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® ® Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Version 2.1 February 17, 2010 14184631...
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Polycom, Inc. Information contained herein is subject to change without notice and does not represent commitment of any type on the part of Polycom, Inc. Polycom and Accord are registered trademarks of Polycom, Inc.
For information about the physical installation of the KWS 8000, refer to the KWS8000 Installation guide, which was included in the product box. For information on how to deploy a system, see the Polycom Kirk Deployment Guide, which you can download from www.polycom.com.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide List of Acronyms List of Acronyms Authentication code (Subscription PIN code) Application Programming Interface deciBel Call Progress Tone Clear to Send Data Carrier Detect DECT Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications DTMF Dual Tone Multi-Frequency...
Reporting Issues to Polycom Preface Reporting Issues to Polycom If you experience issues with the KWS8000 and want to report it to Polycom, please provide the following information. • Configuration data as described in “Saving Statistical Information” page 29. •...
The main part of the gateway is a backplane board with a minimum amount of circuits and a CPU card. The backplane is located at the bottom of the chassis. The CPU card is plugged in to the left. Polycom, Inc.
LED Name Location Color Description Link At the bottom of Yellow Steady yellow all modules when the Ethernet connection is in sync. Activity At the bottom of Green Flashing green all modules light when the Ethernet connection is active. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide KWS8000 System Overview Table 2-3 Analogue Interface Card LEDs LED Name Location Color Description Ringing Connectors on Yellow Steady yellow analogue when there’s interface cards incoming ringing voltage for at least one line.
The KWS8000 serial port is a 9-pin DSUB male connector for direct connection between the computer and DMD. The maximum length of the null-modem cable must not exceed five meters Note (16 feet.) Figure 3-1 Serial Connection Null Modem Cable Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Downloading the OAM Program Downloading the OAM Program You can download the OAM program from www.polycom.com To Install the KWS8000 OAM Program • Double-click KIRK_Wireless_Server_8000_x.x.x.xx_setup.exe, and then follow the instructions to install the program.
OK. The Kirk Wireless Server OAM program window appears. If you selected Modem, in the Serial Device list, select the COM port to which the modem has been installed, and then click OK. The Kirk Wireless Server OAM program window appears. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Downloading the OAM Program To Change Communication Settings using the Edit button From the Startup window, click the Change Communications Configuration button. There is an automatic delay of 6 seconds that allows you to click the button before the program starts. In the Communications Configuration window, press the Edit button.
From the File menu in the Communications Configuration window, click Import. Figure 3-6 Import Communication Configuration In the Open window locate the Communications Configuration File (*.cc), and then click Open. The communication configuration is added to the list. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Downloading the OAM Program To Export Communication Configurations From the Startup window, click the Change Communications Configuration button. There is an automatic delay of 6 seconds that allows you to click the button before the program starts. In the Communications Configuration window, press the Edit button.
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Installing the KWS8000 OAM Program — Pulse dialing On the Telnet tab you can change the following: the name of the connection the IP address the port number (default port is 10000) Click OK when you have made your changes. Polycom, Inc.
Registering Handsets through the KWS8000 OAM Program When a connection has been established between the KWS8000 and the system, the KWS 8000 OAM program displays all the information for registering handsets. Subscription data is read and shown on the Registration/Users tab. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide User Registration Figure 4-1 Registration/Users tab User Registration To View User Information On the Registration/Users tab, click the Read Positions button. You can now view information about all registered users. Table 4-1 Registration Information...
IPEI number. The IPEI number is the one displayed on the second line. Alternatively, look at the label for the serial number. On KIRK 50XX handsets press Menu, select Status and then select Firmware version to display the IPEI number. Polycom, Inc.
Denmark support KIRK messaging, and only these handset can be used as DECT to DECT handsets. Other handsets including the Polycom Kirk 2010 can not be used as DECT to DECT handset because they do not support the Messaging protocol.
