Multi-Tech Systems MVP-2410 User Manual

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MultiTech has built an FTP server into the MultiVOIP unit.  Therefore, 

file transfers from the controller PC to the voip unit can be done using 

an FTP client program or even using a browser (e.g., Internet Explorer, 

Netscape or FireFox, used in conjunction with Windows Explorer).  
The terminology of “downloads” and “uploads” gets a bit confusing in 

this context.  File transfers from a client to a server are typically 

considered “uploads.”  File transfers from a large repository of data to 

machines with less data capacity are considered “downloads.”  In this 

case, these metaphors are contradictory:  the FTP server is actually 

housed in the  MultiVOIP unit, and the controller PC, which is actually 

the repository of the info to be transferred, uses an FTP client program.  

In this situation, we have chosen to call the transfer of files from the PC 

to the voip “downloads.”  (Be aware that some FTP client programs 

may use the opposite terminology, i.e., they may refer to the file 

transfer as an “upload “) 
You can download firmware, CAS telephony protocols, default 

configuration parameters, and phonebook data for the MultiVOIP unit 

with this FTP functionality.  These downloads are done over a network, 

not by a local serial port connection.  Consequently, voips at distant 

locations can be updated from a central control point. 
The phonebook downloading feature greatly reduces the data-entry 

required to establish inbound and outbound phonebooks for the voip 

units within a system.  Although each MultiVOIP unit will require 

some unique phonebook entries, most will be common to the entire 

voip system.  After the phonebooks for the  first few voip units have 

been compiled, phonebooks for additional voips become much simpler: 

you copy the common material by downloading and then do data entry 

for the few phonebook items that are unique to that particular voip unit 

or voip site.