Honeywell K14392V1 To Setup a Connection to a RAS Server, Tech note process of a dial-up callback

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System Administrator’s Guide

Your Rapid Eye site might not need this type of connection to an alarm station.

For other means of connecting to an alarm station, see table 11–2,p. 204.

To Setup a Connection to a RAS Server

1.While adding or updating an alarm station definition (as explained in Adding an Alarm Station: Name and Reports, p. 203), you will see either of the Add Alarm Station or Update Alarm Station dialog boxes. Type the alarm station’s IP address in the IP Address box. See figure 11–13.

2.Click Use Dial-up Networking.

3.Leave the Country Code to “(dialing same country)”, unless the Multi-Media unit is in a different country than the RAS server.

Honeywell recommends using “(dialing same country)”.

Do not use your country’s name, such as “United States of America (1)”, unless the alarm station is in a different country from the Multi-Media unit.

4.In the Phone number box, type the telephone number for the RAS server’s modem.

5.Type the area code for the RAS server in the Area Code box, as in figure 11–13.

6.Obtain the PPP User Name and PPP Password of Multi Alarm Stations that use a modem. This information is either held by your network administrator or set by the user of the workstation in the Windows Dial-up Networking program. Type one of the RAS server’s PPP user name and its PPP password in their boxes; this authorization is obtained from the network administrator responsible for the RAS server’s network, as indicated in section Overview.

7.Type the PPP password a second time in the Confirm PPP Password box.

8.Click Save and Close. The Alarm Stations tab appears. In the tab’s Connection Method column, a “(d)” appears, standing for “dial-up”, followed by the telephone number that calls the RAS server; then an (n), standing for “network”, followed by the IP address of the Multi alarm station.

9.The next step is Making an Alarm Station Operational, p. 218.

Tech note: process of a dial-up callback

When a Rapid Eye Multi-Media unit uses telephone lines to communicate with a Multi alarm station, the unit needs to use the alarm station’s PPP user name and password for dial-up networking. After answering its modem, the alarm station must recognize the PPP user name and password before the Multi-Media unit can access View software.

Creating extra alarm station definitions

You have the option of creating two (or more) alarm station records to shuttle alarms to the same PC: for example, one for local sites, and another for remote sites. To avoid complexity, use descriptive names such as: “local sensors” and “remote sensors”. To create alarm station records, see Adding an Alarm Station: Name and Reports, on p. 203.

Customizing a RAS dial-up

To customize a RAS dial-up (irregular or toll-free use of long distance codes, and so on), use the same procedures and suggestions as indicated in sections Customizing a Dial-Up Connection to an Alarm Station and International Dial-up, above.

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