PC, and write it to the system. To set date and time From the Settings menu, click Date and Time Figure 5-1 Setting Date and Time Click Read to read date and time from the KWS8000. - or - Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Changing Password Click Current Time (PC) to read the date and time from the PC. Click Write to write the PC date and time to the system. Click Close. Changing Password By default, you do not need a password to access the KWS8000. If you create a password, save it somewhere safe.
For detailed information about how to subscribe handsets, see the user guide for specific handsets. You can find the handset user guides on www.polycom.com To Allow or Disable Subscriptions • From the Settings menu, point to Subscriptions, and then click Allowed or Disallowed. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Updating Firmware Figure 5-4 Subscription Settings Updating Firmware When a new release or updates to the firmware are available, you can download the new firmware. To do this, you use the Load Flash command.
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You can view the process on the Trace tab. If you experience problems when updating the firmware, see “Updating Software Manually” on page 78 for information on how to update the firmware manually. Polycom, Inc.
• System tab • PP tab • RFP tab • Calls To Read System Statistics On the Statistics tab, click the System tab, and then click the Read System Statistics button to load statistical information about the system. Polycom, Inc.
Supplementary Service Messaging status, maximum number of Calls Incoming simultaneous service calls, total number of incoming service calls, and abnormal released calls (calls not terminated by one of the interacting parts.) Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Statistics Table 6-1 System Statistics Parameter Description Supplementary Service The number of current outgoing service calls Calls Outgoing maximum number of simultaneous service calls, total number of outgoing service calls, and abnormal released calls (calls not terminated by one of the interacting parts.)
PPID The Portable Part Identification number Local Number The local number of the handset. (DN, extension) Name Name of the handset as it appears in the database. Calls Total number of incoming and outgoing calls on the handset. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Statistics Table 6-2 PP Statistics Parameter Description Handover Total number of handovers of the handset that succeeded and the number of attempted handovers that did not succeed. Dropped Calls The total number of calls that were unintentionally disconnected.
0-3, 4-8, 9-15, 16-45, 46-120, 121-300, 300+ To Read the Abnormal Calls Statistics On the Statistics tab, click the Calls tab. Click the Abnormal Call Release tab, and then click the Read Abnormal Call Release button to view information about abnormal calls. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Statistics Figure 6-4 Abnormal Calls Statistics The following information is available Table 6-4 Abnormal Calls Statistics Parameter Description Time of Incident Time of the disconnection. Local Number Local number of the handset.(DN, extension)
In the Save As window, navigate to the folder where you want to save the file, and then click Save. -or- From the Report menu, select Save Configuration Statistics on PC, and then navigate to the folder where you want to save the file, and click Save. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Statistics Sending Configuration Statistics via E-mail You can send the Configuration statistics to Polycom via e-mail. However, before you can do so you have to fill in information the e-mail tab. Figure 6-6...
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From the Report menu, select Send Configuration Statistics via E-mail. Figure 6-7 Sending Configuration Statistics via E-mail The KWS8000 generates the following files, attaches them to an e-mail, and sends them. • configuration.txt • settings.txt • statistics.txt • userdata.txt • gain.txt • restart_data.txt Polycom, Inc.
Furthermore, you can view information about which software version is currently used. The following figure provides an example of the information that is displayed on the System Configuration tab. Polycom, Inc.
On the analogue settings tab, you can find information about the settings of the KWS8000. You can define analogue settings for each individual card. To Read Analogue Settings To populate the table with system information, click the Read button. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Analogue Settings Figure 7-2 Analogue Settings tab You can also change the parameter settings for each slot on each shelf. To Change Analogue Settings On the Analogue settings tab, left-click any cell in a row that contains information about the slot settings you want to change.
Number of Specifies the number of Busy Tone seconds to wait before Period accepting busy signal. ECAN State (On/Off) Specifies whether echo cancellation is enabled or disabled. Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Analogue Settings Table 7-1 Analogue Settings Parameter Details Description State (On/Off) Specifies whether the non-linear processor is enabled or disabled. Mode: Determines type of comfort noise that is used. • Limits the signal when it is active •...
