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    Gs8 modual gateway user’s manual manual part number 96-00524-01 zed-3 501 valley way milpitas ca 95035 usa +1-408-587-9333 http://www.Zed-3.Com.

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    Notice the information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Zed-3 makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Zed-3 shall not be liable for errors...

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    Gs8 modular gateway user’s manual 1 c o n t e n t s product introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 product introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.2 technical specifications...

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    Contents gs8 modular gateway user’s manual 2 7.2 network setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 7.3 time setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 sms. . . . . . . . . ...

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    1. Product introduction 1 c h a p t e r 1 product introduction 1.1 product introduction zed-3 gs8 is a modular gateway which has prefect performance, rich interfaces, and interface cards plug capacity. Gs8 supports gsm/cdma, sip, fxo interface, so it can be connected with gsm/cdma, voip and pstn net...

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    1. Product introduction 2 specifications description system capacity • up to 4 gsm ports(900/1800 mhz, 850/1900mhz ) • up to 8 fxo ports (loop start) • any combination of interface cards • 8 simultaneous calls hardware specification • 1 reset button • 4 extended slots • 2 system indicator lights • 2...

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    1. Product introduction 3 1.3 basic features • support sip, meet rfc3261 standard, compatible with most sip-based ip-pbxs • support flexible sip calling, support connecting to other sip devices like ip-pbxs in register or unregister way. • support gsm , cdma and fxo interface via interface cards. • ...

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    1. Product introduction 4 • two led indicators on the front panel of gs8 for system status: - power : power indicator, be green when power-on. - connectivity : network connectivity indicator. * be red if there is no ethernet connectivity. * be orange if routing is blocked because of the failure of s...

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    1. Product introduction 5 1.5 interface module gs8 has four extended slots which support three kinds of cards: gsm card, cdma and fxo card. The mix is also supported. One gsm card supports one gsm call, one cdma card supprts one cdma call, but one fxo card has two fxo ports, so it supports two fxo c...

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    1. Product introduction 6 • signal: be red or green. Be red if there is no signal. Be off for 500ms then be red for 500ms if there is no sim card. Be orange when there is sim card and signal but the register to service provider's network failed. Be green if every thing is ok. • service: be red or gr...

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    2. Device installation 7 c h a p t e r 2 device installation unpack the unit and verify shipment content with the packing list : • one gs8 equipment. • one power adapter and one power cable. • one ethernet cable. • one copy of quick start guide. • one copy of e-manual. • one zed-3 pen as a gift. • a...

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    2. Device installation 8 - static inside body will result in damage too, so please wear anti-static wristband if you have. 2.1.3 environment requirements 2.1.3.1 basic conditions keep the gs8 equipment in a room which has proper control of temperature and humidity, watch out the conductivity of the ...

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    2. Device installation 9 2.2 preparations 2.2.1 network resources gs8 shall be connected with intra-company network or internet for different usages. Test your network connectivity and provide a port for this equipment. It is usually connected to a switch or a router. 2.2.2 ip address get an ip addr...

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    2. Device installation 10 note: do not put any heavy thing on the equipment to avoid any damage of the base. 2.3.1 network connection connect the cable with ethernet lan port on the back side. 2.3.2 connect out line • connect analog line with the port of 2fxo card on gs8 • if there is a gsm/cdma car...

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    3. Web management system 11 c h a p t e r 3 web management system 3.1 login login to gs8 web server with ie browser (1024*768 recommended) and make configurations like this: 1. Open ie browser and enter ip address in the address field. Gs8 has a default address: 192.168.0.100. If the default address...

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    3. Web management system 12 • administrator: the default user name and password is "admin". Change administrator's password in the adminstration > change password menu after login. 3.1.1 change gs8's ip addresss any operation (including initialization) on configurations shall be made in the gs8's we...

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    3. Web management system 13 4. After setting, press [set] button to make it work. Roll your pc's ip address back. 5. Login to the web management system with the new ip address. 3.2 web management system interface there are six main menus on the top of the web management system's main page, they are ...

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    3. Web management system 14 the system supports chinese and english. Here is the english version. 3.3 menu structure figure 3-4 menu structure.

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    4. Monitor 15 c h a p t e r 4 monitor the monitor menu in web management system provides system info, line status , active calls , call records etc.. 4.1 system info login to web management system or on the page of monitor > system info , there is system information about product model, firmware ver...

