Configuration Through A Central Server; Register A Sip Account - Grandstream Networks HT818 Administration Manual

Configuration through a Central Server

The HT818 can be automatically configured from a central provisioning system. When HT818 boots up, it will send TFTP, HTTP/HTTPS
or FTP/FTPS requests to download configuration files, "cfg000b82xxxxxx" and "cfg00082xxxxxx.xml", where "000b82xxxxxx" is the LAN
MAC address of the HT818. If the download of "cfgxxxxxxxxxxxx.xml" is not successful, the provision program will issue request a
generic configuration file "cfg.xml". Configuration file name should be in lower case letters. The configuration data can be downloaded
via TFTP, HTTP/HTTPS or FTP/FTPS from the central server. A service provider or an enterprise with large deployment of HT818 can
easily manage the configuration and service provisioning of individual devices remotely from a central server.
Grandstream provides a central provisioning system GAPS (Grandstream Automated Provisioning System) to support automated
configuration of Grandstream devices. GAPS uses HTTPS and other communication protocols to communicate with each individual
Grandstream device for firmware upgrade, remote reboot, etc. Grandstream provides GAPS service to VoIP service providers. Use GAPS
for either simple redirection or with certain special provisioning settings. At boot-up, Grandstream devices by default point to
Grandstream provisioning server GAPS, based on the unique MAC address of each device, GAPS provision the devices with redirection
settings so that they will be redirected to customer's TFTP, HTTP/HTTPS or FTP/FTPS server for further provisioning. Grandstream also
provides configuration tools (Windows and Linux/Unix version) to facilitate the task of generating device configuration files.
The Grandstream configuration tools are free to end users. The configuration tools and configuration templates are available for
download from https://www.grandstream.com/support/tools

Register a SIP Account

The HT818 support 2 profiles which can be configured with 2 SIP accounts. Please refer to the following steps to register your accounts
via web user interface
1. Access your HT818 web UI by entering its IP address in your favorite browser.
2. Enter your admin password (default: admin).
3. Press Login to access your settings.
4. Go to Profile (1 or 2) pages.
5. In Profile tab, set the following:
1. Account Active to Yes.
2. Primary SIP Server field with your SIP server IP address or FQDN.
3. Failover SIP Server with your Failover SIP Server IP address or FQDN. Leave empty if not available.
4. Prefer Primary SIP Server to No or Yes depending on your configuration. Set to No if no Failover SIP Server is defined. If
"Yes", account will register to Primary SIP Server when failover registration expires.
5. Outbound Proxy: Set your Outbound Proxy IP Address or FQDN. Leave empty if not available.
6. After configuring the SIP server and activating the profiles, you should access to FXS Ports page to register your accounts. In FXS
Ports tab, set the following:
1. SIP User ID: User account information, provided by VoIP service provider (ITSP). Usually in the form of digit similar to phone
number or actually a phone number.
2. Authenticate ID: SIP service subscriber's Authenticate ID used for authentication. Can be identical to or different from SIP
User ID.
3. Authenticate Password: SIP service subscriber's account password to register to SIP server of ITSP. For security reasons, the
password will field will be shown as empty.
4. Name: Any name to identify this specific user.
5. Set Enable Port to Yes.
For more information, related to above options please refer to
7. Press Apply at the bottom of the page to save your configuration.
Profile(s) settings and FXS Ports Settings