VS-GW1600 User Manual

Table of Contents

1. Overview

What is VS-GW1600?

Sample Application

Product Appearance

Main Features

Physical Information

Software

2. System

Status

Time

Login Settings

General and Cluster

• Language Settings
• Shcheduled Reboot
• Working Mode

Tools and Information

• Reboot Tools
• Update Firmware
• Upload and Backup Configuration
• Restore Configuration
• Information

3. GSM

GSM Settings

• IMEI Modification
• Call Duration Limit Settings

Call Forwarding

DTMF

Toolkit

4. SIP

SIP Endpoints

• Main Endpoint Settings
• Advanced -- Registration Options
• Call Settings
• Advanced -- Signalling Settings
• Advanced -- Timer Settings

Advanced SIP Settings

• Networking
• Advanced -- NAT Settings
• Advanced -- RTP Settings
• Parsing and Compatibility
• Security
• Media
• Codec Settings

5. Routing

Call Routing Rule

Groups

MNP Settings

6. SMS

SMS Settings

• General
• Sender Options
• SMS to E-mail
• SMS Control

SMS Sender

SMS Inbox

SMS Outbox

SMS Forwarding

7. Network

LAN Settings

DDNS Settings

Toolkit

8. Advanced

Asterisk API

Asterisk CLI

Asterisk File Editor

9. Logs

Appendix Feature List

Application Diagrams

1. Overview

What is VS-GW1600?

OpenVox VoxStack Series GSM Gateway is an open source asterisk-based GSM VoIP Gateway solution for SMBs and SOHOs. With friendly GUI and unique modular design, users may easily setup their customized Gateway. Also secondary development can be completed through AMI (Asterisk Management Interface).

There are two models with VoxStack series GSM Gateway VS-GW1202-8G and VS-GW1600. There are 4/8 GSM channels in VS-GW1202-8G. The Modular Design GSM Gateways are ranging from 4 up to 20 GSM channels on the VS-GW-1600 series gateways, developed for interconnecting the GSM cellular networks with a wide selection of codecs and signaling protocol, including G.711A, G.711U, G.729, G.722, G.723, G.726 and GSM to quickly reduce communication expenses and maximize cost-savings. With the unique design of the VoxStack gateway, it can support hot-swap for both SIM cards and GSM gateway modules. Users can simply add or remove the modules for hardware expansion or exchange.

TheVoxStack gateway designs with 2 LAN switch boards to provide stack ability on the hardware upgrade, and five VS-GWM400G modules which are independent with each other, so each one has a GUI configuration web. If you connect to ETH1, you can access Board 1 only and access other boards with different port numbers which can avoid IP conflict. Otherwise if you connect to ETH2, you can access different Boards with different IP addresses.

Our products support SMS messages sending, receiving, group sending and SMS to E-mail. The GSM gateway will be 100% compatible with Asterisk, Elastix, trixbox, 3CX, FreeSWITCH SIP server and VOS VoIP operating platform.

Sample Application

                                                Figure 1-1 TopologicalGraph

Product Appearance

                                                Figure 1-2 Product Appearance

                                                Figure 1-3 Front Panel

Network Data Switch Board: ETH1, ETH2.

• ETH1: Access Board 1 only, provide proxy access to other boards with different port numbers which can avoid IP conflict.
• ETH2: Access different Boards with different IP address.
  
  

VoxStack provides 2 working modes: Stand-alone and Cluster.

• Stand-alone: A single IP address manages one GSM modules (4 ports).

                          Table 1-1 ETH2 IP Addresses

• Cluster: A single IP address manages up to 5 GSM modules (up to 20 ports).

         Default IP: 172.16.99.1

                                                Figure 1-4 Front Panel

                                                Figure 1-5 LED Indicator

Main Features

• Modular and VoxStack design
• Based on Asterisk®
• Editable Asterisk® configurationfile
• Wide selection of codecs and signaling protocol
• Support SMS sending, receiving, group sending
• Support transferring SMS to E-mail
• Support SMS automatically resent
• Support SMS remotely controlling gateway
• Support USSD service
• Support IMEI modification
• Support PIN identification
• Support unlimited routing rules and flexible routing settings
• SIM cards and modules are all hot-swap
• Stable performance, flexible dialing, friendly GUI

Physical Information

• Weight: 4301g(VS-GW1600-20G)
• Size: 44cm*30cm*4.5cm
• Frequency: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
• Temperature: -20~70°C (Storage)     0~40°C (Operation)
• Operation humidity: 10%~90% non-condensing
• Max power: 46W
• LAN port: 2

Software

Default IP: 172.16.99.1

Username: admin

Password: admin

Every VS-GWM400G is independent with each other, please enter the default IP in your browser to scan and configure the module you want. For the first time, please enter every IP to configure every module one by one. Now we offer you two ways to access to your gateway. There are two RJ45 Network ports on the board, ETH1 and ETH2. They are different. If chooseETH1, you can access Board 1 only, then access to other boards with different port numbers but the same IP address, this will helpto avoid IP conflict. If you choose ETH2, you can access different Boards with different IP addresses.

Notice: Log in 

                         Figure 1-6 LOG Interface

2. System

Status

On the “Status” page, you will find all GSM, SIP, Routing, Network information and status.

                                                                                                                   Figure 2-1 System Status

Table 2-1 Description of System Status:

Time

Table 2-2 Description of Time Settings:

For example, you can configure like this:

                                  Figure 2-2 Time Settings

You can set your gateway time Sync from NTP or Sync from Client by pressing different buttons.

