Grandstream Networks HandyTone-486, User Manual

Page 1: ...User Manual HandyTone 486 Analog Telephone Adaptor For Firmware Version 1 0 8 16 ...

Page 2: ...ansfer 11 5 2 5 2 Attended Transfer 12 5 2 6 3 way Conferencing 12 5 2 7 PSTN Pass Through Life line 12 5 3 CALL FEATURES 13 5 3 1 Call Features Table star code 13 5 4 FAX 14 5 5 LED LIGHT PATTERN INDICATION 14 6 CONFIGURATION GUIDE 15 6 1 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE 486 WAN IP THROUGH VOICE PROMPT 15 6 1 1 DHCP Mode 15 6 1 2 STATIC IP Mode 15 6 1 3 TFTP Server Address 15 6 2 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE 486 W...

Page 3: ...3 7 1 FIRMWARE UPGRADE THROUGH TFTP HTTP 32 7 2 CONFIGURATION FILE DOWNLOAD 33 7 3 FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION FILE PREFIX AND POSTFIX 33 7 4 MANAGING FIRMWARE AND CONFIGURATION FILE DOWNLOAD 33 8 RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING 34 9 GLOSSARY OF TERMS 35 ...

Page 4: ...high level of integration compactness and ultra affordability The HandyTone 486 is fully compatible with SIP industry standard and can interoperate with many other SIP compliant devices and software on the market Grandstream HandyTone 486 has been awarded the Best of Show product in 2004 Internet Telephony Conference and Expo This document is subject to changes without notice The latest electronic...

Page 5: ...The HandyTone 486 VoIP functionalities are available via a regular analog telephone The following photo illustrates the appearance of a HandyTone 486 Top View Side Views Interconnection Diagram of the HandyTone 486 Fax Cordless Phone Analog Phone Internet ADSL Cable Modem Ethernet PSTN PC PC PC LAN WAN LINE PHONE BUTTON RED LED GREEN LED RJ45 10M Ethernet LAN WAN RJ11 Telephone Phone 5V 1200mA RJ1...

Page 6: ...he product directly from Grandstream contact your Grandstream Sales and Service Representative for a RMA Return Materials Authorization number Grandstream reserves the right to remedy warranty policy without prior notification Warning Please do not attempt to use a different power adaptor Using other power adaptor may damage the HandyTone 486 and will void the manufacturer warranty Caution Changes...

Page 7: ...ll Transfer 3 way conference on Rev 2 0 Call Forward in band and out of band DTMF etc Support fax pass through for PCMU and PCMA and T 38 FoIP Fax over IP Support Silence Suppression VAD Voice Activity Detection CNG Comfort Noise Generation Line Echo Cancellation G 168 and AGC Automatic Gain Control Support standard encryption and authentication DIGEST using MD5 and MD5 sess Support for Layer 2 80...

Page 8: ...C 50 60 Hz Output 5VDC 1200mA UL certified Dimension 70mm W 130mm D 27mm H Weight 0 6lbs 0 3kg Temperature 40 130o F 5 45o C Humidity 10 90 non condensing Compliance NOTE HandyTone 486 has two hardware revisions This information can be found on the label at the bottom of the device The difference between HandyTone 486 Rev 1 0 and HandyTone 486 Rev 2 0 is that a HandyTone 486 Rev 2 0 line port can ...

Page 9: ...nu 02 to 05 If user selects Dynamic IP Mode the device will retrieve all IP address information from DHCP server automatically when user reboots the device 02 IP Address IP address The current WAN IP address is announced Enter 12 digit new IP address if in Static IP Mode 03 Subnet IP address Same as Menu option 02 04 Gateway IP address Same as Menu option 02 05 DNS Server IP address Same as Menu o...

Page 10: ...ck up attached phone dial 1008 and then press the or wait for 4 seconds To dial a PSTN number such as 6266667890 you might need to enter in some prefix number followed by the phone number Please check with your VoIP service provider to get the information If you phone is assigned with a PSTN like number such as 6265556789 most likely you just follow the rule to dial 16266667890 as if you were call...

Page 11: ... the previously Hold party and the bi directional media will resume 5 2 4 Call Waiting If call waiting feature is enabled while the user is in a conversation he will hear a special stutter tone if there is another incoming call User can press the flash button to put the current call party on hold and switch to the other call Pressing flash button toggles between two active calls 5 2 5 Call Transfe...

Page 12: ...o C 1 A presses FLASH on the analog phone or Hook Flash for old model phones to get a dial tone 2 A then dial C s number followed by or wait for 4 seconds 3 If C answers the call A and C are in conversation Then A can hang up to complete transfer 4 If C does not answer the call A can press FLASH back to talk to B NOTE When Attended Transfer failed and A hang up HandyTone 486 will ring user A back ...

Page 13: ...for all config change 67 Block CallerID per call 82 Send CallerID per call 50 Disable Call Waiting for all config change 51 Enable Call Waiting for all config change 70 Disable Call Waiting Per Call 71 Enable Call Waiting Per Call 72 Unconditional Call Forward To use this feature dial 72 wait for the dial tone Then dial the forward number ended with wait for dial tone hang up 73 Cancel Uncondition...

