Downloading 3CX and getting a key

To get to the 3CX Phone System download page, visit:

http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/download-phone-system.html

Fill in your information with a valid e-mail address, and you will get a demo key that will allow you to try out all the commercial features of the 3CX Phone System. You will also get a link to a nice PDF manual for 3CX, or if you are very security conscious, you can click on the link under the heading Updates, which will take you to the links to download without giving you a demo key. You can also go directly to the following link:

http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/downloadlinks.html

3CX is approximately a 40MB download. You may also want to download the 3CX Assistant and VoIP Phone right away from the same page.

Free key versus a two-user test key

If you filled in a valid e-mail while registering, to download 3CX you will receive a demo key by e-mail that will allow all features of the 3CX Phone System Commercial edition. The limitation of this key is that it will allow only two simultaneous calls.

To activate the two-user demo key, you will need to click on Settings | Activate License. To make things simple, I suggest you copy and paste the key from the e-mail that you received.

If you decide that you want to go back to the 4 simultaneous calls Free edition, your can simply click on the Free Version button and the 2-call demo key will be removed.

Note

Once again, most people find that to thoroughly test phone features, you really need to have three phone extensions. At this point, 3CX only provides a 2-call demo key. I can understand 3CX's position that a 3-call key could be used for real use. A 3CX reseller can be a good resource to help you test features using a demo system they may make available to you.

Note

For a neater comparison between the Free and Commercial editions of 3CX, visit the following URL: http://www.3cx.com/phone-system/edition-comparison.html.