Draft 02 - Sep 1 2015
Viking Mobile Radio Operating Manual
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Radio Wide Features
4.15
Over the Internet Programming
Over the Internet Programming (OTIP) enables you to program Viking mobile radios
remotely using IP-based network services. It works with both wired (Ethernet) and
wireless (Wi-Fi) networks.
Note
OTIP is only supported by Viking mobile radios running 8.12.x or later software with the
OTIP option enabled. Portable radios do not support OTIP.
4.15.1 Security
There are inherent security risks with exposing your radios on a LAN or WAN. Your
system administrator or IT department should be made aware that Viking mobile radios
using OTIP will periodically use Multicast DNS and DNS-Based Service Discovery to
coordinate availability. You may choose to completely disable OTIP functionality by not
ordering the OTIP option.
Because OTIP-enabled radios are available to all computers on the network, you should
use network security policies with upload/download restrictions.
4.15.2 Voice Announcements
OTIP has no special restrictions for voice announcements. You can use the OTIP interface
to quickly transfer large codeplugs with many voice announcements.
4.15.3 Encryption
Armada supports industry-standard (SSH) encrypted transfers when using USB, Ethernet
or Wi-Fi network connections. If Wi-Fi is configured, you must use WPA2 Pre-Shared
Key (PSK).
4.15.4 Limitations
4.15.4.1
Disconnection Events
Armada may show a radio OTIP-connected when it is not. This is due to the nature of
service discovery on IP networks. Here are a few examples of scenarios in which this may
happen. There may be other such scenarios also:
