DGW-L1 User Manual

1.  Overview

What is DGW-L1?

OpenVox T1/E1 Gateway is an open source asterisk-based VoIP Gateway solution for operators and call centers. It is a converged media gateway product. This kind of gateway connects traditional telephone system to IP networks and integrates VoIP PBX with the PSTN seamlessly. With friendly GUI, users may easily setup their customized Gateway. Also secondary development can be completed through AMI (Asterisk Management Interface). The DGW-L1 could support 12v power supply.

It is developed with a wide selection of codecs and signaling protocol, including G.711A, G.711U, G.729, G.722, G.723 and GSM. It supports PRI/SS7/R2 protocol. OpenVox T1/E1 Gateway has good processing ability and stability. The T1/E1 gateway will be 100% compatible with Asterisk, Elastix, trixbox, 3CX, FreeSWITCH SIP server and VOS VoIP operating platform.

Sample Application

Figure 1-2-1Topological Graph

 

Product Appearance

The picture below is appearance of DGW-L1.

 

 

Figure 1-3-1 Product Appearance

 

Figure 1-3-2 Front Panel

 

Table 1-3-1 Description of Front Panel

 

Interface

Function

Color

Work Status

1 Port

E1/T1 port. There is only one port.

2 Reset

Reset button is used to restore the device.

3 RUN

Register indicator

Green

Slow blinking(Green 2s and Flash 0.1s):Work normally

Fast blinking(Green 0.5s and Flash 0.5s): Work abnormally

Crazily blinking(Green 0.1s and Flash 0.1s): Preparing restore the device

No blinking: Dahdi Error

4 PWR

Power Status indicator

Green

On: Power is on

Off: Power is off

5 VGA

VGA monitor connector

6 Eth1

Network interface

7 Eth0

Network interface

8 USB

USB interface

9 DC-12v

Power supply

 

 

 

Main Features

  • Based on AsteriskR
  • Editable AsteriskRconfiguration file
  • Wide selection of codecs and signaling protocol
  • Support 512 routing rules and flexible routing settings
  • Stable performance, flexible dialing, friendly GUI
  • Codecs support: G.711A, G.711U, G.729, G.723, G.722,GSM
  • Support ports group management
  • Connect legacy PBX systems to low-cost VoIP services
  • Connect legacy PBX systems to remote sites over private VoIP links
  • Connect IP PBX systems to legacy TDM services

Physical Information

Table 1-5-1 Description of Physical Information

 

Weight

1314g

Size

31cm*17cm*5cm

Temperature

-40~85°C (Storage)

0~40°C (Operation)

Operation humidity

5%~95% non-condensing

Max power

12W

LAN port

1

WAN port

1

 

 

Software

Default IP: 172.16.100.1(Eth0),192.168.100.1(Eth1)

Username: admin

Password: admin

 

Notice: Log in

Figure 1-6-1 LOG IN Interface

 

2. System

Status

On the “Status” page, you will find all Interface, Status, Time, Login Settings, General, Auto Provision, Tools and Information.

Figure 2-1-1 System Status

 

 

Table 2-1-1 Description of System Status

 

Options

Definition

Interface Status

Show the status of port, include "RED" and "OK". "RED" means no trunk line connected; "OK" means the trunk line of port is available.

Signaling Status

Show the signaling status of port, include "Down" and "UP". "Down" means it is unavailable; "UP" means the port is available.

 

Time

Table 2-2-1Description of Time Settings

 

Options

Definition

System Time

Your gateway system time.

Time Zone

The world time zone. Please select the one which is the same or the closest as your city.

POSIX TZ String

Posix timezone strings.

NTP Server 1

Time server domain or hostname. For example, [time.asia.apple.com].

NTP Server 2

The first reserved NTP server. For example, [time.windows.com].

NTP Server 3

The second reserved NTP server. For example, [time.nist.gov].

