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User Manual PN 84469 Rev B
The Thales Management Portal is the primary user interface for the VesseLINK
™
system. There
are four access levels to the system. Three of them are under password control.
• Local access levels include GUEST access, which is for general users of the system that
do not need to make configuration changes.
• The second local access is for administrators who need to view all data, perform software
updates and make configuration changes.
• The first remote access level is for remote users who need to monitor the system, but no
configuration changes are permitted. This is similar to the “guest” access except that it is
a remote user instead of a local user.
• The second remote access level is for remote administrators such as Service Providers.
This level allows for viewing all data and making configuration changes through the
custom Thales Application Programming Interface (API).
The guest access level is not password protected, so when the Management Portal is opened, the
guest user can view the current configuration and status of the system and any alerts that have
been generated, but cannot change any parameters. The three other access levels are password
protected. Passwords can be controlled and changed by the administrator in the SETTINGS
GENERAL menu, where the local administrator is denoted as “admin”, the remote user is
denoted by “wan_user” and the remote administrator is denoted by “wan_admin”. By password
control, the local system administrator can enable or prevent any remote access to the system.
Administrators, after initially logging in to the admin account with default password (admin),
can view all data and also make changes to all the configuration settings to customize the
VesseLINK
™
system. It is highly recommended that the administrator creates a new Password
immediately after signing in for added security and protection.
In the following pages, the Thales Management Portal is described in detail. Read through the
entire contents before attempting to configure the BDU for the first time.
When you first enter into the Thales Management Portal, menu items appear on the left side of
the screen (see Figure 4-1). Each of these menu items is discussed in the following sections. A
short description of each menu item is below.
• Status – Provides status of each of the items listed below. These informational screens
cannot be edited.
o Current Devices
o GPS
o LAN
o Phones
o Services
o SIM
• Alerts – Provides a listing of system alerts
• Calls – Provides current calls, call history, and call management.
• Distress – Allows the operator to send a distress message.
• Settings – Enables the Administrator to configure the system.
• System – Enables the Administrator to perform system backups, view data usage, reset
the system, and view/update system firmware.
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