Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide Introduction This application note outlines the configuration information necessary in the DXL Administrator software and the Grandstream web configuration details to use a Grandstream FXS Gateway to provide analog telephone set ports for a VoIP based DXL system. You should have some knowledge of the DXL Administrator Software before using this guide.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide * 009 dials page zone 9 (prefixed with 0’s to fill to 3 digits) DXL Administrator Configuration This section outlines the settings required in the DXL Administrator configuration to use telephone ports on the Grandstream FXS Gateway as master stations.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 3.2 Configure: Masters Go to the “Configure: Masters” settings. For each port on the FXS Gateway you wish to configure a master for, add a master. Set “Number” to the master number you wish to assign to this telephone. This will be the dial number of this master telephone.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 3.3 Configure: System Go to the “Configure: System” settings. On this page you will set the number of dial digits and view (or modify) the dial prefixes used by the system. Set Dialing Format to “Fixed Length”. ...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide Grandstream FXS Gateway Setup Refer to the Grandstream User Manual “gxw42xx_usermanual_english.pdf” for details on the setup and configuration of the Grandstream FXS Gateway. 4.1 Setting the IP Address The Grandstream FXS Gateway defaults to getting its address from DHCP. However most networks used for security electronics do not have a DHCP server, so you will need to set a manually allocated address.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide To set the gateway address (if you have a large network spanning multiple subnets), dial menu item 004. The gateway will speak out the gateway address. Type in the new gateway address with a 12 digit number, with 4 sets of 3 digits to indicate the address.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.1 Settings to Change The following pages outline the required and recommended changes from the default settings to work with the DXL system. 4.2.1.1 Maintenance/Network Settings This page indicates the current mode (DHCP, Static) and current IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, and DNS Server addresses.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.1.2 Maintenance/Web/Telnet Access This page will allow you to disable the telnet console and specify new passwords for user and administration access to the Grandstream FXS Gateway web configuration. It is recommended to set “Disable telnet” to “Yes” to close the telnet port to secure your network. ...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.1.4 Profiles/Profile X/General Settings For each DCC on the system, you will create a profile. Each profile will specify the IP address of the DCC server on the “General Settings” page. Ensure that the “Profile Active” setting is set to “Yes”. ...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.1.5 Profiles/Profile X/SIP Settings/Call Settings There are two settings that need to be changed on the “Call Settings” page for each profile. The “Use # as Dial Key” setting must be set to “No”. ...
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Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide The Call Feature settings allow special key sequences on the phone to activate special features when the Grandstream FXS Gateway is used as part of a phone system (such as calling from phone to phone, enabling caller ID, etc.).
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.1.7 FXS Ports/Port Settings/FXS 1-16 This page contains the important information about the account user name and which profile (server) each telephone port will be configured for. You will have one line for each port on the Grandstream FXS Gateway, and larger gateways may have more than one page of FXS ports.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.2 Information Screens The following screens show information about the gateway and status of the telephone ports attached to it. 4.2.2.1 Status/System Info This page displays the model number and version information of the gateway. 4.2.2.2 Status/Network Status This page displays the MAC address and IP addressing information of the gateway.
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.2.2.3 Status/Port Status This page displays the status of the telephone ports of the gateway. It also indicates whether the gateway is properly configured and communicating with the DXL DCC servers. The “SIP registration” status for each port that has been configured should indicate “Registered” indicating that the Grandstream FXS Gateway for that telephone has successfully communicated with its server (the DXL DCC exchange) and “registered”...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.3 Optional Special Features 4.3.1 Setting a Telephone to Automatically Dial a Number When Picked Up The Grandstream FXS Gateway can be set so that phones on designated ports can automatically dial a number when the phone is picked up. This is set up in the FXS Ports/Advanced Port settings page. 4.3.1.1 Grandstream FXS Ports/Advanced Port Settings/FXS 1-16 If you wish to have a telephone automatically dial a fixed device (such as automatically call one station or call one page zone) when taken off hook, then you can enter the dial code for that device in the “Offhook Auto-dial”...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.3.2 Distinctive Ring Tones The Grandstream FXS Gateway allows you to specify distinctive ring tones for caller IDs matching a pre- determined number of pattern. This can be used to have a unique ring if a master is calling or even a particular master (such as a central control master) could have a unique ring tone.
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Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide To set a unique ring tone for all masters to have 2 rings when a master calls in, you can set the following settings. Distinctive Ring Tone 1: Ring Tone 1 0xxx This sets the first distinctive ring tone to use “Ring Tone 1” which will trigger on all masters (a caller ID of 0 followed by 3 digits).
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.3.3 Dialing Without Prefixes The default option for the DXL system is to use prefixes to allow dialing different types of devices which may have the same numbers otherwise. For example, dialing “0” then a number will dial a master, dialing “#” then a number would dial an intercom station, and dialing “*”...
Grandstream FXS Gateway Settings Guide 4.3.3.2 Grandstream Profiles/Profile X/Call Settings Next you have to change the dial plan on the FXS Gateway to change the dial numbers to just the number of digits. This is in the Profiles/Profile X/Call Settings pages. If you have more than one profile you will want to change it for all profiles.
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