IP MODE ............................16 USB SLAVE MODE ........................17 CASCADE MODE ......................... 17 MOBILE PHONE MODE ......................18 GETTING TO KNOW GAC2500 ......................... 20 DESKTOP ............................20 STATUS ICONS ........................... 20 USING THE ONSCREEN KEYBOARD ....................21 ENGLISH KEYBOARD ......................... 21 CHINESE KEYBOARD .........................
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TURNING WI-FI ON OR OFF ...................... 33 BLUETOOTH ............................33 TURNING BLUETOOTH ON OR OFF ..................33 PAIRING GAC2500 WITH A BLUETOOTH DEVICE ..............33 CONNECTING TO A BLUETOOTH DEVICE ................34 SENDING FILES VIA BLUETOOTH ..................... 35 VPN SETTINGS ........................... 35 VLAN SETTINGS ..........................
CHANGE LOG This section documents significant changes from previous versions of GAC2500 user manuals. Only major new features or major document updates are listed here. Minor updates for corrections or editing are not documented here. FIRMWARE VERSION 1.0.1.18 Increase call history to 2000 entries ...
User Manual, could void your manufacturer warranty. Warning: Please do not use a different power adaptor with the GAC2500 as it may cause damage to the products and void the manufacturer warranty.
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This equipment complies with FCC radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator & your body. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 11 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
NAT-T enables the phone being the Plug and Play device Automated provisioning using TR-069 or AES encrypted XML configuration file, TLS/SRTP/HTTPS for advanced security and privacy protection Table 1 GAC2500 Technical Specifications Specification Description SIP RFC3261,TCP/IP/UDP, RTP/RTCP,HTTP/HTTPS,ARP,ICMP,DNS (A record , SRV , NAPTR) , DHCP , PPPoE , SSH , TFTP , NTP , STUN ,...
WARRANTY If the GAC2500 phone is purchased from a reseller, please contact the company where the device is purchased for replacement, repair or refund. If the phone is purchased directly from Grandstream, please contact Grandstream Support for a RMA (Return Materials Authorization) number before the product is returned.
INSTALLING GAC2500 EQUIPMENT PACKAGE CONTENT The GAC2500 package contains the following items: Table 2 GAC2500 Package List Name Number GAC2500 Main Case 12V Universal Power Adapter with power cable Ethernet Cable Micro-USB Cable RJ48 CAT5 Quick Installation Guide GPL license...
10 seconds to quick restore factory settings. CONNECTING GAC2500 To deploy a working conferencing system, users could select standalone IP mode, USB slave mode, cascade mode or mobile phone mode. Please connect the GAC2500 for each mode according to different procedures. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18...
IP MODE The GAC2500 is used as an independent phone in IP mode. Please follow the steps below to connect. Connect the LAN port of the device to the external network port (the port in the office or at home) via Ethernet cable;...
Plug in the power adapter into the power supply interface then power up the GAC2500. The GAC2500 screen is as shown below in USB slave mode, you can tap on the volume icon to adjust the volume of GVC3200/PC. When connecting to GVC3200, tap on "Mute", "Answer" or "Hangup" icons for more operations.
MOBILE PHONE MODE GAC2500 could be connected to mobile phone for expanded use. Please follow the steps to connect. Connect the LAN port of the device to the external network port (the port in the office or at home) via Ethernet cable;...
The GAC2500 package contains no 3.5mm audio aux cable, you can buy one at electronic gadgets store. The line sequence of GAC2500 must be the same as the one of your mobile phone, or the microphone may work improperly. It is recommended to connect mobile phone first, then GAC2500.
DESKTOP When the GAC2500 is on idle screen, hold the screen at the bottom of the screen, drag upward to bring up 5 soft keys; hold the screen at the top of the status bar, drag and drop down to open the status bar,.
USB device is inserted Full USB device storage USING THE ONSCREEN KEYBOARD ENGLISH KEYBOARD This is the default keyboard on the GAC2500. The GAC2500 English keyboard supports multiple languages input methods. Users could tap on to switch among different languages. See figure below.
Caps Lock. Figure 8 GAC2500 English Keyboard - Uppercase CHINESE KEYBOARD GAC2500 supports Google Pinyin Input, go to Settings->Language & Keyboard to configure. Figure 9 GAC2500 Chinese Keyboard - Google Pinyin Method NUMBERS AND SYMBOLS To input numbers and symbols, tap on on the default keyboard to switch to numbers/symbols.
USING THE LED INDICATOR The GAC2500 LED indicator is located on the top part of the device. It can be used to notify the users with current status of the device. The priority of the indicator from high to low is shown below.
ASSISTIVE TOUCH GAC2500 screen supports multi-touch in full screen, users could operate the GAC2500 with touch or drag gestures. USING TOUCHSCREEN Figure 12 GAC2500 Finger Gestures Use your fingers to operate the following gestures on the GAC2500 as shown in figure above: ...
Upgrade. When powering up GAC2500, long press the button for 4 to 9 seconds to update system. MANAGING STATUS BAR The GAC2500 status bar is located on the top of the screen. Touch the bar and slowly drag it down to display the full status list. Once the status bar is opened, users could view Notifications.
Drag the Seek Bar behind the icon to adjust LCD brightness. DESKTOP MENU When the GAC2500 is on idle screen, long press the blank area, then you can tap on "Edit desktop" or "Set wallpaper”. See figure below. Figure 14 GAC2500 Idle Screen Menu ...
Slide wallpapers to left or right to view a list of sample wallpapers embedded in the GAC2500, tap on wallpaper to preview, tap on "Set Wallpaper" to confirm the selection. You can also select photo from gallery or file manager, or set live wallpapers.
Users may need to select the specific items before add them to the desktop. i.e., browser, bookmark, star-labeled contact, photos, etc. MANAGING DESKTOP APPS AND ITEMS All the GAC2500 apps/items can be accessed /removed. Take Weather Forecast as an example in the following chapter. OPENING AN APP Tap on Weather Forecast icon to access screen as shown in figure 17.
Figure 19 GAC2500 Remove Weather Forecast from Desktop Note: The system applications cannot be deleted. MANAGING APPLICATIONS Tap on the Process Manager icon on screen to view the running applications on the GAC2500 as shown below. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 29 of 98...
HOME SCREEN GAC2500 has only one default home screen, drag and slide upward at the bottom of the screen o bring out soft keys, tap on the icon on the middle bottom of the screen to go back to home screen anytime.
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Schedule Conference. Display the latest 2 scheduled conferences. Tap on "Start" to start conference at once. You can slide left or right to view applications and widgets on other desktops, or dial out or start conference on home screen. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 31 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
Go to LCD menu->Settings->Network->Ethernet->IPv4 Settings. Tap on "Address Type" to select DHCP, Static IP or PPPoE as the address type. For DHCP, save the setting and the GAC2500 should be able to get IP address from the DHCP server in the network.
Figure 22 GAC2500 Add Wi-Fi Screen TURNING WI-FI ON OR OFF Once Wi-Fi is turned on, GAC2500 will automatically start the scanning within the range. A list of Wi-Fi networks will be displayed as scanning result. Tap on the SSID and enter the correct password information to connect to the selected Wi-Fi network.
Press button on the remote control and select "Search for devices". The GAC2500 scans and displays the IDs of all available Bluetooth devices in range. Once the Bluetooth device shows up in the result, tap on it to start pairing.
When enabled Bluetooth headset mode, when your Bluetooth device has an incoming call, GAC2500 also rings and displays call screen at the same time. You can either answer the call with your Bluetooth device or GAC2500.
Tap on the VPN file to open the validation page, fill in correct username and password to connect to VPN. If the GAC2500 is connected to VPN successfully, icon will be shown in the top status bar; if the connection is failed, a prompt box will pop up to remind users whether to connect again. If icon displays in the top status bar, please check whether your VPN configuration is correct.
Assigns the priority value of the Layer 2 QoS packets. The default value is 0. 802.1p Priority LLDP SETTINGS Access GAC2500 home screen, go to Applications ->Settings ->Network->LLDP to configure LLDP settings on the GAC2500. Table 8 GAC2500 LLDP Configuration Parameters...
Table 9 GAC2500 802.1X Mode Parameters Parameters Descriptions Allows the user to enable/disable 802.1X and configure 802.1X mode. The default 802.1x Mode setting is disabled. Identity Enter the Identity information for the 802.1X mode. MD5 Password Enter the MD5 Password for the 802.1X mode.
Note: GAC2500 allows users to configure the "#" key as the "Send" key. If users need to cancel this setting, please log in the built-in Web page to set the parameter "use # as the dial key" to "No".
Press to dial out. DIRECT IP CALL Direct IP Call allows GAC2500 and another VoIP device to talk to each other in an ad-hoc fashion without a SIP proxy. VoIP calls can be made between these two if: Both GAC2500 and VoIP phone have public IP addresses ...
When the device is in idle and there is an incoming call, the device will show the call screen as below. Figure 27 GAC2500 Single Incoming Call Screen Select "Answer" to answer the call, or reject the call by pressing the “Reject” softkey.