Auto-Sync from NTP

Whether enable automatically synchronize from NTP server or not. ON is enable, OFF is disable this function.

Sync from NTP

Sync time from NTP server.

Sync from Client

Sync time from local machine.

 

 

For example, you can configure like this:

Figure 2-2-1 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 2-3-1Description of Login Settings

 

Options

Definition

User Name

Define your username and password to manage your gateway, without space here. Allowed characters "-_+. <>&0-9a-zA-Z". Length: 1-32 characters.

Password

Allowed characters "-_+. <>&0-9a-zA-Z".

Length: 4-32 characters.

Confirm Password

Please input the same password as 'Password' above.

Port

Specify the web server port number.

 

Figure 2-3-1 Login Settings

 

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

General

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 2-4-1 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 2-4-2 Reboot Types

 

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

Tools and Information

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

Reboot Tools

You can choose system reboot and Asterisk reboot separately.

Figure 2-6-1 Reboot Prompt

 

 

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

Table 2-6-1 Instruction of reboots

 

Options

Definition

System Reboot 

This will turn off your gateway and then turn it back on. This will drop all current calls.

 

 

Asterisk Reboot

This will restart 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 that, you will see some information below.

Figure 2-6-2Prompt Information

 

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 2-6-3 Upload and Backup

 

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 2-6-4 Factory Reset

 

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 2-6-5 System Information

 

3. T1/E1

General

Figure 3-1-1 General Settings

 

Table 3-1-1 Definition of General Settings

Options

Definition

Local

Your locale. This will be used for the tone style used when in-call indications need to be generated such as ring back, busy, congestion, and other call-oriented inband tone signals.

 

 

Figure 3-1-2 Port Details

 

Table 3-1-3 Definition of Port Details

Options

Definition

Timing Source

Timing Source indicate the ports as to which should be used to recover the clock.(0 for master mode, upper for client mode, small number have higher priority )

Interface

Choose a line type for this interface, all ports must be the same type.

Framing

Framing method for this interface

Coding

Coding method for this interface

Line Build-out

Line build-out represents the length of the cable form the port on this gateway to the next device.

CRC4

Enable cyclic redundancy checking for error checking on line. CRC-4 support is required for all network switches in Europe, but many older switches and PBXs don’t support it.

Signaling

It shows you what signaling the port uses.

Switch Type

Only used for PRI

Description

An optional description of this interface to be used for reference only.

 

ISDN-PRI

Advanced: Interface Type

Figure 3-2-1 Advanced: Interface Type

            Table 3-2-1Definition of Interface Type

Options

Definition

RX Gain

Gain for the rx channel.Default:0.0

TX Gain

Gain for the tx channel.Default:0.

ISDN: Signaling

Figure 3-2-2 ISDN: Signaling

 

Table 3-2-2 Definition of Signaling

Options

Definition

Q.SIG Channel Mapping

Sets logical or physical channel mapping. In logical channel mapping, channels are mapped to 1-30. In physical channel mapping, channels are mapped to 1-15, 17-31, skipping the number used for the data channel. Default is physical.

Enable Caller ID

Whether or not to enable caller ID.

PRI Dial Plan for Dialed Number

PRI Dialplan: The ISDN_level Type Of Number or numbering plan, used for the dialed number. Leaving this as ‘unknown’ works for most case. In some very unusual circumstances, you may need to set this to ‘dynamic’ or ‘redundant’.

PRI Dial Plan for Dialing Number

PRI Local Dialplan: Only RARELY used for PRI(sets the calling numbre's numbering plan). In North America, the typical use is sending the 10 digit; callerID number and setting the prilocaldialplan to 'national' (the default); Only VERY rarely will you need to change this.

Network Specific Facility (NSF) Messages

Some switches (AT&T especially) require network specific facility IE supported values are currently 'none', 'sdn', 'megacom', 'tollfreemegacom', 'accunet'

Idle Bearer Reset

Whether or not to reset unused B channels.