Login Settings

Your gateway doesn't have administration role. All you can do here is to reset what new username and password to manage your gateway. And it has all privileges to operate your gateway. You can modify “Web Login Settings” and “SSH Login Settings”. If you have changed these settings, you don’t need to log out, just rewriting your new user name and password will be OK. Also you can specify the web server port number.

Table 2-3 Description of Login Settings:

                                  Figure 2-3 Login Settings

Notice: Whenever you do some changes, do not forget to save your configuration.

General and Cluster

Language Settings

You can choose different languages for your system. If you want to change language, you can switch “Advanced” on, then “Download” your current language package. After that, you can modify the package with the language you need. Then upload your modified packages, “Choose File” and “Add”.

                                                                                                       Figure 2-4 Language Settings

Scheduled Reboot

If switch it on, you can manage your gateway to reboot automatically as you like. There are four reboot types for you to choose, “By Day, By Week, By Month and By Running Time”.

                                  Figure 2-5 Reboot Types

If use your system frequently, you can set this enable, it can helps system work more efficient.

Working Mode

OpenVox GSM Gateway offers you two ways to cluster your gateway: Automatic Cluster or Manual Cluster. When you first time log in your gateway, you will only see 4 ports of one module. Then you can press   button, the system will search other modules in the LAN and communicate.

                                  Figure 2-6 Automatic Cluster

If you want to choose Manual Cluster, you should switch Detail on first.

There are five VS-GWM400G modules which are independent with each other integrated in one GSM Gateway, so we offer 3 kinds of Working Modes.

                                                          Figure 2-7 Working Modes

• Stand-alone Mode:  Run alone, total 4 ports. 
• Master Mode:  Run as master with two different IP, controlling up to four slaves. (The master can be accessed by the original IP. The target IP is used to communicate with the slaves.) 
• Slave Mode:  Run as slave with two different IP, controlled by the master. If the original IP is forbidden, the slave can be accessed by the master with inward IP only. 

Notice: You can choose Remain Original IP address ON or OFF. If set it on, you can log in your getaway with Original IP and Target IP.

     table 2-4 Definition of Master Options:

Tools and Information

On the “Tools” pages, there are reboot, update, upload, backup and reset toolkits.

Reboot Tools

You can choose system reboot and asterisk reboot separately.

                                                                                            Figure 2-8 Reboot Tools

If you press "OK", your system will reboot and all current calls will be dropped. Asterisk Reboot is the same.

     Instrution of reboots:

• Sytem Reboot: This will turn off your gateway and then turn it back on. This will drop all current calls.
• Asterisk Reboot: This will restart the Asterisk and drop all current calls. 

Update Firmware

We offer 2 kinds of update types for you, you can choose System Update or System Online Update. System Online Update is an easier way to update your system, if you choose it, you will see some information below.

                                                                                                    Figure 2-9 Update Firmware 

Upload and Backup Configuration

If you want to update your system and remain your previous configuration, you can first backup configuration, then you can upload configuration directly. That will be very convenient for you.

                                                                                        Figure 2-10 Upload and Backup Configuration

Restore Configuration

Sometimes there is something wrong with your gateway that you don’t know how to solve it, mostly you will select factory reset. Then you just need to press a button, your gateway will be reset to the factory status.

                                                                                        Figure 2-11 Restore Configuration

Information

On the “Information” page, there shows some basic information about the T1/E1 gateway. You can see software and hardware version, storage usage, memory usage and some help information.

                                                                                                     Figure 2-12 Information

3. GSM

You can see much information about your SIM cards on this page.

GSM Settings

                                                                Figure 3-1 GSM Settings

On this page, you can see your GSM module status and click action  button to configure the port.

                                                                      Figure 3-2 Port Configuration

As you see, we have offered “Band” option, you can select different bands easily and you have many options.

                                                                      Figure 3-3 Band Binding

If you have set your Pin Code, you can check on like this:

                                                               Figure 3-4 PIN Code Application

Then input your password, system will identify numbers of SIM cards. It can help to prevent SIM card from being stolen and improve security.

If you want to hide your number when you call out, you can just switch CLIR “ON” (Of course you need your operator’s support).

                                                               Figure 3-5 CLIR Application

If you have some voice quality problems, you can open Echo Cancellation for an attempt.

                                                               Figure 3-6 Echo Cancellation

IMEI Modification

One more feature, we offer you IMEI automatically modification

                                                               Figure 3-7 Automatically IMEI Modify

We have offered you IMEI modification function. If you want to modify your IMEI number, please do as follows. You can log in your gateway and modify IP address as follows. Input web site below on your

browser. http://172.16.99.1/cgi-bin/php/gsm-autoimei.php. Then you will see the following picture. Don’t forget to switch “Enable” to “ON”, or you can’t change your IMEI numbers.

                                                           Figure 3-8 IMEI Modification

Also you can choose to modify one or more certain ports or all ports. You can set automatic modification interval by filling in the time you want. 

If you choose “Immediately”, then the ports you have chosen will modify IMEI numbers at once. On the contray, system will keep time from now until the time of next modification. And If you choose “Force”, System will hang up all your current calls, then modify IMEI.

You can pressto do some settings. We offer you two ways to modify your IMEI. You can choose Autogeneration or Manual.

