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Operations Training for the

VCS-150 Voice Conferencing Switch

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Introduction to the VCS-150

What is the VCS-150

– 150 port voice conferencing matrix switch– Provides connections of

phones,cryptos,radios,speakers and recorders. – Allows up to 28 users in conference– Provides easy to use windows driven user interface

for Voice conferencing functions

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Items to be covered

• Log on to the VCS-150 application• Setting up a conference• Conferencing rules• Adding members to an existing conference• Removing members from a conference• Removing a conference• Outages • Logging off the VCS-150

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VCS-150 System Components

• Master switch unit (MSU) one per system

• Auxiliary switch unit (ASU) up to four additional per system

• VSM-30 VF switch module

• PS-32 power supply

• AIU-2VF module

• PC for system control processor

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System Hardware Architecture

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User Workstation Hardware

• 500 Mhz Pentium processor or greater• 64 MB EDO RAM or greater• 2.1 GB EIDE Hard Drive or greater• 12.1 Inch SVGA Active Matrix Color Display• Smart Backup Battery• 6X or greater Internal CD ROM• 56K modem• Windows NT/2000 Operating System

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MSU Shelf Configuration

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Starting the VCS-150 Application

Click on the VCS-150 icon

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VCS-150 Main Menu

Click the “Login/logout” selection

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Logon menu is then displayed

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Logon Procedure Cont.

• User ID -- Minimum of 6, max. of 24 characters.

• Password -- Minimum of 6, max. of 24 characters.

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Successful logon,Function buttons may be shaded out depending on your security level.

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System Security

• Three levels of security provided

• You will be assigned a level by your administrator

• Your level will provide you access to certain functions but not to others

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This example shows a user with only Database access

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Setting up A Conference

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Select the “SwitchOperations” function

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Conferencing Rules

• No more than 28 ports in one conference

• Only one trunk per conference

• Phones,speakers and recorders may be added or removed at any time.

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Available ports are then displayed

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Select The ports for the conference by clicking on them once

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Right click on one port

Select the “Connect Conference” option

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The Conference is now set up

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Add participants to the conference

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Adding a new participant to the conference

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Select “Recorder2”

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Select the “connect Item to Conference” function

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Recorder2 has now been added to the conference

If correct click on the “OK” button

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Removing participants from a conference

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Place the mouse pointer over the port to be removed. In this case Recorder2. Right click, and select “disconnect item from conference.

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Recorder2 has now been removed

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Handling outages

Click on the “Reporting“ button

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A List of active Outages and restored will be displayed.

OUTAGE

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After acknowledge if any are still active and have not been

cleared

For additional information double click on the outage

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The outage is defined along with a step by step corrective action

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Remove the entire conference

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Place the mouse pointer over any port in the conference,right click and select “Disconnect

Conference”

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The Conference has been removed

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This concludes the Operations portion of the training

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System Administrator training

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Topics to be covered

• How to Add,Edit, and Delete port information located in the database.

• How to Add,Edit, and Delete individual user information, used during the logon process.

• How to Add,Edit, and Delete system resources.

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Logon to the VCS-150

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Administrator has access to all areas

Select the ConfigureSystem option

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Select the MSU or ASU of interest In this example we will use the MSU

Click on any portion of the MSU shelf

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Add,Edit, and Delete port information

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The configuration of the MSU is displayed

To Add a port click on one of the empty slots 9 is used here

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Add Port 9 to the Database

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Enter a port ID up to 24 characters

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Enter Phone number if this port is going to be a phone

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Select port function in this case a Phone

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Select the security class if this device is a crypto only

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Select port type Red would apply here

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dB gain selection ranges are-6, 0, +6,

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If this is a phone set the side tone function to yes

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If this is a full duplex device set the option to duplex

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Select what type of ports are valid for this port to be

connected to

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Set up the Discrete outputs for the Connected state

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Set all 4 to desired selections

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Set up the Discrete outputs for the Disconnected state

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Set all 4 as required

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Add comments as required

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If correct save the record

Click on the “SavePort ” button

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Note the Phone has been added to the shelf

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Edit an existing record

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Click on the record of interest

Edit port 9, double click on it.

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Change this port to a Speaker

Change port ID to Speaker1

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Now change the port function to a Speaker

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Select Speaker

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Save the record by clicking on the “SavePort” button

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Note port 9 is now a Speaker

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Delete and existing port

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Click on the record of interest

Delete port 9, double click on it.

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If this is the record to delete click on the “Delete port”

button

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You will be asked are you sure

If yes click on the Yes button

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Note port slot 9 is now blank

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Log off the Application

Click on the “Login/logout” selection

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Click the “OK” button to log off

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Notice the main menu is displayed with only the

login/logout function enabled

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System Security

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Select the “SystemConfiguration” function

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Select “Security assignments”

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Enter the users ID,password, and allowed functions

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New record for John D

Save the info by clicking on the “Save user Information”

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The screen will show the new user added

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Double click on John D to bring up his privileges.

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To delete a user select the “ Delete selected user “ button

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Answer the Are you sure question

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If yes that user is now deleted from the database

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