Idle Bearer Reset Period

Time in seconds between reset of unused B channels.

Display Send

Send /receive ISDN display IE option. The display option are a comma separated list of the following option:

Block:

Do not pass display text data.

Name_initial:

Use display text in SETUP/CONNECT messages as the party name.

Name_update:

Use display text in other messages

NOTIFY/FACLITY for CLOP name update.

Name:

Combined name_initial and name_update options.

Text:

Pass any unused display text data as an arbitrary display message during a call. Send text goes out in an INFORMATION message.

Defaults to name.

Display Receive

Send /receive ISDN display IE option. The display option are a comma separated list of the following option:

Block:

Do not pass display text data.

Name_initial:

Use display text in SETUP/CONNECT messages as the party name.

Name_update:

Use display text in other messages

NOTIFY/FACLITY for CLOP name update.

Name:

Combined name_initial and name_update options.

Text:

Pass any unused display text data as an arbitrary display message during a call. Send text goes out in an INFORMATION message.

Defaults to name.

Overlap Dialing

Enable overlap dialing mode--sending overlap digits.

Allow Progress When Call Released

Allow inband audio (progress) when a call is RELEASEd by the far end of a PRI.

Out-of-Band Indications

PRI Out of band indications. Enable this to report Busy and Congestion on a PRI using out-of-band notification. Inband indication, as used by the gateway doesn't seem to work with all telcos.

Facility-based ISDN Supplementary Services

To enables transmission of facility-based ISDN supplementary services (such as caller name from CPE over facility). Cannot be changed on a reload.

Exclusive Channel Selection

If you need to override the existing channels selection routine and force all PRI channels to be marked as exclusively selected, set this to yes. priexclusive cannot be changed on a reload.

Ignore Remote Hold Indications

If you wish to ignores remote hold indications enable this option.

Block Outbound Caller ID Name

Enable if you need to hide the name and not the number for legacy PPBX use. Only applies to PRI channels.

Wait for Caller ID Name

Support Caller ID on call waiting.

SS7

 Link Set Settings

Figure 3-3-1 Link Set Settings

                                                                                                                                                                       

 

You can click button as shown below, when there are several link set, only one can be set to the default.

 

Figure 3-3-2 SS7 Link Set Settings

 

Table 3-3-1 Definition of SS7 Link Set Settings

Options

Definition

Name

The linkset’s name

Enabled

The linkset is enable or disable

Enabled_ st

The end_of_pulsing (ST) is not used to determine when incoming address is complete

Use Connect

Reply incoming call with CON rather than ACM and ANM

Hunting Policy

The CIC hunting policy (even_mu, odd_lru, seq_lth, seq_htl) is even CIC numbers, most recently used

Subservice

The subservice field: national (8), international l(0), auto or decimal/hex value; The auto means that the subservice is obtained from first received SLTM.

t35

The value and action for t35. Value is in msec, action is either st or timeout; if you use overlapped dialing dial plan, you might choose:t35=>4000,st

variant

Running under SS7 standard

OPC

The point code for this SS7 signaling point

DPC

The destination point (peer) code

Set to Default

Set the linkset as the default linke set

 

Link Settings

Figure 3-3-3 Link Settings

You can click button as shown below.

Figure 3-3-4 SS7 Link Settings

                                                                                

SS7 Config. File Backup and Restore

 

Figure 3-3-5 Config. File Backup and Restore

MFC/R2

Advanced: Interface Type

Figure 3-4-1 Advanced: Interface Type

      Table 3-4-1 Definition of Interface Type

Options

Definition

RX Gain

Gain for the rx channel. Default:0.0

TX Gain

Gain for the tx channel. Default:0.0

MFC/R2: Signaling

Figure 3-4-2 MFC/R2: Signaling

          Table 3-4-2Definition of MFC/R2: Signaling

Options

Definition

Enable Caller ID

Whether or not to use caller ID

Init CAS Bit

The initial position of the CAS bits.