                                                        Figure 3-9 Advanced Settings

As you can see, you can set any number you wan for every port. “X” means any digits from 0 to 9.

You just need to fill in “Set to All ”, then press “Set to All”, you can see the interface as above. Don’t forget to press “Save”. Then “Current IMEI” will change. That means Autogeneration. If you want to set a certain number as your IMEI, you can press “Manual”. Then you will be required to input a new IMEI.

                                     Figure 3-10 Manual

After configuration, you can press “Back Home” to return your gateway interface.

    table 3-1 Definition of GSM Settings:

Call Duration Limit Settings

Now we can offer you two types of call duration limit, you can choose “Single Call Duration Limit” or “Call Duration Limitation” to control your calling time

• Single Call Duration Limit: This will limit the time of each call.
  

  First you need to switch “Enable” on, then you can set “Step” and “Single Call Duration Limitation” any digits you want. When you make a call by this port, it will limit your calling time within the product of

  Step * Single Call Duration Limitation

  And if your calling time overtops the value above, the system will hang up this call.

                                   Figure 3-11 Single Settings

• Call Duration Limitation:  This will limit your total calling time of this port.

                                    Figure 3-12  Call Duration Limitation Settings

The same algorithm with single time limitation, the total calling time of this port can’t beyond the product of “Step” and “Call Duration Limitation”.

If the duration of a call is less than “Minimum Charging Time”, it will be not included in “Call Duration”.

You can set a digit for “Alarm Threshold”, when the call minutes less than this value, the gateway will send alarm info to designated phone.

You can enable your Auto Reset, then choose by day, by week, or by month.

                                    Figure 3-13 Auto Reset Settings

You can save your configuration to other ports.

                                                                     Figure 3-14 Save To Other Ports

If you have set like this, you will see many  on the Web GUI, you can set whether to check.

Notice: When you do some changes, you need to Save and Apply, then “Remain Time” will show as you set.

Your calling status will show on the main interface.

                                              Figure 3-15 GSM Information

     Description of Call Duration Limit Settings

• Step:  Step length value range is 1-120 s, step length multiplied by time of single call just said a single call duration time allowed. 
• Enable Single Call Duration Limit:  Definite maximum call duration for single call. Example: if Time of single call set to 10, the call will be disconnected after talking 10*step seconds. 
• Enable Call Duration Limitation:  This function is to limit the total call duration of GSM channel. The max call duration is between 1 to 65535 minutes. 
• Call Duration Limitation:  The value of limitation single call, this value range is 1-65535. Step length multiplied by time of single call just said a single call duration time allowed. 
• Minimum Charging Time:  A single call over this time, GSM side of the operators began to collect fees, unit for seconds. 
• Alarm Threshold:  Define a threshold value of call minutes, while the call minutes less than this value, the gateway will send alarm information to designated phone. 
• Alarm Description:  Alarm port information description, which will be sent to user mobile phone with alarm information. 
• Alarm Phone Number:  Receiving alarm phone number, user will received alarm message from gateway. 
• Remain Time:  This value is multiplied by to step length is a rest call time. 
• Enable Auto Reset:  Automatic restore remaining talk time, that is, get total call minutes of GSM channel. 
• Auto Reset Type:  Reset call minutes by date, by week, by month. 
• Next Reset Time:  Defined next reset date, system will count start from that date and work as Reset Period setting

Call Forwarding

Sometimes it’s not convenient for you to answer a call, if you don’t want to lose some important calls, you can choose Call Forwarding. You can choose Call Forwarding Unconditional, Call Forwarding No Reply, Call Forwarding Busy or Call Forwarding on Not Reachable. If want to cancel your call forwarding settings, you can choose Cancel All.

                                                                                                         Figure 3-16 Call Forwarding

Notice: Don’t forget to save your settings. Please first press button, then press button..

DTMF

You can do some DTMF Detection Settings if you choose “GSM -> DTMF”.

                               Figure 3-17 DTMF Detection Settings

Notice: If you don’t have special need, you don’t have to modify these settings. You can just choose “Default”.

• DTMF Normal Twist and Reverse Twist：  is the difference in power between the row and column energies. Normal Twist is where the Column energy is greater than the Row energy. Reverse Twist is where the Row energy is greater.
• DTMF Relative Peak Row: The value is the smaller and the detection is easier. If you lost some numbers, you can try to put the value down. The adjustment range is 0.02 at a time. 
• DTMF Relative Peak Col: The value is smaller and the detection is easier. If you lost some numbers, you can try to put the value down. The adjustment range is 0.1 at a time. 
• DTMF Hits Begin: Sampling matching value. You can choose 2 or 3. 
• DTMF Misses End: The time interval between the two digits you input. Adjust the speed of input. The smaller value represents the shorter intervals.

Toolkit

You can get USSD information, send AT command and check number with this module. When you have a debug of the GSM module, AT command is useful.

                                                                     Figure 3-18 Function Options

     Definition of Functions  

• Check Number：  Enter a known number (like your mobile phone) to check what number it is of the SIM card. Click "Execute", then the gateway will dial to the number you already input. It only rings for one time and hangs up at once. Not generating telephone charge during this procedure.
• Get USSD:  Enter a specific USSD number (For example,*142# to check your SIM card's balance. This USSD number is might be different from different carriers) to get the USSD information. The gateway will try to get by AT commands. 
• AT Command:  To perform some specific AT commands. This is useful when you have a debug of the GSM modem. e.g. perform [ AT+CSQ ] to check what signal qualify it is. In AT commands, there is no difference between “a” and “A”

If you want to send AT command, first you should input your command, then select certain ports and choose “Copy to Selected”, finally choose “Execute”.

