Grandstream Networks HandyTone-286 Rev 3.0 User manual

User Manual
HandyTone-286
Analog Telephone Adaptor
Version 1.00
Grandstream Networks, Inc.
www.grandstream.com

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Table of Contents
1WELCOME................................................................................................................................. - 3 -
2INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................ - 4 -
3WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE........................................................................... - 5 -
3.1 SAFETY COMPLIANCES.............................................................................................................- 5-
4PRODUCT OVERVIEW........................................................................................................... - 6 -
4.1 KEY FEATURES.........................................................................................................................- 6-
4.2 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION .....................................................................................................- 7-
5BASIC OPERATIONS............................................................................................................... - 8 -
5.1 GET FAMILIAR WITH KEY PAD AND VOICE PROMPT ................................................................- 8-
5.2 MAKE PHONE CALLS..............................................................................................................- 10 -
5.2.1 Calling phone or extension numbers............................................................................. - 10 -
5.2.2 Direct IP calls................................................................................................................ - 10 -
5.3 CALL FEATURES.....................................................................................................................- 12 -
5.4 LED LIGHT PATTERN INDICATION .........................................................................................- 13 -
6CONFIGURATION GUIDE.................................................................................................... - 14 -
6.1 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE IP THROUGH VOICE PROMPT .....................................................- 14 -
6.1.1 DHCP Mode .................................................................................................................. - 14 -
6.1.2 STATIC IP Mode............................................................................................................ - 14 -
6.1.3 TFTP Server Address..................................................................................................... - 14 -
6.2 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE WITH WEB BROWSER.................................................................- 14 -
6.2.1 Access the Web Configuration Menu............................................................................. - 14 -
6.2.2 Configuration Menu....................................................................................................... - 15 -
6.2.3 Saving the Configuration Changes................................................................................ - 22 -
6.2.4 Rebooting the phone from remotely............................................................................... - 23 -
6.3 CONFIGURATION THROUGH A CENTRAL SERVER....................................................................- 23 -
7SOFTWARE UPGRADE WITH TFTP ................................................................................. - 25 -
8RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING...................................................................... - 26 -

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1Welcome
Congratulations on becoming an owner of HandyTone 286! You made an excellent
choice and we hope you will enjoy all its capabilities.
Grandstream's award-wining HandyTone 286 is innovative Analog Telephone Adaptor
that offers a rich set of functionality and superb sound quality at ultra-affordable price.
They are fully compatible with SIP industry standard and can interoperate with many
other SIP compliant devices and software on the market.
This document is subject to changes without notice. The latest electronic version of this
user manual can be downloaded from the following location:
http://www.grandstream.com/user_manuals/HandyTone.pdf
Grandstream Networks, Inc.

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2Installation
HandyTone 286 is a VoIP Analog Telephone Adaptor designed to work with an
ordinary analog telephone. The following photo illustrates the appearance of a
HandyTone 286.
BUTTON/
RED LED/
GREEN LED
RJ45
10M Ethernet RJ11 Telephone
+5V/1200mA

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3What is Included in the Package
The HandyTone 286 package contains:
1) One HandyTone 286
2) One universal power adaptor
3) One Ethernet cable
3.1 Safety Compliances
The HandyTone 286 is compliant with various safety standards including FCC/CE and
C-Tick. Its power adaptor is compliant with UL standard. The HandyTone ATA should
only operate with the universal power adaptor provided in the package.
Warning: Please do not attempt to use a different power adaptor. Using other power
adaptor may damage the HandyTone ATA.
Caution: Changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved by
Grandstream, or operation of this product in any way other than as detailed by this
User Manual, could void your manufacturer warranty.

