End User Configuration ... 16 6.2.3 Advanced User Configuration ... 22 6.2.4 Saving the Configuration Changes... 30 6.2.5 Rebooting the HandyTone-486 from remote ... 30 ONFIGURATION THROUGH A SOFTWARE UPGRADE ... 32 HTTP ... 32 PGRADE THROUGH TFTP ... 32 PGRADE THROUGH RESTORE FACTORY DEFAULT SETTING...
The HandyTone-486 is fully compatible with SIP industry standard and can interoperate with many other SIP compliant devices and software on the market. Grandstream HandyTone-486 has been awarded the Best of Show product in 2004 Internet Telephony Conference and Expo.
HandyTone-486 Analog Telephone Adaptor is an all-in-one VoIP integrated device designed to be a total solution for networks providing VoIP services. The HandyTone-486 VoIP functionalities are available via a regular analog telephone. The following photo illustrates the appearance of a HandyTone-486.
Safety Compliances The HandyTone-486 is compliant with various safety standards including FCC/CE and C-tick. Its power adaptor is compliant with UL standard. The HandyTone-486 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-486 and will void the manufacturer warranty.
HandyTone-486 User Manual Product Overview Key Features • Supports SIP 2.0(RFC 3261), TCP/UDP/IP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP, ICMP, ARP/RARP, DNS, DHCP (both client and server), NTP, PPPoE, STUN, TFTP, etc. • Built-in router, NAT, Gateway and DMZ port forwarding • Powerful digital signal processing (DSP) to ensure superb audio quality; advanced adaptive jitter control and packet loss concealment technology •...
HandyTone-486 User Manual Hardware Specification The table below describes the features of the model. Model LAN interface WAN interface FXS telephone port PSTN port Button Universal Switching Power Adaptor Dimension Weight Temperature Humidity Compliance NOTES: • On the bottom of 486, there is a sticker. If there is Rev:2.0 on the right of tick sign, it means the HT486 is Rev:2.0 (or HT487 in nickname).
Basic Operations Get Familiar with Key Pad and Voice Prompt HandyTone-486 has stored a voice prompt menu (Interactive Voice Response or IVR) for quick browsing and simple configuration. To enter this voice prompt menu, simply press the button or “***” from the analog phone.
HandyTone-486 User Manual • ‘*’ 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 •...
HandyTone-486 User Manual *4 (encoding for “:”) followed by the encoded port number. Following is a table of the encoding scheme for the most commonly used characters: 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 “#”...
HandyTone-486 User Manual • Call Flashing. When in conversation, user can also flash to the third party by pressing flash(or Flash Hook for old style phones) button to get a dial tone and then dial the third party number. 5.2.4 Blind Transfer Assume that call party A and B are in conversation.
Anonymous Call), Disable/Enable Call Waiting, Call Forward on Busy, Delay, or Unconditional, etc. Following table shows the call features (* code) of HandyTone-486, to enable each call feature, simply dial the *xx code, a dial tone will be heard after the dialed code, either hang up or dial the number and # sign for Call Forward.
PSTN Pass Through/Life Line When HandyTone-486 is out of power, the RJ 11 line jack on the HandyTone-486 side will function as a pass through jack. The user will be able to use the same analog phone for PSTN calls.
LED Light Pattern Indication Following are the LED light pattern indication. RED LED always indicates abnormal status DHCP Failed or WAN No Cable HandyTone-486 fails to register GREEN LED always for normal working status Message Waiting Indication RINGING RINGING INTERVAL...
Configuring HandyTone-486 WAN IP through Voice Prompt 6.1.1 DHCP Mode Follow section 5.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone-486 to use DHCP. 6.1.2 STATIC IP Mode Follow section 5.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone-486 to use STATIC IP mode, then use option 02, 03, 04 to set up HandyTone’s IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway...
192.168.1.12 since the browser parse it in octet. 6.2.2 End User Configuration Once this request is entered and sent from a Web browser, the HandyTone-486 will respond with the following login screen: The password is case sensitive with maximum length of 25 characters. The factory default password for End User is “123”...
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Following are configuration pages End User will see once log in correctly: • Basic Settings Page: STATUS End User Password: IP Address: dynamically assigned via DHCP (default) or PPPoE (will attempt PPPoE if DHCP fails and following is non-...
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Port Forwarding: WAN port WAN port WAN port WAN port All Rights Reserved Grandstream Networks, Inc. 2005 End User This contains the password to access the Web Configuration Password Menu. This field is case sensitive with max. 25 characters There are 2 modes where the HandyTone ATA can operate:...
