Announcements - Configure NFS Share or SD Card

The announcements can be retrieved from an SD Card or from a share on an NFS Server. The procedures below describe the steps required for both NFS Server or SD Card. Use appropriate procedure below which is dependent on whether files are loaded from SD Card or NFS Server

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• Open the NFS Server Configuration pane by going to System > Administration > Server Settings > NFS
  

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• Before the NFS client opens, a screen will prompt you for the root user password. Enter the root password.

• This will open the NFS Server Configuration screen. Select Add from the toolbar and an Add NFS Share dialog box will appear. Add the following information to the dialog box:

Description of NFS Server Configuration Screen

In the field labeled Directory, enter the path to the directory that will be the Mount Point. In this example, the path entered is /home/dialogic/shares. In the Host(s) field either enter the IP address of the NFS Server or enter a wildcard symbol * indicating any IP address. Check the Read/Write Radio button. In the General Options tab select check the Sync write operations on request box. In the User Access tab check the Treat all clients users as anonymous users box. Check both the Specify local users ID as anonymous users -and- Specify local group ID for anonymous users boxes. The value of the User ID and Group ID is located in the Users Tab and Groups Tab in the User Manager in Linux Red Hat. See screen capture below. Image RemovedImage Added The User ID is displayed in the User ID Tab under the dialogic user. Enter that number. The Group ID is displayed in the Group ID Tab under the dialogic user. Enter that number.

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• Copy all the audio files required to the announcements directory on the NFS Server using the appropriate transfer mode. For .vox and .wav files, the transfer mode should be Binary.

• The next step is to configure the NFS object using the Web GUI. Refer to the Announcements - Configure NFS Object.

Configure SD Card

To be able to add/remove/modify the files on the SD Card, an SD Card Reader or FTP Application can be used. The procedure below describes using an FTP Application to transfer/modify the contents of the SD Card. If an SD Card reader will be used, the procedure below is the same with the exception that the SD Card must be removed from system and plugged into the SD Card Reader to modify the contents.

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• Create a new directory that the audio files will be copied to. In this procedure, the directory created will be labeled announcements.

• Copy all the audio files required to the announcements directory on the SD Card using the appropriate transfer mode. For .vox and .wav files, the transfer mode should be Binary.

• The next step is to configure the Media objects. Refer to the Announcements - Configure Media topic.