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4Product Overview
4.1 Key Features
• Support SIP 2.0, TCP/UDP/IP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP, ICMP, ARP, DNS, DHCP,
NTP/SNTP, TFTP protocols
• Support IETF STUN.
• Interoperable with various 3rd party SIP end user device, Proxy / Registrar
Server and gateway products.
• Advanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) technology to ensure superior audio
quality
• Advanced and patent pending adaptive jitter buffer control, packet delay and loss
concealment technology
• Support popular vocoders including G.723.1 (5.3K/6.3K), G.729A/B, G.711 (alaw
and u-law), G.726 (40K/32K/24K/16K), G.728, and iLBC.
• Support standard voice features such as Call Waiting, Forward, in-band and out-of-
band DTMF, Dial Plans.
• Support Silence Suppression, VAD (Voice Activity Detection), CNG (Comfort
Noise Generation), Line Echo Cancellation (G.168), and AGC (Automatic Gain
Control)
• Support DIGEST authentication (MD5, MD5-sess)
• Provide easy configuration through manual operation (voice prompt along with phone
keypad and Web interface) or automated centralized configuration file.
• Support for Layer 2 (802.1Q VLAN, 802.1p) and Layer 3 QoS (ToS, DiffServ,
MPLS)
• Remote software upgrades capability via TFTP

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4.2 Hardware Specification
The table below describes the difference among these models.
Model HandyTone 286
LAN interface 1xRJ45 10Base-T
Button 1
LED GREEN & RED color
Universal
Switching
Power Adaptor
Input: 100-240VAC
Output: +5VDC, 1200mA, UL certified
Dimension 65mm (W)
93mm (D)
27mm (H)
Weight
Operating
Temperature 32 - 104oF 0 - 40oC
Humidity 10% - 95%
(non-condensing)
Compliance FCC/CE/C-Tick

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5Basic Operations
5.1 Get Familiar with Key Pad and Voice Prompt
HandyTone 286 has stored a voice prompt menu for quick browsing and simple
configuration. To enter this voice prompt menu, simple pick up the phone and press the
button on the HandyTone 286; or pick up the phone and dial “***”. The following table
shows how to use the voice prompt menu to configure the device.
Menu Voice Prompt User’s Options
Dial ‘#’ to Main
Menu “Enter a Menu Option” Dial ‘*’ to review the configuration of the device; or
Dial 01 – 06, or 99 menu option; or
Dial ‘#’ to return to the Main Menu
Dial ‘01’ to configure
the DHCP Mode “Static IP Mode”, or “Dynamic IP Mode”
Dial ‘9’ to toggle the selection.
If user selects “Static IP Mode”, user need
configure the all IP address information
through menu 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.
Dial ‘02’ to configure
the IP address of the
device
“IP Address” + IP address
Such as “IP Address
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx”
Enter 12-digit new IP address if in
Static IP Mode. for example the
address is “192.168.0.10”, user should
dial “192168000010”
Dial ‘03’ to configure
the subnet mask “Subnet mask” + subnet mask
Enter 12-digit new subnet mask address
if in Static IP Mode, for example the
address is “255.255.255.0”, user should
dial “255255255000”.
Dial ‘04’ to configure
the default gateway “Gateway “ + IP address Enter 12-digit IP address of the default gateway if in Static IP Mode.
Dial ‘05’ to configure
the DNS server “DNS Server” + IP address Enter 12-digit IP address of the DNS server if in Static IP Mode.
Dial ‘06’ to configure
the TFTP server “TFTP Server “ + IP address Enter 12-digit IP address of the TFTP server
TFTP server is used to update the firmware
of the device.
Dial ‘47’ to make a
direct IP call “Direct IP Calling” When dial ‘47’, user will prompt a dial tone, then dial the 12-digit IP address. For
Example, user wants call another SIP
phone at “192.168.0.011”. User should dial
‘47’ and dial ‘192168000011’. (For detail,

