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System Administrator’s Guide
Document K14392V1 Rev A 217
07/07
Tip
Your Rapid Eye site might not need this type of connection to an alarm station.
For other means of connecting to an alarm station, see table 11–2, p. 204.
To Setup a Connection to a RAS Server
1. While adding or updating an alarm station definition (as explained in Adding an Alarm
Station: Name and Reports, p.
203), you will see either of the Add Alarm Station or
Update Alarm Station dialog boxes. Type the alarm station’s IP address in the IP
Address box. See figure
11–13.
2. Click Use Dial-up Networking.
3. Leave the Country Code to “(dialing same country)”, unless the Multi-Media unit is in a
different country than the RAS server.
Honeywell recommends using “(dialing same country)”.
Do not use your country’s name, such as “United States of America (1)”, unless the alarm station
is in a different country from the Multi-Media unit.
4. In the Phone number box, type the telephone number for the RAS server’s modem.
5. Type the area code for the RAS server in the Area Code box, as in figure
11–13.
6. Obtain the PPP User Name and PPP Password of Multi Alarm Stations that use a
modem. This information is either held by your network administrator or set by the user
of the workstation in the Windows Dial-up Networking program. Type one of the RAS
server’s PPP user name and its PPP password in their boxes; this authorization is
obtained from the network administrator responsible for the RAS server’s network, as
indicated in section
Overview.
7. Type the PPP password a second time in the Confirm PPP Password box.
8. Click Save and Close. The Alarm Stations tab appears. In the tab’s Connection Method
column, a “(d)” appears, standing for “dial-up”, followed by the telephone number that
calls the RAS server; then an (n), standing for “network”, followed by the IP address of
the Multi alarm station.
9. The next step is
Making an Alarm Station Operational, p. 218.
Tech note: process of a dial-up callback
When a Rapid Eye Multi-Media unit uses telephone lines to communicate with a Multi alarm
station, the unit needs to use the alarm station’s PPP user name and password for dial-up
networking. After answering its modem, the alarm station must recognize the PPP user name and
password before the Multi-Media unit can access View software.
Creating extra alarm station definitions
You have the option of creating two (or more) alarm station records to shuttle alarms to the same
PC: for example, one for local sites, and another for remote sites. To avoid complexity, use
descriptive names such as: “local sensors” and “remote sensors”. To create alarm station records,
see
Adding an Alarm Station: Name and Reports, on p. 203.
Customizing a RAS dial-up
To customize a RAS dial-up (irregular or toll-free use of long distance codes, and so on), use the
same procedures and suggestions as indicated in sections
Customizing a Dial-Up Connection to
an Alarm Station and
International Dial-up, above.