Working Area - Siemens Gigaset A580 IP User Manual

Working area

Depending on the function selected, information or dialogue boxes are
displayed in the working area which allow you to make or change your phone
settings.
Making changes
Make settings for entry fields, lists or options.
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There may be restrictions regarding the possible values for a field, e.g. the
maximum number of characters, entering special characters or certain value
ranges.
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To open a list, select
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There are two kinds of options:
– Options in a list, from which you can activate one or several options.
Active, i.e. selected options are highlighted with
with
other options in the list does not change. You can deactivate an option by
selecting
– Alternative options. The active option in the list is highlighted with
and the non-active with
The previously activated option is deactivated. You can only deactivate an
option by activating another option.
In the following, the specified maximum number of characters permit-
ted in a field refers to Latin characters and digits (1 character = 1 byte),
i.e. 1 character means 1 byte.
Cyrillic and Arabic characters require 2 bytes each, i.e. with a field length
of 16 characters, for example, you can enter a maximum of 8 Cyrillic or
Arabic characters.
If you enter too many characters into a field, the entry will be rejected
(not saved on the base station). The "old" field content (or the standard
settings) will remain in place and will be displayed again when the web
page is updated. No warning/confirmation is given.
Applying changes
As soon as you have made your change on a page, activate the new setting on
the phone by selecting Set.
If your input in a field does not comply with the rules for this field, an appropri-
ate error message will be displayed. You can then repeat the input.
Warning
Changes that have not been saved on your phone are lost if you move to
another Web page or if the Web configurator is logged off, e.g. due to exceed-
ing the time limit (
. You can choose between default values.
. You can activate an option by selecting
.
Entering Cyrillic and Arabic characters
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Web configurator – Setting the phone using a PC
. You can activate an option by selecting
, non-active options
. The status of the
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