The Web configurator is the Web interface for your phone. It allows you to select the settings for your Gigaset DX800A all in one via your PC's Web browser. You can use your phone's Web configurator to do the following: ¤...
There are two ways of connecting your PC to the Web configurator of the base: Via the phone's IP address in the local network; Via the Gigaset configuration service, if the phone and PC are connected to the ¢ Internet...
You will receive a message stating that the connection has been forwarded to your base. If several Gigaset phones can be reached via your Internet connection, you are asked which of these phones you would like to be connected to.
Logging in to/off the Web configurator Logging in, setting the interface language Once you have successfully established the connection, the Login Web page is dis- played in the Web browser. Figure 1 Start screen You can select the language you want the menus and Web configurator dialogues to be displayed in.
Please note If the system PIN is still set as 0000 on the base (default setting), you will be notified during login that the unit is not secure and you should change the PIN. You can deactivate this security notice for subsequent logins by select- ing the option "Don’t show this security advice again.".
Understanding the structure of the Web configurator pages The Web configurator pages (Web pages) contain the UI elements shown in Figure 2 (example). Using the Using the Using the Menu bar navigation area working area buttons (Tabs) Figure 2 Example of the structure of a Web configurator page Menu bar The Web configurator menus are displayed in the form of tab pages in the menu bar.
Log Off You will find the Log Off function to the right of the menu bar on every Web page. Please note ¢ For an overview of the Web configurator menu, see page Using the navigation area The functions of the menu selected in the menu bar are ¢...
Entering Cyrillic and Turkish characters In the following section, the specified maximum number of characters permitted in a field refers to Latin characters and digits (1 character = 1 byte), i.e., 1 character means 1 byte. Cyrillic and Turkish characters require 2 bytes each, e.g., with a field length of 16 characters, you can enter a maximum of 8 Cyrillic or Turkish characters.
Transfer Transfer the base's directory to the PC and store it there. Delete Connection Delete a connection/MSN from the phone's configuration. <Add Transfers an available object highlighted in the list to the list of selected objects. Remove > Removes a highlighted object from the list of selected objects. Moves a highlighted list element one space up.
IP Configuration – Connecting to the LAN Assigning the IP address Select the necessary settings for operating your phone in your local network and for connecting it to the Internet, if necessary. For more detailed explanations of the individual components/terms, see the glossary in the user guide for the phone. ¤...
Preferred DNS server Enter the IP address for the preferred DNS server. DNS (Domain Name System) allows you to assign public IP addresses to symbolic names. The DNS server is required to convert the DNS name into the IP address when a connection is being established to a server.
Entering an HTTP proxy server (only when connected to an internal company network) Direct connections between network subscribers and the Internet are often not permitted within internal company or organisation networks (Intranet). In such cases, all HTTP calls from the network are "transferred" by a proxy server. The proxy server is a computer or program within the network.
Telephony – Connections: Configuring phone connections ¢ ¢ Open the Settings Telephony Connections Web page for a list with all pos- sible ISDN connections (phone numbers) that you can configure or are already available for your base. You can use this list to configure and manage the connections of your base. This list is divided into the following areas: Fixed Line Connection Prerequisite: Your base is (or was last) connected with the analogue fixed line...
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In Gigaset.net, you can call other Gigaset.net subscribers free of charge. Further information about Gigaset.net can be found in the long user guide for the phone on the enclosed CD.
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(IP1 up to IP6 for VoIP connections, MSN1, MSN2 ... for the ISDN connections, Fixed Line for the fixed line network connec- tion, and Gigaset.net). For GSM connections, the Bluetooth name is displayed under which the corre- sponding mobile phone is stored in the list of "Known Devices"...
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Status Indicates the status of the connection. Possible values for VoIP connections and the Gigaset.net connection are: Registered The connection is activated. The phone has been successfully registered. You can use the connection to make calls. Disabled The connection is deactivated. The phone is not registering with the corre- sponding account with the VoIP service.
