Setting The Phone With The Pc; Connecting The Pc With The Telephone's Web Configurator - Siemens Gigaset A580 User Manual

Setting the phone with the PC

Setting the phone with the PC
The Web configurator is the Web interface for your phone. It allows you to
select the settings for your phone's base station via your PC's Web browser.
The Web configurator on your phone provides you with the following options:
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Configure your phone access to the local network (IP address, gateway to
the Internet).
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Configure your phone for VoIP. Assign up to six VoIP phone numbers to your
telephone.
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Load new firmware onto the phone if necessary.
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Use Internet services: display text information on the handset (info
services).
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Synchronize the telephone's date/time with a time server on the Internet.
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Copy contacts from the Outlook address book on your PC into the handset
directories or back up your handsets' directories on your PC.
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Manage the names and internal numbers of registered handsets and your
local directories
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Obtain information about your phone's status (firmware version, MAC
address, etc.).
Prerequisites:
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A standard Web browser is installed on the PC, e.g. Internet Explorer version
6.0 or higher, or Firefox version 1.0.4 or higher.
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The phone and PC are connected with each other via a router.
Please note
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Depending on your VoIP provider, it is possible that you will be unable to
change individual settings in the Web configurator.
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The phone is not blocked while you select your settings in the Web config-
urator. You can also use your phone to make calls or change base station or
handset settings on your handset at the same time.
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While you are connected to the Web configurator, it is blocked to other
users. It cannot be accessed by more than one user at any time.

Connecting the PC with the telephone's Web configurator

Prerequisite: The settings of an available firewall installed on your PC allow the
PC and phone to communicate with each other.
There are two ways of connecting your PC to the base station Web configurator:
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Via the (local) IP address of the base station
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Via Gigaset config
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