 

 

Figure 3-4-3 R2 Variant

you can click button, then you could fine the below.

 Modify R2 Variant

Figure 3-4-4 General

 

Table 3-4-3 Definition of General

 

Options

Definition

Variant Name

Variant Name

 

Usually national_subscriber works just fine

 

Default is to block collect calls

 

With this set to ‘no’ then the call will NOT be accepted on offered, and the call will start irs execution in extensions. Conf until the channel is answered.

 

Brazil use a special signal to force the release of the line instead of the normal clear back signal

 

Whether or not report to the other end ‘accept call with charge’, when interconnecting with old PBXs this may be useful

 

Max amount of DNIS to ask for

 

Max amount of ANI to ask for

 

Whether or not get the ANI before getting DNIS

 

This feature allows to skip the use of Group B/II signals and go directly to the accepted state for incoming calls

 

This will cause that every answer signal is changed by answer->clear back->answer, sort of flash

 

Skip request of calling party category and ANI

 

Which bits are never used

 

Which bits are be used

 

R2 Category

Usually national_subscriber works just fine

Allow Collect Calls

Default is to block collect calls

Accept On Offer

With this set to ‘no’ then the call will NOT be accepted on offered, and the call will start irs execution in extensions. Conf until the channel is answered.

Forced Release

Brazil use a special signal to force the release of the line instead of the normal clear back signal

Charge Calls

Whether or not report to the other end ‘accept call with charge’, when interconnecting with old PBXs this may be useful

Max DNIS

Max amount of DNIS to ask for

Max ANI

Max amount of ANI to ask for

Get ANI First

Whether or not get the ANI before getting DNIS

Immediate Accept

This feature allows to skip the use of Group B/II signals and go directly to the accepted state for incoming calls

Double Answer

This will cause that every answer signal is changed by answer->clear back->answer, sort of flash

Skip Category

Skip request of calling party category and ANI

CAS NonR2 Bits

Which bits are never used

CAS_R2_Bits

Which bits will be used

 

 

Figure 3-4-5 Timer

Table 3-4-4 Definition of Timer

 

Options

Definition

MF Back Cycle

Max amount of time our backward MF signal can last

MF Back Resume Cycle

Amount of time we set MF signal ON to resume the MF cycle with a MF pulse

MF Fwd Safety

Safety FORWARD timer

R2 Seize

How much time do we wait for a response to our seize signal

R2 Answer

How much to wait for an answer once the call has been accepted

Metering Pulse

Hoe much to wait for metering pulse detection

R2 Double Answer

Interval between ANSWER-CLEAR BACK-ANSWER when double answer is in effect

R2 Answer Delay

Minimum delay time between the Accept tone signal and the R2 answer signal

CAS Persistence Check

Time to wait for to CAS signaling before handing the new signal

DTMF Start Dial

Safety time before starting to dial DTMF

DTMF Detection End

Safety time to decide when to stop detecting DTMF DNIS.

 

 

Figure 3-4-6 Group A

Figure 3-4-7 Group B

                                                                      

Figure 3-5-8 Group C

Figure 3-4-9 Group 1

Figure 3-4-810Group 2

 

4.VOIP

VOIP Endpoints

SIP Endpoints

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

Figure 4-1-1 SIP Status

                                                                            

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 4-1-2 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 4-1-3 Endpoint Register with Gateway

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

 

Figure 4-1-4 This Gateway Register with the Endpoint

Table 4-1-1 Definition of SIP Options

 

Options

Definition

Name

A name which is able to read by human. And it’s only used for user’s reference.

Username

User name the end point use to authenticate with the gateway

Password

Password the endpoint will use to authenticate with the gateway. Allowed characters

Registration

Whether this endpoint will registers with this gateway.

