results to a .xlsx file.
Wave supports creating surveys which allow the user to make a list of questions and send them to other users either in
individual chats or in group chats.
3. Specify the type of the answer that the user will provide.
– Single Selection: Enter the choices that users can choose from. The users will be able to pick only one option.
– Multiple Selection: Enter the choices that users can choose from. The users will be able able to pick multiple answers to the
question.
– Text: The user will be able to provide the answer in the form of a text.
– Yes/No: The users will get the option to answer either Yes or No to the question.
Once the survey is ready to be published, the user can click on “Save and Publish” to send the survey. Just like polls, the
surveys can be sent to other user to fill in.
Survey management includes: Add Survey, Publish Survey, Edit Survey, Delete Survey, View Survey Results, Share Survey
Results, and Export Survey Results.
For a survey which is in progress, the user can end the survey or send the survey to others or other chat groups. For the ended
survey, the user can re-publish the survey (the previous votes will be reserved, and the survey will be reopened for voting) or
re-create the survey (the original survey options will be reserved, but the previous votes will not be reserved).
Notes
Description: Enter a description for the survey. The user can enter up to 1000 characters.
Options: There must be at least 2 options and up to 20 options. The input limit for each option is up to 256 characters.
The option “Allow Participants to Share Survey” is disabled by default. If you wish to allow the users to share the link of the
survey to other user, please enable this option. The system will generate a link for this survey. Anyone with the link can take
part in the survey.
The user can publish surveys to one or multiple point-to-point chats or group chats.
While the survey is ongoing, the user can edit the survey or export the results in an .xlsx file.
The user can view all the polls and surveys shared by navigating to “Application” tab, then clicking on Poll/Survey as the
screenshot below indicates.
Application – Poll and Survey
Keyword Search
Grandstream Wave allows searching for a specific keyword within a conversation so you can exactly recall the context and the
information relayed by your team members. This can be used in group chat as well as point-to-point conversations. To search
for a specific word, navigate to the discussion you wish to search. Then on the top right corner of the window, click the search
button . After that type the keyword you wish to search, then press enter. If there are any results, they will be displayed
similarly to this example below.
In the chat list, the user can select a point-to-point chat or group chat and set the chat box to the top of the chat list. When
the chat box has been set to the top of the chat list, the user can quickly find the chat box and reply to the message.
The user can also click the chat box and unpin the chat box.
Stick to Top
In the chat list, the user can select a point-to-point chat or group chat and click on Hide Chat. Then, the chat box will be
hidden in the chat list.
Note
The chat history will not be deleted after hiding the chat box. When the user receives a message from this chat box in the future,
the user can also view the chat history.
Mute Chat
If the user needs to mute the new message notification of a chat, they can select a point-to-point chat or group chat in the
chat list and set it to “Mute”.
If the user wants to resume notification of new messages for the chat, the user can select the current chat box and cancel the
DND setting by clicking on “Enable Message Reminder”.
Mute Chat
Wave allows users to download the chat history either for a individual chat or group chat given that the permission to perform
this action has been granted by the PBX administrator. This privilege is granted by default. To download the chat history of a
specific conversation, please follow the steps below.
1. Access the chat page which you want to download the chat history.
2. Click on the settings button on the top-right corner of the chat page.
A text file will be downloaded containing all the messages from the specified interval.
Note
Please note that the exported conversation content is unencrypted. If the exported chat conversation includes sensitive data, we
highly recommend to store it safely.
Group Management
Both the group owner and group members can change the group name. To do so, kindly follow below steps.
Step 1: On the chat page, open the group chat page and click on the upper right corner to view group information.
Step 2: By clicking on , users can modify the group name. The group name supports a maximum of 80 characters.
Or You can directly click on the chat group name to edit it quickly, as shown in the screenshot down below:
To set an avatar for a group chat on Wave Desktop, please follow the steps below.
1. Click on the group settings button on the top right corner of the group page.
Wave Group Chat
Avatar Settings
3. To upload an image, please click on “Select Images”. If an image has already been set and you wish to restore the change
to default, click on “Reset to Default”.
Upload Avatar or Reset to Default
Both the group owner and group members can view the group members.
Step 1: On the chat page, open the group chat page and click on the three dots in the upper right corner to view group
members.
Step 2: Click on the avatar of the group member to view the detailed information of the member, send messages, and make
calls.
Group Member Business Card Interface
Both group owners and group members can add group members.
Step 1: On the chat page, open the group chat page and click on the upper right corner, then click on to enter the
contact selection page.
Step 2: Select the contact you want to add or search for a contact by name and select it.
Step 3: Click the “OK” button to immediately add the selected contact to the group chat.
Notes
1. The newly joined members in the group chat cannot view the group chat history by default (Only the group owner can set the
chat history that the group members can view: No, All, 1 Day, 7 Days).
Step 1: On the chat page, open the group chat page and click on the upper right corner, and hover over the profile picture of
the member you want to delete.
Step 2: Click on button next to the member to delete them from the group.
Step 3: After confirming the deletion, this group member exits the group chat and can no longer view the group chat
messages.
Note
After deletion, only the deleted member will be notified, not everyone.
Start a Group Meeting
The user can quickly start a meeting with all the members of an existing chat group, please see the figure below.
The chat history will be carried over to the meeting’s chat, as the figure below shows. But any chat that has been exchanged
during the meeting won’t be synchronized to the chat group.
Note
Please note that chats which have been exchanged during the meeting can be downloaded in “Meetings” tab. Also, please note
that this chatlog won’t contain the chats exchanged prior to the meetings.
Exit Group
Step 1: On the chat page, open the group chat page and click on the upper right corner, then click “Leave Group Chat” at the
bottom.
Step 2: After confirming to log out, you will no longer accept new messages from this group and cannot view the group
history messages.
Note
After logging out, only the group owner will be notified, not everyone.
Dismiss Group
Step 1: In the chat interface, the user can open group chat interface and click the button on the right upper corner ,
then click “Group Settings” option at the bottom of the interface to dismiss the group.
Step 2: After dismissing the group, all members of the group will be removed, and the group chat history cannot be viewed.
Dismiss Group
Notification Assistant
The administrator of your UCM can log in the Web UI of the UCM -> Messaging -> Message Broadcast to publish a
broadcast message to all extension users, and Wave users can receive this message and display through the Notification
Assistant. You can set the desktop notification and sound notification in Settings.
Notify Assistant
When opening the chat box of a specific contact, Wave will show the contacts local time. This helps with knowing what time it
is for a contact when the contact is located in a different time zone. This saves the user time of converting between time
zones.
When Whatsapp Business/Telegram add-ins are configured, the user can directly respond to the messages initiated on the
aforementioned platforms directly from Wave. When a session is marked as resolved, the user can view them by clicking on
the three dots menu on Wave desktop client and choose the corresponding sessions as shown in the screenshot below.
Resolved Sessions
When a user respond to a message, the user can initiate a one-to-one call or start a meeting
Initiate a Call through Whatsapp Business Session
Wave users can create and share a personal chat link which they can be shared with other people. External people can open
this link on a browser and be able to reach the Wave user directly or start a meeting.
To create a personal chat link, please click on your avatar, then click on “Settings”. Then click on “Personal Chat Link” and
enable Personal Chat Link toggle as shown in the figure below.
1. The link is valid only when this function is enabled. After it is turned off, the link will be invalid immediately.
2. You can download the QR code and share it with external users
4. Users can click change the displayed avatar and name, and support resetting the link or customizing the
link address (after resetting, the original link will be invalid).
External users can open this link through a browser:
Private Chat
1. External users can open this link using a computer or a mobile browser to chat.
3. Clicking the icon will send a call request to the Wave user, and the Wave user will receive the request as follows:
Meeting Request
When the user click “Accept”, an instant meeting is initiated and the meeting link is sent to external users.
Meeting Initiated
When an external user clicks “Join”, they will join the meeting using their current browser.
MEETINGS
Meeting List
Users can join an audio or video meeting on UCM by dialing the room number. After logging in Wave desktop, click on
“Meetings” on the left panel to open meeting page.
Users can view all meeting history in Wave application, and it will show the actual duration of the previous meetings, as well as
the participants list of the previous meetings.
Users can search for the recent 6 months meeting history. The period will be counted by natural month.
Users can create meeting to start now by selecting , or schedule meeting by clicking on on the
top of this page.
Once the meeting has been scheduled, the user can view the details related to the meeting in the side bar. The details which
are displayed are:
The status of the meeting: This shows if the meeting has started or not yet.