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    4. Monitor 16 - model: gs8. - product id: the unique number of gs8 equipment. - firmware version: the current version of the equipment, like 1.0.6.7. • performance - cpu usage: the current usage of cpu. - memory usage: the current usage of memory. • time - system time: the current system time. - sys...

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    4. Monitor 17 • type : the line type, includes: ip (register ip or unregister ip ), fxo , gsm/cdma or gtxt. Note: gtxt only shows registered gtxt (unregistered gtxt will not be shown). Red font means unavailable line. • id: the sequence number of the line ( for example: "slot1-2" means the 1st card'...

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    4. Monitor 18 the lowest leverl is 5, the signal less than 5 is showed as a blank, 5 to 9 shows one grid. 10 to 15 shows two grids. 16-20 shows three grids. 21 to 25 shows 4 grids. Greater than 25 shows full five grids. 4.3 active calls active calls means the calls in conversations. The system provi...

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    4. Monitor 19 • caller: the caller's phone number. • callee: the callee's phone number. • callin line: the line type and port number of the caller in conversation, for example: "fxo/slot3-2" means the 2nd port of the fxo card which is in 3rd slot. • callout line: the line type of the callee in conve...

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    5. Line settings 20 c h a p t e r 5 line settings our gs8 equipment supports four types of interface cards: gsm, cmda, fxo and ip card. On the page of line settings page, you can define the common properties of all kinds of lines in this equipment. Figure 5-1 line settings page.

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    5. Line settings 21 5.1 ip line here supports two ways of ip line settings: register and unregister. For register-type ip line, you need to set proxy's address and port, register server's address and port, user name and password, register expiration, nat-traverse, home domain, and maximum connection...

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    5. Line settings 22 • password: the password for register. • register expiration: timeout after these seconds. • home domain: domain's ip address. • nat traversal mode: three modes: • none: no mode. • port forwarding: port forwarding mode: • pubilc address: set public ip address or domain and port, ...

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    5. Line settings 23 5.1.4 add ip line 1. Filling the blanks in the edit area, or check enalbe backup settings to use the backup configuration. 2. Press [add] ands the new record will appear on the list. 5.1.5 edit ip line 1. Click a record on the list. 2. Modify the parameters in the edit area, or m...

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    5. Line settings 24 • aa: the status of aa: enable or disable. 5.2.2 parameters descriptions • phone number: the phone number of this line • enable aa: if enter aa (auto attendant) when dail in via this line. • output volume: output volume of this line: low, middle, high, highest. • input volume: in...

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    5. Line settings 25 5.3 cdma 2 line if the ip-pbx has cdma card, the web management system will show your cdma line setting page. 5.3.1 cdma line list • id: the slot number of gsm device, like "slot3" which means the 3rd interface card is cdma module. • phone number: the phone number of this line. •...

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    5. Line settings 26 • input volume: input volume of this gsm line: low, middle, high, highest. • voice in call: accept or reject returned voice when call out via this line. 5.4 fxo line if the ip-pbx has fxo card, the web management system will show your fxo line setting page. 5.4.1 fxo line list • ...

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    6. Call settings 27 c h a p t e r 6 call settings the call setings menu of web management system provides configurations of call routing, number transform, call filtration, schedule group, and system configuration. Among them, number transform, call routing and call filtration co-exist and supplemen...

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    6. Call settings 28 examples: matching principle: please pay attenstion to the way of matching, all number rules should be completely matched. For example, the rule '800' will only match the number of 800, but not 8008108888. If what you want is 8008108888, the rule should be '800xxxxxxx' or '800.'....

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    6. Call settings 29 6.3 route call settings > route lists trunks available and decides which record to use and how to control the calls based on source device, caller id, callee id and call time etc. Call settings page is separated into two areas: the list area and the edit area: • the list area: sh...

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    6. Call settings 30 note: the principle of routing we used here is perfect matching, which is searching the most matched route based on source line. For example, there are two routes, the sources of route a are ip1 and ip2, the source of route b is ip1, so when a call is from ip1, no matter which ro...