Hostname or IP Address

IP address or hostname of the endpoint or 'dynamic' if the endpoint has a dynamic IP address. This will require registration. Notice: if the input here is hostname and your DNS has changed, you must reboot asterisk.

Transport

This sets the possible transport types for outgoing. Order of usage, when the respective transport protocols are enabled, is UDP, TCP, TLS. The first enabled transport type is only used for outbound messages until a Registration takes place. During the peer Registration the transport type may change to another supported type if the peer requests so.

NAT Traversal

Addresses NAT-related issues in incoming SIP or media sessions.

 

 

Advanced: Registration Options

Table 4-1-2 Definition of Registration Options

 

Options

Definition

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 Frequency

How often, in seconds, to check the endpoint's connection status.

Outbound Proxy

A proxy to which the gateway will send all outbound signaling instead of sending signaling directly to endpoints.

 

 

Call Settings

Table 4-1-3 Definition of Call Options

 

Options

Definition

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.

Caller ID Presentation

Whether or not to display Caller ID.

 

 

Advanced: Signaling Settings

 

Table 4-1-4Definition of Signaling Options

Options

Definition

Progress Inband

If we should generate in-band ringing. Always use ‘never’ to never use in-band signalling,

Even in cases where some buggy devices might not render it. Valid values: yes, no, never. Default: never.

Append user=phone to URI

Whether or not to add;’ user=phone’ to URIs that contain a valid phone number.

Add Q.850 Reason Headers

Whether or not to add Reason header and to use it if it is available.

Honor SDP Version

By default, the gateway will honor the session version number in SDP packets and will only modify the SDP session if the version number changes. Turn This option off to force the SDP session version number and treat all SDP data as new data. This is require for devices that send non-standard SDP packets (observed with Microsoft OC S).By default

This option is on.

Allow Transfers

Whether or not to globally enable transfers. Choosing ‘no’ will disable all transfers (unless enable 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 100 Trying when the endpoint registers.

Advanced Timer Settings

Table 4-1-5 Definition of Timer Options

 

Options

Definition

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 1800s.

Session Refresher

The session refresher, uac or uas. Defaults to uas.

 

 

 

Table 4-1-6 Definition of Fax Options

Options

Definition

Mode

Working mode T.38 and T.30

Enabled

Enabled

Error Correction

Error Correction

Max Datagram

In some cases,T.38 endpoints will provide a T38FaxMxDatagram value (during T.38 setup) that is based on an incorrect interpretation of the T.38 recommendation, and result in failures because Asterisk does not believe it can send T.38 packets of a reasonable size to that endpoint (Cisco media gateway are one example of this situation).In these cases, during a T.38 call you will see warring messages on The console/in the logs from the Asterisk UDPTL stack complaining about lack of buffer space to send T.38FaxMaxDatagram value specified by the other end[point, and use a configured value instead.

Fax Detect

FAX detection will cause the SIP channel to jump to the ‘faX’ extension (if exists) based one or more events being detected. The events that can be detected are an incoming CNG tone or an incoming T.38 re-INVITE request.

Fax Activity

activate T38 fax gateway with ‘timeout’ seconds

Fax Timeout

activate T38 fax gateway with ‘timeout’ seconds

 

 

Advanced SIP Settings

Networking

 

 

Table 4-2-1 Definition of Networking Options

 

Options

Definition

UDP Bind Port

Choose a port on which to listen for UDP traffic.

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.

 

NAT Settings

Table 4-2-2 Definition of NAT Settings Options

 

Options

Definition

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 NA Ted 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 exeternaddr or externhost setting if it matches

Dynamic Exclude Static

Disallow all dynamic hosts from registering as any IP address used for staticly defined hosts .This helps avoid the configuration error of allowing your users to register at the same address as a SIP provide.