Active (only for VoIP connections and Gigaset.net connection) You can use the option in the Active column to activate ( ) and deactivate ( VoIP connections. If a connection is deactivated, the phone will not register for this connection. The connection can be activated/deactivated by clicking directly on the option.
STUN enabled The Gigaset.net connection is preconfigured in your phone. The Gigaset.net uses a STUN server as standard. In the sent data packets, Gigaset.net replaces the private IP address of your phone with its public IP address. If you operate your phone behind a router with symmetrical NAT, STUN cannot be used.
Click the Cancel button to reject the changes you have made. This returns you to the list of connections. Activating/deactivating the Gigaset.net connection ¤ In the list of connections in the Gigaset.net area: Use the option in the Active ‰ column to activate ( ) or deactivate ( ) the Gigaset.net connection.
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IP Connection area Connection Name or Number Enter a name for the VoIP connection or the VoIP phone number (max. 16 characters). This name is used to display the connection on the base and in the Web configurator interface, for example when assigning the receive and send connections and for call display.
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Prerequisite: You must have received account data from your VoIP provider (e.g., Authentication name, Authentication password). Profile files of the most important VoIP providers are available to download on the Gigaset configuration server. The address for the server is stored in your phone ¢ page 63).
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Personal Provider Data area Enter the configuration data that is required to access your VoIP provider's SIP service. This data can be obtained from your VoIP provider. The field names (Authentication name etc.) of this area listed below are default names and may change.
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Please note If you have downloaded the general settings for your VoIP provider from the ¢ Gigaset configuration server page 25), then some fields in this area will be preset with the data from the download (e.g., the settings for the STUN server and outbound proxy).
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For incoming calls If port forwarding is activated or a DMZ is set up for the phone on the router, no spe- cial settings are required for incoming calls. If this is not the case, an entry in the NAT routing table (in the router) is necessary in order for the phone to be reached.
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Outbound proxy mode Specify when the outbound proxy should be used. Always All signalling and voice data sent by the phone is sent to the outbound proxy. Automatic Data sent by the phone is only sent to the outbound proxy when the phone is connected to a router with symmetric NAT or a blocking firewall.
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Please note If you do not make any entries for a prolonged period, the connection to the Web configurator is automatically terminated. Unsaved entries are lost. If neces- sary, save entries as you go along. You can subsequently continue the entry and make changes if necessary.
(High Definition Sound Per- formance). Other HDSP compatible handsets include: Gigaset S67H, S68H, SL37H. G.711 a law / G.711 μ law Excellent voice quality (comparable with ISDN). The necessary bandwidth is 64 kbit/s per voice connection.
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Settings for Bandwidth area The settings in this area affect all VoIP connections. Allow 1 VoIP call only You can usually make up to four VoIP calls at the same time on your phone. If, however, your DSL connection has a narrow bandwidth, there may be problems if multiple VoIP calls are made at the same time.
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High Voice/earpiece volume is too low. Activate this option to increase the volume by 6 dB. Selected codecs / Available codecs Prerequisite: The Own Codec preference option is activated for the Voice Qual- ity in the Settings for Bandwidth area. In the Selected codecs and Available codecs lists, you can define your own codec preference tailored to your DSL connection.
Voice quality and infrastructure Using your Gigaset, you can make calls with good voice quality via VoIP. However, your phone's performance with VoIP – and therefore the voice quality – also depends on the properties of the entire infrastructure.
Receive connections of the base and the registered handsets: All connec- tions of the phone (fixed line network/ISDN, Gigaset.net and VoIP) and the GSM connection of your mobile phone providing it is registered and acti- vated via Bluetooth (connected;...
Assigning receive/send connections to bases/handsets, changing internal names You can assign as many of your connections as you wish to the base and all regis- tered handsets. Receive connections determine which handset(s) will ring when a call is received. You can assign one of your connections as a send connection to the base and each handset.
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MSN is used to establish a connection every time you make a call. Please note The Gigaset.net number is fixed as the send connection for the base and each registered handset. Numbers that end in #9 are automatically dialled via Gigaset.net.