Users can view scheduled Meetings by selecting “Daily”, “Weekly”, “Monthly” and defining the date range. Click on to
search meeting by meeting subject, creator, meeting room number.
Search Meeting
Meet Now
Step 2: The user needs to enter the invitee’s number or email address or click the “Add” button to invite the participants from
the contacts or group.
Step 3: The user can click “Meet Now” button to start an instant video meeting immediately and invite participants to join the
meeting.
Note
After creating the instant meeting, the video meeting number is a random meeting number. If the user wants to use the public
meeting room, the user can access to the public meeting room list and join the public meeting room.
Note
The audio or video meeting room must be created and pre-configured by UCM admin before users can join any meetings.
The user can start a meeting when he/she has received calls from multiple parties. The user can quickly merge all the active
lines into one meeting.
Multimedia Meeting
Users can click “Video on” or “Video off” option during the conference to switch between video/audio conference. Below is
the picture showing the call interface after joining video conference room.
: View network condition status such as packet loss for video and audio.
: Invite participants. If the UCM admin has enabled “Allow User Invite” for the meeting room, any participant in the
meeting can invite other participants. Otherwise, only the moderator can invite other participants.
: Mute/unmute. Users can click the “More” button to enter the alternative ringing speaker settings interface. When
a participant is muted, either by his/her own self or by the host. The participant can activate the microphone by pressing
and holding the space bar. The microphone will be activated in as long as the participant is holding the space bar and the
will be disabled once the participant let go of the space bar.
: Video on/off. Click to enable/disable the local video feed. Users can click the “More” button to enter the virtual
background settings interface.
: Screen sharing. Click to start screen sharing. Only one participant can share screen at a time. If a participant
already shares the screen, this icon will be grey and other participants cannot click on this icon to share.
: More options. The user can click this button to open the DTMF soft keyboard and display the chat bubble
function.
: End call.
: View participant list. Click to open the participant list. The user can view participants’ mute/unmute status, search
for a participant, modify display name, chat with participants, etc.
: Chat. Click to open the chat window and enter chat text.
Host Meeting: If there is no meeting host in the meeting, the user can click “More” button and select “Host
Meeting” option to become the meeting host.
Manage participants:
Click on icon on the right-side menu to open participant list. The moderator can mute/unmute participants, turn on / off
video for participants, transfer moderator to another participant, remove participant from meeting and etc. The moderator
can also mute all participants and lock the meeting room (no one can join the meeting room).
Content Sharing
During point-to-point video calls or video meetings, users can share screen to present to all the other participants.
After the users click on the icon , a prompt will appear with the sharing options:
Share Screen
Note
During screen sharing, the users can double click on the sharing screen or video screen to enlarge the display area to full
screen.
Note
The user can choose to enable sharing the PC audio alongside the screen-sharing, any audio that is played in the PC will be
heard by all the participants.
During screen sharing, the shared screen/window will have a red frame to distinguish the shared content.
The user can use the sketching tools to draw annotations on the screen.
Share WhiteBoard
The user can click on the icon , and select “Share WhiteBoard”.
Share WhiteBoard
The shared whiteboard contains complete features including laser pointer, highlighter, input texts, graphics, flow charts, charts
and other more graphics and styles. You can drag graphics, and edit graphics for multiple times. The real-time drawing feature
is very simple and fast for users.
WhiteBoard
: Click to view more options (only the sharer has the permission) including: Enable/Disable Collaboration function (After
enabling this function, other participants can draw at the same time), change the Canvas Color, Empty Canvas, Open File (the
whiteboard data picture which was previously saved), Save as Picture, etc.
: This is the mouse option. After you select this option, the whiteboard brush becomes the mouse. You can select any
figure on the whiteboard, drag the figure or change the style of the figure. You can press and hold the blank space to move
the whiteboard.
: This is the laser pointer option and only the sharer has this option. It displays the drawn track and will disappear in 3
seconds.
: This is the graphics option. It only displays the basic graphics by default. You can click “All Graphics” option to expand
the menu and see more graphics, including more basic graphics, flow charts, charts, UCM charts, Google charts, etc. You can
also double click the graphic to add text.
: This is the brush option. There are two types brush “Common Brush” and “Highlighter”.
: This is the text box option. You can click it to enter texts.
: Pictures can be inserted. After inserting a picture, you can drag the edge to change the size of the picture.
Share Document
Note:
Shared Document
The users can click button to use annotations on the shared document.
: This option to other the other participants to draw annotations at the same time.
: This is the download option. It will download the current page with its annotations as jpeg file.
Using Wave point-to-point call or meeting allows switching seamlessly between the source of the screen-sharing. This can be
performed without ending the screen-sharing. Please refer to the screenshot below to know exactly how it can be performed.
Then choose the new source that you want to share with the other users.
While in a one-to-one call or a meeting, the user can share the desktop audio with the other user(s). To share the desktop
audio, please click on “Share” button on the call menu then, select “Share PC Audio Only” as shown in the figure below.
Share Desktop Audio
During the meeting, the participants can request to speak by raising the hand. All the other participants will be able to see
who has risen their hand. This makes meetings with many participants a lot easier to manage for the host.
To raise your hand, please click on . The participants who have risen their hands will be displayed as the screenshot
below shows.
Raise Hand
Invite Participants
If the UCM admin has enabled “Allow User Invite” for the meeting room, any participant in the meeting can invite other
participants. Otherwise, only moderator can invite other participants.
Users can invite other participants by generating meeting link or dialing other participants.
Invite Participants
After selecting “Create Invitation Link”, users will be prompt with link information as below. The users can send the link or QR
code to other parties for them to join the meeting.
Invite participants:
After selecting “Invite Participants”, users can select a contact to invite or enter the number to invite.
The meeting’s host can also invite the participants quickly. . To do this, the user needs to click on button in the
menu bar at the bottom of the screen to bring the participants menu up:
Pariticipants List
On the invitees tab, the user needs to click on to quickly invite the participant.
Managing Participants
Participants can view the list only, while moderator has more options to manage the participants.
:This indicates the participant has video on. If moderator clicks on it, it will turn off the participant’s video.
:This indicates the participant has video off. If moderator clicks on it, it will invite the participant to turn on video.
:Mute. This indicates the participant has mic on. If moderator clicks on it, it will mute the participant’s mic.
: This indicates the participant is talking. If moderator clicks on it, it will mute the participant’s mic.
:This indicates the participant is muted. If moderator clicks on it, it will turn the mic back on for this participant.
:More options to operate for this participant, such as “Transfer Moderator”, “Remove” and “Chat”.
Lock Meeting:Click to lock meeting so that no one can join the meeting room anymore.
Invitees List
If the current user is the meeting host, the user can view the list of participants who are not attending the meeting. The
participants can only view the list of current attended participants. The meeting’s host can send an invitation to the people
who have not attended the meeting or those who left. Please see the screenshot below.
Invitees List
During meeting, users can click on to open chat window. The chat messages can either be sent to a specific participant or
to all the participants.
Chat window not only displays all chat messages, but it also shows real-time notification when a participant joins meeting
or leaves meeting.
Wave supports chat with members who join the conference via browser, PC client, and mobile APP.
The user can choose to send a message to all members or select a specific member to send the message.
Click the icon under the participant list for a specific user chat privately with him/her. Only supported for wave
users.
Meeting Layout
You can arrange the layout of the tiles of the participants in a specific meeting in two arrangements, to do that please click on
“More” button , then select either Or
Tiled Screen Layout: The tiles will be arranged in the same size without putting the focus on the speaker.
Speaker Layout: Whenever someone is speaking his tile will be enlarged and showed under the tiles of the listeners. This
puts the focus on the speaker and his/her video feed if he/she has the webcam on.
The meeting host can also control to have one participant’s tile pinned. To do that, the meeting host can click on the three
dots on the top right corner of the user’s tile, then click on “Focus For All” as the screenshot below shows.
The host can perform various action depends on the user, please see the screenshot below.
Host Controls
Mute Participant: The host can mute a specific participant. The participant can activate the microphone by pressing and
holding the space bar. The microphone will be activated in as long as the participant is holding the space bar and the will
be disabled once the participant let go of the space bar.
Turn on Participant Video: The host can turn on the sound of a certain participant.
Focus For All: The host can enable focus on one speaker tile/webcam feed.
Full Screen: The host can toggle one speaker tile/webcam feed to full screen.