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    6. Call settings 31 • the edit area: the edit area of settings. 6.4.1 alter strategies list alter strategies list shows you a group of created strategies. Gsm supports transforming multi-number based on one matching mode. • description: the description of this transform strategy. • type: the execute...

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    6. Call settings 32 6.4.2 parameters descriptions enter necessary parameters in edit area when you create a new strategy, press add button to save it. • description: the description of this strategy. • type: the execute mode of this strategy: pre-routing or post-routing. Number transform can be done...

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    6. Call settings 33 - transform objective: caller or callee number. - transform action: includes strip, add, keep, replace, calculate. - transform location: head or tail. - transform parameter: digit number or specific number or string etc. Press ok to save it and exit. • schedule: the valid time se...

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    6. Call settings 34 • replace n digits from the tail of caller or callee number: replace n ( n >=1) digits from the tail of caller or callee number with another number. If n is more than the length of caller or callee number, replace the number with another defferent number completely. For example: ...

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    6. Call settings 35 6.5.1 filter list call filtration matching strategy is similar with route matching strategy. From up to down, get the first matched strategy no matter how many strategies left are matched too. Then determine whether let this call via the gateway based on this strategy's filtratio...

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    6. Call settings 36 6.5.2 parameters description set parameters in edit area when you create a new strategy. Press [add] button to save it. • description: the description of this strategy. • type: the execute mode of this strategy: pre-routing or post-routing. Call filtration can be used in two loca...

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    6. Call settings 37 6.6.1.1 add a group 1. Press 'add …' under schedule group to enter the page. Parameters here: • description: the description of this schedule. • date range type: the range type of date: by day, by week, by month, by year, work day or every day. • time range: the specific time ran...

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    6. Call settings 38 • description: the description of this schedule • date range type: the range type of date: by day, by week, by month, by year, work day or every day. • time range: the specific time range 2. Click [add] to save it. 6.6.2 schedule management use 'modify' , 'remove' to change or de...

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    6. Call settings 39 6.7.1 sip • local sip port: sip listening udp port. • local rtp port : rtp udp ports range. • dtmf mode: rfc2833?Sip info message, or in-bound mode. • telephone event: the payload type of telephone event code. • codecs: codecs supported : g723, g729, ulaw, alaw. The default seque...

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    7. Administration 40 c h a p t e r 7 administration you may use this menu to change administrator password, and manage system time and network settings. 7.1 change password change the administrator's password here, (other users' passwords are set in administration > change password ) • current passw...

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    7. Administration 41 7.2 network setting click network setting on the left task bar to set the work mode of lan, ip address, netmask, default gateway, dns server, and enable or disable vlan. • work mode: two work modes: static or dhcp. - dhcp mode. - in static mode, you need to set these parameters:...

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    7. Administration 42 if you use ntp server, please set right time zone and ntp server (with domain or ip address) to get the correct time. Set it by yourself, be careful about the format: yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss. 7.3.1 enable time server set ntp server to synchronize the system time of the equipment. No...

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    7. Administration 43 7.3.2 disable time server select gs8 equipment's time zone in the drop-down list. Note: time zone is necessary if you use ntp service. 7.3.3 change time set time by yourself. The format is yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss. Note: be carefule about the format. Figure 7-4 administration - time ...

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    8. Sms 44 c h a p t e r 8 sms gs8 provides sms route setting, client setting, reveiving and sending management page at sms menu. Figure 8-1 sms settings page.

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    8. Sms 45 8.1 route click route on the left task bar to set intellective route for gs8 sms sending. Two parts in route setting page: • the above part: show existing sms route list. • the below part: edit area of sms route 8.1.1 route list • description: the description of this route. • source: the t...

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    8. Sms 46 • description: the description of this route • source line: the type of source device (includes fxo, gsm, cdma, ip) and ports available ( can be multi-chosen) , for example, 'slot1-2' means the 2nd port of the 1st card. "g/c"means gsm or cdma module: c-slot3 is the cdma port of the third s...

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    8. Sms 47 • transform objective: caller or callee number. • transform action: includes strip, add, keep, replace, calculate. • transform location: head or tail • alter parameter: digit number or specific number or string etc. Press [ok] to save it and exit. 8.2 gtxt client gtxt is a windows sms reve...

