Grandstream HandyTone-488 is a multi-port, all-in-one Analog telephone adapter. It has one RJ11 FXS port(Telephone device), one RJ11 FXO port(Phone line), two RJ45 10Mbits Ethernet ports(LAN and WAN) and one power-supply jack. HandyTone-488 VoIP telephone supports lots of protocols including SIP 2.0, TCP/UDP/IP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP, ICMP, ARP/RARP, DNS, DHCP(both client and server), NTP, TFTP, PPPoE, STUN. It also supports different codecs: G.711, G.723.1, G.729A/B, G.728, G.726, iLBC.
2.Differences between HandyTone-488 and HandyTone-486
(HandyTone 486 ver 2 is called Handytone 487)
HandyTone-488 allows call origination and termination from/to PSTN network (via FXO port) remotely and automated emergency call routing via PSTN network
* Includes a built in router, NAT, Gateway and DMZ port forwarding capable
* Supports call origination and termination from/to the PSTN network (via FXO port)
* Powerful digital signal processing (DSP) to ensure highest audio quality; advanced adaptive jitter control and packet loss concealment technology
* Supports various vocoders including G.711 (a-law and u-law), G.723.1 (5.3K/6.3K), G.726 (40K/32K/24K/16K), as well as G.728 and G.729A/B, and iLBC.
* Supports advanced call features on FXS port, including Caller ID/Name display or block, Hold, Call Waiting/Flash, Call Transfer, Call Forward, 3-way conference, in-band and out-of-band DTMF(Dual Tone Multi Frequency), Dial Plans, etc.
* Supports faxes passing through (for PCMU and PCMA) and T.38 FoIP (Fax over IP).
* Supports Silence Suppression, VAD (Voice Activity Detection), CNG (Comfort Noise Generation), Line Echo Cancellation (G.168), and AGC (Automatic Gain Control)
* Supports standard encryption and authentication (DIGEST using MD5 and MD5-sess)
* Supports Layer 2 protocols (802.1Q VLAN, 802.1p) and Layer 3 QoS (ToS, DiffServ and MPLS)
* Device configuration via Web browser, built-in IVR, or central configuration file through TFTP or HTTP
* Firmware upgrades via TFTP or HTTP with encrypted configuration files
* Supports PSTN calls passing through
* Ultra compact (wallet size) and lightweight design, great companion for travelers
* Compact, lightweight Universal Power adapter.
4. Prerequisites
The steps to install a HandyTone-488 are as follows:
1. Connect a standard touch-tone analog telephone to the PHONE port.
2. Insert a standard RJ11 telephone cable into the LINE port and connect the other end of the telephone cable to a wall jack.
3. Insert the Ethernet cable into the WAN port of HandyTone-488 and connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to an uplink port (a router or a modem, etc.)
4. Connect a PC to the LAN port of HandyTone-488 if it is used as a router.
5. Insert the power adapter into the HandyTone-488 and connect it to a wall outlet.
5. Asterisk PBX configuration
5.1 sip.conf
First, you need to register a user in the sip.conf file. In our case we are registering the user test, to use for line1 and user test2 for line2. You have to also set the password(secret) - in our case test for line1 and test2 for the second line.
Type=friend means that this user can make and receive calls. Secret=test and Secret=test2 - password test for line1 and test2 for line2. Host=dynamic means that the IP is not static but dynamic through a DHCP server. Allow=all means that the line which this user will use supports all audio codecs. Context=test - this shows that this user is working with the extensions in this context of the configuration file extensions.conf.
5.2 extensions.conf
The first line in the context [test] shows that if somebody dials the number 102 his call will be connected with the user test through SIP. In our case this user is set for line 1. The next line says that if the conversation is over then Asterisk has to hang up the line.
Do the same if you want to use line 2. In our example we do this with the number 104. If somebody dials 104, his call will be connected with the user test2 through SIP. Again, it’s good to add an extension for a hanging up in order to be sure that when the conversation is over the Asterisk PBX will hang up the line. You can see a screenshot of extensions.conf below.
6. Configuration
6.1 Configuration through phone
From the telephone connected to the HandyTone-488, you can only do the basic settings. For the advanced settings you have to access the HandyTone-488 through the web interface.
To access the build-in configuration menu you have to enter the asterisk (***) three times.
Grandstream HandyTone-488 Menu:
*** “Enter menu option”
Enter * for next, # for main menu or 01-06, 99 or any from the below listed numbers.
Dial Prompt Description
01 “DHCP mode”, “Static IP mode”
To change the mode - press ‘9’.
02 “IP address” + IP address
It will announce the current WAN IP address. If you are in static IP mode you can change the address. To do this, just enter 12 digits for the new IP address.
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 the menu option 02
06 “TFTP server” + IP address
Same as menu option 02
47 “Direct IP calling”
You will be prompted to enter the 12-digit IP address that will be dialled.