Chats: The host can directly mention the speaker in the chat using this button.
Transfer Host: The host can relegate its role as a meeting host to a different participants.
Remove: The host can use this feature to remove a participant from the meeting.
The host can hide the participants whom have not turned on their webcams by clicking on , then hover the mouse
DTMF
1. Step 1: During the meeting, the user can click the “More” button on the menu and click DTMF button
2. Step 2: The user can click the digit button on the keyboard to enter the digits.
Chat Bubble
During the meeting, the user can click button to enable the chat bubble function. If there is a new message during the
meeting, the chat content will be displayed in the form of bubbles on the right side of the interface, as the screenshot shows
below:
During a meeting, the host can start recording it. To do that, you need to click on “More” on the menu at the bottom of the
screen, then click “Record”.
When the meeting is ended, the meeting organizer can view the recording files in Meeting Details.
Note
Only the meeting’s host can record the meeting, and he/she will be the only one who can access the recording once the
meeting is finished.
After the meeting is finished, the host can check the recording by navigating to the meeting tab, then select the meeting and
after that click on the recording’s icon on the top right-hand corner. Please see the screenshot below.
Meeting’s Info
The recording files will appear with possibility to play them, download, or delete them.
Note
If the ongoing meeting does not support enabling video recording function, the audio recording will be performed instead.
Manage Meeting
End meeting
When a meeting participant clicks on to end meeting, the participant will leave the meeting immediately.
When a moderator clicks on to end meeting, a prompt will be displayed asking the moderator to confirm whether to
leave meeting only or end the meeting. If the moderator selects leaving meeting only, Wave desktop will request the
moderator to select another participant to be the moderator. After that, the user will leave the meeting while the meeting is
still ongoing for the other participants. If the moderator selects ending the meeting, all participants will be disconnected from
the meeting.
Note
If there is only one participant in the meeting, and the total duration of the meeting reaches 30 minutes, the specific
participant will be prompted whether to continue the meeting Create a group chat after successfully scheduling the
meeting. Messages created during the meeting will be automatically synced to the group after the meeting.
When the meeting duration is about to reach 12 hours and the meeting host is still in the meeting, the meeting interface of
the host will be prompted whether to extend the meeting. The meeting host can click to extend the meeting for another 12
hours. The meeting can only be extended once. After another 12 hours, the meeting will be ended. If the meeting host is
not in the meeting, the meeting will be ended when the meeting duration reaches 12 hours.
You can also end an ongoing meeting by going to Meetings then hover the mouse cursor over the meeting you would like to
end then click on end meeting.
The user can edit a meeting after it has been scheduled, to change its name, meeting room type, time, recurrence, password,
and invitees. To edit a meeting, the user should navigate to Meetings tab on Wave, then hover the mouse cursor over the
meeting that they want to edit, then select Edit Meeting.
Note
Please note that once the meeting has started, it cannot be edited.
Cancel meeting
The user can cancel a meeting after it has been scheduled. To do that, the user should navigate to Meetings tab and then
hover the mouse cursor over a specific meeting then click on Cancel Meeting.
Note
Please note that once the meeting has started, it cannot be cancelled.
Only the meeting organizer can create a group that consists of the same members that were previously in a meeting, in case
they wish to continue the discussion through text chat. The user needs to navigate to the “Meetings” tab, then on the top
right-hand corner, click on the three dots and select “Create and Forward Chat History”.
Note
Please note that only the host of the meeting can create the group chat and forward the chat history.
Once that’s clicked, a window will appear with the members of the meeting selected, with the possibility to add any users that
were not in the meeting:
Choose the Participants
Press “OK” to create the group and forward the chat history of the meeting.
The group will be created, and the chat history will be displayed similar to the image below.
At any point the host of the group can relegate his/her role to another member by going to “Group Settings” as the figure
below shows:
Group Settings
Then choose the new group owner among the existing members of the group.
During a meeting, the host can download the chat history at any point of time. To do that, the host needs to open the chat
sidebar in the meeting screen and then click on the download button on the top right corner of the screen, as the screenshot
below shows.
Download Chatlog
If the host wishes to download the chat history after the meeting has ended, then he/she need to navigate to “Meetings” tab,
then click on three dots on the top right corner of the window, and select “Download chat history”
Meeting Management
Wave desktop users can schedule meeting after logging in with SIP extension number and SIP registration password. Click on
Meetings on the left panel and select “Schedule Meeting” on the top. A new window to edit schedule meeting will be
prompted.
Schedule Meeting
Schedule Meeting Options
Meeting Agenda Set the agend of the scheduled meeting. (Up to 500 characters)
Host Settings
Advanced Settings
Allow participants to invite If enabled, any participant in the meeting can invite other parties.
After the meeting is scheduled, it will be listed in the meetings page. Meeting participants will receive email notification for
the scheduled meeting. At the same time, the system will send the meeting assistant message to the invitees automatically.
Scheduled Meeting
Scheduled Meeting Email Notification
If meeting schedule information is modified, participants will receive email update. An email reminder will also be sent to the
participants at the configured email reminder time, If the meeting has been modified, or the meeting reminder will be sent to
the participants through the meeting assistant.
To join meeting, the Wave user can click on the link in the email notification to join meeting directly, or Wave mobile app user
can scan the QR code in the email notification to join meeting as well. The user can click the meeting assistant message to
enter the meeting.
The users can schedule onsite meetings by going to Meetings and clicking on Schedule.
Meeting Room Select the meeting room on which the meeting will take place.
Recurrence Select the recurrence of this meeting. The options are Daily, Weekly, and Monthly
Meeting Agenda
When scheduling a meeting, the host can configure an agenda name to the meeting to be reminded of that purpose of that
meeting.
Schedule Meeting Parameters
After creating the meeting, you can check the agenda in the meeting details tab. Please see the screenshot below:
Meeting Details
When the meeting starts, the user can click to view the meeting details to check the meeting agenda. Please see the
screenshot below:
Meeting Agenda
Meeting List
To view all the scheduled and ongoing meeting, click on Meetings tab, then click on Meeting List. The following window will
be displayed.
Meeting List
Virtual Meeting:
Onsite Meeting
Onsite Meeting Information
Meeting Room
To view all the rooms that have been created for meetings (this includes virtual and onsite meeting rooms), navigate to
Meetings tab then click on Meeting Room.
From this window, you can directly schedule meetings. Select a time interval to start scheduling the meeting.
Public Room
The user can click the “Meeting” menu on the left side of the Wave application main interface to open the meeting interface.
The user can click “Public Room” tab on the top of the meeting interface to access to the list of the public meeting rooms in
the current UCM. Please see the figure below:
The timeline is displayed under each public meeting room. The blank field represents the vacant period, and the blue field
represents the period that has been scheduled. It supports to click to switch the date , and
the user can also switch the time range displayed in the timeline by clicking “12h/24h”.
The user can select a specific meeting room and click button to access to the public meeting room. If there is a
meeting in the current public meeting room, the user will be directed to the current meeting. If there is no meeting in the
current meeting room, the user will join the meeting as a participant.
Edit/Cancel Meeting
Step 1: The user can click the “Meeting” button on the left side of the main interface to access to the meeting list interface.
Step 2: Move the cursor to the wanted meeting and click “Edit Meeting” or “Cancel Meeting”.
Edit/Cancel Meeting
Step 3: After editing/canceling the meeting, the user can click “OK” button to apply the changes, and the meeting
modification notification will be sent to the invitees immediately.
Note
If the user edits any information of the meeting, including invitees, meeting property, if the user selects the email notification
option, the system will send the emails to all invitees automatically.
Reschedule Meeting
For the “Ended” meetings, the user can reschedule the meetings from Wave application.
Step 1: The user can click the “Meeting” button on the left side of the main interface to access to the meeting list interface.
Step 3: Move the cursor to the meeting and click “Reschedule” button or click the “Reschedule” button on the meeting
details interface.
Reschedule Meeting
Step 4: The user will be directed to the meeting rescheduling interface, and the current meeting subject, invitees, meeting
property information will be filled in the corresponding fields automatically.
Step 5: The user can click “Schedule Meeting” button to reschedule the meeting as a new meeting.
Share Meeting
In the meeting details interface, the user can click the share button on the right upper corner to copy the meeting
information, or the user can download the meeting QR code, and send the meeting information to the contacts through chat,
email, etc.