Externally Mapped TCP Port

The externally mapped TCP port, when the gateway is behind a static NAT or PAI

External Address

The external address (and optional TCP port) of the NAT. External address=hostname [:port] specifies a static address[:port] to be used in SIP and SDP messages. Examples: External address=12.34.56.78 External address=12.34.56.78.9900

 

 

 

External Hostname

The external hostname (and optional TCP port) of the NAT.

External Hostname=hostname[:port] is similar to

“External address”. Examples:

External Hostname=foo.dyndns.net

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.

 

RTP Settings

Table 4-2-3 Definition of RTP Settings Options

 

Options

Definition

Start of RTP Port Range

Start of range of port numbers to be used for RTP.

End of RTP port Range

End of range of port numbers to be used for RTP

 

 

Parsing and Compatibility

Table 4-2-4 Instruction of Parsing and Compatibility

 

Options

Definition

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

When a dialog is started with another SIP endpoint, the other endpoint should include an Allow header telling us what SIP methods the endpoint implements. However, some endpoint either do not include an Allow header or lie about what methods they implement. In the former case, the gateway makes the assumption that the endpoint support all known SIP methods. If you know that your SIP endpoint does not provide support for a specific method, then you may provide a list of methods that your endpoint does not implement in the disallowed_ methods option. Note that if your endpoint is truthful with its Allow header, then there is need to set this option.

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

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

Table 4-2-5 Instruction of Security

 

Options

Definition

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

Table 4-2-6 Instruction of Media

 

Options

Definition

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 4-2-1 Codec Settings

Advanced IAX2 Settings

Table 4-3-1 Instruction of General

Options

Definition

Bind Port

Bind port and bindaddr may be specified

Bind Address

More than once to bind to multiple addresses, but the first will be the default.

Enable IAXCompat

Cause Asterisk to spawn a separate thread when it receive a Dialplan Request instead of blocking while for a response.

Enable No checksums

Enable No checksums.

Enable Delay Reject

You may specify a default AMA flag for iaxtel calls. It must be one of ‘default’, ‘omit’, ‘billing’, or ‘documentation’. These flags are used in the generation of call detail records.

ADSI

ADSI (Analog Display Services Interface) can be enable if you have (or may have) ADSI compatible CPE equipment.

SRV Loopup

Whether or not to perform an SRV lookup on outbound calls

AMA Flags

You may specify a global default AMA flag for iaxtel calls. These flags are used in the generation of call detail records.

autokill

If we don’t get ACK to our NEW within 2000ms,and autokill is set to yes, then we cancel the whole thing(that’s enough time for one retransmission only ).This is used to keep things from stalling for a long time for a host that is not available for bad connections.

Language

You may specify a global default language for users. This can be specified also on a per-user basis. If omitted, will fallback to English(en)

Account Code

You may specify a default account for Call Detail Records (CDRs) in addition specifying on a per-user basis.

 

Table 4-3-2 Instruction of Music on Hold

Options

Definition

Mohsuggest

The ‘Mohsuggest’ option specifies which music on hold class to suggest to the peer channel when this channel place the peer on hold. It may be specified globally or on a per-user or per-peer basis.

Mohinterpret

You may specify a global default language for users. This can be specified also on a per-user basis. If omitted, will fallback to English(en)

 

Table 4-3-3 Instruction of Codec Settings

Options

Definition

Band Width

Specify bandwith of low, medium, or high to control which codes are used in general

Disallow

Fine tune codes here using “allow” and “disallow” clause with specific codes

Allow

Fine tune codes here using “allow” and “disallow” clause with specific codes

Codec Priority

Codec priority controls the codec negotiation of an inbound IAX2 call. This option is inherited to all user entity separately which will override the setting in general.

 

Table 4-3-4 Instruction of Jitter Buffer

Options

Definition

 

Jitter Buffer

Global default as to whether you want the jitter buffer at all

Force Jitter Buffer

In the ideal world, when we bridge VoIP channels we don’t want to jitter buffering on the switch, since the endpoints can each handle this. However, some endpoints may have poor jitter buffers themselves, so this option will force to always jitter buffer, even in this case.

