VICIfast Support Team
VICIfast Support
The VICIfast support team. We run managed VICIdial full-time and write these guides from the operator's chair.
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Default Transfer Group: pre-selecting an in-group in the transfer frame
Default Transfer Group pre-selects an in-group in the transfer-conference frame so agents do not have to pick the same closer queue every time.
Customer 3-Way Hangup Logging: detecting when the customer drops off a 3-way
Customer 3-Way Hangup Logging records in the user_call_log when a customer hangs up during a 3-way and can trigger an optional hangup action.
Transfer-Conf Numbers and DTMF: setting up the D1–D5 transfer presets
How the seven Transfer-Conf Number and DTMF fields create the D1 through D5 links your agents click to auto-fill a transfer.
Consultative transfers in VICIdial: talking to the closer before you hand off
A consultative transfer lets you speak with another agent privately before the customer joins. Here is how the checkbox works and when to use it.
Multi-dial 3-way press-1: ringing several outside numbers and connecting the first to answer
Use multi_dial_phones to ring up to 10 outside numbers at once and bridge the first one who presses 1, with md_check to block overlapping calls.
3-Way Call Outbound CallerID: which number shows on a 3-way call
The 3-Way Call Outbound CallerID setting controls which number a 3-way call sends out: campaign, customer, agent phone, agent choice, or a custom CID.
The 3-Way Press Log Report: reading Started, Answered, Accepted, and Declined
Decode the VICIdial 3-Way Press Log Report: what Started, Answered, Accepted, Declined, Too Slow, and Defeated mean for each outside-agent call.
Setting up a closer campaign: Allowed Inbound Groups and Allow Closers
Allowed Inbound Groups picks which in-groups a closer campaign can take calls from, and it counts those calls as active for blended campaigns.
"AMD not working" because the AMD Asterisk application isn't loaded
If the AMD Asterisk application was never loaded on your server, detection silently does nothing. Here is how to confirm it and get it running.
Why Leave-3-Way recordings have minutes of silence at the end, and how to fix it
Leave-3-Way Start Recording can tack minutes of dead air onto the end of a recording. Here is why it happens and the two dialer flags that stop it.
Transfer In-Group Sort Order: ordering the Local Closer dropdown
Transfer In-Group Sort Order decides how in-groups appear in the Local Closer pull-down. Learn the GROUP_ID, GROUP_NAME, and PRIORITY options.
3-Way Recording Stop Exception: exempting specific numbers from the recording stop
Use a PHONE_NUMBERS Settings Container to invert 3-Way Recording Stop for a chosen list of numbers, so some destinations keep recording and others do not.