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The Upgrade page allows you to download a firmware update, export the current configuration to a file and reset the server to default settings.
 
The Upgrade page allows you to download a firmware update, export the current configuration to a file and reset the server to default settings.
  
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Версия 14:07, 11 августа 2020

English / General Description / Web interface for configuration and management

VINTEO Server allows you to choose from various basic and minor settings. The transition to these settings is made from this section of the menu.

Status

English / General Description / Status

On this page you can view basic information about the server's space and used hard disk system time server uptime H.323 gatekeeper status backup status and current firmware version.

System - Vinteo Status

Gateways

English / General Description / Gateways Gateways are network connections using SIP or H.323 protocols as well as digital PBXs, PBX servers and other media servers. This page allows you to view all gateways added to the server.

Adding a gateway

How to add a gateway to the server

Gateway 1
  • Choose Gateways from the System drop-down list and the page will open
  • Click on the Add Gateway button in the upper right corner
  • Fill in the required parameters

Main tab

Main
  • Type is the choice of the protocol for connecting to the gateway
  • In the Name line enter a name consisting of Latin or digits
  • In the IP string enter enter an IPv4 address
  • In the Registration string enter a name and a password if you need
  • The Accept Incoming switch enables/disables the ability to receive incoming calls from this gateway.

Extended Options Tab

Extended
  • Port is the string where the gateway recognize incoming network packets
  • Transport is the string with a drop-down list of types of data transfer protocols UDP, TCP, TLS
  • Insecure is the string with a drop-down list to choice of the secure level
  • Qualify is the option sends SIP messages of the OPTIONS type to check the availability of participant’s devices
  • Codecs is the option defining a list of codecs that are supported by media servers
  • H.264 High Profile is the video stream codec profile switcher for high definition images transmission
  • DTMF mode is the mode that supports DTMF signal to a remote server
  • Skype4B is the switcher that enables/disables of Lync/Skype for Business server recognition as a VIS server
  • BFCP is the string with a drop-down list in which you can choose the type of content transfer protocol during a SIP call
  • Media Encryption is the drop-down string that enables encryption of the media stream during a SIP call
  • From Domain is the string to write SIP URI.

Routes tab

Routs
  • Direction is the string that defines the mask of the route being created
  • Weight is the string the numerical value of which affects of the rating of the created route
  • Description is the string to add a description of the route
  • Add is the button to save the set parameters

Format for the dial routes in Vinteo server gateways

Directions and prefixes can be both numeric and alphabetic and have the following structure:

  • X is any digit from 0 till 9
  • Z is any digit from 1 till 9
  • N is any digit from 2 till 9
  • [12345-9] - any digit below, for example 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
  • any quantity of digits after the point. For example, _9011. This number will match 90112 and 90116789 and so on
  • _ this sign indicates that the prefix is ​​a regular expression. The structures mentioned above will be interpreted as it was described above.

Examples

  • _8495XXXXXXX is a number consisting of 11 digits, necessarily starting with 8495 and then any digits from 0 till 9
  • _8495XXXXXXX is a number consisting of any digits necessarily starting with 8495 and then any digits from 0 till 9
  • _[012]4567 is the number consisting of 5 digits starting with 0, 1, 2 and ends on 4567
  • _9 [45678] 43567 is a 7-digit number starting at 9, then it has 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and ends on 43567
  • _786124848440 is a necessarily 12-digit number that fully matches the regular expression.

Deleting and editing
Deleting and editing a gateway is performed using the buttons in the Actions column of the Gateways list.

Delete Edit


Videos

English / General Description / Videos
On the Videos page you can add a video in mp4 \ mov \ m4v \ mkv \ flv \ wmv \ avi formats to display it as an additional stream in the conference.

Note
The size of the uploaded video file must not exceed 512MB. Larger videos are loaded using the Firefox browser.
Videos

Adding a video
To add a video use the Add Video button then fill in the Title line and the Description field. Push the Select File button. After selecting a video, the Add button will become active. Push this button.

Add Video


Deleting a video and editing a title
The buttons opposite the title of the video allow you to edit the title and delete the video.

Edit and Delete

Settings

English / General Description / Settings

The settings page contains:

  • Firewall settings to deny access to SIP and H.323 ports from the local network
  • Network interface parameters and routing
  • Anonymous users connection settings
  • SIP and H.323 settings
  • Address translation parameters
  • Diagnostic utilities
  • Server power management
Settings

Main settings tab

  • On the main settings tab, you can change:
  • Firewall settings to deny access to SIP and H.323 ports from the local network
  • H.323 parameters: Signal port, Range port, authorization string by login and password
  • SIP, STUN, ToS parameters: signal port, STUN port
  • Time and interface settings: default language, usage of http protocol instead of https protocol
  • The H.239 setting is a string that allows sent the content in the main stream as a common mode for the server.

