Honeywell rapid eye System Administrator Manual page 44

Setting up a Connection to a Rapid Eye Unit
1. While Working with Connections (p. 29), type the Multi-Media unit's IP address in the IP Address
box.
2. Click Use Dial-up Networking. The connection's suffix changes to "dial-up".
3. As needed, change or leave the Country Code used to reach the RAS server by telephone.
4. Type the RAS server's Area Code (City Code) and Phone Number obtained from your network
administrator (also mentioned in
Tip
If your telephone exchange needs a prefix number (an extra telephone key stroke such as a
"9" or an "8") to access an outside line: Set this in the Window's Telephony program used
by the PC. For local calls that span area codes or long distance calls within one area code,
see Area Code: Irregular
5. Select the Override PPP Settings checkbox. See figure 3–20. If a connection is being added, a
"PPP" is appended to the connection name. You have the option of either:
Typing another name in the Connection Name box, such as adding "RAS".
- or -
Leaving the connection name in the Connection Name box as it was automatically set by
Admin.
6. Enter the PPP user name and password; these are obtained from the network administrator
responsible for the network's RAS server.
7. Type the PPP password a second time.
8. Click Save and Close. The "Add/Update Connection" window appears.
9. Click Close. The Sites tab appears In the tab's Primary Connection column, the first letter of PPP
appears in parentheses: (p), followed by the telephone number to connect to a RAS server; then
by (n) and the IP address used to connect to the Multi-Media unit. See also figure 3–22, p. 46.
Tip
A Multi-Media unit's own dial-up PPP username and password is used by default. Entering
a PPP username and password in a site's definition makes View use your entries for PPP
instead of the Multi-Media unit's during a dial-up connection.
Technical warning for PPP: Changing the "Rapid Eye Multi" phone book entry in a dial-up
program is ineffective. The phonebook entry is overwritten by data in the Multi database
every time an automatic connection to a RAS server is attempted.
44
Adding a Site).
Use, above.