Changing your status
Bria Stretto allows you to share your online status (your presence) with
You can change your status from Available to Busy, Away, Not available for call
Bria Stretto updates your status to On the phone when you make or receive a phone call if your status is Available. If you do not use your computer for a specified period of time (set in Preferences: Application panel), Bria Stretto updates your status to Idle.
To make use of presence on a SIP account, make sure that your VoIP provider supports SIP SIMPLE.
To change your status
-
Click the drop-down arrow beside your online status indicator.
- Select the status you want to display.
Bria Stretto updates your status. If you change your status away from Available, Bria Stretto does not automatically update your presence.
Status indicators and what they mean
|
Icon |
Status |
Meaning for your status |
Meaning for others’ status |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Available |
Either:
When you have this status, Bria Stretto automatically detects when you are idle or on the phone, and changes the status to match. |
You can contact this person. |
|
|
Busy |
You have set your status to this value. Bria Stretto never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself. |
You can contact this person. |
|
|
Away |
You have set your status to this value. Bria Stretto never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself. |
You can contact this person. |
|
|
On the phone |
Either:
|
You can contact this person. |
|
|
Do not disturb |
You have set your status to this value. Bria Stretto never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself. |
You cannot contact this person. |
|
|
Not available for calls |
You have set your status to this value. Bria Stretto never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself. |
You cannot contact this person. |
|
|
Idle |
You have not moved or clicked the mouse or pressed a keyboard key for the idle period. Set the idle period in Preferences: Application panel. As soon as you click the mouse or keyboard, your status changes to Available. |
You can contact this person. |
|
|
Appear offline |
You have set your status to this value. The other person sees you as offline, even though you are actually online. The other person cannot tell the difference between this status and you really being offline. |
You see the status Offline for this contact. You cannot tell the difference between this status and if the contact is really offline. |
|
|
Offline |
This status if automatically set by Bria Stretto when you are not signed in. |
The contact is either not logged in or does not want to share online status. |
|
n/a |
No icon |
Not applicable |
You are not watching the other person’s status. |
Setting your custom status
You can create a custom wording for your presence status. When you set a custom status, Bria Stretto does not automatically update your status for you.
To change your custom status
- Click on the wording in the status indicator and type your custom status. Press enter when you finished.
Bria Stretto updates your custom status.
To remove your custom status
- Click on the wording in the status indicator, delete all text, and press Enter.
Bria Stretto returns to the default status wording.
What's on this page
Related topics
Topic URL
Copy URL
About this document
Bria Stretto™ User Guide - Windows and Mac - Version 5.7
Publication date: 2019-09-17
Copyright ©2019 CounterPath Corporation. All rights reserved.
This document contains information proprietary to CounterPath Corporation, and shall not be used for engineering, design, procurement, or manufacture, in whole or in part, without the consent of CounterPath Corporation. The content of this publication is intended to demonstrate typical uses and capabilities of Bria Enterprise from CounterPath Corporation. Users of this material must determine for themselves whether the information contained herein applies to a particular IP-based networking system. CounterPath Corporation makes no warranty regarding the content of this document, including—but not limited to—implied warranties of fitness for any particular purpose. In no case will CounterPath Corporation, its employees, officers or directors be liable for any incidental, indirect or otherwise consequential damage or loss that may result after the use of this publication.
CounterPath®, Bria®, X-Lite®, and the 
® logo are registered trademarks of CounterPath Corporation.
Stretto™ and the Stretto Platform™ are trademarks of CounterPath Corporation.
Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google Inc. Eclipse is a trademark of Eclipse Foundation, Inc.
CentOS is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc.
Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core and Core Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
iOS is a trademark or registered trademark of Cisco in the U.S. and other countries and is used under license.
iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, mac OS, App Store, Objective–C, and Xcode are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries.
Microsoft, Active Directory, Office, Excel, Outlook, and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
All other products and services are the registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CounterPath Corporation
Suite 300, One Bentall Centre
505 Burrard Street, Box 95
Vancouver, BC V7X 1M3
Canada