The following information is available Table 7-2 Base Station Settings Parameter Description Radio Fixed Part number 0-511 The base station software version Part Number Part number that identifies the base station software. Region The region that determines the base station settings. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Base Station Settings Table 7-2 Base Station Settings Parameter Description Time slot in air There are 12 air time slots in each direction (numbered 0-11). If set to “Even”, the base station uses an even time slot (0,2,4,6,8,10).
Handover Capabilities A handset cannot tell the difference between a base station and a repeater. Therefore, the RPN transmission pattern by default determines how the handover takes place. Assigning the recommended repeater RPN is therefore very important. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide MSF Messages (Message Service Function) Polycom Kirk base stations transmit a pattern that determines whether to use a connection or a bearer handover. By default the base stations are configured to perform a bearer handover if there is a difference of 64, 128, or 192 between the two RPNs.
— Setup Spec 2: Use these fields to define how the receiver handset handles the text message. — Setup Spec 3: Use these fields to define how the receiver handset acts when receiving a text message. Polycom, Inc.
The Menu Select Setup box demonstrates the facilities of the API. The ASCII String Setup pane, demonstrates the facilities of the API. Note To obtain the API specifications, please contact Polycom (Denmark). Click the Setup Request button to send the text message.
Direct Number field. The number is displayed in the Connection Status area. Click Connection Response. To release the connection to the handset, type the direct number in the Direct Number field, and then click Release Request. Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide MSF Messages (Message Service Function) Click Clear to clear the Connection Status area. Polycom, Inc.
To limit the amount of information that is displayed, you can specify a trace level. To Specify a Trace Level From the Debug menu, point to Trace levels, and the select the preferred level. Figure 8-1 Specifying a Trace Level Polycom, Inc.
Displays subscription, location registration, abnormal calls, messaging, and normal voice information. Level 4 Note level 4 is intended for Polycom KIRK internal use only. We recommend that you don’t use level 4 unless otherwise instructed by Polycom. Displays subscription, location...
Using the Serial Monitor The serial monitor displays information about the host and KWS8000 connection. To View Serial Monitor Information From the Debug menu, click Serial Monitor. Figure 8-3 Viewing Serial Monitor Information Select Follow data, to display communication information. Polycom, Inc.
Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Tracing Select Omit new data, if you do not want to view current data. Using the Network Data Unit monitor The NDU monitor displays information about the data packages that are processed in the system. The NDU monitor is useful for third-party application developers as a supplement to the API documentation.
FCC registration number. If requested, the FCC registration Number and REN must be provided to the telephone company. Any repairs to this equipment must be carried out by Polycom Inc. or our designated agent. This Polycom, Inc.
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This equipment has a maximum operating ambient of 40°C, the ambient temperature in the rack shall not exceed this temperature CE Mark R&TTE Directive Polycom Inc., declares that the Polycom KWS 8000 is in conformity with the following relevant harmonized standards: EN 60950-1:2006...
Important Safety Instructions and Product Information Before using your telephone equipment, you should always follow basic safety instruction to reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock and injury to persons, and damage to property. Read and understand all instructions Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Important Safety Instructions and Product Information Follow all warnings and instructions including those marked on the product Unplug this product before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use damp cloth for cleaning...
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FCC Note: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering The following table lists base station and repeater numbering. Table A-1 Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Polycom KIRK Wireless Server 8000 Configuration Guide Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
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Base Station and Repeater Numbering Shelf No Card No repeater 1 repeater 2 repeater 3 Polycom, Inc.
Select a free com port, and then connect the KIRK serial cable between the com port on the pc and the serial port on the KWS8000. Power on the KWS8000 system. The following the terminal window is displayed. Figure A HyperTerminal Window Polycom, Inc.
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TotalSize of the uimage (in this example 0x231708) All numbers are in hexadecimal. 10 Press Enter. The following text is displayed on completion. Copy to Flash... done 11 Type boot and then press Enter. The system restarts. Polycom, Inc.
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