Share Meeting
Join Meeting
Method 1: In the chat interface in Wave application, the user can click “Meeting Assistant” to find the meeting notification
which will be sent to the invitees 10 minutes before the meeting starting time and click “Join” button to join the meeting.
Join via Meeting Notification
Method 2: In the meeting list in Wave application, the user can find the meeting which has invited the user and click “Join” to
join the meeting.
Method 3: In the “Meeting Room” list of the meeting interface in Wave application, the user can click to join the public
meeting room directly.
Method 4: The user can enter the meeting number to join the meeting directly through dial panel.
Method 5: The user can join the meeting by click “Join” button in the meeting invitation email.
Method 6: The user can click “Join” button in the meeting invitation in the lower right corner of the Desktop to join the
meeting.
Meeting Invitation
If users do not have UCM extension to log in Wave desktop, the users can join meeting via link. The link can be obtained from
the meeting invitation email or from the meeting organizer/participant who shares the link directly.
After the users join meeting via link, the users can change the display name after opening participant list and selecting the
current name.
Complete Meeting
On the meeting list, the meeting creator can click button to end the meeting which is currently in progress. Then,
the meeting will be ended directly.
End Meeting
VOICEMAIL
Users can click on the “Calls” menu on the left side of the Wave application UI and click “Voicemail” menu to view all
voicemail of the current Wave account.
In “Voicemail” module, users can check all voicemail received by the account, including the common voicemail and urgent
voicemail.
Users can play the voicemail, set the voicemail to read, and download/delete the voicemail.
Users can also dial to the contacts and send messages to the contacts from this interface. Please refer to the screenshot below
for the voicemail interface:
Voicemail Interface
The users can delete all the voicemails or select the ones to be deleted in batches. Please refer to the screenshot below.
Users can click “Application” tab on the left side of the application UI and click on “Voicemail” module to access to the user
portal interface on the UCM Web UI.
Application – Voicemail
Then the UCM user portal page will open on which the user can download or delete the voicemails received.
1. Open keypad on Wave desktop, enter the voicemail access code. For example, *98 is the default feature code on UCM for
users to access voicemail box.
2. Follow the IVR from UCM to enter the voicemail box and password.
3. If the password is correct, users will be able to hear voicemail options and listen to the voicemail.
Note: The voicemail access code and voicemail password are pre-configured in UCM. Please contact UCM admin to obtain
the voicemail access code and password.
When a user is added to one or multiple voicemail groups, the user can view the name of the voicemail group on which the
voicemail has been received directly on Wave. Please see the screenshot below.
Voicemail
CONTACTS
Using Wave Contacts feature, you can browse two repertoires of contacts. The first one is Enterprise Contacts. In this
repertoire, you will be able to see all the extensions registered on the UCM, LDAP server as well as extensions from peered
UCM devices. The second type of contacts is Personal Contacts, in this category the user can add his/her personal contacts.
Search Contacts
Users can enter username or number to search contacts. On the search result, users can click to view contact details, click on
Contacts
Note
The multi-level department structure in the contacts book is configured by the administrator of the UCM enterprise platform. If
the CloudIM has been enabled, the Contacts module will display the contacts for other UCM devices.
The user can also use T9 contact search by entering the numbers which map to the dial pad letters existing in the contact
name as the example below shows.
T9 Contact Matching
Personal Contacts
Users can search for specific contact or a specific number to dial under Contact Tab and Recent Calls Tab.
Contact Search
Note
Enterprise Contacts
Enterprise Contacts
2. Click on the search result. The details of this contact will show on the right.
3. For the search result, click on to make a video call and click on to make an audio call.
4. Also, by clicking on the contact, you can add it to your favorite contact tab as shown below.
Favorite Contacts
Import/Export Personal Contacts
You can click the button on the right upper corner to import contacts to Personal Contacts in batches. You can also click
the button to select the exported contacts or delete contacts in batches.
Note: It is recommended to import contacts in the template format to prevent import errors.
SETTINGS MENU
The Settings menu is on the left side of the Wave application’s main UI. Users can click the user icon to open the Settings
menu, the menu includes Account Information, Account Settings, Call Settings, Audio/Video Device, Language, Launch on
system startup option, Help and Feedback, Export logs option, About, Download mobile client, Integrate Wave, UCM Remote
Connection and Log out options.
Settings Menu
Account Information
The Account Information interface displays the username, QR code, SIP number and personal status.
Users can scan the SIP account QR code with the Wave mobile version to quickly log in the account.
Users can set the personal status, which can be divided into account status and working status, and the status will be
displayed in the contacts book and chat module.
Settings
General
Account Settings
The account settings allow you to change the “Account Info” or the “Account Password”.
Account Settings
Account Info
Press “Edit” button to be redirected to the account settings interface in the UCM management platform, and you can go to
“Personal Configuration” tab to fill in the personal basic information. Then, the updated information will be saved and
applied to Wave application.
Account Settings – Personal Config
Account Password
Press “Change” button to be redirected to the account settings interface in the UCM management platform, and you can go
to “Change Password” tab to update your Wave account password.
In this section, the user can view the open sessions for their extensions. We highly recommend that the user checks this
setting regularly. In case any open session raises suspicion for the user, the user can terminate the session and quickly change
their password.
Wave Desktop Settings
Open Sessions
Note
If the user wishes to terminate a specific session, he/she can click on “Sign Out”
General Settings
The General Settings control the Wave Application behavior on startup and close.
When enabled, closing the application will keep the application running in the background allowing you to receive calls and
chat messages… without having the application open.
Enable this option to have Wave launch automatically when the operating system boots up.
Startup Mode
Select the startup mode when launching the Wave Application. Two options are available: “Start in Foreground” and “Start in
Background”.
Language
The Wave application supports English, Chinese, French, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Italian, Greek, Arabic,
Russian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Thai, Czech, Turkish, Hebrew, Dutch, and Slovenian.
Language
Note
Date/Time Format
The Wave application allows you to change the date and time format.
Date/Time Format
12 Hours
24 Hours
YYYY/MM/DD
DD/MM/YYYY
MM/DD/YYYY
This option configures the sorting order of the Wave Contacts. Two options are available:
Notification Settings
Wave can be configured to notify the user based on the preferences set. The user can set the preference to be notified for all
the messages exchanged in the groups he/she is part of, direct messages, mentions or none at all.
The user can also configure Wave to play a notification sound when they receive a message, when they received an incoming
call, or when they receive a reminder of a meeting.
Desktop Notification
Check/uncheck Desktop Notification for “All New Messages”, “Private Messages & Mentions”, “Notification Assistant” and/or
“Missed Calls”
Notification Sound
Check/uncheck Notification Sound for “All New Messages”, “Private Messages & Mentions”, “Notication Assistant”, “Meeting
Assistant”, “Missed Calls” and/or “Voicemail”
Enabling this option will mute all chats notifications except for those from the current meeting.
Select the condition to display the Desktop Notification for In-Meeting Chat: “All New Messages”, “@mentions” or “None”.
The desktop notification looks as below:
The user can directly reply to the message from the notification.
Select the condition to play the Sound Notification for In-Meeting Chat: “All New Messages”, “@mentions” or “None”.
Audio Settings
When the device is connected to multiple audio devices, the user can select audio device through audio settings.
For PC client users, the application allows users to select the alternative ringing speaker. When the user receives an incoming
call, the preferred and alternative speakers ring at the same time.
Reference Scenario: The PC connects to a headphone, but the user does not wear the headphone. The alternative ringing
speaker is set, when the user receives an incoming call, the user can hear the ring tone from the PC’s built-in speaker.
Step 1: The user can click the user icon then click on “Settings“, move the cursor to “Audio/Video Device” option, and click
“Audio Settings” to enter the microphone/speaker settings interface, as the figure shows below:
Alternative Ringing Speaker
Step 2: Go to “Alternative Ringing Speaker” option and click to set the alternative speaker.
Step 3: Click “OK” button to apply the changes. The preferred and alternative speakers will ring at the same time when there
is an incoming call.
Note
1. When the user first time logs into Wave application, the system will ask the user to set up an audio device.
2. The Wave Desktop users can enable noise detection and reeducation mode function during the meeting (Two “Noise
Suppression Levels” are supported: Medium and High).
3. When the call is established, only the preferred speaker device will be used.
Video Settings
When the PC connects to multiple camera devices, the user can select the video device by “Video Settings”. The user can also
set the virtual background in Wave application.