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    8. Sms 48 • id: id auto-assigned by system when create a gtxt client account. 8.2.2 parameters descriptions • description: the description of gtxt client account. • username: the user name of gtxt client account. • password: the password of gtxt client account. Use [add] , [modify] , [remove] button...

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    8. Sms 49 • gtxt - gtxt accesss: if use gtxt function. - listen port: listening port for gtxt user. The default is 8111, the value must be greater than 1024. - update request: if accept the request of updating received sms from gtxt (if choose accept , when gtxt client requests update, gs8 should re...

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    8. Sms 50 8.4 send test message on the page of send test message , administrator may send test message here: operate like below: 1. Choose a send port: set message sending line at outline . Available lines are preset at line settings menu. 2. Add destination phone number or ip phone number: a. Input...

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    8. Sms 51 8.5.1 view sms click one message on the list of received message and read it at contents field. 8.5.2 download sms use [download] on the bottom of received message page to save all saved messages in gs8 locally as saved_sms.Txt. 8.5.3 remove sms use [remove all] on the botton of the page o...

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    9. Maintenance 52 c h a p t e r 9 maintenance in maintenance menu, administrators can maintain the system via backup, recovery, up-grade etc. Operations. 9.1 system reboot • restart voip: stop and restart the service. • reboot system: reboot the operating system of the equipment which will cut off a...

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    9. Maintenance 53 • upload: press [upload] button to upload the backup configuration file to gs8 equipment. • download: press [download] button to download system configuration as gs8_config.Tgz file to local machine. 9.2.2 reset to default factory configurations this menu will reset the equipment t...

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    9. Maintenance 54 3. Press [view] button to select the .Img file. 4. Press [upgrade] button to upgrade. Note: if gs8 can not work because of the exception appeared during upgrade progress, please use 'gs8 disaster recovery system' to restart and upgrade gs8 again. 9.4 auto attendant gs8 provides voi...

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    9. Maintenance 55 2. Set encode type : define codec type for uploading file. 3. Press [upload] to upload the file. 9.4.3 recovery to default prompts press [reset] on the page of reset all voice prompts to default to recovery prompts to the defaults, which means clear all files uploaded by users and ...

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    A. Gs8 disaster recovery system 56 a p p e n d i x a gs8 disaster recovery system if exception appears during normal upgrading progress and makes gs8 broken down, you can re-upgrade it via gs8 disaster recovery system. The steps are: 1. Press reset button for 3 seconds after power on. 2. Press reset...

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    B. Glossary 57 a p p e n d i x b glossary 10baset. A physical media specified by the ieee 802.3 standard for supporting ethernet with a maximum transmission rate of 10 mb/s. 10baset consists of copper twisted-pair cable normally used for wiring ordinary telephones. Ethernet is a common technology us...

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    B. Glossary 58 decryption. Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data to its original form. See encryption. De-militarized zone (dmz). A computer host or small network placed between a company’s private network and the outside public network to prevent outside users from gaining direct a...

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    B. Glossary 59 file transfer protocol (ftp). An application layer standard internet protocol that uses the tcp/ip protocols to exchange files between computers on the internet. Commonly used to transfer web page files from the creator to a server or to download programs and other files from a comput...

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    B. Glossary 60 internet protocol (ip). A network layer protocol that sends datagram packets between internet nodes. Ip is a connection-less protocol, implying that there is no continuing connection between communicating endpoints. Ip provides addressing, type-of-service (tos) specification, security...

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    B. Glossary 61 table relates your ip address to your computer's physical (mac) address on the lan. The mac address is used by the media access control sublayer of the datalink control (dlc) protocol layer. Each physical device type has a different mac sublayer. Network address translation (nat). A s...

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    B. Glossary 62 or changes to an rfc are permitted once it becomes an internet standard. Changes to internet standards are enacted through subsequent rfcs that supersede or elaborate on all or parts of existing rfcs. Reverse address resolution protocol (rarp). A protocol by which a physical machine i...

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    B. Glossary 63 subnet mask. A number that, when applied to an ip address, can identify the subnetwork where the address resides. For example, within a class b network, a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 specifies that the first two portions of the decimal dot format are the network number, while the thi...

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    B. Glossary 64 sending the initial invite request and as a uas when receiving a bye request from the calling station. Similarly, the same software can act as a proxy server for one request and as a redirect server for the next request. User agent client. A sip logical entity that creates a new reque...