Grandstream Networks HandyTone-286 Rev 3.0 User manual

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

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Table of Contents
1WELCOME................................................................................................................................. - 3 -
2INSTALLATION........................................................................................................................ - 4 -
2.1 WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE.......................................................................................- 5-
2.2 SAFETY COMPLIANCES.............................................................................................................- 5-
3PRODUCT OVERVIEW........................................................................................................... - 6 -
3.1 KEY FEATURES.........................................................................................................................- 6-
3.2 HARDWARE SPECIFICATION .....................................................................................................- 7-
4BASIC OPERATIONS............................................................................................................... - 8 -
4.1 GET FAMILIAR WITH KEY PAD AND VOICE PROMPT ...............................................................- 8-
4.2 MAKE PHONE CALLS..............................................................................................................- 10 -
4.2.1 Calling phone or extension numbers............................................................................. - 10 -
4.2.2 Direct IP calls................................................................................................................ - 10 -
5CONFIGURATION GUIDE.................................................................................................... - 13 -
5.1 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE IP THROUGH VOICE PROMPT.....................................................- 13 -
5.1.1 DHCP Mode .................................................................................................................. - 13 -
5.1.2 STATIC IP Mode............................................................................................................ - 13 -
5.2 CONFIGURING HANDYTONE WITH WEB BROWSER.................................................................- 13 -
5.2.1 Access the Web Configuration Menu............................................................................. - 13 -
5.2.2 Configuration Menu....................................................................................................... - 14 -
5.2.3 Saving the Configuration Changes................................................................................ - 21 -
5.2.4 Rebooting the HandyTone ATA from remotely.............................................................. - 22 -
5.3 CONFIGURATION THROUGH A CENTRAL SERVER....................................................................- 22 -
6SOFTWARE UPGRADE......................................................................................................... - 23 -
6.1 UPGRADE WITH TFTP ............................................................................................................- 23 -

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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.
286 runs the same VoIP stack as BudgeTone-100 series IP telephone’s. Additionally, it
has G.168 to remove line echo. For additional specifications about BudgeTone 100
series, please refer to BugeTone-100 series Users Manual at:
http://www.grandstream.com/user_manuals/budgetone100.pdf
Grandstream Networks, Inc.

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2Installation
HandyTone Analog Telephone Adaptor is 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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2.1 What is Included in the Package
The HandyTone 286 package contains:
1) One HandyTone 286
2) One universal power adaptor
3) One Ethernet cable
2.2 Safety Compliances
The HandyTone 286 is compliant with various safety standards including FCC/CE. 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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3Product Overview
3.1 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), as well as G.728.
• Support standard voice features such as Call Waiting1, Transfer2, Forward3,
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 thru manual operation (voce prompt along with the analog
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 upgrade capability via TFTP
1This feature is yet to implement the current version of HandyTone 286
2same as above
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3.2 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 50-60 Hz
Output: +5VDC, 1200mA, UL certified
Dimension 65mm (W)
93mm (D)
27mm (H)
Weight 3 oz ± 0.05
Storage
Temperature
32 - 104oF
0 - 40oC
Operating
Temperature
32 - 104oF
0 - 40oC
Humidity 10% - 95%
(non-condensing)
Compliance FCC/CE

