Stratus - Add Texting to a Phone Number

This article will go through how to add texting capabilities to a phone number in Stratus.

We have another guide for more information about How To Text in Stratus.

Note: In order to be able to add texting capabilities to a number, you will need to have a user scope of Office Manager. 

1. Log in to the Stratus Web Portal (stratus.spectrumvoip.com) as a user with Office Manager Access. 
2. Navigate to Inventory 
   
3. Find the Number you wish to enable texting capabilities. Click on the phone number to edit the Number's settings. 
4. In the Notes field add the term 'addsms'. The other details can stay such as "Main Number" or "John's Direct Number". Click Save
   
5. Within 10 minutes the Note's field will change to show "smsAdded". 
   
6. Once the number shows "smsAdded" Click on the SMS Numbers tab.
   
7. By default, the text destination is the same as the phone destination. (in the example, call queue 8000). This can be changed by clicking on the number to edit the destination. 
   

Note: Each number is only able to be assigned to one destination.