                                                                     Figure 3-19 AT Command Example

4. SIP

SIP Endpoints

This page shows everything about your SIP, you can see status of each SIP.

                                                                                       Figure 4-1 SIP Endpoints

Main Endpoint Settings

You can click button to add a new SIP endpoint, and if you want to modify existed endpoints, you can click  button.

There are 3 kinds of registration types for choose. You can choose Anonymous, Endpoint registers with this gateway or This gateway registers with the endpoint.

You can configure as follows:

If you set up a SIP endpoint by registration “None” to a server, then you can’t register other SIP endpoints to this server. (If you add other SIP endpoints, this will cause Out-band Routes and Trunks confused.)

                                        Figure 4-2 None Registration

 For convenience, we have designed a method that you can register your SIP endpoint to your gateway, thus your gateway just work as a server.

                                Figure 4-3 Endpoint Register With this Gateway

Also you can choose registration by “This gateway registers with the endpoint”, it’s the same with “None”, except name and password.

                               Figure 4-4 This Gateway Register With the Endpoint

      table 4-1 Definition of SIP Options

Advanced -- Registration Options

    Definition of Registration Options

• Authentication User: A username to use only for registration.
  
• Register Extension: When Gateway registers as a SIP user agent to a SIP proxy (provider), calls from this provider connect to this local extension.
  
• From User: A username to identify the gateway to this endpoint.
  
• From Domain: A domain to identify the gateway to this endpoint.
  
• Remote Secret: A password which is only used if the gateway registers to the remote side.
  
• Port: The port number the gateway will connect to at this endpoint.
  
• Qualify: Whether or not to check the endpoint's connection status.
  
• Qualify Frequency: How often, in seconds, to check the endpoint's connection status.
  
• Outbound Proxy: A proxy to which the gateway will send all outbound signalling instead of sending signalling dirrectly to endpoints.

Advanced -- Signalling Settings

     Definition of Signaling Options

• Progress Inband:  Set default DTMF Mode for sending DTMF. Default: rfc2833. Other options: 'info', SIP INFO message (application/dtmf-relay); 'inband', Inband audio (require 64kbit codec -alaw, ulaw). 
• Allow Overlap Dialing:  Whether or not the Remote-Party-ID header should be trusted. 
• Append user=phone to URI:  Whether or not to send the Remote-Party-ID header. 
• Add Q.850 Reason Headers:  How to set the Remote-Party-ID header: from Remote-Party-ID or from P-Asserted-Identity. 
• Honor SDP Version:  Whether or not to display Caller ID. 
• Allow Transfers:  Whether or not to globally enable transfers. Choosing 'no' will disable all transfers (unless enabled in peers or users). Default is enabled.
• Allow Promiscuous Redirects:  Whether or not to allow 302 or REDIR to non-local SIP address. Note that promiscredir when redirects are made to the local system will cause loops since this gateway is incapable of performing a "hairpin" call. 
• Max Forwards:  Setting for the SIP Max-Forwards header (loop prevention). Send TRYING on REGISTER Send a 100 Trying when the endpoint registers. 
• Outbound Proxy:  A proxy to which the gateway will send all outbound signaling instead of sending signaling directly to endpoints.

Call Settings

     Definition of Call Options

• DTMF Mode: Set default DTMF Mode for sending DTMF. Default: rfc2833. Other options: 'info', SIP INFO message (application/dtmf-relay); 'Inband', Inband audio (require 64kbit codec -alaw, ulaw).
  
• Trust Remote-Party-ID: Whether or not the Remote-Party-ID header should be trusted.
• Send Remote-Party-ID: Whether or not to send the Remote-Party-ID header.
• Remote Party ID Format:  How to set the Remote-Party-ID header: from Remote-Party-ID or from P-Asserted-Identity.
• Caller ID Presentation:  Whether or not to display Caller ID.

Advanced -- Timer Settings

     Definition of Timer Options

• Default T1 Timer: This timer is used primarily in INVITE transactions. The default for Timer T1 is 500ms or the measured run-trip time between the gateway and the device if you have qualify=yes for the device.
• Call Setup Timer: If a provisional response is not received in this amount of time, the call will auto-congest. Defaults to 64 times the default T1 timer. 
• Session Timers: Session-Timers feature operates in the following three modes: originate, Request and run session-timers always; accept, run session-timers only when requested by other UA; refuse, do not run session timers in any case.
• Minimum Session Minimum session refresh interval in seconds. Default is 90secs.
• Maximum Session Refresh Interval: Maximum session refresh interval in seconds. Defaults to 1800secs.
• Session Refresher: The session refresher, uac or uas. Defaults to uas.
  