Page 14: ...es not support T 38 pass through mode may be used To send or receive faxes in fax pass through mode users will need to select all the Preferred Codecs to be PCMU PCMA 5 5 LED Light Pattern Indication Following are the LED light pattern indications RED LED always indicates not abnormal status DHCP Failed or WAN No Cable Button flashes every 2 seconds if DHCP is configured HandyTone 486 fails to reg...

Page 15: ...t will respond to HTTP GET POST requests It also has embedded HTML pages that allow a user to configure the HandyTone 486 through a Web browser such as Microsoft s IE and AOL s Netscape 6 2 1 Access the Web Configuration Menu HandyTone 486 s web configuration page can be accessed via LAN or WAN port From the LAN port Directly connect a computer to the LAN port Open a command window on the computer...

Page 16: ...s entered and sent from a Web browser the HandyTone 486 will respond with the following login screen Grandstream Device Configuration Password Login All Rights Reserved Grandstream Networks Inc 2005 The password is case sensitive with a maximum length of 25 characters The factory default password for End User and administrator is 123 and admin respectively Only administrator can get access to ADVA...

Page 17: ...0 US Eastern Time New York Daylight Savings Time No Yes if set to Yes display time will be 1 hour ahead of normal time NAT Bridge DHCP Server Information Configuration Device Mode NAT Router Bridge Cloned WAN MAC Addr in hex format LAN Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 default is 255 255 255 0 LAN DHCP Base IP 192 168 2 1 base IP for the LAN port default is 192 168 2 1 DHCP IP Lease Time 120 in units of h...

Page 18: ...lds are set If Static IP mode is selected then the IP address Subnet Mask Default Router IP address DNS Server 1 primary DNS Server 2 secondary fields will need to be configured These fields are set to zero by default Time Zone This parameters decides how the displayed date time will be adjusted according to the specified time zone Daylight Savings Time This parameter decides whether the displayed...

Page 19: ...Grandstream Device Configuration STATUS BASIC SETTINGS ADVANCED SETTINGS MAC Address 00 0B 82 03 31 D2 WAN IP Address 192 168 1 180 Product Model HT486 REV 2 0 Software Version Program 1 0 8 16 Bootloader 1 0 8 9 HTML 1 0 8 16 VOC 1 0 0 10 Configuration Version System Up Time 0 day s 1 hour s 2 minute s Registered Yes PPPoE Link Up disabled NAT detected NAT type is port restricted cone NAT Mapped ...

Page 20: ...d to DSL modem NAT This shows what kind NAT the HandyTone ATA is connected to via its WAN port It is based on STUN protocol NAT Mapped IP WAN side public IP if connected to LAN of a SOHO router NAT Mapped Port WAN side SIP port if connected to LAN of a SOHO router Other Statistical Status of ATA Self explainable please see the page displayed 6 2 3 Advanced User Configuration To login to the Advanc...

Page 21: ...der in listed order choice 1 current setting is PCMU choice 2 current setting is PCMA choice 3 current setting is G723 choice 4 current setting is G729 choice 5 current setting is G726 32 choice 6 current setting is iLBC choice 7 current setting is PCMU G723 rate 6 3kbps encoding rate 5 3kbps encoding rate iLBC frame size 20ms 30ms iLBC payload type 97 between 96 and 127 default is 97 Silence Supp...

Page 22: ...024 65535 default 5004 Use random port No Yes NAT Traversal No Yes STUN server is stun mycompany com URI or IP port keep alive interval 20 in seconds default 20 seconds Use NAT IP used in SIP SDP message if specified Proxy Require SUBSCRIBE for MWI No do not send SUBSCRIBE for Message Waiting Indication Yes send periodical SUBSCRIBE for Message Waiting Indication Offhook Auto Dial User ID extensio...

Page 23: ... key pattern to use the PSTN line default is 00 Syslog Server Syslog Level NONE Session Expiration 180 in seconds default 180 seconds Min SE 90 in seconds default and minimum 90 seconds Caller Request Timer Yes No Request for timer when making outbound calls Callee Request Timer Yes No When caller supports timer but did not request one Force Timer Yes No Use timer even when remote party does not s...

Page 24: ...urity reason after user clicks UPDATE button This field is case sensitive and the maximum password length is 25 characters SIP Server IP address or Domain name provided by VoIP service provider Outbound Proxy IP address or Domain name of Outbound Proxy or Media Gateway or Session Border Controller Used by ATA for firewall or NAT penetration in different network environment If symmetric NAT is dete...

Page 25: ...eference List or the actual used payload type negotiated between the 2 conversation parties at run time e g if the first codec is configured as G723 and the Voice Frames per TX is set to be 2 then the ptime value in the SDP message of an INVITE request will be 60ms because each G723 voice frame contains 30ms of audio Similarly if this field is set to be 2 and if the first codec chosen is G729 or G...

