Page 2 - Table of Contents; WAN
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 2 Table of Contents 1 WELCOME ..................................................................................................................... 4 2 INSTALLATION .....................................................................................
Page 4 - Welcome
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 4 1 Welcome Congratulations on becoming an owner of HandyTone-496. You made an excellent choice and we hope you enjoy all of its capabilities. Grandstream's HandyTone-496 is an all-in-one VoIP integrated access device that features superb audio qu...
Page 5 - Installation; Top View
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 5 2 Installation HandyTone-496 Analog Telephone Adaptor is an all-in-one VoIP integrated device designed to be a total solution for networks providing VoIP services. The HandyTone-496 VoIP functionalities are available via regular analog telephone...
Page 6 - Connect a PC to the LAN port of HandyTone-496.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 6 HandyTone-496 has two FXS ports. The PHONE1 port next to the LAN is FXS port 1 and the PHONE2 on the side of the HandyTone-496 is FXS port 2. Each FXS port can have a separate SIP account. This is a key feature of HandyTone-496. Both ports can m...
Page 7 - What is Included in the Package; One universal power adaptor; Safety Compliances
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 7 3 What is Included in the Package The HandyTone-496 package contains: 1) One HandyTone-496 2) One universal power adaptor 3) One Ethernet cable 3.1 Safety Compliances The HandyTone-496 is compliant with various safety standards including FCC/CE ...
Page 8 - Product Overview; Key Features
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc. 8 4 Product Overview 4.1 Key Features • Supports SIP 2.0(RFC 3261), TCP/UDP/IP, RTP/RTCP, HTTP, ICMP, ARP/RARP, DNS, DHCP (both client and server), NTP, PPPoE, STUN, TFTP, etc. • Built-in router, NAT, Gateway and DMZ port forwarding • Device bridg...
Page 9 - UL
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 9 4.2 Hardware Specification The table below lists the hardware specification of HandyTone-496. Model HandyTone-496 LAN interface 1xRJ45 10Base-T WAN interface 1xRJ45 10Base-T FXS telephone port 2xFXS Button 1 LED Green and red color Universal Sw...
Page 10 - Basic Operations; Get Familiar with Voice Prompt
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 10 5 Basic Operations 5.1 Get Familiar with Voice Prompt HandyTone-496 stores a voice prompt menu (Interactive Voice Response or IVR) for quick browsing and simple configuration. Currently, the voice prompt menu and the LED button are designed fo...
Page 11 - “*” shifts down to the next menu option; Make Phone Calls; Calling Phone or Extension Numbers
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 11 • Once the button is pressed, it enters the voice prompt main menu. If the button is pressed again, while it is already in the voice prompt menu, it jumps to “Direct IP Call” option and a dial tone is prompted • “*” shifts down to the next men...
Page 12 - followed by pressing the “#” key if it is; Call Hold; Blind Transfer
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 12 To make a direct IP call, first pick up the analog phone or turn on the speakerphone on the analog phone, then access the voice menu prompt by dial “***” or press the button on the HandyTone-496, and dials “47” to access the direct IP call men...
Page 13 - Attended Transfer; Attend Transfer; Star Code Style 3-way Conference; If C does not answer the call, A can press “flash” back to talk to B.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 13 A can hold on to the phone and wait for one of the three following behaviors: • A quick confirmation tone (temporarily using the call waiting indication tone) followed by a dial tone. This indicates the transfer is successful (transferee has r...
Page 14 - Bellcore Style 3-way Conference; Call Features
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 14 5.2.6.2 Bellcore Style 3-way Conference Bellcore style 3-way conference is also supported. To do this, user needs to enable “Use Bell-style 3-way Conference” in FXS1 or FXS2 web configuration. Assuming that call party A and B are in conversati...
Page 15 - RED LED
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 15 To cancel this Forward, dial “*93” and get the dial tone, then hang up Flash/Hook When in conversation, this action will switch to the new incoming call if there is a call waiting indication. When in conversation without an incoming call, this...
Page 16 - Configuration Guide; Configuring HandyTone-496 WAN IP through Voice Prompt; DHCP Mode; Configuring HandyTone-496 with Web Browser; Access the Web Configuration Menu; Directly connect a computer to the LAN port.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 16 6 Configuration Guide 6.1 Configuring HandyTone-496 WAN IP through Voice Prompt 6.1.1 DHCP Mode Follow section 5.1 with voice menu option 01 to enable HandyTone-496 to use DHCP. 6.1.2 STATIC IP Mode Follow section 5.1 with voice menu option 01...
Page 17 - where the; End User Configuration; Grandstream Device Configuration
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 17 option by accessing the configuration via LAN port. With the WAN side HTTP access enabled, then get the WAN IP address of the HandyTone-496 through section 5.1 with menu option 02. The HandyTone-496’s Web Configuration page can be accessed by ...
Page 18 - Daylight
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 18 Grandstream Device Configuration STATUS BASIC SETTINGS ADVANCED SETTINGS FXS PORT1 FXS PORT2 End User Password: (purposely not displayed for security protection) Web Port: 80 (default for HTTP is 80) IP Address: dynamically assigned via DHCP (...