Advanced SIP Settings

Networking

     Definition of Networking Options

• UDP Bind Port:
• Enable TCP: Enable server for incoming TCP connection (default is no).
• TCP Bind Port: Choose a port on which to listen for TCP traffic.
• TCP Authentication Timeout: The maximum number of seconds a client has to authenticate. If the client does not authenticate before this timeout expires, the client will be disconnected.(default value is: 30 seconds).
• TCP Authentication Limit: The maximum number of unauthenticated sessions that will be allowed to connect at any given time(default is:50).
• Enable Hostname Lookup: Enable DNS SRV lookups on outbound calls Note: the gateway only uses the first host in SRV records Disabling DNS SRV lookups disables the ability to place SIP calls based on domain names to some other SIP users on the Internet specifying a port in a SIP peer definition or when dialing outbound calls with suppress SRV lookups for that peer or call.
• Enable Internal SIP Call: Whether enable the internal SIP calls or not when you select the registration option "Endpoint registers with this gateway".
• Internal SIP Call Prefix: Specify a prefix before routing the internal calls.

Advanced -- NAT Settings  

     Definition of NAT Settings Options

• Local Network:  Format:192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 or 172.16.0.0./12. A list of IP address or IP ranges which are located inside a NATed network. This gateway will replace the internal IP address in SIP and SDP messages with the external IP address when a NAT exists between the gateway and other endpoints.
•  Local Network List: Local IP address list that you added.
• Subscribe Network Change Event: Through the use of the test_stun_monitor module, the gateway has the ability to detect when the perceived external network address has changed. When the stun_monitor is installed and configured, chan_sip will renew all outbound registrations when the monitor detects any sort of network change has occurred. By default this option is enabled, but only takes effect once res_stun_monitor is configured. If res_stun_monitor is enabled and you wish to not generate all outbound registrations on a network change, use the option below to disable this feature.
• Match External Address Locally: Only substitute the externaddr or externhost setting if it matches.
• Dynamic Exclude Static: Disallow all dynamic hosts from registering as any IP address used for statically defined hosts. This helps avoid the configuration error of allowing your users to register at the same address as a SIP provider.
• Externally Mapped TCP Port: The externally mapped TCP port, when the gateway is behind a static NAT or PAT.
• External Hostname: The external hostname (and optional TCP port) of the NAT. 
• Hostname Refresh Interval: How often to perform a hostname lookup. This can be useful when your NAT device lets you choose the port mapping, but the IP address is dynamic. Beware, you might suffer from service disruption when the name server resolution fails.
  

Advanced -- RTP Settings

     Definition of RTP Settings Options

• Start of RTP Port Range:  Start of range of port numbers to be used for RTP
• End of RTP port Range:  End of port numbers to be used for RTP
  

Paesing and Compatibility

     Instruction of Parsing and Compatibility

• Strict RFC Interpretation:  Check header tags, character conversion in URIs, and multiline headers for strict SIP compatibility(default is yes)
• Send Compact Headers:  Send compact SIP headers 
• SDP Owner:  Allows you to change the username filed in the SDP owner string. This filed MUST NOT contain spaces. 
• Disallowed SIP Methods:  The external hostname (and optional TCP port) of the NAT. 
• Shrink Caller ID:  The shrinkcallerid function removes '(', ' ', ')', non-trailing '.', and '-' not in square brackets. For example, the caller id value 555.5555 becomes 5555555 when this option is enabled. Disabling this option results in no modification of the caller id value, which is necessary when the caller id represents something that must be preserved. By default this option is on.
• Maximum Registration Expiry:  Maximum allowed time of incoming registrations and subscriptions (seconds).
• Minimum Registration Expiry:  Minimum length of registrations/subscriptions (default 60).
• Default Registration Expiry:  Default length of incoming/outgoing registration.
• Registration Timeout: How often, in seconds, to retry registration calls. Default 20 seconds.
• Number of Registration: Attempts Enter '0' for unlimited Number of registration attempts before we give up. 0 = continue forever, hammering the other server until it accepts the registration. Default is 0 tries, continue forever.

Security

     Instruction of Security

• Match Auth Username:  If available, match user entry using the 'username' field from the authentication line instead of the 'from' field.
• Realm:  Realm for digest authentication. Realms MUST be globally unique according to RFC 3261. Set this to your host name or domain name.
• Use Domain as Realm:  Use the domain from the SIP Domains setting as the realm. In this case, the realm will be based on the request 'to' or 'from' header and should match one of the domain. Otherwise, the configured 'realm' value will be used.
• Always Auth Reject:  When an incoming INVITE or REGISTER is to be rejected, for any reason, always reject with an identical response equivalent to valid username and invalid password/hash instead of letting the requester know whether there was a matching user or peer for their request. This reduces the ability of an attacker to scan for valid SIP usernames. This option is set to 'yes' by default.
• Authenticate Options Requests:  Enabling this option will authenticate OPTIONS requests just like INVITE requests are. By default this option is disabled. 
• Allow Guest Calling:  Allow or reject guest calls (default is yes, to allow). If your gateway is connected to the Internet and you allow guest calls, you want to check which services you offer everyone out there, by enabling them in the default context.
  

Media

     Instruction of Media

• Premature Media:  Some ISDN links send empty media frames before the call is in ringing or progress state. The SIP channel will then send 183 indicating early media which will be empty - thus users get no ring signal. Setting this to "yes" will stop any media before we have call progress (meaning the SIP channel will not send 183 Session Progress for early media). Default is 'yes'. Also make sure that the SIP peer is configured with progressinband=never. In order for 'noanswer' applications to work, you need to run the progress() application in the priority before the app.
  
• TOS for SIP Packets:  Sets type of service for SIP packets
• TOS for RTP Packets:  Sets type of service for RTP packets
  

Codec Settings

Select codecs from the list below.

