Obvius A7801 - Manual (Page 18)

Step 2: Plug a regular telephone into the phone line that the AcquiLite is to use. Verify the line has dialtone. Use a second
telephone and dial the AcquiLite phone number and verify the first telephone rings, and can be answered. If it does not ring,
verify the telephone number dialed is actually associated with physical phone line. If the line tests ok, hangup, attach the
AcquiLite to the phone line and proceed to the next step.
Step 3: Select the Network/PPP0/ModemSetup option from the AcquiLite configuration webpage. set the "setup string" by
clicking on the "use default" button. Click apply changes to save the setting.
Step 4: Select the Network/PPP0/DialinSetup option from the AcquiLite configuration webpage.
A. Check the "dialin enabled" option
B. Set the IP, Netmask, and Remote Address as shown in Figure 9 - Dialin Address Worksheet. The IP addresses
shown (factory default) will work for most dialup connections. If you make changes to the IP address, make note of
it for future use.
C. Click "Apply" to save your changes.
Step 5: Dialing into the AcquiLite with Windows:
A. From a Windows 95/98/ME computer, select the Start Menu, and then select the Control Panel. Double click the
"dialup networking" folder.
B. Click "Make a new connection"
C. Name the connection with an appropriate name for the AcquiLite. Click Next.
D. Enter the phone number used to call the AcquiLite as shown in the Dialin Address Worksheet. Click Next, then
Finish.
E. Double click the new connection icon in the dialup networking folder.
F. Verify the phone number is accurate
G. Enter “admin” as the login name, When prompted, enter the password to the AcquiLite admin account. (default is
“admin”
H. Click Properties to show a configuration dialog for the connection.
I. Click the Network tab, verify the dialup server type is "PPP" and the TCP/IP protocol is the only item checked in
the "allowed protocols area"
J. Click TCP/IP Properties, and verify the connection uses a server assigned IP address.
K. Click OK to close this dialog.
L. Click the "Connect" button to dialin to the AcquiLite.
Once the connection is established, use your web browser to connect to the AcquiLite by entering
http://192.168.238.1/setup/
Where 192.168.238.1 is the Static IP address listed in the Dialin Address Worksheet.
Your browser will now be able to access the AcquiLite the same way as you did in the LAN/Direct Connection setup in
previous sections of this manual.
Example Dialin from a WinXP computer
The AcquiLite is designed to allow connections from any generic PPP system including MacOS, Linux, Windows 9x, XP
and 2000.
We have found that windows XP/2000 has a timeout issue that affects some computers but not others. When calling the
AcquiLite with windows XP/2000 you may receive an error message stating that a loopback error was detected, preceded by
windows hanging up promptly after connecting to the AcquiLite. If that is the case, a slight delay in the dial process for
windows will correct the problem. Adding this delay in a dial script is detailed in steps #1 and #3 below. It is
recommended that you test the dialout configuration first without the delay script first, and add it only if required.
Step 1: (optional) Using notepad, create a text file called “c:\windows\system32\ras\AcquiLite.scp”. In that text file, add
the following script
proc main
delay 2
endproc
Save and close the file
Step 2: Create a windows networking connection.
A. From the control panel, select Network Connections. Click “Create a new connection”
B. The “Connection Wizard” will appear with a welcome screen and no options. Click next.
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