Figure 28 GAC2500 New Incoming Call Screen Users could select "Answer" to answer with audio only, or eject the call by pressing the "Reject" softkey. REJECT CALL VIA SMS Users could reject incoming calls via messages. Please access Notices application...
Figure 29 GAC2500 Single Incoming Call Screen Call Lines. Display the current line status: active, hold, incoming, outgoing. Add to Conf. Tap to add all active lines to conference members. Mute/Unmute. Tap to mute/unmute the call.
CALL RECORD Users could save the call conversations to the GAC2500 by recording during an active call. You can listen to the recordings from Recorder, please refer to the chapter Recorder for details. During an active call, tap on the Record icon in the upper right corner to start recording as shown in...
During the active call, you can tap on the "Mute" button to mute the call, you will not be heard by others. The screen is as shown below. Figure 32 GAC2500 Mute Call Screen CALL TRANSFER Call transfer is to transfer one call to another call. Call transfer including blind transfer and attended transfer according to different situations.
Figure 33 GAC2500 Transfer - Blind Transfer User C’s phone will ring, the phone with CID function will display user B’s number on screen as the caller. Note: If inputted the wrong digits, press the button to delete the digit one by one, or long press the button to empty all digits.
Select the Transfer mode. As shown in figure 34; Figure 35 GAC2500 Call Forward - Select Forward Mode Input digits and then press the Send soft key; Users will hear the ringback tone and see the prompt as shown in figure 35. Hang up the phone to transfer the call to the third party C automatically;...
Figure 37 GAC2500 Call Forward - Split DND (DO NOT DISTURB) When DND is on, the incoming calls to the GAC2500 will be blocked without ringing. Users could see the blocked calls in call history. Once enabled, the DND icon will be displayed in the status bar on the top of the screen.
When DND is on, the active call will not be affected, all the calls after to the registered accounts will be blocked. When DND is on, the incoming calls to the GAC2500 will be saved in the call history. MISSED CALL When there is a missed call, the LCD will show missed call screen instead of regular idle screen.
Figure 39 GAC2500 Call Forward Mode On Web GUI 7-WAY CONFERENCE The GAC2500 supports up to 7-way conference. The GAC2500 can be the host to initiate a conference or join other conferences as a party. INITIATING CONFERENCE The conference can be initiated from dial screen, or start conference from schedule.
Figure 40 GAC2500 Conference Screen Tap on to start adding parties to conference; Figure 41 GAC2500 Add Party To Conference Enter digits and then tap on to dial out; Repeat the steps 3-4 to add more parties. Note: You can add multiple members to conference at one time.
GAC2500 automatically answers a call or prompts you to answer a call manually: Log in GAC2500 web GUI and go to Settings page->Account->Call Settings and set "Auto-answer" option to "Yes", or go to Settings->Personalized Account->Account and set "Auto-answer" option to "Yes" on GAC2500.
Delete. Tap to delete conference members. More. Bring up more options including Open DTMF, Mute All, Block All.etc. Figure 43 GAC2500 Conference-More MPK. Tap to access MPK interface. Mute All. Tap to mute/unmute all parties except the host.
You should go to Web gui ->Advanced -> Call Features and set as Yes. Some third party apps may not support the GAC2500’s dial pad, you have to go to the application’s gui to dial out. If you dial SIP numbers and third party apps’ numbers at the same time, the SIP numbers will be dialed out first and go to the conference room, you need return to the dial pad, and then the third party apps’...
Users could view scheduled conference details after the current time. Select one conference and tap to view conference details. Press on the upper left corner or to exit. Figure 45 GAC2500 Conference Details Screen ADD SCHEDULED CONFERENCE Follow the steps below to add a scheduled conference: Tap on on desktop to access Schedule screen.
Configure whether to initiate conference when the conference time comes. If Auto Conference disabled, a prompt dialog box will pop up on the GAC2500 screen 10 minutes before the conference starts to reminder users whether to start conference. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18...
Follow the steps below to delete the existing scheduled conference: Access Schedule screen; Long press the conferences entry to access the edit screen as shown below: Figure 47 GAC2500 Delete Scheduled Conference Screen Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 57 of 98...
Access schedule screen and select the conference entry you would like to delete; Slide left on screen as shown below and tap on to delete conference. Figure 48 GAC2500 Delete History Conference Screen Batch delete conference entries. Access Schedule screen;...
Figure 49 GAC2500 Batch Delete History Conference Screen Check the conferences you want to delete and tap on on the upper right corner to batch delete conferences. Note: If you edit a history conference, it will become a new scheduled conference after save.