                                                                            Figure 4-5 Codec Settings

5. Routing

                                                                                                Figure 5-1 Routing Rules

You are allowed to set up new routing rule by , and after setting routing rules, move rules’ order by pulling  up and down, click  button to edit the routing and  to delete it. Finally click the  button to save what you set.  shows current routing rules. Otherwise you can set up unlimited routing rules.

Call Routing Rule

You can click  button to set up your routings.

                           Figure 5-2 Example of Set up Routing Rule

The figure above realizes that calls from “1001” SIP endpoint switch you have registered will be transferred to Port-1. When “Call Comes in From” is T1/E1 Port, “prepend”, “prefix” and “match pattern” in “Advanced Routing Rule” are ineffective, and just “CallerID” option is available.

     Definition of Routing Options

• Routing Name: The name of this route. Should be used to describe what types of calls this route matches (for example, 'SIP2GSM' or 'GSM2SIP').
• Call Comes in From: The launching point of incoming calls.
• Send Call Through: The destination to receive the incoming calls.
  

    Description of Advanced Routing Rule

• Dial Patterns that will use this Route:  A Dial Pattern is a unique set of digits that will select this route and send the call to the designated trunks. If a dialed pattern matches this route, no subsequent routes will be tried. If Time Groups are enabled, subsequent routes will be checked for matches outside of the designated time(s).
  Rules:
  X matches any digit from 0-9
  Z matches any digit from 1-9
  N matches any digit from 2-9
  [1237-9] matches any digit in the brackets (example: 1,2,3,7,8,9)
  . wildcard: matches one or more dialed digits.
  prepend: Digits to prepend to a successful match
  If the dialed number matches the patterns specified by the subsequent columns, then this will be prepended before sending to the trunks
  prefix: Prefix to remove on a successful match
  The dialed number is compared to this and the subsequent columns for a match. Upon a match, this prefix is removed from the dialed number before sending it to the trunks.
  match pattern: The dialed number will be compared against the prefix + this match pattern. Upon a match, the match pattern portion of the dialed number will be sent to the trunks
  CallerID: If CallerID is supplied, the dialed number will only match the prefix + match pattern if the CallerID has been transmitted matches this.
  When extensions make outbound calls, the CallerID will be their extension number and NOT their Outbound CID.
  The above special matching sequences can be used for CallerID matching similar to other number matches.
• Set the Caller ID Name to:  What caller ID name would you like to set before sending this call to the endpoint.
• Set the Caller ID Number to:  What caller number would you like to set before sending this call to the endpoint.
• Forward Number:  What destination number will you dial? This is very useful when you have a transfer call.
• Failover Call Through Number:  The gateway will attempt to send the call out each of these in the order you specify.

You can create various time routes and use these time conditions to limit some specific calls.

                                                           Figure 5-3 Time Patterns that will use this Route 

If you configure like this, then from January to March, from the first day to the last day of these months, from Monday to Thursday, from 00:00 to 02:00, during this time (meet all above time conditions), all calls will follow this route. And the time will synchronize with your Sever time.

                                                           Figure 5-4 Change Rules

You can set your caller ID name and caller number as you like before sending the call to the endpoint. You can also configure forward number when you have a transfer call.

                                                          Figure 5-5 Failover Call Through Number

You can add one or more “Failover Call Through Numbers”.

Groups

Sometimes you want to make a call through one port, but you don’t know if it is available, so you have to check which port is free. That would be troublesome. But with our product, you don’t need to worry about it. You can combine many GSM or SIP to groups. Then if you want to make a call, it will find available port automatically.

                                     Figure 5-6 Routing Group

MNP Settings

Mobile Number Portability allows switching between mobile phone operators without changing the mobile number. Sounds simple, but there are loads of tasks performed behind the scene at the operator end.

The URL is shown in the password string way. So please type the url in other place such a txt file, check it, then copy it to the gateway. The outgoing number in the url should be replaced by the variables ${num}.

Here is an example of the MNP url:      

https://s1.bichara.com.br:8181/chkporta.php?user=832700&pwd=sdsfdg&tn=8388166902 

The 8388166902 is the outgoing phone number, when config the MNP url, should replce it with ${num}. Then it turns to https://s1.bichara.com.br:8181/chkporta.php?user=832700&pwd=sdsfdg&tn=${num}.

                                                                                                   Figure 5-7 MNP Settings

6. SMS 

SMS Settings

General

You can choose enable SMS Received, SMS Local Strored and SMS Status Report or not. But if you want to see your SMS outbox, you should switch SMS Status Report ON.

                                                                                   Figure 6-1 SMS Settings

Sender Options

You can change sender options here, include resend, times of resend.

                                                                                   Figure 6-2 Sender Options

     Description of Sender Options

• Resend Failed Message:  The times that you will attempt to resend your failed message. 
• Repeat Same Message:  The times that you will resend the same message. 
• Verbose:  Verbose level of sending message

SMS to Email

This is a tool that makes it available for you to email account to transmit the SMS to other email boxes. The following settings realize that received SMS through openvpnvoip@gmail.com transmit to openvpnvoip@yahoo.com.cn, openvpnvoip@hotmail.com and support@openvox.cn

                                                               Figure 6-3 SMS to Email

Types of E-mail Box

Definition of SMS to E-mail

SMS Control

Allowing endpoints to send some specific KEY WORDS and corresponding PASSWORD to operate the gateway and message is case-sensitive. In default, this function is disabled.

