4.3 Calls Among NRAO Intranet Sites

Example Speed Dial Menu

For NRAO internal meetings, the quickest way to connect is usually to dial the other site or the video hub as appropriate using the Speed Dial Menu (Section 4.1):

Pick up the remote control for the Polycom ViewStation, then:

1. If the Speed Dial Menu is already displayed, go to step 5, else
2. Press MENU on the remote control until the Polycom Top Menu appears on the TV monitor
3. Highlight the Address Book icon with the LEFT ARROW button
4. Press SELECT
5. The current Speed Dial Menu should be displayed
6. Dial site by ordinal number (1 through 6 from the numeric keypad)
   or point with ARROW button(s), then SELECT
   CV-ER311, GB-conf, SO-conf, TU-conf for point-to-point call
   NRAO-hub for a multi-site call

If the connection that you need is not in your system's current Speed Dial Menu, then dial it from the Address Book Menu as follows:

1. Highlight the Address Book icon below the Speed Dial Menu
2. Press SELECT
3. The Address Book Menu should appear
4. Use the DOWN ARROW button to step through this menu until you find the site or site combination that you need
5. Press SELECT

Example Address Book Menu

Note that only there are several pages of entries in most of the Address Book displays; to see later pages of entries, use the DOWN ARROW button to move down the list.

Address Book entries can also be accessed by pushing the letter on the remote control dial pad that corresponds to the first letter of the address, e.g. N for NRAO-hub, S for SO-conf, etc. (Every NRAO site has been given an alternate entry under N to facilitate this).

If the connection that you need is not in the Address Book, you can dial it manually using the Video Phone utility as follows:

Polycom Top Menu with Video Call highlighted

1. Press MENU on the ViewStation remote control until you reach the Polycom Top Menu on the TV monitor, then
2. Use the ARROW keys to highlight the Video Call icon (top center of this menu, as illustrated above.
3. Press SELECT to obtain the Video Phone screen

   
   

   Table 1: Standard NRAO Address Book entries

   Name	Address	Name	Address
   GB-aud	192.33.117.146	NRAO Santiago	200.2.7.249
   GB-conf	192.33.117.144	SO-aud	146.88.16.9
   GB-conf2	192.33.117.145	SO-conf	146.88.16.8
   CV-aud	192.33.117.18	SO-conf2	146.88.16.10
   CV-ER311	192.33.117.17	SO-West	146.88.8.10
   CV-ER230	192.33.117.16	TU-conf	146.88.176.8
   CV-NTC	10.12.96.96	VLA-conf	146.88.17.8

   
   

4. Use the numeric keypad to enter the number that you want to dial from Table 1.
5. If in Charlottesville, check that the type of call is set to IP; if it is set to ISDN, move the highlight to this field with the ARROW keys and set it to IP
6. Check that the speed is set to 512 (kbps); if it is not, use the ARROW keys to highlight this field, then set it to 512
7. Place the call using the green CALL-HANG-UP button.

Whichever connection method is used, the TV monitor will show the number dialed, type of call (IP/ISDN) and connection speed while the connection is being established.

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