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see “4.2.2 Make a Direct IP Call”.)
Dial ‘86’ to check the
voice message “No Voice Messages”; or “Voice Messages Pending”
If there are voice messages, user can dial
‘9’ and dial pre-configured phone number
to retrieve voice message.
Dial ‘99’ to reset the
device “RESET” Dial ‘9’ to confirm the RESET; or Enter MAC address to restore factory
default setting (For detail, see section 8)
Dial the invalid
number or keypad “Invalid Entry” Automatically return to Main Menu
Notes:
Once button is pressed, it enters voice prompt main menu. If the button is pressed
again while it is already in the voice prompt menu state, it jumps to “Direct IP
Calling” option and dial tone plays in this state.
All entered digit sequences have known lengths - 2 digits for menu option and 12
digits for IP address. Once all digits are accumulated, it automatically processes
them.
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5.2 Make Phone Calls
5.2.1 Calling phone or extension numbers
There are currently two methods to make an extension number call:
1) Dial the extension number directly and wait for 5 seconds.
2) Dial the numbers directly, and press # (Assuming that “use #” as dial key is
selected in web configuration. For detail, see section 5.2 configure Handytone
using web browser).
Other functions available during the call are call-waiting/flash, call-transfer, and call-
forwarding.
5.2.2 Direct IP calls
Direct IP calling allows two phones to talk to each other in an ad hoc fashion without a
SIP proxy. VoIP calls can be made between two phones, if:
both HandyTone ATA and other VOIP Devices(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or
other IP phone) have public IP addresses, or
both HandyTone ATA and other VOIP Devices(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or
other IP phone) are on a same LAN using private or public IP addresses, or
both HandyTone ATA and other VOIP Devices(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or
other IP phone) can be connected through a router using public or private IP
addresses.
To make a direct IP calling, first pick up the analog phone or turn on the speakerphone
on the analog phone, then access the voice menu prompt by dial “***” or press the
button on the HT286, and dials “47” to access the direct IP call menu. User will hear a
voice prompt “Direct IP Calling” and a dial tone. Then user dials the 12-digit target IP
address to make a call.
If there is a user name part in the target address, such as [email protected],
encode the user name part (see the following encoding scheme table), followed by *3
(encoding for “@”) and then followed by the 12-digit target IP address. Destination
ports can also be specified using *4 (encoding for “:”) followed by the encoded port
number.
The follow is a table of the encoding scheme for the most commonly used characters:

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F
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
*0 . (dot character)
*1 _ (underscore character)
*2 - (hyphen character)
*3 @
*4 : (column character)
21 A
22 B
23 C
31 D
32 E
33 F
41 G
42 H
43 I
51 J
52 K
53 L
61 M
62 N
63 O
71 P
72 Q
73 R
74 S
81 T
82 U
83 V
91 W

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92 X
93 Y
94 Z
The rule of thumb to remember these encoding is: “a” is the first letter on button “1” so
its encoding is “11”. “b” is the 2nd letter on button “1” and its encoding is “12”. “c” is
the 3rd letter on button “1” and its encoding is “13”. Likewise, “d” is the first letter on
button “2” and its encoding is “21”. This pattern and rule applies to all other alphabetic
encoding.
Examples:
If the target IP address is 192.168.0.160, the dialing convention is
Voice Prompt with option 47, then 192168000160
followed by pressing the “#” key is it is configured as a send key or wait for more than 5
seconds. In this case, the default destination port 5060 is used if no port is specified.
If the target IP address/port is 192.168.1.20:5062, then the dialing convention would be:
Voice Prompt with option 47, then 192168001020*45062
followed by pressing the “#” key is it is configured as a send key or wait for 5 seconds.
If the target address is [email protected]:5062, then the dialing convention would be:
Voice Prompt with option 47, then 51634262*3192168001100*45062
followed by pressing the “#” key is it is configured as a send key or wait for 5 seconds.
5.3 Call Features
Following table shows the call features of HandyTone-286.
Dial Key Call Features
*70 Do not disturb, it will give caller busy tone when called. This
setting will be released when user hangs up the phone.
*72 Unconditional Call Forward.
To use this feature, dial “*72” and get the dial tone. Then dial the
forward number and hang up.
*73 Cancel Unconditional Call Forward
To cancel “Unconditional Call Forward”, dial “*73” and get the
dial tone, then hang up.
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To use this feature, dial “*90” and get the dial tone. Then dial the
forward number and hang up.
*91 Cancel Busy Call Forward
To cancel “Unconditional Call Forward”, dial “*91” and get the
dial tone, then hang up
*92 Delayed Call Forward
To use this feature, dial “*92” and get the dial tone. Then dial the
forward number and hang up.
*93 Cancel Delayed Call Forward
To cancel this Forward, dial “*93” and get the dial tone, then
hang up
Flash/Hook When in conversation, this action will switch to the new incoming
call if user heard the call waiting sound.
When in conversation and no incoming call heard, this action will
switch to a new channel for a new call.
5.4 LED Light Pattern Indication
Following are the LED light pattern indication.
RED LED always indicates not normal status
DHCP Failed or WAN No Cable flash every 2 seconds (if DHCP is configured)
HandyTone-486 fails to register flash every 2 seconds (if SIP server is configured)
GREEN LED always for normal working status
Message Waiting Indication Button flashes every 2 seconds
RINGING Button flashes at 1/10 second
RINGING INTERVAL Button flashes every second