                                                      Figure 6-4 SMS Control

For example, SMS control password is 123456789 which has nothing to do with the login password, you can send “get info 123456789” to the GSM module’s phone number to get your gateway’s IP information.

Definition of SMS Control

SMS Sender

You can choose one or more ports to send SMS to the destination number, different numbers should be separated by symbols: '\r', '\n', space character, semicolon and comma. Then you can see much feedback information.

                                                                                                                          Figure 6-5 SMS Sender

SMS Inbox

On this page, you are allowed to scan, delete, clean up, and export each port’s received SMS. Also you are allowed to check messages by port, phone number, time order and message keywords.

                                                                                                                           Figure 6-6 SMS Inbox

SMS Outbox

                                                                                                                           Figure 6-7 SMS Outbox

SMS Forwarding

                                                                                                                        Figure 6-8 SMS Forwarding

SMS forwarding function is used to transfer the incoming sms to a destination number, such as mobile user. You can click "New Routing" button to create a new routing.

                                                                                            Figure 6-9 example 1 of sms forwarding routing

example 1 means that sms coming from gsm-1.1 will transfer via gsm-1.2 to phone number 66362.

                                                                                           Figure 6-10 example 2 of sms forwarding routing

example2 means that sms coming from gsm-1.1 will be transfered via either gsm-1.3 or gsm-1.4 to number 66363. It will choose gsm-1.3 first. if gsm-1.3 is busy, it will use gsm-1.4.

                                                                                          Figure 6-11 example 3 of sms forwarding routing

example3 means that sms coming from both gsm-1.1 and gsm-2.1 will be transfered via gsm-2.3 to number 66363. 

7. Network

On “Network” page, there are three sub-pages: “LAN Settings”, “DDNS Settings”, and “Toolkit”.

Network Settings

There are three types of WAN/LAN port IP, Factory, Static and DHCP. Factory is the default type, and it is 172.16.99.1. When you Choose LAN IPv4 type is “Factory”, this page is not editable. 

A reserved IP address to access in case your gateway IP is not available. Remember to set a similar network segment with the following address of your local PC.

                                                  Figure 7-1 LAN Settings

       Definition of LAN Settings

• Interface: The name of network interface.
• Type: The method to get IP. Factory: Getting IP address by Slot Number (System information to check slot number). Static: manually set up your gateway IP. DHCP: automatically get IP from your local LAN.
• MAC: Physical address of your network interface.
• Address: The IP address of your gateway.
• Netmsk: The subnet mask of your gateway.
• Default Gateway: Default getaway IP address.

Basically this info is from your local network service provider, and you can fill in four DNS servers.

• DNS Servers:  A list of DNS IP address. Basically this info is from your local network service provider.

                                   Figure 7-2 DNS Servers

DDNS Settings

 You can enable or disable DDNS (dynamic domain name server).

                                   Figure 7-3 DDNS Settings

     Definition of DDNS Settings

• DDNS:  Enable/Disable DDNS(dynamic domain name server) 
• Type:  Set the type of DDNS server. 
• Username:  Your DDNS account’s login name. 
• Password:  Your DDNS account’s password. 
• Your domain:  The domain to which your web server will belong.

Toolkit

It is used to check network connectivity. Support Ping command on web GUI.

                                                               Figure 7-4 Toolkit

8. Advanced

Asterisk API

When you make “Enable” switch to “ON”, this page is available.

                                     Figure 8-1 Asterisk API Interface

     Definition of Asterisk API

• Port: Network port number
• Manager Name: Name of the manager without space
• Manager secret: Password for the manager. Characters: Allowed characters “-_+.<>&0-9a-zA-Z”. Length:4-32 characters.
• Deny: If you want to deny many hosts or networks, use char & as separator. <br/><br/>Example: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 or 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0&10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
• Permit: If you want to permit many hosts or network, use char & as separator.<br/><br/>Example: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 or 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0&10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0
• System: General information about the system and ability to run system management commands, <br/>such as Shutdown, Restart, and Reload.
• Call: Information about channels and ability to set information in a running channel.
• Log: Logging information. Read-only. (Defined but not yet used.)
• Verbose: Verbose information. Read-only. (Defined but not yet used.)
• Command: Permission to run CLI commands. Write-only.
• Agent: Information about queues and agents and ability to add queue members to a queue.
• User: Permission to send and receive UserEvent.
• Config: Ability to read and write configuration files.
• DTMF: Receive DTMF events. Read-only.
• Reporting: Ability to get information about the system. CDR Output of cdr, manager, if loaded. Read-only.
• Dialplan: Receive NewExten and Varset events. Read-only.
• Originate: Permission to originate new calls. Write-only.
• All: Select all or deselect all.
  

Once you set like the above figure, the host 172.16.100.110/255.255.0.0 is allowed to access the gateway API. Please refer to the following figure to access the gateway API by putty. 172.16.100.110 is the gateway’s IP, and 5038 is its API port.

                         Figure 8-2 Putty Access Gateway API

Asterisk CLI

In this page, you are allowed to run Asterisk commands.

                                                                     Figure 8-3 Asterisk CLI

Command: Type your Asterisk CLI commands here to check or debug your gateway.

Notice: If you type “help” or “?” and execute it, the page will show you the executable commands.

Asterisk File Editor

On this page, you are allowed to edit and create configuration files. Click the file to edit.

                                                                                                   Figure 8-4 Asterisk File Editor

Click “New Configuration File” to create a new configuration file. After editing or creating, please reload Asterisk.

