User guide

Chapter 4: Configuring Your MultiVOIP GSM
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If you enable console messages, you can customize the types of messages to be included/excluded in log reports
by clicking on the Filters button and using the Console Messages Filter Settings screen. If you use the logging
function, select the logging option that applies to your VOIP system design. If you intend to use a SysLog Server
program for logging, click in that Enable check box. The common SysLog logical port number is 514. If you intend
to use the MultiVOIP GSM web browser interface for configuration and control of MultiVOIP GSM units, be
aware that the web browser interface does not support logs directly. However, when the web browser interface
is used, log files can still be sent to the administrator via email (which requires using SMTP logging).
“Logs” Screen Definitions
Field Name Values Description
Enable Console
Messages
checkbox Allows MultiVOIP GSM console messages to be read via a basic terminal program
like HyperTerminal™ or equivalent. Normally, this should be disabled because it
uses MultiVOIP GSM processing resources. Console messages are meant for IT
support personnel.
Filters (button) Click to access secondary screen on where console messages can be
included/excluded by category and on a per-channel basis.
Turn Off Logs checkbox Check to disable console message logging function.
Logs Buttons Only one of these log reporting methods, GUI or SMTP, may be chosen.
GUI
•
User must view logs at the MultiVOIP GSM configuration program.
SMTP
•
Log messages will be sent to user-specified email address.
SysLog Server
Enable
checkbox This box must be checked if logging is to be done in conjunction with a SysLog
Server program.
IP Address n.n.n.n IP address of computer, in VOIP network, on which SysLog Server program is
running.
Port number Logical port for SysLog Server. The default value, 514, is commonly used.
Online Statistics
Update Interval
number Set the interval (in seconds) at which logging information will be updated.