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4Basic Operations
4.1 Get Familiar With Key Pad And Voice Prompt
HandyTone has stored voice prompt menu for quick browsing and simple configuration.
To enter this voice prompt menu, simple press the button. After figuring out its IP
address, HandyTone can be configured thru web interface just like BT-100 IP
telephone.
Menu Voice Prompt User’s Options
Main
Menu
“Enter a Main Option” Enter ‘*’ to menu_01
Enter 00-06, 99 menu option
01 “DHCP Mode”,
“Static IP Mode”
Enter ‘9’ to toggle the selection
02 “IP Address “ + IP address It will prompt you with the current IP
address.
Enter 12 digit new IP address if in Static IP
Mode
03 “Subnet “ + IP address Same as menu 02
04 “Gateway “ + IP address Same as menu 02
05 “DNS Server “ + IP address Same as menu 02
06 “TFTP Server “ + IP
address
Same as menu 02
47
“Direct IP Calling”
When entered, you will prompt a dialtone,
then enter 12 digit IP address
This menu can be also entered by pressing
the button again
86 “Voice Messages Pending”
“No Voice Messages”
Enter 9 to dial pre-configured phone number
to retrieve VM
99 “RESET” Enter ‘9’ to confirm the RESET
Enter MAC address to restore factory default
setting
“Invalid Entry” Automatically return to Main Menu
Notes:
Once button is pressed, it enters voice prompt main menu. If button is pressed again
while it is already in the voice prompt menu state, it jumps to “Direct IP Calling” option
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‘*’ functions similar to ‘↓’ key of BT-100 phone to select the next menu option
‘#’ returns back to main MENU
‘9’ is similar to ENTER key in many cases to confirm an option
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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4.2 Make Phone Calls
4.2.1 Calling phone or extension numbers
There are currently two method to make a extension number call:
1) Dial the extension number directly and wait for 5 seconds.
2) You can dial the numbers directly, and press #(assuming that “use #” as dial
key is selected in web configuration).
#Note: Currently, Flash, Transfer is not supported yet, Hold is normally a function of
Analog phone function.
4.2.2 Direct IP calls
Direct IP calling allows 2 phones, that is, a HandyTone with a analog phone and another
VOIP Device, 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 Device(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or other
HandyTone ATA) have public IP addresses, or
both HandyTone ATA and other VOIP Device(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or other
HandyTone ATA) are on a same LAN using private or public IP addresses, or
both HandyTone ATA and other VOIP Device(i.e., another HandyTone ATA or other
HandyTone ATA) 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 follow Section 4.1 with voice prompt 47, followed by the 12-
digit target IP address. If there is a user part, again follow Section 4.1 with voice prompt
47, and then the encoded user part, 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:
F
00 0
01 1

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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
92 X
93 Y
94 Z

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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.

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5Configuration Guide
5.1 Configuring HandyTone IP Through Voice Prompt
5.1.1 DHCP Mode
Follow section 4.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone to use DHCP.
5.1.2 STATIC IP Mode
Follow section 4.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone to use STATIC IP
mode, then use option 02, 03, 04 to set up HandyTone’s IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway
respectively.
5.2 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 HandyTone through a Web browser such as Microsoft’s IE and AOL’s Netscape.
5.2.1 Access the Web Configuration Menu
First, get the IP address of the HandyTone through section 4.1 with menu option 02.
Then the HandyTone’s Web Configuration Menu can be accessed by the following
URI:
http://HandyTone-IP-Address,
where the HandyTone-IP-Address is the IP address of the HandyTone ATA.
Once this request is entered and sent from a Web browser, the HandyTone ATA will
respond with the following login screen:
Welcome to Grandstream IP Phone
Password
Lo
g
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The password is case sensitive and the factory default password is lower case ‘admin’.
5.2.2 Configuration Menu
After the correct password is entered in the login screen, the embedded Web server
inside the HandyTone ATA 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:
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 HandyTone ATA 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 HandyTone ATA 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-
company-sip-server.com, or 192.168.1.200:5066
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
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SIP User ID This field contains the user part of the SIP address for this
HandyTone ATA. 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 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 Login ID This field contains the login ID used for SIP authentication.
Typically, this is the account number on an SIP server for this
HandyTone ATA. 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
Grandstream IP Phone Configuration
MAC Address: 00.0B.82.00.00.01
Software Version: Program--1.0.3.78 Bootloader--1.0.0.7 HTML--1.0.0.17
Admin Password: (password to configure this IP phone)
IP Address:
dynamically assigned via DHCP, or
statically configured as:
IP Address: 19
2
.16
8
.0.16
0
Subnet Mask: 25
5
.25
5
.25
5
.0
Default Router: 19
2
.16
8
.0.1
DNS Server 1: 20
2
.96 .13
4
.13
3
DNS Server 2: 20
2
.96 .12
8
.68
SIP Server: si
p
server.com (e.g., sip.mycompany.com, or IP address)
Outbound Prox
y
: (e.g., proxy.myprovider.com, or IP address, if any)
SIP User ID: 1000 (the user part of an SIP address)
Authenticate ID: 1000 (can be identical to or different from SIP User ID)