Figure 50 GAC2500 Voice Mail Application Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 60 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
CONTACTS GAC2500 Contacts app helps users to easily store and manage phone number and contact information. Users can add contacts on the GAC2500 or import contacts from external devices as well as download from a server. On the GAC2500 home screen, you can see local Contacts and LDAP Contacts.
Figure 52 GAC2500 Local Contacts Screnn Back. Back to the previous page. Contacts. Display all contacts. Groups. View groups. Select one group to view group details. Blacklist. Display blacklist. Call. Tap on the contact you would like to call.
Import function allows users to batch import contacts. The phonebook with compatible format needs to be saved to the storage devices like SD card/USB flash drive and plugged into the GAC2500. On the Contacts screen, tap on the MENU key on Contacts screen and select "Import"...
GAC2500 supports downloading phonebook from the file server to batch add contacts. The default file name the GAC2500 looks for is "phonebook.xml". The phonebook XML file should be placed under the file server directory for the GAC2500 to retrieve. The GAC2500 supports VCard/xml/csv file format.
GAC2500 supports Search function, users could tap on icon on the Contacts page and input the keyword to search in the pop-up dialog. GAC2500 will automatically display contacts items related to the search info. Fuzzy search and precise search are both supportive.
Press the MENU key on Contacts screen to bring up the Export Contacts screen. Figure 56 GAC2500 Export Contacts Screen Configure parameters as shown in table below and select the directory to save the exported file. Tap on the "OK" key to export the file.
ADD GOOGLE ACCOUNT Account allows users to add vast number of 3rd party Android applications (including Google, Lync, Skype, company, Email, and etc.).Users can also sync GAC2500 via Google Play account, corporate account or Email. Tap "Add Account" button to add new account according to the installation wizard.
Figure 59 GAC2500 Add Google Account - Wizard 2 GROUPS Users could divide contacts into different groups with specific names. Tap on one group entry to view group details. Figure 60 GAC2500 Groups Screen ADD NEW GROUP There are 2 ways to add group members.
CALL GROUPS Tap on on the upper right corner on Groups screen to access screen as shown below: Figure 62 GAC2500 Dial Group Members Screen Check group member (s) you want to call; Tap on the CALL button to dial out.
Follow the steps below to delete groups. Long press the group entry you want to delete, the screen is shown below: Figure 63 GAC2500 Edit Groups Screen Check to select the group (s) you would like to delete; on the upper right corner to Tap on delete.
Long press one blacklist log to enter the editing mode to edit or delete the selected contact (s). Users could edit the blacklist entry when only one is selected. Figure 65 GAC2500 Manual Add Blacklist Screen : Blacklist Settings. Figure 66 GAC2500 Blacklist Settings Screen...
Time Settings Set up the block schedule. LDAP GAC2500 supports LDAP. Tap on LDAP Contacts to access the main interface as shown below: Figure 67 GAC2500 LDAP Book Screen Tap on on the upper right corner or login the Web page to configure it. (Maintenance ->LDAP Book).
Table 14 GAC2500 LDAP Book Parameters Parameters Descriptions LDAP server address, users could input IP address or domain Server Address name. Port Set up the port number of LDAP server. Set up the base DN to inquire on the serve ,namely under which directory to inquire contacts.
Once configured, you can tap on Search button to input digits or name to search LDAP contact as shown below. Figure 69 GAC2500 Web GUI Maintenance - LDAP Book : dial out. : Add the LDAP contact to local Contacts.
To access Call History, go to Home screen->APPLICATIONS-> Figure 71 GAC2500 Call History Screen Click on a record in the call history and press to dial out this number directly. Tap one history entry to view call details for this number.
Access Call History screen; Select one call history entry to access details screen; on the upper right corner to access Add Contact screen; Figure 73 GAC2500 Add Contact screen Confirm to add contacts. DELETE CALL HISTORY Long press the call history entry you want to delete to access editing mode;...
If the conference members are more than 6 people, you will enter the members select screen to check members first. INTERCEPTED HISTORY When the incoming call is from contact in blacklist, the GAC2500 will reject it automatically. The screen is as shown below. Figure 75 GAC2500 Intercepted History Screen Firmware Version 1.0.1.18...
Open MPK, tap on on the upper right corner to access Number List page. Tap on add number. As shown in figure 76. Figure 76 GAC2500 Add MPK Number Figure 77 GAC2500 MPK Number List Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 78 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
Users could also tap on to add number directly from Contacts. See figure below. Figure 78 GAC2500 Add Number from Contacts The MPK screen is shown in figure 79 after added numbers. Figure 79 GAC2500 MPK Number Screen EVENR LIST URL The Event List URI in MPK list, it requires server support.