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6Configuration Guide
6.1 Configuring HandyTone IP through Voice Prompt
6.1.1 DHCP Mode
Follow section 4.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone to use DHCP.
6.1.2 STATIC IP Mode
Follow section 4.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone 286 to use STATIC
IP mode, then use option 02, 03, 04 to set up HandyTone’s IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway
respectively.
6.1.3 TFTP Server Address
Follow section 4.1 with voice menu option 06 to configure the IP address of the TFTP
server.
6.2 Configuring HandyTone with Web Browser
HandyTone 200 series ATA has an embedded Web server that will respond to HTTP
GET/POST requests. It also has embedded HTML pages that allow a user to configure
the IP phone through a Web browser such as Microsoft’s IE and AOL’s Netscape.
6.2.1 Access the Web Configuration Menu
First, get the IP address of the HandyTone through section 4.1 with menu option 02.
Then access the HandyTone’s Web Configuration Menu using the following URI:
http://Phone-IP-Address,
where the Phone-IP-Address is the IP address of the phone.
Once this request is entered and sent from a Web browser, the IP phone will respond
with the following login screen:

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Welcome to Grandstream IP Phone
Password
Login
The password is case sensitive and the factory default password is lower case ‘admin’.
6.2.2 Configuration Menu
After the correct password is entered in the login screen, the embedded Web server
inside the IP phone will respond with the Configuration Menu screen, which is
explained in details below.
The definitions for all the configuration parameters in the Configuration Menu are:
Information
Field This field shows basic information of the device, including the
MAC address, the model, and the software version.
Password This contains the password to access the Web Configuration Menu.
This field is case sensitive.
IP Address There are 2 modes under which the IP phone can operate:
- If DHCP mode is enabled, then all the field values for the Static IP
mode are not used (even though they are still saved in the Flash
memory) and the IP phone will acquire its IP address from the first
DHCP server it discovers on the LAN it attaches to.
- 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 reset
to zero by default.
SIP Server This field contains the URI string or the IP address (and port, if
different from 5060) of the SIP proxy server. e.g., the following are
some valid examples: sip.my-voip-provider.com, or sip:my-
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Outbound Proxy This field contains the URI string or the IP address (and port, if
different from 5060) of the outbound proxy. If there is no outbound
proxy, this field SHOULD be left blank. If not blank, all outgoing
requests will be sent to this outbound proxy.
SIP User ID This field contains the user part of the SIP address for this phone.
e.g., if the SIP address is: sip:my_user_id@my_provider.com, then
the SIP User ID is: my_user_id. Please do NOT include the
preceding “sip:” scheme or the host portion of the SIP address in
this field.
SIP User ID is
Phone Number If the IP phone has an assigned PSTN telephone number, then this
field will be set to “Yes”. Otherwise, set it to “No”. If “Yes” is set,
a “user=phone” parameter will be attached to the “From” header in
SIP request.
SIP Login ID This field contains the login ID used for SIP authentication.
Typically, this is the account number on an SIP server for this IP
phone. It can be the same as or different from the above SIP User
ID, depending on whether a separate account ID is used for
authentication.
SIP Password This field contains the password used for SIP authentication. It is
used together with the above SIP Login ID