Range ID settings

  • The number range settings are needed to establish and recognize the number base of the VINTEO server.
  • If you try to call a number that is not in this setting, the call will not do.
ID Range

Firewall settings
The Firewall settings work like an access whitelist. If the list is empty, access is allowed to all networks visible to the terminal. If the single address or subnet address are in the list, the access will be allowed only from addresses of that subnet.
H.323 Settings
Changing the H.323 signal ports requires the same values ​​to be configured on the other devices.

  • Internal gatekeeper is the string that allows you enable / disable the internal gatekeeper.
  • Signal port is the string that define H.323 signal port number.
  • UserByAlias is the string that allows to dial participant with the own number in the list of participants.
  • Range H.225/H.245 is the string that allows you to set the port range for H.225 / H.245 protocols.
  • Registration IP and Registration alias strings are required to enter data for connecting to a remote gatekeeper. Registration IP is the string where you need to enter a login. Registration alias is the string for specifying a password, it becomes active after entering information in the Registration IP string.

SIP Settings
SIP Settings is the string to enter the SIP signal port.

Settings - Vinteo H.323

STUN
STUN settings are used to connect participants using WebRTC technology. STUN technology will start working after specifying STUN port parameters.
Service Type
Service Type is the string that is used to determine the quality of service, even if the network is overloaded with an other traffic.

Settings - Vinteo STUN

Interface Settings
This settings allow you to choose and set one of three options of language of the server interface:

  • Russian
  • Dutch
  • English

The block contains a session switch for the secure HTTPS protocol and the insecure HTTP protocol

H.239 Settings
Send content in mainstream is the string that allows you to send the second stream you are receiving to the main stream.

Settings - Vinteo H.239

Network Interface Settings

This tab on the Settings page contains interface parameters and configure in a typical way. Network interface #1 is external and configure by filling in strings shown below.

Settings - Vinteo Network Interface
  • IP is the string for entering an IP address in IPv4 format.
  • Network mask is the string for entering a value XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX format
  • Gateway is the string to enter network border gateway IPv4 format
  • MTU is the string for specifying the maximum amount of data that can transfer by the protocol in one iteration
  • DNS - the string in which contain the address of the name server in the IPv4 format
  • NTP is the string for enter the address of the exact time server in IPv4 format.
  • Interface number 2 has strings for the IP and Network mask settings.

If you have 2 or more network interfaces, we recommend using the first eth0 interface to access it from the external network, and the second interface for the local network clients. The routing of calls of the local network clients with external network clients and backward carry out on the Routs tab. After adding the interface and saving the settings, you need to restart the server. After restarting, the second interface should have the Up status.

Routes

This tab contains of routes information for the server and allows to add static routes.

Routes

The adding of a new routes allows to find network interfaces for the route to specified networks. The Add route button on the Routes tab calls a modal window and you can create a new route.
Parameters you should set in the modal window.

Add route
  • The Network is the string you must direction of the route.
  • Mask is a string for entering information about the length of the prefix bits.
  • Gateway - is the string for specifying the gateway address. IPv4 format direction is available for this address.
  • Interface - is the string for selecting a network interface option. A network device with access to this network direction is physically connect to the network interface.

NAT tab

The NAT tab allows you to specify the network address translation parameters. This is necessary when the server is installed behind a network edge device and does not have its own external address.

Nat settings block

The NAT settings block allows you to change the following parameters

NAT

External IP is the string for specify the network address of network edge device. It allows to transport of network addresses into the local network. Local networks is the field for forming a list of network addresses or subnets that are local to the server.

Attention! If information about an external network device is entered in the "External IP" string, then in the Local networks field, you must enter the addresses of your local networks, for which the external IP address will not be substituted, as in the example. Only one network per line or field can be specified.

SIP and H.323 checkboxes define protocols to be used when connecting remote participants.

RTP settings

Start and End are strings where you can specify a port range.

Incoming tab

The Incoming block contains the string where conditions for blocking numbers and IP addresses can be enter. You can block calls to certain numbers by adding the IP addresses of network devices to the black list.

Incoming

P2P tab

Point-to-point calls are recorded on this tab.

P2P tab contains:

  • the switcher to turn on / off the video
  • the resolution string of video
  • the video-on-hold string for selection the video to show to a participants waiting for an answer
  • the auto loop switcher to turn on / off a video if waiting for response is long or a video is short
P2P

Mail tab

The Mail tab contains settings for the mail used by the server to send notifications to participants about scheduled conferences. After filling out the form, you must push the Save button. Then push the Check button write your e-mail and push the Send button in the window. The switcher Enable E-mail Notifications switch on automatically If the sending was successful. Push the Save button to save all settings.