Step 1: The user can click the user icon to enter the settings menu, move the cursor to “Audio/Video Device” option, and
click “Video Settings” to enter the camera settings interface, as the figure shows below.
Step 2: The user can select the camera and set the virtual background.
Step 3: The user can view the preview result and save/apply the changes. When the virtual background is set, the setting will
be saved locally in the application, and the virtual background will be applied for each call/meeting.
When the user first time logs into Wave application, the system will ask the user to set up a video device.
In meetings and peer-to-peer calls, the user can set the virtual background in the application locally and the virtual
background will replace the background in the camera and send to the remote client.
Step 1: The user should click on the profile image, then select “Settings“, then chose “Video” from the list of settings.
Virtual Background
Step 2: Users can select the images in the library or customize the uploaded images to create a virtual background.
Step 3: Customize Uploaded Image: Click the button on the virtual background settings interface to open the
local file selection window, and the user can select and customize the image to upload.
Step 4: The user can view the preview result and save/apply the changes. When the virtual background is set, the setting will
be saved locally in the application, and the virtual background will be applied for each call/meeting.
Remove Background
Fuzzy Background
There is no background image by default. The limit of the size of custom uploaded image is 20MB, and the upper limit of the
image amount is 10 images. Users can upload images for multiple times. Each uploaded image will generate a new background,
the length and width of the image is adaptive 16:9 and the image will be saved locally. The suggested fuzzy background color
should be set to avoid being similar as the color of the actual scene and clothes.
Calls Settings
Call Features
Set Call Transfer, voicemail password, etc. Press “Edit” button to be redirect to the UCM management page.
Ringtone Settings
Call Ringtone: Select the ringtone to play for incoming calls. Custom ringtone is supported.
Auto answer: Enable this option to have Wave answer the calls received automatically.
Call Waiting: If enabled, new incoming calls can be received during calls.
Call Waiting Tone: If enabled, a tone will be played when there is a call waiting.
Enable/disable dial plan rules. Only applicable to the Call tab’s dial pad.
Set the dial plan rules grammar for the number dialed. You can either enable the dial plan to have Wave take it into
consideration, or to ignore completely when dialing numbers.
^ – Reject
| – Or
“+character” – It indicates a fixed character. Note: it does not need to be added in front of * and #, and it cannot be
added in front of T^,; and |
Set \{X+\} Allow all 0-9, A-Z, a-z inputs with at least one character
Example:
Example 1: {[369]11 | 1617xxxxxx} – Allow 311, 611, 911, any 10-digit call that starts with 1617 to make the outgoing calls.
Example 2: {^1900x+ | <=1617>xxxxxxx} – It will refuse to dial numbers starting with 1900, and adding the prefix 1617
when dialing any 7-digit number
Example 3: \{ax+\} – It will dial a number starting with a and followed by at least 1-digit
Dial Tone
Enable this option to play a tone for each key when dialing a number using the number pad.
Call Toolbar
You can also customize the buttons to be displayed at the bottom toolbar of the call interface, and put common buttons at
the bottom bar and display permanently. You can set up on Settings -> Calls, and select the preferred buttons to be
displayed.
You can set shortcut keys such as DTMF and add-in commands, which are commonly used on the call interface. After the
shortcut keys are set, you can perform operations during a call or meeting with one-click. Users can configure this feature in
Settings -> Calls.
After setting the shortcut key, you can click the “More” option on the Call/Meeting interface to view the key.
Using Shortcuts
Button Name You need to fill in the display name of the button on the interface.
● Dial Order: Dial command, i.e. enter the DTMF feature code such as #72 1001 (parking
on the slot 1001).
● System Instructions: Support basic Shell commands of the system, such as start cmd.exe,
Type explorer "C:Program Files".
● Embedded Add-in Command: Currently, it only supports executing the installed Wave
add-ins. If you have already installed Google Drive add-in, you can set up to run Google
Drive.
Command Enter the feature code or enter the system command, or select the add-in to run.
Click the button following the shortcut key on the Settings page to modify/delete the shortcut key.
After creating a feature shortcut, you can configure to trigger the feature shortcut when a specific event occurs. To configure
this feature, please follow the steps below.
1. Click you profile avatar, then click “Settings”. Click on “Calls” category to open the settings related to calls, find “Custom
Calling Interface” then click Edit.
Call Settings
The type of events which can trigger the features shortcuts are the following:
Incoming Call from External Number: When a call comes in from a contact in the company address book, including
personal contacts.
Dial External Number: When a call is made from a contact not in the company address book, including personal
contacts.
Incoming Call from Internal Number: When a call comes in from a contact in the company address book.
Dial Internal Number: When a call is made from a contact in the company address book.
Answer Call: When the call is connected, when the call is established for incoming or outgoing calls.
Meetings Settings
Video Layout
Default Layout
Select the default layout in Meetings: “Tiled Screen Layout” (Default) or “Speaker Layout”.
Check to hide non-video participants in the meetings video layout. (Default is disabled)
Display Settings
Check/uncheck to enable/disable displaying the chat bubbles during meetings. (Default is enabled)
The sharing toolbar will be displayed after sharing the screen or application.
Meeting Toolbar
You can also customize the buttons to be displayed at the bottom toolbar of the meeting interface, and put common buttons
at the bottom bar and display permanently. You can set up on Settings -> Meetings, and select the preferred buttons to be
displayed.
You can set shortcut keys such as DTMF and add-in commands, which are commonly used on the meeting interface. After the
shortcut keys are set, you can perform operations during a meeting with one-click. Users can configure this feature in
Settings -> Meetings.
After setting the shortcut key, you can click the “More” option on the Call/Meeting interface to view the key.
Using Shortcuts
Button Name You need to fill in the display name of the button on the interface.
● Dial Order: Dial command, i.e. enter the DTMF feature code such as #72 1001 (parking
on the slot 1001).
● System Instructions: Support basic Shell commands of the system, such as start cmd.exe,
Type explorer "C:Program Files".
● Embedded Add-in Command: Currently, it only supports executing the installed Wave
add-ins. If you have already installed Google Drive add-in, you can set up to run Google
Drive.
Command Enter the feature code or enter the system command, or select the add-in to run.
following the shortcut key on the Settings page to modify/delete the shortcut key.
If the user wants to use another device to log in and the local secret key is not up to date, the user needs to sync the secret
key before using the E2EE chat feature. The user can synchronize the secret key by exporting it then importing it in the other
device. Please follow the sections Export a secret key and Import a secret key below.
Export Secret Key
Wave allows exporting the privacy key from one device to another, to do that, please click on you profile picture on Wave
Desktop interface to open Wave Settings menu, the click on E2EE Chat Settings. The following window will appear:
Then select the directory where you want to save the key file, then click Save.
To import a secret key, click on Add Previous Secret Key as the screenshot below shows
Add Previous Secret Key
Select the secret key from the location where it is stored, then click on Open, and the key will be imported to Wave Desktop.
To reset Wave end to end encryption to the initial key, open E2EE Chat Settings, click on the three dots on the top right side of
the key window and then select Reset Secret Key.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Wave desktop supports performing many actions quickly by using keyboard shortcuts. These are the keyboard shortcuts and
the actions that they correspond to.
General
Display Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl + .
Open Help F1
Close/Exit ESC
Navigation
Message
Available options:
To open the list of keyboard shortcuts, please click on your profile picture, and choose “Keyboard Shortcut” from the list.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Users can go to the settings menu and click “Help and Feedback” to display the, What’s New, help, feedback, and exporting
logs menu.
What’s New
A popup window will display the new features introduced in the current version.
User Guide
If the user has any questions while using Wave application, the user can click “User Guide” option to go to the official website
of Grandstream and view the user guide of Wave application.
Feedback
If the user encounters any problems with Wave application, or the user wants to share any suggestions about Wave
application, the user can click “Feedback” option to connect to the Grandstream Feedback System. It allows users to share
feedback and we can collect questions/suggestions from users, so that we can provide better using experiences for users.
Feedback Interface
Export Logs
Users can go to the settings interface and click “Export Logs” option to export the application logs. If the user encounters any
issues about the Wave application, the user can export the logs and save them in the PC. The exported logs can help users to
troubleshoot the issues so that we can offer users better using experiences.
About
Users can go to the settings interface and click “About” to get more details about the Wave application.
If there is an updated application version, the user can click “Update Version” to upgrade the application.
The user can click on “Privacy Terms” to view the privacy terms of Wave application.
The user can click on “Help” to direct to Grandstream Official website to view the Wave application user manual.