Max Jitter Buffers

A maximum size for the jitter buffer

Resyncthreshold

When the jitter buffer notice a significant change in delay that continue over a few frames, it will resync, assuming that the change in delay was caused by a timestamping mix-up. The threshold for noticing a change in delay is measured as twice the measured jitter plus this resync threshold.

Max Jitter Interps

The maximum number of interpolation frames the jitter buffer should return in a row. Since some clients do not send CNG/DTX frames to indicate silence, the jitter buffer will assume silence has begun after returning this many interpolations. This prevents interpolating throughout a long silence.   

Jitter Target Extra

Number of milliseconds by which the new jitter buffer will pad its size. The default is 40, so without modification, the new jitter buffer will set its size to the jitter value may help if your network normally has low jitter, but occasionally has spikes.

    

 

Table 4-3-5 Instruction of Misc Settings

Options

Definition

IAX Thread Count

Establishes the number of iax helper thread to handle I/O

IAX Max Thread Count

Establishes the number of extra dynamic threads that may by spawned to handle I/O

Max Call Number

limits the amount of call numbers allowed for each individual remote IP address.

MaxCallNumbers_Nonvalidated

used to set the combined number of call numbers that can be allocated for connections where call token validation has been disabled.

 

       Table 4-3-6 Instruction of Quality of Service

Options

Definition

Tos

Type of service

Cos

Class of service

Advanced Fax Settings

Table 4-4-1 Instruction of Quality of Fax Settings

Options

Definition

UDPTL Start

DPTL start configure addresses

UDPTL End

DPTL end configure addresses

UDPTL Checksums

Whether to enable or disable UDP checksums on UDPTL traffic

UDPTL FEC Entries

The  number of error correction entries in a UDPTL packet

UDPTL FEC Span

The span over which parity is calculated for FEC in a UDPTL packet

Use Even Ports

Some VoIP providers will only accept an offer with an even-numbered UDPTL port. Set this option so that Asterisk will only attempt to use even-numbered ports when negotiating T.38. Default is no.

Maximum Transmission Rate

Maximum Transmission Rate

Minimum Transmission Rate

Minimum Transmission Rate

Send Progress/Status events to manager session

Manager events with ‘call’ class permissions will receive events indicating the steps to initiate a fax session. Fax completion events are always sent to manager sessions with ‘call’ class permissions, regardless of the value of this option.  

Modem Capabilities

Set this value to modify the default modem options. Defasult:v17,v27,v29

ECM

Enable/disable T.30 ECM(error correction mode) by default

 

5. Routing

Figure 5-1-1 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

There is an example for Routing rules number conversion, it transform calling, called number at the same time. Suppose you want eleven numbers start at 159 to call the eleven numbers of start at 136. Calling transform delete the three numbers from left, then writing number 086 as prefix, delete the last four numbers, and then add number 0755 at the end, it will show caller name is OpenVox. Called transform adds 086 as prefix , and Change the last two number to 88.

                                                   Figure 5-1-2

processing rules

prepend

prefix

Match pattern

SdfR

StA

RdfR

Caller Name

Calling Transformation

086

159

××××××××

4

0755

 

OpenVox

Called transformation

086

136

××××××××

2

88

 

N/A

 

You can click button to set up your routings. 

 

Figure 5-1-3 Example of Set Up Routing Rule

 

The figure above realizes that calls from “support” SIP endpoint switch you have registered will be transferred to Port-1. When “Call Comes in From” is 9000, “prepend”, “prefix” and “match pattern” in “Advanced Routing Rule” are ineffective, and just “CallerID” option is available.

Table 5-1-1 Definition of Routing Options

 

Options

Definition

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. 