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Preferred
Vocoder The BudgeTone IP phone supports up to 7 different vocoder types
including G711-ulaw (PCMU), G711-alaw (PCMA), G723,
G729A/B, G726-32 (ADPCM), G728, and iLBC. Depending on the
product model, some of these vocoders may not be provided in
standard release.
A user can configure vocoders in a preference list that will be
included with the same preference order in SDP message. The first
vocoder in this list can be entered by choosing the appropriate option
in “Choice 1”. Similarly, the last vocoder in this list can be entered
by choosing the appropriate option in “Choice 7”.
G723 Rate: This defines the encoding rate for G723 vocoder. By default, 6.3kbps
rate is chosen.
iLBC frame
size This defines the size of the iLBC codec frame. The default setting is
20ms.
iLBC payload
type This defines the iLBC payload type. The default setting is 96.
Silence
Suppression This controls the silence suppression/VAD feature of G723 and
G729. If set to “Yes”, when a silence is detected, small quantity of
VAD packets (instead of audio packets) will be sent during the
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Voice Frames
per TX This field contains the number of voice frames to be transmitted in a
single packet. When setting this value, the user should be aware of
the requested packet time (used in SDP message) as a result of
configuring this parameter. This parameter is associated with the
first vocoder in the above vocoder Preference List or the actual used
payload type negotiated between the 2 conversation parties at run
time.
e.g., if the first vocoder 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 vocoder chosen is G729 or G711 or G726, then
the “ptime” value in the SDP message of an INVITE request will be
20ms.
If the configured voice frames per TX exceeds the maximum
allowed value, the phone will use and save the maximum allowed
value for the corresponding first vocoder choice. The maximum
value for PCM is 10(x10ms) frames; for G726, it is 20 (x10ms)
frames; for G723, it is 32 (x30ms) frames; for G729/G728, 64
(x10ms) and 64 (x2.5ms) frames respectively.
Layer 3 QoS This field defines the layer 3 QoS parameter which can be the value
used for IP Precedence or Diff-Serv. Default value is 48
Layer 2 QoS This setting includes two fields. The 802.1Q/VLAN Tag contains the
value used for layer 2 VLAN tag. Default setting is blank. And
802.1p priority value contains the value of the priority value.
Use DNS SRV This parameter controls whether the IP phone supports the DNS
SRV route function.
User ID is
phone number If the HandyTone ATA has an assigned PSTN telephone number,
then this field will be set to “Yes”. Otherwise, set it to “No”. If
“Yes” is set, a “user=phone” parameter will be attached to the
“From” header in SIP request.
SIP
Registration This parameter controls whether the IP phone needs to send
REGISTER messages to the proxy server. The default setting is
“Yes”.
Unregister On
Reboot Default is No. If set to yes, the SIP user will be unregistered on
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Registration
Expiration This parameter allows the user to specify the time frequency (in
minutes) the phone will refresh its registration with the specified
registrar. The default interval is 60 minutes (or 1 hour). The maximum
interval is 65535 minutes (about 45 days).
Early Dial This parameter controls whether the phone will attempt to send an
early INVITE each time a key is pressed when a user dials a number.
If set to “Yes”, an INVITE is sent using the dial-number collected
thus far; Otherwise, no INVITE is sent until the “(Re-)Dial” button
is pressed or after about 5 seconds have elapsed if the user forgets to
press the “(Re-)Dial” button.
The “Yes” option should be used ONLY if there is a SIP proxy
configured and the proxy server supports 484 Incomplete Address
response. Otherwise, the call will most likely be rejected by the
proxy (with a 404 Not Found error).
Please note that this feature is NOT designed to work with and
should NOT be enabled for direct IP-to-IP calling.
Dial Plan
Prefix This value contains the dial plan prefix string (typically an ASCII
numeric string). If it is not blank, then this string will be used as a
prefix to the target URI string in the “To” header field of an INVITE
message.
Use # as
Send Key This parameter allows the 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 dialed string collected so far. In
this case, this key is essentially equivalent to the “(Re)Dial” key. If
set to “No”, this # key will then be included as part of the dial string
to be sent out.
Local SIP port This parameter defines the local SIP port the IP phone will listen and
transmit on. The default value is 5060.
Local RTP port This parameter defines the local RTP-RTCP port pair the IP phone
will listen and transmit on. It is the base RTP port for channel 0.
When configured, channel 0 will use this port value for RTP and the
port_value+1 for its RTCP; channel 1 will use port_value+2 for RTP
and port_value+3 for its RTCP. The default value is 5004.
Use Random
Port This parameter, when set to Yes, will force random generation of
both the local SIP and RTP ports. This is usually necessary when
multiple IP phones are behind the same NAT.