About
Download Mobile Client
Users can download Wave application from Grandstream Official website. When the application has been downloaded to the
local PC, the user can follow the instructions to install the application.
https://fw.gdms.cloud/wave/download/
Intergrate Wave
Users can learn about the available Add-in API and SDK for further development to integrate Wave with other platforms.
When clicked, the user will be redirected to the corresponding instruction guide.
Users can learn more about UCM RemoteConnect services by accessing this menu.
Log out
Users can click “Log out” to jump to the login interface and log in again.
APPLICATIONS
More applications interface screenshot is shown as below:
Application
Users can click “More” button on the left menu on the main application UI to view more applications. It includes personal
services, value-added services, and smart devices. Users can also set door system and monitors according to the requirements.
Services
The Wave application integrates UCM’s User Portal functionality. Users can directly enter the User Portal interface through the
services entry. Please see the screenshot below:
Users can set the following personal services and value-added services:
CDR
Follow me
Voicemail
Recording Files
Fax Files
SCA
Fax Sending
Call Queue
Wakeup Service
For more information about the services, please refer to the UCM User Portal Guide in Grandstream official website.
Smart Devices
Door System
Users can click “Add” button to set up the relevant parameters for door system. Please see the screenshot below:
Notes
Users need to set the correct password to open the door for door system.
The user needs to go to GDS Web UI -> Door System Settings -> Basic Settings -> enables DTMF option so that the
user can see the “Open Door” option once the user receives an incoming call from the GDS device in the Wave
application.
When the door system is set up, the user can receive an incoming call from the door system once someone rings the doorbell.
Please see the screenshot below:
The user can click button to answer the call, and initiate the video call, as the screenshot shows below:
Note
This function is only supported by Grandstream GDS Door System products and certain third-party door systems.
Monitor
This feature allows the user to use the monitoring devices which have been added to the UCM. These devices and permissions
are handled by the UCM. To know how to configure these devices on the UCM side, please refer to this guide below.
These devices are considered like any other extensions, they can be called through Wave or any other Grandstream phone. They
can as well be invited to meetings as participants.
When multiple cameras are configured on the UCM and the user is allowed to access all the cameras. The user can initiate
multi-party button using one button.
Monitor
The user can select the IP camera feeds and can select extension to invite once the call has been initiated.
Add Member
Monitoring
CTI Mode
CTI mode allows the user to manage calls received on the desk phone through the Wave Desktop client. For example, if you
receive a call on your desk phone you can choose to answer it or reject it through the Wave Desktop.
When the user enables CTI function, the DND status in the Wave account and Desk phone will be synchronized. If the user
sets DND in Wave Desktop application, the same account in the Desk phone will be set as DND; If the Desk phone disables
DND status, the same account in the Wave application will disable the DND function at the same time.
For the point-to-point call, if the user has enabled the CTI function, the user can dial/end the call, or answer/reject the call
through the Wave application for the Desk phone.
If the user joins the meeting through the Wave Desktop client, the account in the Desk phone will also join the meeting
simultaneously. During the meeting, if the user mutes/unmutes the microphone through the Wave Desktop application, or
end/leave the meeting, the account in Desk phone will also mute/unmute, or end/leave the meeting simultaneously.
Notes
Please make sure that the CTI/Affinity function is enabled on the desk phone to be able to bind it.
Both the desk phone and the Wave Desktop client should have the same account configured and logged on respectively.
First you need to go to “More” tab on your Wave Desktop client, then select CTI Mode.
CTI Mode
Bind Device
Then enter the authentication code that is displayed on your desk phone’s screen
Enter the Authentication Code
Once that’s the one this prompt will appear informing you that the binding has been established successfully
Binding Successful
You can choose which device to receive the call on, to do that go to the top right-hand corner of the screen and click on the
call device icon then pick which device you want receive the calls on.
Select a Device
Note
CTI Mode is supported on several Grandstream desk phones while other models are not. Please refer to the list below to see
which models are supported on which firmware versions.
GRP260X, GRP261X, GRP262X, GRP263X, GRP265X, GRP267X Series. However, GRP2612 and GRP2613 models are
not supported – The required firmware version is 1.0.1.X and later.
GXP17XX series (GXP1760, GXP1780, GXP1782) – The required firmware version is 1.0.9.X or later.
GXP21XX series (GXP2130, GXP2135, GXP2140, GXP2160, GXP2170) – The required firmware version is 1.0.9.X or later.
GXV33XX series (GXV3350 – 1.0.3.31 or later firmware version, GXV3370 – 1.0.3.29 or later firmware version, GXV3380 –
1.0.3.30 or later firmware version).
GXV34XX series (GXV3450, GXV3470, and GXV3480 with firmware version 1.0.1.33 or later).
VPK
Wave Desktop offers Virtual Programmable Keys to set virtual keys which offer shortcut for certain functionalities. The user
can set a Speed Dial, Busy Lamp Field (BLF), Eventlist BLF, Call Park, Feature Codes, and Intercom.
1. On Wave Desktop, click on “Application” tab on the left sidebar, then click on VPK.
Wave Applications
2. On VPK window, please enable the feature by toggling on the slider highlighted in the screenshot below.
Virtual Programmable Keys
4. Once configured, a window of the list of all VPKs will be open, the user can use this windows to quickly click on the VPKs.
Virtual Programmable Keys List
The following table outlines the different Virtual Programmable Keys which can be configured and their different states.
Online
Icon flashing,
ringing
Busy Lamp Field (BLF) mode allows to monitor status
Busy Lamp Field (BLF)
(available, ringing, busy) of an extension.
Busy
Offline
● If the Value field is set with a parking lot (e.g. 701, 702, ...), the
Icon flashing, Busy
VPK will be used to monitor call parking; the phone will send a
Call Park SUBSCRIBE to monitor the configured parking lot and
park/retrieve calls.
Offline
● If the Value field is set with a parking lot (e.g. 700, 600, ...), the
VPK will not monitor call parking; and can only park calls, not
retrieve them.Note: Please go to UCM first to enable the Not monitored
configuration "Use Parking Slot as Extension". status
Icon flashing,
Eventlist BLF allows to monitor a list of extension similar ringing
Eventlist BLF to BLF, administrator needs to configure Eventlist BLF on UCM
server side and provide Eventlist BLF URI on the Wave.
Busy
Offline
Operator Panel
Operator Panel in the Wave application is used as call management platform, including Extension module, Call module, Ring
Group module, Call Queue module, Parking Lot module, and Voicemail Group module, as the screenshot shows below:
In the Operator Panel, the administrator who has the permission can manage calls from this module. The administrator needs
to get the permission from UCM Web UI -> Call Features -> Operator Panel and add the administrator’s Wave account in the
Operator Panel list before using this function. The administrator can simply click/drag the calls/extensions to manage
incoming/outgoing multiple calls in real time, it greatly improves the call management efficiency for users.
The administrator who has the permission can click “More” menu on left side of the Wave application UI and click “Operator
Panel” to access to the management platform.
Operator Panel
The user can customize the panels that will be displayed on the board of the operator panel.
To do that, please click on the settings icon on the top left of the operator panel, the tick off the panels you would like to
hide
Switchboard Panels
Note
If the user wants to use Operator Panel function, the user needs to obtain the permission of the calls administrator from the
enterprise UCM administrator. For more details, please refer to the User Guide of UCM devices in Grandstream official website.
Extension
The Extension list will show all extensions and extensions group you have permission for management, including
extensions/extensions group names, and the extensions status.
The administrator can move the mouse over the extension to view the status of the extension, received voicemail amount and
unread voicemail amount.
Extension
: Idle
: Ringing
: Call in progress
: Offline
Call
The Call module displays all calls allocated to local management extensions, ringing groups, call queues, parking lots, and
voicemail. The administrator can pick up the call, monitor the call, transfer/park/end the call, as the screenshot shows below:
Call Module
: Call Pickup. Users can click the button to answer the call.
: Monitoring. Users can click the button to monitor the call, including Call Monitoring, Whisper Monitoring, and
Barge Monitoring.
: Transfer. Users can click the button to transfer the call, including Blind Transfer and Attended Transfer.
: Call Park. Users can click the button to park the call to the corresponding parking lot.
Call Pickup
When one of the managed extensions receives an incoming call and the call is not answered, the administrator can pick up
the call on Operator Panel.
Step 1: The user can click button to pick up the ringing call on the Operator Panel. The system will transfer the call to
the administrator.