Page 26: ...1 hour The maximum interval is 65535 minutes about 45 days Early Dial Default is No Use only if proxy supports 484 response Dial Plan Prefix Sets the prefix added to each dialed number No Key Entry timeout Default is 4 seconds Use as Send Key This parameter allows user to configure the key to be used as the Send or Dial key Once set to Yes pressing this key will immediately trigger the sending of ...

Page 27: ...a SIP address needs to be entered here The HandyTone ATA will automatically append the and the host portion of the corresponding SIP address Note Please write down the IP address of the ATA if you use this feature as it will prevent you to access the IVR and the only way to access the device configuration is via the web configuration page Enable Call Features Default is Yes Advanced call features ...

Page 28: ...ure is especially useful for ITSP Internet Telephone Service Provider Syslog Level Select the ATA to report the log level Default is NONE The level is one of DEBUG INFO WARNING or ERROR Syslog messages are sent based on the following events product model version on boot up INFO level NAT related info INFO level sent or received SIP message DEBUG level SIP message summary INFO level inbound and out...

Page 29: ... when it receives inbound calls with session timer request Force Timer If selecting Yes the phone will use session timer even if the remote party does not support this feature Selecting No will allow the phone to enable session timer only when the remote party support this feature To turn off Session Timer select No for Caller Request Timer Callee Request Timer and Force Timer UAC Specify Refreshe...

Page 30: ...llow conf SIP Account in Basic Settings Default No If set to Yes user ID authentication IP authentication password and display name can be configured in BASIC SETTINGS page 6 2 4 Saving the Configuration Changes Once a change is made users should click on the Update button in the Configuration page The HandyTone 486 will then display the following screen to confirm that the changes have been saved...

Page 31: ...m Automated Provisioning System uses enhanced NAT friendly TFTP or HTTP thus no NAT issues and other communication protocols to communicate with each individual HandyTone ATA for firmware upgrade remote reboot etc Grandstream provide GAPS Grandstream Automated Provisioning System service to VoIP service providers It could be either simple redirection or with certain special provisioning settings I...

Page 32: ...e files available for upgrade or checksum test fails etc the HandyTone ATA will stop the TFTP HTTP process and simply boot using the existing code image in the flash Firmware upgrade may take as long as 1 to 20 minutes over Internet or just 20 seconds if it is performed on a LAN It is recommended to conduct firmware upgrade in a controlled LAN environment if possible For users who do not have a lo...

Page 33: ... HandyTone 486 Rev 2 0 adding prefix and postfix for both firmware and configuration file is supported Firmware Prefix and Postfix allows device to download the firmware name with the matching Prefix and Postfix This makes it the possible to store ALL of the firmware with different version in one single directory Similarly Config File Prefix and Postfix allows device to download the configuration ...

Page 34: ...the device It is a 12 digits HEX number located on the bottom of the unit Step 2 Encode the MAC address Please use the following mapping 0 9 0 9 A 22 B 222 C 2222 D 33 E 333 F 3333 For example if the MAC address is 000b8200e395 it should be encoded as 0002228200333395 Step 3 To perform factory reset a Press or the LED button for voice prompt b Enter 99 and get the voice prompt Reset c Enter the en...

Page 35: ... an analog to digital A D and digital to analog D A converter for translating the signals from the outside world to digital and back again CNG Comfort Noise Generator geneate artificial background noise used in radio and wireless communications to fill the silent time in a transmission resulting from voice activity detection DATAGRAM A data packet carrying its own address information so it can be ...

Page 36: ...als such as sound video and other analog signals which have been converted to digital form Digital Signal Processor A specialized CPU used for digital signal processing Grandstream products all have DSP chips built inside DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency The standard tone pairs used on telephone terminals for dialing using in band signaling The standards define 16 tone pairs 0 9 and A F although mos...

Page 37: ...ddition to improving quality this process improves bandwidth savings achieved through silence suppression by preventing echo from traveling across a network There are two types of echo of relevance in telephony acoustic echo and hybrid echo Speech compression techniques and digital processing delay often contribute to echo generation in telephone networks H 323 A suite of standards for multimedia ...

Page 38: ...me specified in octets eight bit bytes that can be sent in a packet or frame based network such as the Internet The maximum for Ethernet is 1500 byte NAT Network Address Translation NTP Network Time Protocol a protocol to exchange and synchronize time over networks The port used is UDP 123 Grandstream products using NTP to get time from Internet OBP SBC Outbound Proxy or another name Session Borde...

Page 39: ...otocol suitable for integrated voice data applications SIP is designed for voice transmission and uses fewer resources and is considerably less complex than H 323 All Grandstream products are SIP based STUN Simple Traversal of UDP over NATs is a network protocol allowing clients behind NAT or multiple NATs to find out its public address the type of NAT it is behind and the internet side port assoc...

Page 40: ...tion or Voice Activity Detector is an algorithm used in speech processing wherein the presence or absence of human speech is detected from the audio samples VLAN A virtual LAN known as a VLAN is a logically independent network Several VLANs can co exist on a single physical switch It is usually refer to the IEEE 802 1Q tagging protocol VoIP Voice over IP VoIP encompasses many protocols All the pro...