86 “Voice messages pending”, “No voice messages”
Enter ‘9’ to dial a preconfigured phone number to check your voicemail.
99 “Reset”
Enter 9 to confirm the reset, or enter the MAC address to restore factory settings.
But how to enter the IP addresses? Let say, we want to enter for static IP address 10.3.5.2. So we have to press: 010 003 005 002. Subnet 255.0.0.0 is equal to 255 000 000 000 , and so on…
6.2 Access the Web Configuration Menu
The HandyTone-488 HTML 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
* Type in “ipconfig /release”, the IP address becomes 0.
* Type in “ipconfig /renew”, the computer gets an IP address in 192.168.2.x segment by default
* Open a web browser, type in the default gateway IP address. You will see the log in page of the device.
http://192.168.2.1
There are admin and user accounts. The admin account is for changing the advanced settings, the user account is used for changing only the basic settings.
username: admin
password: admin
username: user
password: 123
The first option is "STATUS". On this screen you can see statistics for the outgoing and incoming calls, what is the WAN IP Address for the device, etc.:
The second option is "Basic Settings". Here you can change the Web port, WAN port, timezone, NAT/DHCP settings, port forwarding, etc.:
On the first screenshot of "Basic Settings(look below), you can change the End user password(account: user), Web port, IP Address, DNS server settings:
On the second screenshot of "Basic Settings"(look below), you can change the time zone, NAT/DHCP server settings like Cloned WAN MAC Address, Subnet Mask, making port forwarding:
On the third screenshot of "Basic Settings"(look below), you can change the PIN for PSTN/VoIP calls, to forward to PSTN/VoIP, etc.:
The third option is "Advanced Settings". Here you can change all advanced settings for HandyTone-488: Admin password, STUN Server, Firmware server path, Firmware way to upgrade, Firmware key, NTP Server hostname or IP Address, Syslog Server and Level for logging. Also here you can enable the access via WAN, which is disabled by default. The option is: "WAN side http access - No or Yes".
On the first screenshot of "Advanced Settings"(look below), you can change the Admin password, STUN Server, set the way to Firmware upgrade - HTTP or TFTP, set the Firmware Server Path and etc.:
The second screenshot of "Advanced Settings" is for changing the NTP Server, to enable WAN side http access, to set Syslog Server and Syslog Level logging:
The fourth option is "FXS Port. The settings here are: SIP Server, Outbound Proxy, SIP User ID, Authenticate ID and password, UnRegister on Reboot, Registration Expiration, Preferred Vocoder, Fax Mode(T.38 or Pass-Through), Onhook Voltage, Distinct Ring Tones(Frequency 1(Hz), Frequency 2(Hz) and more. You can figure out by yourself what exactly you can set/change on this option.
If you are not very familiar with HandyTone-488 then the fifth option - "FXO Port" will seem to you similar tothe previous one - "FXS Port. There are similar options, right, but remember that on the FXS port you must plug-in the Phone, on the FXO port - Phone Line.
Let's see some "FXO Port" screenshots:
• From the WAN port:
Note:
WAN side HTTP access is disabled by default for security reason. You can enable it on the configuration page by setting “WAN side HTTP access” to be YES. The very first time to access the configuration page is always from LAN port. The instructions are listed above.
• The IVR announces a 12 digits IP address, you need to strip out the leading “0”in the IP address.
For example IP address: 192.168.001.014, you need to type in http://192.168.1.14 in the web browser.
* Follow section 6.1 to find out the WAN side IP address.
* Open a web browser, type in the WAN side IP address.
7. Additional information
Restore Factory Default Setting
Please disconnect network cable and power cycle the unit before trying to reset the unit to factory defaults.
The steps are as follows:
Step 1: Find the MAC Address of the device. It is a 12 digits HEX number located on the bottom side 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 004063d4ca1a, it should be encoded as “004063334222222122”.
Step 3: To perform factory reset:
1. Press “***” or the LED button for voice prompt.
2. Enter “99” and get the voice prompt “Reset”.
3. Enter the encoded MAC address of the device.
4. Wait for 15 seconds.
The device will reboot automatically and restore to factory default settings.
Note:
Please note that by default the HandyTone-488 WAN side HTTP access is disabled. After a
factory reset, the device’s web configuration page can be accessed only from its LAN port, please refer to instructions in section 5.2 for details.
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Badr (baderahmd at yahoo dot com) 16 May 2008 21:18:41 I tried to access advanced sittings and FXS/FXO sittings but I got block page!!! can you please help
aameradnan (aameradnan at yahoo dot com) 12 May 2008 15:32:29 hello
please tell me how i can open internal setup of grandstream 486 .and web access.
best regards,
aamer
Gil Marcel Gabilheri (gmarcel at sescmatogrosso dot com dot br) 26 April 2007 16:49:30 I have 8 ht488 but dont configure to PSTN to VoIP. And whem a user digit a route to PSTN the ht-488 dont dial the number is´t give dial tone and the user need dial newly.
How i fix this problems?