User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- The handset at a glance
- Overview of display icons
- The base station at a glance
- Contents
- Safety precautions
- Gigaset A580 IP - more than just making calls
- VoIP - making calls via the Internet
- Gigaset HDSP - telephony with brilliant sound quality
- First steps
- Operating the handset
- Menu trees
- Making calls with VoIP and the fixed line network
- VoIP telephony via Gigaset.net
- Network services
- Using lists
- Using the directory
- Saving the first number in the directory
- Storing a number in the directory
- Order of directory entries
- Selecting a directory entry
- Dialing with the directory
- Managing directory entries
- Using Shortcut keys
- Transferring the directory to another handset
- Copying a displayed number to the directory
- Copying a number from the directory
- Using the network mailbox
- ECO DECT: Conserving energy
- Setting the alarm clock
- Using multiples handsets
- Handset settings
- Changing the date and time
- Changing the display language
- Activating/deactivating the screensaver
- Quickly accessing functions
- Activating/deactivating auto answer
- Changing the handsfree/earpiece volume
- Setting ringers
- Activating/deactivating advisory tones
- Setting the battery low tone
- Restoring the handset default settings
- Setting the base station via the handset
- Making VoIP settings on the handset
- Operating the base station on the PABX
- Setting the phone with the PC
- Connecting the PC with the telephone's Web configurator
- Logging in, setting the Web configurator language
- Logging off
- Using the Web pages
- Menu bar
- Navigation area
- Working area
- Buttons
- Opening Web pages
- Setting the phone with the Web configurator
- Configuring the IP
- Configuring telephone connections
- Optimizing voice quality for VoIP connections
- Setting the telephone's default connection
- Activating the fixed line network connection as an alternate connection
- Assigning send and receive numbers to handsets
- Activating Call Forwarding for VoIP connections
- Entering your own area code, activating/deactivating an automatic area code for VoIP
- Activating/deactivating network mailbox, entering numbers
- Setting DTMF signaling for VoIP
- Defining Flash key functions for VoIP (hook flash)
- Configuring call forwarding via VoIP
- Defining local communication ports for VoIP
- Messaging
- Configuring info services/activating idle display
- Changing internal handset numbers and names
- Transferring handset directories to/from the PC
- Activating VoIP status message display
- Starting a firmware update
- Activating/deactivating the automatic version check
- Copying the date/time from time server
- Querying the phone status
- Getting help with your phone
- Protecting our environment
- Appendix
- FCC / ACTA Information
- Gigaset A580 IP - free software
- Accessories
- Glossary
- Index
- Mounting the charging cradle to the wall
- Mounting the base station to the wall
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Setting the phone with the PC
Gigaset A580 IP / US English / A31008-xxxx-xxxx-x-xxxx / web_server.fm / 24.04.2009
Version 8, 03.09.2008
Setting the phone with the PC
The Web configurator is the Web interface for your phone. It allows you to
select the settings for your phone's base station via your PC's Web browser.
The Web configurator on your phone provides you with the following options:
u Configure your phone access to the local network (IP address, gateway to
the Internet).
u Configure your phone for VoIP. Assign up to six VoIP phone numbers to your
telephone.
u Load new firmware onto the phone if necessary.
u Use Internet services: display text information on the handset (info
services).
u Synchronize the telephone's date/time with a time server on the Internet.
u Copy contacts from the Outlook address book on your PC into the handset
directories or back up your handsets' directories on your PC.
u Manage the names and internal numbers of registered handsets and your
local directories
u Obtain information about your phone's status (firmware version, MAC
address, etc.).
Prerequisites:
u A standard Web browser is installed on the PC, e.g. Internet Explorer version
6.0 or higher, or Firefox version 1.0.4 or higher.
u The phone and PC are connected with each other via a router.
Connecting the PC with the telephone's Web configurator
Prerequisite: The settings of an available firewall installed on your PC allow the
PC and phone to communicate with each other.
There are two ways of connecting your PC to the base station Web configurator:
u Via the (local) IP address of the base station
u Via Gigaset config
Please note
u Depending on your VoIP provider, it is possible that you will be unable to
change individual settings in the Web configurator.
u The phone is not blocked while you select your settings in the Web config-
urator. You can also use your phone to make calls or change base station or
handset settings on your handset at the same time.
u While you are connected to the Web configurator, it is blocked to other
users. It cannot be accessed by more than one user at any time.