9. Logs

On the “Log Settings” page, you should set the related logs on to scan the responding logs page. For example, set “System Logs” on like the following, then you can turn to “System” page for system logs, otherwise, system logs is unavailable. And the same with other log pages.

                                                                                 Figure 9-1 Log Settings

                                                                                    Figure 9-2 System Logs

You can choose one specific board to see it related logs.

                                                                                    Figure 9-3 Choose One Board

You can scan your CDR easily on web GUI, and also you can delete, clean up or export your CDR information.

                                                                                    Figure 9-4 CDR Output

Recently we have made our LOGS display richer, you can see your GSM Outbound of every port clearly.

                                                                                    Figure 9-5 Time Patterns that will use this Route

     Definition of Logs

• System Logs: Whether enable or disable system log.
• Auto clean (System Logs): switch on : when the size of log file reaches the max size, the system will cut a half of the file. New logs will be retained;    switch off : logs will remain, and the file size will increase gradually. default on, maxsize=1M.
• Verbose: Asterisk console verbose message switch.
• Notice: Asterisk console notice message switch.
• Warning: Asterisk console warning message switch.
• Debug: Asterisk console debug message switch.
• Error: Asterisk console error message switch.
• DTMF: Asterisk console DTMF info switch.
• Auto clean (asterisk logs):  switch on : when the size of log file reaches the max size, the system will cut a half of the file. New logs will be retained.    switch off : logs will remain, and the file size will increase gradually. default on, maxsize=100KB.
• SIP Logs: Whether enable or disable SIP log.
• Auto clean (SIP logs):  switch on : when the size of log file reaches the max size, the system will cut a half of the file. New logs will be retained.           switch off : logs will remain, and the file size will increase gradually. default on, maxsize=100KB.
  
• Debug AT Command Logs: Displaying GSm module AT messages.
• Auto clean (AT logs):  switch on : when the size of log file reaches the max size, the system will cut a half of the file. New logs will be retained.          switch off : logs will remain, and the file size will increase gradually. default on, maxsize=100KB.
• Call Detail Record: Displaying Call Detail Records for each channel. 
• Auto clean (CDR logs): switch on : when the size of log file reaches the max size, the system will cut a half of the file. New logs will be retained.         switch off : logs will remain, and the file size will increase gradually. default on, max size=20MB.

Appendix Feature List

     General Info

• Wireless port：GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz 
• Storage temperature：-20~70℃ 
• Operating temperature：0~40℃ 
• Operating humidity：10％~90％ 
• Power supply specifications：100-240V/1-2A 
• Maximum power：46W

     GSM

• Support Volume adjustment 
• Support Gain adjustment 
• Support CLID display & hide (need operators support) 
• Support IMEI number automatically modify, avoid blocking 
• Support PIN identification 
• Support GSM frequency range：850/900/1800/1900MHz 
• Support Band binding 
• Support SMS bulk transceiver, messages sent to email and SMS automatically resent 
• Support USSD transceiver 
• Support call transfer 
• Support open API interface（AMI）
  

     SIP Features

• Support add, modify & delete SIP trunk 
• Support different SIP trunks combined into one SIP trunk Group 
• Support SIP registration with domain 
• Support multiple SIP registrations：Anonymous, Endpoint registers with this gateway, This gateway registers with the endpoint 
• Support protocols：SIP, IAX（easily expand other protocols that Asterisk supports）, TCP, UDP, RTP, TELNET, HTTP, SMTP, POP3

     Routing and Number Conversion

• Support routing before number changed 
• Support routing after number changed 
• Support GSM—>IP routing 
• Support IP—>GSM routing
• Support add, modify & delete routing 
• Support unlimited routing rules 
• Flexible routing settings

     Business Control

• Permit and prohibit certain calls 
• Extensible automatic callback 
• Extensible speed dial 
• Support customizable IVR, DISA and other applications

    System Features

• Simple and convenient configuration via Web GUI 
• Signal strength indicator, LED status indicator 
• Support NTP time synchronization and client time synchronization 
• Support DTMF：RFC2833, In-band, Info 
• Working mode: stand-alone, Master, slave. Each Board integrated independent Asterisk system would make it easier for independent operation, improve stability 
• Support SSH access for background management, Asterisk CLI command operation
• Support AT command interface 
• GSM ports group management 
• Support PDD (Post Dialing Delay) display, ACD (Average Call Duration) display, ASR (Answer-Seizure Ratio) display and BER (Bit Error Rate) display 
• Support configuration file backup and upload 
• Support for custom scripts, dialplans 
• Support codecs：G.711A, G.711U, G.729, G.722, G.723, G.726, GSM

     Network Features

• Support DDNS 
• 2*RJ45 Network port 
  ① ETH1：access Board 1 only, provide proxy access to other boards with different port numbers which can avoid IP conflict 
  ② ETH2: access different Boards with different IP addresses
• Network type：Static IP, Dynamic, PPPoE 
• Support modify username and password for web login 
• Support ping & traceroute command on the web

     Operation Maintenance

• Support SMS remotely controlling gateway 
• Support Echo cancellation, Jitter buffer 
• Support gateway boards and SIM hot plug 
• Reboot settings（According to the running time, specific time） 
• Update Firmware：HTTP 
• Support multiple detailed LOG output 
• Support Restore the factory settings 
• One Year Warranty

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