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The time IP address are assigned to the LAN clients Forward all WAN IP traffic to a specific IP address if no DMZ IP: matching port is used by HandyTone-486 itself or in the defined port forwarding. Port Forwarding: Allow the user to forward a matching (TCP/UDP) port to a specific LAN IP address with a specific (TCP/UDP) port.
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This shows whether the PPPoE is up if connected to DSL modem This shows what kind NAT the HandyTone is connected to via its WAN port. It is based on STUN protocol. All Rights Reserved Grandstream Networks, Inc. 2005 Grandstream Networks, Inc.
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HandyTone-486 User Manual WAN side public IP if connected to LAN of a SOHO router. NAT Mapped IP Other Statistical Self explainable, see the page displayed. Status of ATA BASIC SETTINGS: End User This contains the password to access the Web Configuration Menu.
Time: DMZ IP: Forward all WAN IP traffic to a specific IP address if no matching port is used by HandyTone-486 itself or in the defined port forwarding. Allow the user to forward a matching (TCP/UDP) port to a Port Forwarding: specific LAN IP address with a specific (TCP/UDP) port.
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Traversal Setting and other miscellaneous configurations. Following is the snap shot of the configuration page. STATUS BASIC SETTINGS ADVANCED SETTINGS Admin Password: sip.serviceprovider.com SIP Server: Outbound Proxy: 1234567 SIP User ID: 1234567 Authenticate ID: Authenticate Password: Name:...
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Layer 2 QoS: 802.1Q/VLAN Tag Use DNS SRV: User ID is phone number: SIP Registration: Unregister On Reboot: Register Expiration: Early Dial: Dial Plan Prefix: No Key Entry Timeout: Use # as Dial Key: local SIP port:...
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Yes (WAN side access to http server will be rejected if set to No) (key pattern to use the PSTN line, default is "*00") Update Cancel Reboot All Rights Reserved Grandstream Networks, Inc. 2005 Grandstream Networks, Inc. via SIP INFO...
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Authentication Password Account information, password for ATA to register to (SIP) servers of ITSP. Name Field for user to put in additional information to be displayed when calling, like caller ID. Preferred Vocoder The HandyTone ATA supports up to 7 different codec types including G.711 A/U law,G.723.1, G.726, G.728, G.729A/B, iLBC.
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Unregister on Reboot Default is No. If set to yes, the SIP user will be unregistered on reboot. Register Expiration 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).
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HandyTone-486 User Manual HTTP Upgrade The URL for the web server used for firmware upgrade and configuration via HTTP. For example, Server Here “:6688” is the specific TCP port that the HTTP server is listening to, it can be omitted if using default port 80.
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HandyTone-486 User Manual PSTN Access Code Default is “*00”. By press the code, user can switch the phone connected to ATA to PSTN line connected to the Line port of ATA and call out using PSTN. User can change this to other access code like “8”...
6.2.5 Rebooting the HandyTone-486 from remote The user/administrator of the HandyTone-486 can remotely reboot the HandyTone ATA by pressing the “Reboot” button at the bottom of the configuration page. Once done, the following screen will be displayed to indicate that rebooting is underway.
HandyTone-486 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. Configuration through a Central Server Grandstream HandyTone ATAs can be automatically configured from a central provisioning system. When HandyTone ATA boot up, it will send TFTP or HTTP request to download configuration files, there are two configuration files, one is “cfg.txt” and the other is “cfg000b82xxxxxx”, where “000b82xxxxxx”...
HandyTone-486 User Manual Software Upgrade Upgrade through HTTP To upgrade software, HandyTone ATAs can be configured with an HTTP server where the new code image file is located. For example, following URL in the HTTP Upgrade Server: http://firmware.mycompany.com:6688/Grandstream/1.0.6.0 Here, firmware.mycompany.com is the FQDN of the HTTP server, “:6688” is the TCP port the HTTP server listening to, “/Grandstream/1.0.6.0”...
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HandyTone-486 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. Once the TFTP server is configured, power cycle the HandyTone ATA to start TFTP upgrade. TFTP checking is only performed during the initial power up. If the configured TFTP server is found and a new code image is available, the HandyTone ATA will attempt to retrieve the new image files by downloading them into the HandyTone ATA’s SRAM.
HandyTone-486 User Manual Restore Factory Default Setting Warning Restore the Factory Default Setting will erase all configuration information of the device. • Step one: Find the MAC Address of the device. The MAC address of the device is located on the bottom of the device. It is a 12 digits hex number.
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