Multitech 810-FX Fax Machine User Manual


 
Chapter6—UsingtheSoftware
134 MultiVOIP®Voice/FaxoverIPGateways
FTPServerFileTransfers(“Downloads”)
MultiTechbuiltanFTPserverintotheMul tiVOIPunit.Therefore,youcantransferfilesfromthecontrollerPCto
theVOIPunitbyusinganFTPclientprogramorevenusingabrowserandWindowsExplorer.
Theterminologyof“downloads”and“uploads”getsabitconfusinginthiscontext.File
transfersfromaclientto
aserveraretypicallyconsidered“uploads.”Filetransfersfromalargerepositoryofdatatomachineswithless
datacapacityareconsidered“downloads.” Inthiscase,thesemetaphorsarecontradictory:theFTPserveris
actuallyhousedintheMultiVOIPunit,andthecontrollerPC,which
isactuallytherepositoryofthetransferred
information,usesanFTPclientprogram.Here,thetransferoffilesfromthePCtotheVOIPiscalled
“downloads.”NotethatsomeFTPclientprogramsmayusetheoppositeterminology;theycanrefertothefile
transferasan“upload“)
Youcan
useFTPtodownloadfirmware,CAStelephonyprotocols,defaultconfigurationparameters,and
phonebookdatafortheMultiVOIPunit.Youcanperformthesedownloadsoveranetwork,notbyalocalserial
portconnection.Assuch,youcanupdateVOIPsatdistantlocationsfromacentralcontrolpoint.
Thephonebookdownloading
featurereducesthedataentryrequiredtoestablishinbound andoutbound
phonebooksfortheVOIPunitswithinasystem.AlthougheachMultiVOIPunitrequiressomeuniquephonebook
entries,mostarecommontotheentireVOIP system.Afteryouhavecompiledthephonebooksforthefirstfew
VOIPunits,phonebooksforadditional
VOIPsbecomemuchsimpler:youcopythecommonmaterialby
downloadingandthenenterdataforthefewphonebookitemsthatareuniquetothatparticularVOIPunitor
VOIPsite.
TotransferfilesusingtheFTPserverintheMultiVOIP:
1. EstablishNetworkConnectionandIPAddresses.BoththecontrollerPCandtheMultiVOIPunitsmustbe
connectedtothesameIPnetwork.AnIPaddressmustbeassignedtoeach.
2. EstablishUserNameandPassword.TocontacttheVOIPovertheIPnetwork,establishausernameand
(optionally)apassword.WhenalocalserialconnectionbetweenthePCandtheVOIPunitismade,nouser
nameisneeded.
Asshown,youcansettheusernameandpassword
inthewebinterfaceandintheWindowsinterface.