Your first SIP Account appears automatically after signing up for your CommPeak Portal account. Navigate to VoIP Services > SIP Accounts to configure it or add more SIP accounts.

The controls located in the cubes at the top of the SIP Accounts page let you:

• Add SIP accounts. By default, you can create up to 10 SIP accounts. If you require more, simply submit a request to our support team.
• Increase your channel limit as your usage grows.
• Adjust the rate cap to better manage your spending.
• Monitor the status of your default SIP server and view the full list of available CommPeak SIP server details.

The table below explains each column in your SIP account settings.

The following sections explain how to adjust SIP account settings to suit your specific requirements.

Resetting Password or Changing Username

You need to reset the password or change the authentication username for your SIP account:

• to create a permanent password and username for your first SIP account‍‍
• after you switch from IP-based to password-based authentication
• when you forgot your current password.

To change the SIP account password or username:

1. Expand VoIP Services in the left pane.

2. Click the SIP Accounts tab.

3. On the SIP Accounts page, find the necessary account and click Edit credentials:

   

4. In the new window, click Send email.

5. The system will send you a password change confirmation email. To confirm the change, click the Edit Credentials button from the email.

6. Enter the username, a new password, confirm the password, and click Save changes.

Increasing Channel Limit

You get one channel for outbound calls after signup:

It is the limit for your entire account. The limit increases after your trial ends and you top up your account‍. If you need more channels, open a support ticket.

Setting the Caller ID

For your first SIP account, the default Caller ID is the phone number you verified while activating your trial account. You can view it in the Caller ID editing the SIP account:

1. Expand VoIP Services in the left pane.
2. Click the SIP Accounts tab.
3. Click Edit for the SIP account you wish to modify.
4. Scroll down to the Caller ID section.

Later, you can change your default Caller ID to a different number, set a name to be displayed instead, or create a set of Dynamic Caller IDs.

You can find detailed explanations and steps for creating and editing Caller ID rules in Dynamic Caller IDs article‍.

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IMPORTANT

Changing the Caller ID is not available for trial accounts. You are limited to the phone number you have used for CommPeak signup. To use other numbers for calling, please first top up your account‍.

In the Caller ID section, you can:

• View the list of Caller ID rules set up for this SIP account.
• Activate or deactivate a previously created Caller ID rule using the toggle on the respective line.
• Edit Caller ID rules. To do this, click the edit button on the needed line.
• Create new Caller ID rules. Click the Create new rule button on the right of the table.

Changing Authentication Settings

You can switch from the default password to IP-based authentication. For more information, see a separate article about SIP Account Authentication.