the viewstation has an embedded web server that provides for viewstation management from the convenience of a pc. some screens appear in more than one place on the web interface. the following tasks can be performed from the viewstation web interface:

    1 run diagnostic tests on a system.

    2 control a system.

    3 send messages to a system.

    4 change the setup of a system.

    5 place a call to a system or participate in an existing call.

    to access the viewstation remote management controls:

    1. launch the web browser.

    2. enter the ip address of the viewstation.

    the viewstation web interface welcome page appears on the web browser for the viewstation.

    3. click on the system information and management icon. the system information web page appears.

   

    to the right of the four icons is the system information screen, which provides key information about the viewstation.

    the four icons on the left provide different functions for the viewstation that are similar to most of the functions described in "system information" on page 171.

    placing a call from the viewstation web interface to place a video call from the manage system page, click on the place a call icon.

   

    there are two ways to place a call from the screen shown in figure 4-15:

    1 from the local address book

    2 manual dial

    from the local address book: address entries added to the viewstation address book appear in the upper right side of the call screen. to place a call:

    1 select a site from the upper left side of the screen.

    2 the selected site (as shown in figure 4-16) appears on the right side of the screen. select call this site. the viewstation calls the selected site.

   

    3 when a call is established, the far site appears in the right monitor image as shown in figure 4-17.

   

    manual dial: to place a video call manually, click on the manual dial tab on the top of the browser screen.

    1. choose the method of call type:

    1 for h.323 calls: enter the ip or dns address of the far site in the video a text area.

   

    2 for h.320 calls: enter the primary isdn number in the video a text area. then enter the secondary isdn number in the video b text area.

    2. select the line speed used for the call.

    3. click the call button.

    4. when a call is established, the monitor screens (as shown in figure 4-17) appear.

    5. to disconnect a call, click on the hang up button.