Page 19 - Port; Web Port; This is the device’s internal HTTP server port. Default is 80.; IP Address
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 19 DHCP IP Lease Time: 120 (in units of hours, default is 120 hours or 5 days) DMZ IP: Port Forwarding: WAN port 0 LAN IP LAN port 0 Protocol UDP Only WAN port 0 LAN IP LAN port 0 Protocol UDP Only WAN port 0 LAN IP LAN port 0 Protocol UDP Only W...
Page 20 - DHCP vendor class ID; PPPoE account password.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 20 DHCP vendor class ID This option is used by clients and servers to exchange vendor-specific information. Default is blank. Time Zone This parameter controls how the displayed date/time will be adjusted according to the specified time zone. Day...
Page 21 - PPPoE Service Name; To use the device as a router or a bridge.; Yes
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 21 PPPoE Service Name This field is optional. If your ISP uses a service name for the PPPoE connection, enter the service name here. Default is blank. Device Mode To use the device as a router or a bridge. Cloned WAN MAC Address: Allow the user t...
Page 22 - This field shows WAN port IP address.; Advanced User Configuration
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 22 MAC Address The device ID, in HEX format. This is a very important ID for ISP troubleshooting. WAN IP Address This field shows WAN port IP address. Product Model This field contains the product model info. Software Version Program: This is the...
Page 26 - Admin Password; Local area code for North American Dial Plan.; Layer 3 QoS
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 26 Special Feature: Standard Distinct Ring Tones: Frequency1(Hz) Frequency2(Hz) ON (x10ms) OFF (x10ms) Alert-info 350 440 0 0 Dial Tone 350 440 10 10 Recall Dial Tone 350 440 10 10 Message Waiting 350 440 10 10 Confirmation 440 480 200 400 Audibl...
Page 28 - Polarity Reversal; sent or received SIP message (DEBUG level)
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 28 Polarity Reversal Default is No. If set to Yes, polarity will be reversed upon call establishment and termination. NTP server This parameter defines the URI or IP address of the NTP server which is used by the HandyTone ATA to display the curr...
Page 29 - SIP service subscriber’s account password.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 29 SIP Server This field contains the URI string or the IP address (and port, if different from 5060) of the SIP proxy server. e.g., the following are some valid examples: sip.my-voip-provider.com, or sip:my-company-sip-server.com, or 192.168.1.2...
Page 30 - Use Random Port; This parameter sets the payload type for DTMF using RFC2833.; Send DTMF; Default is NO. If set to yes, flash will be sent as DTMF event.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 30 Use Random Port This parameter, when set to Yes, will force random generation of both the local SIP and RTP ports. This is usually necessary when multiple HandyTone ATAs are behind the same NAT. DTMF Payload Type This parameter sets the payloa...
Page 31 - Preferred Vocoder; This sets the iLBC frame size in 20ms or 30ms; Silence Suppression
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 31 Preferred Vocoder The HandyTone ATA supports up to 6 different Vocoder types including G.711 A-/U-law ， G.723.1, G.726, G.729A/B, iLBC. Depending on the product model, some of these Vocoders may not be provided in standard release. Users can c...
Page 32 - Early Dial; Sets the prefix added to each dialed number; Special Feature
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 32 Early Dial This parameter controls whether the phone will attempt to send an early INVITE each time a key is pressed when a user dials a number. If set to “Yes”, an INVITE is sent using the dial-number collected thus far; Otherwise, no INVITE ...
Page 33 - Saving the Configuration Changes; Your configuration changes have been saved.; Rebooting the HandyTone-496 from Remote; You may relogin by clicking on the link below in 30 seconds.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 33 6.2.4 Saving the Configuration Changes Once a change is made, users should click on the “Update” button in the Configuration page. The HandyTone-496 will then display the following screen to confirm that the changes have been saved. Grandstrea...
Page 35 - Software Upgrade; Firmware Upgrade through TFTP/HTTP
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 35 7 Software Upgrade Software upgrade can be done via either TFTP or HTTP. The corresponding configuration settings are in the ADVANCED SETTINGS configuration page. 7.1 Firmware Upgrade through TFTP/HTTP To upgrade via TFTP or HTTP, the “Firmwar...
Page 37 - Restore Factory Default Setting; Warning; Enter “99” and get the voice prompt “Reset”.
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 37 8 Restore Factory Default Setting Warning !!! Restore the Factory Default Setting will DELETE all configuration information of the device. Please backup or print out all the settings before you approach to following steps. Grandstream will not...
Page 38 - Glossary of Terms; CODEC
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 38 9 Glossary of Terms ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line: Modems attached to twisted pair copper wiring that transmit from 1.5 Mbps to 9 Mbps downstream (to the subscriber) and from 16 kbps to 800 kbps upstream, depending on line distance. ...
Page 39 - Internet
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 39 divided into 24 time slots of 10ms, and twelve full-duplex accesses per carrier, for a total of 120 possible combinations. A DECT base station (an RFP, Radio Fixed Part) can transmit all 12 possible accesses (time slots) simultaneously by usin...
Page 41 - Network Time Protocol
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 41 format and compression/translation of the signal into Internet protocol (IP) packets for transmission over the Internet or other packet-switched networks; the process is reversed at the receiving end. The terms IP Telephony and Internet Teleph...
Page 42 - TCP; connections
HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc . 42 i.e. the phone service we use for every ordinary phone call, or called POT (Plain Old Telephone), or circuit switched network. RTCP Real-time Transport Control Protocol, defined in RFC 3550 , a sister protocol of the Real-time Transport Protoc...
