7 overview of administrative features, Finding out the phone's ip address, Phone native web portal (nwp) – Obihai OBi1000 User Guide User Manual

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7 Overview of Administrative Features

The  OBi1000  Series  phones  have  a  rich  set  of  features  to  support  local  and  remote  device  administration  and  
provisioning.  Phone  administration  is  a  subject  that  is  discussed  at  great  length  in  the  OBi1000 Administrator
Guide

.  As  such,  we  will  only  describe  some  of  the  basic  operations  that  a  user  may  perform  to  resolve  minor  setup  

issues  or  to  assist  remote  troubleshooting.  As  such  many  details  in  this  section  are  discussed  at  a  high  level  and  
readers  interested  in  understanding  more  are  encouraged  to  study  the  admin  guide,  available  from  

http://www.obihai.com/docs-­‐downloads/  

Finding Out the Phone's IP Address

Each  phone  must  have  a  valid  IP  address  in  order  to  connect  to  the  network  and  communicate  with  other  entities  to  
access  voice  and  other  network  or  cloud  based  services.  You  can  look  up  the  IP  address  assigned  to  the  phone  from  
the  GUI  by  launching  the  Settings  App  from  the  Main  Menu.  The  IP  address  is  shown  with  the  Network  item  under  
the  Settings  menu.  A  valid  address  must  be  a  value  other  than  0.0.0.0.      The  IP  address  can  also  be  read  out  via  the  

phone’s  voice  admin  menu.    To  enter  the  admin  menu,  dial  ***  and  then  select  option  1.  

Phone Native Web Portal (NWP)

Each  phone  has  its  own  built-­‐in  portal  site  at  the  URL  http://{ipaddress} where  {ipaddress} is  the  IP  
address  of  the  phone.  For  example:  http://192.168.15.213.    The  NWP  is  protected  by  a  username  and  
password  –  by  default  this  is  admin  for  both.  The  NWP  site  offers  a  lot  of  configurable  options  and  status  
information  that  are  organized  into  a  number  of  web  pages.  The  default  page  is  the  SystemStatus  page.    
 
For  a  comprehensive  listing  of  all  configuration  parameters,  please  refer  to  the  OBi1000  Administrator  Guide.  

The OBiTALK.com Cloud User Portal

OBiTALK.com  forms  the  foundation  of  Obihai’s  cloud  managed  telephony  solution.  It  has  a  
user  portal  that  lets  users  add  their  OBi  devices  to  their  respective  user  accounts  for  management  and  enhanced  
technical  support  capabilities.  Although  this  is  the  recommended  way  to  manage  your  OBi  devices,  it  should  be  
noted  that  the  usage  of  the  user  portal  is  entirely  optional  -­‐  a  user  can  access  all  of  their  device  functionalities  by  
using  the  NWP  alone  for  example.  On  the  other  hand,  the  user  portal  adds  a  new  dimension  to  the  device  
management  model  that  cannot  be  achieved  otherwise,  such  as  configuring  your  devices  from  any  location  with  

Internet  access.    
The  OBiTALK  user  portal  is  a  self-­‐service  website  that  offers  a  lot  of  utilities  from  adding  a  voice  service,  through  to  
setting  up  syslog  for  remote  trouble-­‐shooting,  and  on  to  signing  up  for  a  new  service  through  Obihai’s  ASP  program.  

Joining OBiTALK.com

You  can  sign  up  for  a  free  user  account  at  OBiTALK.com  by  providing  a  valid  email  address.  You  do  not  need  to  own  
any  OBi  device  when  signing  up.  

 

 

Figure  55:  OBiTALK.com  User  Login  Page  

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