 

 

Table 5-1-2 Description of Advanced Routing Rule

 

Options

Definition

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
  matches any digit from 1-9
matches any digit from 2-9
[1237-9]  matches any digit in the brackets (example: 1,2,3,7,8,9)
.  matches one or more dialed digits: 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

SDfR(Stripped Digits from Right): The amount of digits to be deleted from the right end of the number. If the value of this item exceeds the length of the current number, the whole number will be deleted.

RDfR( Reserved Digits from Right) :Designated information to be added to the right end of the current number.

StA(Suffix to Add):Designated information to be added to the right end of the current number.

Caller Name: What caller name would you like to set before sending this call to the endpoint. Native language charset is allowable, e.g. Chinese charset, Latin charset.

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 5-1-4 Advance Routing Rule

                                                                   

Figure 5-1-5 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 5-1-6 Change Rules

 

You can configure forward number when you have a transfer call.

 

Figure 5-1-7 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 Ports or SIP to groups. Then if you want to make a call, it will find available port automatically.

 

                                                                                                                       Figure 5-2-1 Establish Group

                                                                  

 

6. Network

  • On “Network” page, there are three sub-pages, “WAN Settings”, “DDNS Settings”, “Toolkit” .

WAN/LAN Settings

There are two types of WAN port IP, Static and DHCP. Static is the default type, and it is 172.16.100.1. The LAN port is a fixed IP and it is 192.168.100.1.

Figure 6-1-1 WAN/LAN Settings Interface

Table 6-1-1Definition of WAN/LAN Settings

 

Options

Definition

Interface

Specify which interface to capture packets from. ‘All’ means capture packets from all interfaces.

 

Type

The method to get IP.

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.

 

Network

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.

 

Figure 6-1-2 DNS Interface

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

DDNS Settings

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

Figure 6-2-1 DDNS Interface

Table 6-2-1 Definition of DDNS Settings

 

Options

Definition

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 6-3-1 Network Connectivity Checking

 

7. Advanced

Asterisk API

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

Figure 7-1-1 API Interface

Table 7-1-1 Definition of Asterisk API

 

Options

Definition

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. 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. 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, 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.

 

Dialplan

Receive NewExten and Var Set 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 7-1-2 Putty Access

 

Asterisk CLI

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

Figure 7-2-1 Asterisk Command Interface

                                                                     

Table 7-2-1 Definition of Asterisk CLI

 

Options

Definition

Command

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

e.g, type “help” or “?” you will get all help information.

 

 

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 7-3-1 Configuration Files List

 

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

8. 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.
Log Settings

Figure 8-1-1 Logs Settings

 

                                                            

                                                             

 

Table 8-1-1 Definition of Logs

 

Options

Definition

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, default size=1MB

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, default size=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, default size=2MB

IAX2 Logs

Whether enable or disable IAX log

Auto clean

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, default size=2MB

MFC/ R2 Logs

Whether enable or disable MFC/ R2 Logs log.

Auto clean

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, default size=100KB

PRI Logs

PRI port logs. You can choose one or more ports. If you choose "All", the "PRI" page will show you the logs about all the ports.

Auto clean (PRI 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, default size=2MB

.SS7 Logs

Whether enable or disable SS7 log

Auto clean

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, default size=100KB

Call Statistics

Whether enable or disable Call Statistics.

 

 

 

System

Figure 8-2-1System Logs Output

 

                                                                         

 

Asterisk

Figure 8-3-1 Asterisk Logs

 

                                                                       

 

 

On the pages of “system”, ”Asterisk”, “SIP”, “IAX2”, “SS7”, and “MFC/R2”,  there are some functions: Displays the log by port, refresh regularly and log download.

 

Statistics

Figure 8-9-1 Call Statistics

                                                                 

The figure of call statistics, you’ll find “Answered” “Congestion” “Call Busy” “Call Failed” “No Answer” “Current Calls” “Unknown” “Current calls” “Accumulated Calls” “Calls duration” and “ASR”.