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Authenticate Password:
Name: John Doe (optional, e.g., John Doe)
Advanced Options:
Preferred Vocoder:
(in listed order) choice1: current settin
g
is "PCMU"
choice2: current settin
g
is "PCMA"
choice3: current settin
g
is "G723"
choice4: current settin
g
is "G729"
choice5: current settin
g
is "G726-32"
choice6: current settin
g
is "G728"
G723 rate: 6.3kbps encoding rate 5.3kbps encoding rate
Silence Suppression: No Yes
Voice Frames per TX: 2(up to 10/20/32/64 frames for G711/G726/G723/other codecs respectively)
I
P QoS: 48 (IP Diff-Serv or Precedence value for RTP)
VLAN Tag: 0(VLAN classification for RTP)
SIP User ID is
phone number: No Yes
Dial Plan: (dial plan prefix string)
SIP Registration: Yes No
R
egister Expiration: 5(in minutes. default 1 hour, max 45 days)
Early Dial: No Yes (use "Yes" only if proxy supports 484 response)
Use # as Dial Key: No Yes (if set to Yes, "#" will function as the "(Re-)Dial" key)
local SIP port: 5060 (default 5060)
local RTP port: 5004 (1024-65535, default 5004)
Use random port: No Yes
NAT Traversal: No
Yes, STUN server is: (URI or IP:port)
TFTP Server: 0.0.0.0(for remote software upgrade and configuration)
Voice Mail UserID: (User ID/extension for 3rd party voice mail system)
Offhook Auto-Dial: (User ID/extension to dial automatically when offhook)
Send DTMF: in-audio via RTP (RFC2833) via SIP INFO

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Send Flash Event: No Yes (Flash will be sent as a DTMF event if set to Yes)
NTP Server: time.nist.
g
ov (URI or IP address)
Time Zone: current settin
g
is "GMT-5:00
(
US Eastern Time
,
New York
)
"
Daylight Savings Time: No Yes (if set to Yes, display time will be 1 hour ahead of normal time)
Send Anonymous: No Yes (caller ID will be blocked if set to Yes)
U
p
date
Preferred
Vocoder The BudgeTone HandyTone ATA supports up to 6 different vocoder
types including G711-ulaw, G711-alaw, G723, G729A/B, G726-32
(ADPCM), and G728. 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 6”.
G723 Rate: This defines the encoding rate for G723 vocoder. By default, 6.3kbps
rate is chosen.
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 HandyTone ATA 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.
IP Qos This field defines the layer 3 QoS parameter which can be the value
used for IP Precedence or Diff-Serv or MPLS. Default value is 48.
VLAN Tag This contains the value used for layer 2 VLAN tag. Default setting is
blank.
Dial Plan 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
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Early Dial This parameter controls whether the HandyTone ATA 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.
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.
SIP
Registration This parameter controls whether the HandyTone ATA needs to send
REGISTER messages to the proxy server. The default setting is
“Yes”.
Registration
Interval This parameter allows the user to specify the time frequency (in
minutes) the HandyTone ATA 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).
Local SIP port This parameter defines the local SIP port the HandyTone ATA will
listen and transmit on. The default value is 5060.
Local RTP port This parameter defines the local RTP-RTCP port pair the
HandyTone ATA 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
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NAT Traversal This parameter defines whether the HandyTone ATA NAT traversal
mechanism will be activated or not. If activated (by choosing “Yes”)
and a STUN server is also specified, then the HandyTone ATA will
behave according to the STUN client specification. Under this mode,
the embedded STUN client inside the HandyTone ATA will attempt
to detect if and what type of firewall/NAT it is behind through
communication with the specified STUN server. If the detected NAT
is a Full Cone, Restricted Cone, or a Port-Restricted Cone, the
HandyTone ATA will attempt to use its mapped public IP address
and port in all the SIP and SDP messages it sends out.
If this field is set to “Yes” with no specified STUN server, then the
HandyTone ATA will periodically (every 10 seconds or so) send a
blank UDP packet (with no payload data) to the SIP server to keep
the “hole” on the NAT open.
TFTP Server This is the IP address of the configured tftp server. If it is non-zero
or not blank, the HandyTone ATA will attempt to retrieve new
configuration file or new code image from the specified tftp server at
boot time. It will make up to 3 attempts before timeout and then it
will start the boot process using the existing code image in the Flash
memory. If a tftp server is configured and a new code image is
retrieved, the new downloaded image will be verified and then saved
into the Flash memory.
Voice Mail
User ID4This parameter defines the User ID (or extension number) of a 3rd
party voice mail system where the user may have an account. By
defining this Voice Mail extension, when the user presses the
“Message” button on the phone, an INVITE message will be sent to
that extension to allow the user to retrieve messages.
Offhook
Auto-Dial This parameter allows the user to configure a User ID or extension
number to be automatically dialed upon offhook. Please note that
only the user part of a SIP address needs to be entered here. The
HandyTone ATA will automatically append the “@” and the host
portion of the corresponding SIP address.
4This feature is for Budgetone 100 series IP phone.