Call Pickup
Note
The call pickup permission needs to be assigned in the UCM management platform > Call Features > Feature Codes > Feature
Codes and enable the “Pickup on Ringing Prefix” option, the default setting is “**”. The UCM administrator can modify this
option from UCM Web UI. Once the option is enabled, the administrator can pick up all calls of managed extensions.
Call Monitoring
The monitoring methods include Call Monitoring, Whisper Monitoring, and Barge Monitoring. The administrator can select to
monitor the calls based on different service scenarios.
Call Monitoring: The administrator can monitor the call directly. The line of the administrator will be muted, both caller
and callee cannot hear the audio from the administrator.
Whisper Monitoring: The administrator can select to join the caller or callee side to assist the caller or callee through the
call. Only the monitored extension can hear the audio from the administrator during the call.
Barge Monitoring: The administrator can join the call to assist the caller and callee through the call. Both caller and
callee can hear the audio from the administrator.
Step 1: On the Operator Panel, select the call which the user wants to monitor.
Step 2: Click on button, and select the monitoring method between Call Monitoring, Whisper Monitoring, and Barge
Monitoring. As the screenshot shows below:
Monitoring
Step 3: Click Call Monitoring button or Barge Monitoring button, the administrator will receive the incoming call from the
caller’s extension, and the administrator can click answer button to pick up the call.
Step 4: Click Whisper Monitoring button to select the monitored extension from the popup window. As the screenshot shows
below:
Whisper Monitoring
Step 5: The user can click “OK” button, and the system will send an incoming call to the administrator’s extension.
Step 6: Once the administrator’s extension receives the incoming call from the monitored extension, the administrator can
click answer button to monitor the call.
Transfer
The administrator can transfer the selected calls via Operator Panel, including Blind Transfer and Attended Transfer.
Blind Transfer
Step 2: The administrator can select the call and click button following the call, select Blind Transfer, and select the
transferred extension 1001 as the screenshot shows below:
Blind Transfer
Step 3: Enter the transferring target extension 1003 in “Transfer to” field and click “OK” button.
Step 4: The extension 1003 will receive the new incoming call from extension 1001.
Step 5: The call between extension 1001 and 1002 will be ended. The call between extension 1001 and 1003 will be
established. The Blind Transfer is successful.
On the Operator Panel, the administrator can drag the call to Ringing Group, Call Queue, or Voicemail Group to blind transfer
the call to these groups.
Attended Transfer
Step 1: There is a call which is in progress between extension 1001 and 1002.
Step 2: The administrator can select the call and click button following the call, select Attended Transfer, and select the
transferred extension 1001 as the screenshot shows below.
Step 3: Enter the transferring targe extension 1003 in “Transfer to” field and click “OK” button.
Step 4: The extension 1003 will receive the new incoming call from extension 1002. The call of extension 1001 will be held.
The call between extension 1002 and 1003 will be established. Once the extension 1003 hangs up, the call between extension
1001 and 1002 will be resumed.
Note
When the administrator tries to transfer the call to a call queue, the UCM administrator needs to check “Enable Feature Codes”
option in the UCM Web UI -> Call Features -> Call Queue -> Advanced Settings -> Other Settings. Otherwise, the call queue
members cannot be transferred. For more details, please refer to the UCM User Guide in Grandstream official website.
Call Park/Retrieve
The administrator can park the calls and retrieve the calls through Operator Panel.
Call Park
Method 1:
Step 1: Select the call in Operator Panel which the user wants to park.
Step 2: Click button, and there will be a popup window to allow the user to select the parked extension, as the figure
shows below:
Call Park
Step 4: Click “OK” button to park the call to the idle parking lot.
Method 2:
Step 1: Select the call in Operator Panel which the user wants to park.
Step 2: Drag the call to the idle parking lot on the Parking Lot list directly to park the call.
Note
If the UCM administrator does not check the option “Use Parking Slot as Extension”, the user can only park the call to the
parking lot extension, the parking slots including the parking extensions will not be displayed, the parking lot extension will be
randomly assigned. For more details, please refer to the User Guide of UCM device in Grandstream official website.
Call Retrieve
Method 1:
Step 1: Select the call which the user wants to retrieve in the Operator Panel.
Step 2: Click button, the call will be retrieved in the administrator’s Wave account.
Retrieve Parked Call
Step 3: The administrator can click to answer the call to retrieve the parked call.
Method 2:
Step 1: Select the parked call which the user wants to retrieve from a busy parking lot.
Step 2: Click button, the call will be retrieved in the administrator’s Wave account. As the screenshot shows below:
End Call
Step 1: Select the call which the user wants to end in Operator Panel.
Step 2: Click button and click “OK” button to end the call. As the screenshot shows below:
End Call
Ringing Group
The Ringing Group panel will show the information of each ringing group, including the number of free members and the
total number of members.
Note
The UCM administrator can add the ringing group in the UCM Web UI > Call Features > Ring Groups.
Call Queue
The Call Queue panel shows the information of each call queue, including the number of free members and the total number
of members.
Call Queue
Note
The UCM administrator can add the ringing group in the UCM Web UI -> Call Features -> Call Queue.
Parking Lot
The Parking Lot panel shows the status of each parking lot (parking extension).
If the parking lot is busy, the administrator can view the parking period, parking call information, and the administrator can
also end/retrieve the parked call. As the screenshot shows below:
Parking Lot
Note
The UCM administrator can check the option “Use Parking Slot as Extension” in the UCM Web UI, so that the Operator Panel user
can select the parking extension and view each parking lot status on the extended parking extensions list.
Voicemail Group
The Voicemail Group panel shows the status of each voicemail group, including the name and number of each voicemail
group, and unread voicemail amount and total voicemail amount.
Voicemail Group
Note
The UCM administrator can add the voicemail group in the UCM Web UI -> Call Features -> Voicemail -> Voicemail group.
Wave desktop offers a number of add-ins with various features, for example, customer relationship management (CRM) which
allow the user to track and synchronize contacts and call detail records, as well as productivity integrations like Google Drive,
Office 365 and integrations for messaging service like WhatsApp. Or our conferencing solution IPVideoTalk. Please find below
a comprehensive list of all the integrations offered on Wave desktop.
Important Note
Please note that to be able to use this feature, the UCM should have a paid RemoteConnect, for more information, please refer
to the following link: https://ucmrc.gdms.cloud/plans
CRM Add-ins
Act! CRM
Bitrix24
Dynamics 365
Freshdesk
HubSpot
SalesForce
Sugar CRM
Vtiger CRM
Zendesk
Zoho CRM
Note
To configure the CRM add-ins properly, please refer to this guide: Wave Desktop CRM Add-ins – User Guide
Other Add-ins
WhatsApp
Office 365
IPVideoTalk
Note
To configure 3rd party add-ins properly, please refer to this guide: Wave Desktop 3rd Party Add-ins — User Guide
Step 1: navigate to “Application” tab on Wave Desktop app then click on “App Store”, as the figure below shows:
App Store
Once installed, the add-in will appear in the 3rd Party Applications section.
Applications
LOGO CUSTOMIZATION
Once done, the administrator can log in to the UCM management platform and customize the Wave LOGO, please refer to the
UCM RemoteConnect user guide for details:
After customizing the logo, all Logos on the Wave page are displayed as customized Logos.
Customized Logo Interface
Note
To know which RemoteConnect plans offer this feature, please refer to the following link: https://ucmrc.gdms.cloud/plans
CHANGELOG
Version 1.27.7
Added support for changing chat group avatar [Change Group Avatar]
Improved Whatsapp Chat by adding calls and instant meetings [Whatsapp and Telegram Sessions]
Added Scheduled Meeting custom recurrence to schedule meetings every N days [Schedule Virtual Meeting]
Added support for displaying the voicemail group name under the voicemail [VOICEMAIL]
Version 1.25.13
No major change
Version 1.25.12
The user can now pin messages in group chats [Pin Messages]
The user can now save messages sent or received in chat [Save Messages]
The user can now view the processed Whatsapp Business and Telegram sessions [Whatsapp and Telegram Sessions]
The user can now convert simultaneous calls received on the lines into a meeting [Multiple Lines]
The user can now view the read status of messages received in chat groups [View Unread Messages]
Added support for the following CRM platform add-ins: Oracle NetSuite CRM, Odoo CRM, Monday Sales CRM, Capsule
CRM, and Less Annoying CRM [Add-ins]
Users can now share desktop audio during a call [Share Desktop Audio]
Users can enable auto-login when logging in using the QR code scanning method [Log In by Scanning QR Code]
Added new shortcut keys: Raise Hand/Lower Hand, End Call, Leave Meeting [Keyboard Shortcuts]
Improved interfaces: added the CTI entrance to the home page, and hide the minimized call window when sharing
screens or applications
Version 1.23.18
No major changes.