Figure 80 GAC2500 MPK Number Screen Fill in information and save. MPK SETTINGS Tap on on the upper right corner on MPK screen to access Settings screen as shown below: Figure 81 GAC2500 MPK Settings Screen Table 15 GAC2500 MPK Settings Parameters...
Users could receive SIP messages and set up reject calls in Notices function. The Notices page is as shown below: Figure 82 GAC2500 Notices Screen VIEW NOTICES The Notices page displays notices list, the notices are classified by contacts name or phone number and sorted by the time when you received notices.
Select one reply to send, the call will be rejected and the caller will receive the message. FILE MANAGER File Manager allows users to delete, move, copy, paste, send, rename files (including files on storage device such as USB flash drive), and query file properties on the GAC2500. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 82 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
COPY FILE To copy the file from the GAC2500 to USB storage device: Insert USB/SD storage device into USB port on the GAC2500. It will take a few seconds for the GAC2500 to prepare the connection; The USB storage icon will show on the status bar;...
RECORDER Users could record conference, institution and personal notes via GAC2500 Recorder conveniently. There is no time limit to recording time and the larger the available storage capacity is, the longer the recording time is. Users could also find the recording file in the recorder and listen to it.
Figure 87 GAC2500 Normal Record-Recording Go back to the Recorder page, select one recording file and click on the right of the progress bar to play the file. CALL RECORDER In the process of an active call, the recording file will be saved on the phone. Users can only listen to it via Recorder.
Users could make operation like LCD Diagnosis, Keypad Diagnosis, and LED Diagnosis on GAC2500 via built-in Diagnosis app. BROWSER Users could browse webpage, view news and watch video via the built-in GAC2500 Browser. Press on in the main menu to open Browser. ...
GS MARKET GAC2500 provides direct access to apps via built-in GS market app. Users could download the apps from the market and install to the GAC2500. SEARCH APPS In the GAC2500 Home screen, click on Applications->GS Market . The users could view the apps by category, or input key words and click on SEARCH icon to search.
GAC2500 WEB UI FEATURES ACCESSING GAC2500 WEB GUI The IP address of the GAC2500 displays on LCD display screen. To access the GAC2500 Web GUI: Connect the computer to the same network as GAC2500. Open a Web browser on your computer, enter the phone’s IP address in the address bar of the browser;...
DEFINITIONS This section describes the 6 options in the GAC2500 Web GUI. Please view Advanced, Maintenance and Status specifications in Administration Guide. Call Users could start conference and control conference from Web GUI. Contacts Contacts, Schedule, Call History.
Logout Log out from the web UI. CALL PAGE GAC2500 Web UI call page is shown below. Users could make calls and initiate conference from Web UI. Figure 92 GAC2500 Web UI - Call MAKING A CALL Select account in Account Info box;...
When the GAC is in idle, the dial screen will pop up when dialing out as shown below: Figure 93 GAC2500 Web UI - Single Incoming Call If the callee answers the call, you will see dial screen which is the same as the one on GAC2500 LCD. Tap on...
Figure 95 GAC2500 Web UI - Conference Control The conference screen on Web is the same as the one on GAC2500 LCD. Tap on on the upper right corner to minimize conference screen to the lower right corner as shown...
Figure 97 GAC2500 Web UI - Contacts Tap on "Import" option to access Import screen. Refer to chapter BATCH IMPORT CONTACTS to fill in info and import the contacts on PC to device. Tap on "Export" option to access Export screen. Refer to chapter EXPORT CONTACTS to fill in info and export the contacts on device to PC.
Put the cursor on group to display more operation buttons. : Tap to call this group. Please note that GAC2500 supports up to 6 lines (7-way) conference. If there are more than 6 conference members, check 6 members you want to add to conference first.
You can refer to chapter Schedule for more details. UPCOMING CONFERENCE Conference can be scheduled, edited and deleted from web UI. Figure 100 GAC2500 Web Page - Upcoming Conference Tap on "New Conference" option to access New Conference screen. Input conference name and check conference member (s) then save.
Figure 101 GAC2500 Web Page - History Conference Put the cursor on conference to display more operation buttons. : Tap to call this conference. : Tap to access Details screen. You can also edit and save conference on this screen.
: Tap to delete this conference. LDAP From web UI, users can configure LDAP contacts. Please refer to chapter of LDAP under Application to fill in info and import LDAP contacts. Firmware Version 1.0.1.18 GVC2500 User Guide Page 97 of 98 http://arttel.ru/shop/ip-telefony/grandstream-gac2500...
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