Mail

Anonymous connection tab

Anonymous connection tab contains settings to connect anonymous participants to the conference:

Anonymous Connection
  • Bandwidth is the string for selecting the data transfer rate
  • Resolution is the string for selecting the video resolution connecting
  • FPS is the string for selecting of the number of frames per second
  • Codecs is the list of codecs that may be allowed

If all the codecs in the list on the left are allowed, then the list on the right is not generated.

  • Create Anonymous Room is a switch to create a temporary conference room automatically if it does not exist. There is no control for this room.

LDAP tab

The LDAP tab contains the parameters for connecting to the LDAP server and allows add participants by taking their details from the LDAP directory structure automatically.

After entering the connection parameters, click the "Check connection" button. Algorithm for the server to select "WS" type users

(&(objectCategory=person)(!(useraccountcontrol=514))(!(useraccountcontrol=66050))(mail=*))
LDAP

Cascading tab

Cascading is the tab for expanding video conferencing capabilities by expanding port capacity, the number of communication channels, load balancing across multiple servers. This requires several Vinteo servers with the same software version.

Cascading

The current server is identified as Server # 1. If you delete it, the media server role will be removed. Click the Add button and fill in the parameters of the remote server to add a cascade of servers.

  • Server name - a the string for recognizing the server in Latin
  • IP is the string of server address IPv4 format
  • Port is the string for entering information to listen connections from the remote server
  • Local IP is the string for entering the address of the main IPv4 format server
  • Password is the remote server administrator password string

The correctness of the settings and the operability of the cascade can be checked by going to the main server configuration window. Additional statistics tabs with the names of the connected servers will be shown. How it works:

  1. The main server is the central gateway for connecting conference participants.
  2. Then the participants are distributed along the cascade. 'Localmcu' in the Server name string means the connection to the main server.
  3. The main server creates the layout. If a participant was assigned from a secondary server, he will automatically move to the primary server.
  4. The main server distributes the participants between the servers according to the number, the total load on all servers.

Diagnostics tab

Diagnostics tab contains different network tools using in checking and diagnostics network faults and issues of participant’s calls.

Diagnostics Ping
Diagnostics Traceroute
Diagnostics Tcpdump
Diagnostics Logs

SSL tab

VINTEO has implemented the ability to install a certificate from a domain certification authority, a self-signed certificate, a certificate from a host provider.

SSL

Reboot tab

Click the Reboot button in the modal window to confirm the server reboot.

Shutdown tab

Click the Shutdown button in the modal window to confirm the server shutdown.

Licenses

English / General Description / Licenses

The VINTEO server is distributed under a license purchased from official partners VINTEO LLC. Licenses section allows you to request and install a license on the server, as well as view previously installed licenses. Licenses are limited and unlimited in time.There are 4 types of licenses for conference participants:

  1. License to connect conference participants with standard resolution up to VGA.
  2. License to connect conference participants with standard resolution up to HD.
  3. License to connect conference participants with quality up to FullHD and higher.
  4. License for connecting conference participants with audio stream only.

The distribution kit of the server uses licensing by ports, i.e. if a client with VGA resolution does not have enough license to resolve it, then it occupies a higher unoccupied license in the resolution.

Licenses

Request and upload of license

Specify the number of licenses in the strings, click the Generate button. Send the licrequest.lic file by e-mail to VINTEO LLC to receive the newlic.lic license file. Click the Choose File button and the Upload button to upload the newlic.lic file. The license will appear in the list of licenses at the top of the page.

Changing the number of conference participants for the current license

If the license has installed on the server, but there is a need to increase the number of concurrently connected conference participants with VGA / HD / FHD resolution and the power of the hardware platform allows this, then you must ckick the Expand button in the Request License block, specify the number of ports that need to be added to the main license and click on the Generate button. Upload the file that was sent to you in the same way as when requesting a new license.

Expanding the server uptime for a license with a temporary parameter.

If you need to extend your licenses, click the Extend button in the Request license block. Specify the required number of hours or click on the arrow buttons, decreasing / increasing the number of hours in the Time Limitation string. The default value in the string is 10. Click the Generate button. Upload the file that was sent to you in the same way as when requesting a new license.

Upgrade

English / General description / Upgrade

The Upgrade page allows you to download a firmware update, export the current configuration to a file and reset the server to default settings.

 Attention! The server will reboot the system twice when it will install updates. Do not disconnect power or manually restart the system between the first and second automatic reboots!