Assigning receive/send connections to a fax machine Prerequisite: You must have activated the fax connection on the base. You can assign as many of your connections as you like to the fax machine as receive connections and one connection as a send connection. The fax machine is always assigned the internal name INT 8.
Assigning receive connections to answering machines For each of your connections, you can specify which of the three answering machines on the base shall receive incoming calls. Simply assign each receive con- nection to an answering machine. Please note Once the new entry is made, each connection is assigned to the integrated answering machine 1 as a receive connection.
Activating the fixed line network/ISDN connection as an alternative connection You can activate the fixed line network connection or an ISDN connection (first MSN of the configuration) as an alternative connection on your phone. If a call attempt fails via VoIP, an attempt is automatically made to establish a connection via the analogue fixed line network or ISDN.
Telephony – Call Forwarding: Activating Call Forwarding for VoIP connections You can forward calls to your VoIP connections and to your Gigaset.net number. You can forward calls to your VoIP connections to any external number (VoIP, fixed line or mobile network number). The forwarding is done via VoIP.
Telephony – Dialling Plans: Entering your own area code/access code On the base, save the complete code (with international code) for the area in which you are using the phone. If your base is connected to a PABX, you may have to enter an access code for exter- nal calls (external prefixes e.g., "0").
Telephony – Dialling Plans: Activating/deactivating area code pre-dialling ¢ Prerequisite: You must have saved your own area code in the base page 42). In general, you must always dial the area code for calls via VoIP connections – even for local calls. You can avoid having to dial the area code for local calls by setting your phone to automatically prefix this code for all VoIP calls made in the same local area.
Telephony – Dialling Plans: Defining dialling plans – cost control You can define dialling plans to reduce costs: You can define a specific connection (fixed line network/ISDN connection or a VoIP connection) for specific phone numbers via which these phone numbers are dialled, and which are used for billing.
Defining dialling plans ¤ ¢ ¢ Open the Settings Telephony Dialling Plans Web page. Dialling Plans area Specify dialling plans for your phone. Under New Rule, enter the following: Phone Number Enter the number or the first digits of the phone number (e.g., an area code) to which the dialling plan should apply (max.
Emergency numbers Dialling plans for emergency numbers (e.g., the local police emergency number) are preset for certain countries. The fixed line network is determined as the Connection. You should only change these dialling plans if the telephone is not connected to the fixed line network/ISDN connection.
Telephony – Network Mailboxes: Entering the network mailbox, activating deactivating the network mailbox Many ISDN, fixed network, and VoIP providers offer answering machines on the net- work – these are known as network mailboxes. Each network mailbox accepts incoming calls made via the corresponding line (fixed line network/ISDN or corresponding VoIP connection).
Telephony – Advanced Settings: Setting DTMF signalling for VoIP DTMF signalling is required, for example, for querying and controlling certain network mailboxes via digit codes or for remote operation of the local answering machine. To send DTMF signals via VoIP you must first define how key codes should be con- verted into and sent as DTMF signals: as audible information via the speech channel or as a "SIP Info"...
Telephony – Advanced Settings: Defining recall functions for VoIP (hook recall) Your VoIP provider may support special performance features. To make use of these features, your phone needs to send a specific signal (datapacket) to the SIP server. You can assign this "signal" as an R function to a function key or a display key on your phone.
Telephony – Advanced Settings: Configuring call transfer via VoIP You can connect an external call to one of your VoIP connections with an external connection (depending on the provider) by setting up an external consultation call. You can configure settings for this type of call transfer. ¤...
Telephony – Advanced Settings: Defining local communication ports for VoIP Specify which local communication ports (port numbers) the phone is to use for VoIP telephony. The ports must not be used by any other subscriber in the LAN. The following communication ports are used for VoIP telephony: SIP port Communication port via which the phone receives (SIP) signalling data RTP port...
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RTP port Specify a range of port numbers that are to be used as RTP ports. This range must be reserved in the LAN (router) for the phone. Enter the lowest port number in the left-hand field and the highest number in the right-hand field (numbers between 1024 and 55000).