Version 1.23.16
Version 1.23.13
Customize Shortcuts Keys in Meetings/Calls [Call Interface Customization] [Meeting Interface Customization]
Customize Bottom Display Buttons in Meetings/Calls [Call Interface Customization] [Meeting Interface Customization]
Added search for the recent 6 months meeting history. [MEETING LIST]
Version 1.21.10
Users can login into Wave Web/Desktop by scanning the QR code on Wave Mobile. [Log In By Scanning QR Code]
When a participant is muted, the participant can press and hold the space bar to activate the microphone. [Meeting Call
Layout]
The users can now hide meeting participants who do not have their webcam on. [Meeting Call Layout]
Users can now configure a dial plan on Wave. [Dial Plan Settings]
Users can now delete call history and voicemail all at once or by batches. [Call History][Voicemail]
“Delivered” and “Read” messages are now supported in point-to-point chats. [View Unread Messages]
Users can quickly delete multiple chats or choose to delete all the chats at once. [Delete Message]
The Operator Panel can now be customized by hiding some panels. [Operator Panel]
Users can now annotate and sketch when they are sharing their screen. [Screen Sharing]
Version 1.19.12
Added WhatsApp add-in, Office 365 add-in, and IPVideoTalk add-in to the Wave App Store. [Add-ins]
Added a toolbar and a small personal window that appears during screen share [During a Call]
Calls and meetings will now use their own window [During a Call]
Users can now change what they are sharing without exiting the current screen share [Screen Sharing]
Added support for GSFEC, which improves audio packet loss protection capabilities.
Users can now forward multiple chat messages to a contact [Forward Message]
The local time of Wave contacts outside the user’s time zone will now be displayed at the bottom of chats and under
contact details [Contact Local Time]
Images can now be forwarded to other chats and rotated. Note: Forwarded images will not retain rotation [Send Files]
Added end to end encryption feature to chat [End to End Encryption Chat]
Meeting hosts can now edit and cancel upcoming meetings from the Meeting List page. Ongoing meetings can also be
ended from this page. [Meeting List]
Version 1.17.8
The last 10 server addresses logged into will now be remembered. These server addresses can be viewed and selected by
clicking on the arrow icon in Server Address field on the login page. [Logging In To Wave Desktop]
Added Notification Settings that would allow the user to select the notifications to receive from Wave. [Application
Settings]
Users can now drag and drop items in the application page to the wave sidebar for easy access. Note: Users may need to
long-click on an item before it can be dragged.
Google Drive add-in is now available and can be installed from the Application →3rd Party Applications→App Store page.
Once installed, users can log into their Google account and share files from it directly to chats. [Send Files]
The following CRM add-ins are now available and can be installed from the Application→3rd Party Applications→App
Store page: Bitrix24 CRM, Freshdesk CRM, HubSpot CRM, Zendesk CRM.
Improved CTI functionality. After a call between Wave Desktop and an IP endpoint is established and is converted into a
meeting, the Wave Desktop user can start presentations during the meeting.
When copy/pasting a number with special characters into the dial pad, the special characters will be automatically filtered
out.
Added the Change Group Owner option to the group chat settings to transfer ownership of the group to an existing
group member. [Meeting Group Chat]
Users can now start and stop video recordings during meetings. Recordings can be viewed and played directly from
Wave. If the meeting does not support video recordings, audio will be recorded instead. [Record an Ongoing Meeting]
Users can now change the video feed layout of meetings by clicking on the More button during meetings and selecting
either Speaker Layout (1 large video feed w/ others being smaller) or Tile Layout (equally sized video feeds). [Meeting Call
Layout]
Meeting hosts can now access options under each video feed such as muting, selecting the feed as the focus video, full
screening the feed, or removing the participant from the meeting. [Meeting Call Layout]
Users can now create a meeting group chat when scheduling a meeting. [Schedule Meeting]
When there is only 1 participant in a meeting, and the meeting duration has reached 30 minutes, a prompt will appear
asking whether to extend the meeting. If extended, the meeting will last another 30 minutes. Otherwise, the meeting will
automatically end after 5 minutes. [End Meeting]
If the duration of a meeting is about to reach 12 hours, and the meeting host is in the meeting, they can extend the
meeting for another 12 hours once. The meeting will automatically end once another 12 hours have passed. If the
meeting host is not in the meeting after the initial 12 hours, the meeting will automatically end. [End Meeting]
Users can now transition a screenshare into a whiteboard. The last frame on the screenshare will be used as the
background image of the whiteboard.
Users can now also share their PC audio in addition to sharing their screens by toggling on the Share PC Audio checkbox
when selecting the application or screen to share. [Screen Sharing]
Users can now invite IP camera devices they have permission to access to meetings. Other meeting participants can view
the video feed of invited IP camera devices.
Added the Allowed to override Host Mute option to the Edit Meeting / Schedule Meeting pages → Advanced Settings
page. If enabled, participants muted by the meeting host will be able to unmute themselves. [Schedule Meeting]
The meeting start notification will no longer appear if the user is already in the meeting waiting room.
Version 1.15.11
Version 1.15.7
Added support for sharing whiteboard and pdf files. [On Screen Sharing]
Added support for joining meetings via entering the correspondent link. [Invite Participants]
Added support to control whether chat group participants can invite other users. [Add Group Members]
Added support for downloading the chat history during and after a meeting has ended. [Download The Chat History]
Microphone level can be checked directly when clicking “audio settings”. [Audio Settings]
Added support for enabling and disabling “Dial Tone”. [Application Settings]
Version 1.13.9
Added Portuguese and Vietnamese language support. [Table 2: Wave Desktop Specifications] [Language]
Added support for recording an ongoing point-to-point call. [Record an Ongoing Point-to-Point Call]
Added support for recording an ongoing Wave meeting. [Record an Ongoing Meeting]
Meeting hosts can now view the list of invited participants that don’t attend a meeting. [Invitees List]
Meeting creators can now create group chats from past meetings and their participants. [Meeting Group Chat]
Added support for restricting visibility of chat history when inviting contacts to a group chat. [Contacts]
Added support for emoji previewing when using emoji shortcuts. [Reply quickly with an emoji shortcut]
Added support to delete messages that failed to send. [Message Sending Failure]
Up to 500 users can be selected when creating a group chat. [Start a group chat]
The server address field now has a character limit of 64 characters. [LOGGING IN TO WAVE DESKTOP]
The Enter key can now be used to dial out. [Initiating a Call from Keypad]
Added CTI support for GXP, GRP, and GXV endpoints. [CTI Mode]
Added support for displaying all the received and sent files in one list. [Files List]
Added support for changing the group chat name quickly. [Change Group Name]
Added the ability to quickly invite other participants to a meeting. [Quickly Invite Participants]
Version 1.11.4
Added more functions in Chat module. [Reply with Emoji] [Receive New Messages]
Added noise detection function during the meeting and supported to enable noise reeducation mode in Audio settings
for Wave Desktop users. [Audio Settings]
Version 1.9.12
Added support to login via User Password instead of the SIP Password. [LOGGING IN TO WAVE DESKTOP]
Added possibility to send excel content under chat. [Send Excel Content]
Added possibility to complete meeting from the Meeting list. [COMPLETE MEEINTG]
Version 1.7.8
Added New features in chat module: [Quote to Reply Message] [Delete Message] [Pin Chat Box to Top] [Hide Chat Box]
Added public meeting room list and the list will show the meeting room status in different periods. [PUBLIC ROOM]
Added to create a meeting with random meeting number. The meeting can be created as instant meeting or scheduled
meeting. [Meet Now] [Schedule Meeting]
Added to display the actual meeting duration and actual participants list for the previous meetings. [MEETING LIST]
Supported to add participants from contacts/groups when scheduling a meeting. [Schedule Meeting]
Supported to set meeting subject and add invitees for instant meetings. [Meet Now]
Added meeting assistant module. When there are new meeting invitations, meeting reminders and meeting cancelation
notifications, the meeting assistant will send messages to the host and participants. [MEETING MANAGEMENT]
Version 1.5.4