h1. SIPfoundry sipXecs IP PBX - The Open Source SIP PBX for Your Enterprise
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[sipXecs|http://www.sipfoundry.org/] is a modular scalable communications solution for enterprises of all sizes. It provides a highly available SIP routing core integrated with a growing suite of communications services all managed through a unified web based management application. sipXecs provides PBX telephony services integrated with instant messaging, and allows the use of advanced communications tools like video calling.
The sipXecs IP PBX is a native SIP based solution that offers all the typical features expected from a PBX, including voicemail, unified messaging, auto-attendant, conferencing, presence and call center capabilities. The sipXecs IP PBX can be deployed on a single server for smaller installations or as a distributed and optionally redundant system for larger deployments. It's Web Services (SOA) based management and configuration system allows centralized management of a distributed system and offers plug & play configuration for all phones and gateways.
The sipXecs IP PBX developer community is strong and growing. The sipXecs IP PBX has built a reputation for being easy to use, scalable and of high quality. In addition, sipXecs IP PBX is a *unified communications solution*, not just an IP PBX.
The sipXecs IP PBX effort aims at providing a fully capable open source unified communications solution for the mid-enterprise market. The mid-enterprise market ranges from a few users to several thousand users, possibly located in different buildings, cities, or countries.
h2. Documentation
This shows the relationship of the different [spaces|http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Spaces+Overview|What is a space? follow to the Confluence wiki documentation of spaces] of the sipXecs wiki:
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digraph {
size="5,8";
node [shape=rect];
sipxecs [label="sipXecs",
URL="[sipxecs:]",
tooltip="General information regarding the project"
];
xecsuser [label="sipXecs User Docs",
URL="[xecsuser:]",
tooltip="User and Administration documentation not specific to any particular version"
];
xecsdev [label="sipXecs Developer Docs",
URL="[xecsdev:]",
tooltip="How to develop code and internal design documents"
];
xecsuserv4r0 [label="sipXecs V4.0 User Docs",
URL="[xecsuserv4r0:]",
tooltip="User and Administration documentation for the latest stable version: 4.0"];
xecsuserv4r2 [label="sipXecs V4.2 (unstable) User Docs",
URL="[xecsuserv4r2:]",
tooltip="User and Administration documentation for the version under development: 4.2"
];
sipxecs -> xecsuser;
sipxecs -> xecsdev;
xecsuser -> xecsuserv4r0;
xecsuser -> xecsuserv4r2;
}
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h3. sipXecs wiki organization
* *sipxecs*: *Project level documentation* \- how the project is run, our license, links to other projects, who the people are, etc.
* [User Docs|xecsuser:]: *User documentation not tied to a particular version* \- general concept documentation for IP, VoIP, networking advice, links to compatible products and services...
** [Version 4.0 User Docs|xecsuserv4r0:]: User documentation on the current production-quality release: 4.0
** [Draft 4.2 User Docs|xecsuserv4r2:]: User documentation on the release in development
* [Developer Docs|xecsdev:]: internal design documentation for developers and the terminally curious.
* [Old Wiki|oldxx:]: content ported from the old wiki but not yet moved to into the new organization
h2. Read And Participate
*Mailing Lists:* [sipX-users|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-users], [Archive|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/], [Gmane|http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.telephony.pbx.sipfoundry.general]
*Mailing Lists:* [sipX-dev|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipx-dev], [Archive|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-dev/], [Gmane|http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.voip.sipx.devel]
*Mailing Lists:* [sipXecs-commit|https://list.sipfoundry.org/mailman/listinfo/sipxecs-commit], [Archive|http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipxecs-commit/]
[Create a wiki account|http://track.sipfoundry.org/secure/Signup!default.jspa]
*Bug & Issue Tracker:* [SIPfoundry Issue Tracker|http://track.sipfoundry.org/] ... but before reporting an issue, see [How to report a problem with sipXecs|sipXecs:How to report a problem or request a feature]
*Useful Links:* [Useful Links|sipXecs:Useful Links]
*IRC Channel:* you can find some of the developers and users on irc, [#sipx on irc.freenode.net|irc://irc.freenode.net/sipx]. Here is a [list of IRC Clients|http://www.irc.org/links.html], if you don't have one already.
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