E-Mail: Making e-mail settings You can use your phone to be notified about new e-mail messages on your incom- ing e-mail server and to display the incoming e-mail list and the text of the mes- sages on the handset. You must store the address or DNS name of your incoming e-mail server and your personal access data in the phone and activate the e-mail check with the incoming e-mail server, so that the phone can establish a connection to the incoming e-mail server and connect to your mailbox.
Select the Set button to save the settings in your phone. If text information is available and Info Services is set as the screensaver, the infor- mation appears in the idle display of the base and all registered Gigaset SL78H, SL400H or S79H handsets.
Services – Online Directory: Selecting an online directory You can use online phone directories (public directory, classified directory and/or your private net directory) on the base and registered handsets. You can use your telephone's Web configurator to define which online directory you wish to use. You can also elect to display the name under which the caller making an incoming call is saved in the online directory (Display of caller’s name) –...
Microsoft Outlook™ only ever transfers the first (directory) entry from the vcf file to its directory. You can use the Gigaset QuickSync program (included with the phone) to compare the directory on the base with the Outlook directory. You will find it on the enclosed CD.
Loading the directory file from the PC to the base/handset ¤ In the "Transfer directory from PC to handset." area, enter the vcf file you want to load onto the device (complete path name), or click Browse... and navigate your way to the file. ¤...
Understanding directory file content (vcf file) The following data (if available) is written into the vcf file for entry into the directory or transferred from a vcf file into the handset directory. Name First name Number Number (office) Number (mobile) E-mail address Birthday (YYYY-MM-DD) and time of the reminder call (HH:MM) separated by a "T"...
Management – Date & Time: Copying the date/time from the time server The date and time are shown in the idle display of the base and registered handsets. They are important, for example, for stating the correct time in the answering machine list, call lists and for the "anniversary", "appointments"...
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Synchronisation will usually occur once a day (at night) if synchronisation is acti- vated. Any additional synchronisation will take place only after each system start of the base (e.g., after a firmware update or a power cut). If you register a new handset on your base, it will assume the time and date of the base without any additional synchronisation with the time server.
Management – Miscellaneous: Reducing radiation – activating/deactivating Eco Mode The radiation from the registered handsets reduces automatically depending on their distance to the base. The closer the handsets are to the base, the lower the radiation. You have the following options: Eco Mode - Further reducing radiation You can further reduce the radiation from the handsets and base by using Eco Mode.
In the Save device settings to PC area: ¤ Click the Save button next to Save settings. The base will create a file Gigaset-yyyy-mm-dd.cfg (default name; yyyy = year 4-digit format, mm = month 2-digit, dd = day 2-digit) with the configuration data.
Management – Firmware Update: Updating the base's firmware If necessary, you can load updates of the base firmware onto your base. The server on which new firmware versions are generally available to download to your base is set by default. The URL of the Internet server is displayed in the Data server field.
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Please note In exceptional circumstances you may receive, for example, a firmware file from Service that you can upload from the local PC to your telephone (e.g., because the firmware update via the Internet did not work). Check the prerequisites for your PC.
Activating/deactivating the automatic version check When the version check is activated, the phone checks on a daily basis whether the Gigaset configuration server has a new version of the phone firmware or the pro- vider profile (general provider data). If a new version is available, a notification is sent to the base and the corresponding message flashes.
Querying the phone status General information about your phone is displayed. ¤ In the menu list, select the Status tab. The following information is displayed: IP Configuration area IP address The phone's current IP address within the local network. For details on assigning ¢...
You cannot use the connection to make or receive calls via Gigaset.net. Registration failed / Server not accessible The phone was not able to register with Gigaset.net, for example, because the telephone does not have a connection to the Internet.
GSM Connections area The mobile telephones registered via the Bluetooth interface of the base are listed: Name The Bluetooth name under which the mobile phone is entered in the list of "known devices" on the base. Status Registered The mobile phone is registered to the base, i.e. it appears in the Known Devices list.