4.1 Voice Function

Outgoing and incoming call establishing procedures for an analog telephone are described for illustration. The procedures are the same for the EasyGate-PBX connection, just remember to program call routing to EasyGate properly. Check EasyGate's function by connecting a telephone before.

Suppose that a SIM card has been inserted, the PIN code entered or not required, the antenna connected and EasyGate registered to GSM network – the GSM network LED is permanently on and you can hear the dial tone upon off-hook.

Outgoing Call

  1. Hook off the telephone, you can hear the dial tone and the Line LED starts flashing.
  2. Dial the required GSM subscriber number. Since EasyGate receives tone dialing by default, select the DTMF mode. If your telephone transmits pulse dialing only, program EasyGate to receive pulse dialing. The delay between digits to be dialed may not exceed 5 s (programmable parameter). The number is evaluated as complete and transmitted to the GSM network after this timeout.
  3. A short delay follows the last-dialed digit for EasyGate to await further dialing. Then, the dialing end is signaled and connection is established.
  4. If the called subscriber is available, you can hear the ringing tone. If not, you can hear the busy tone or any of the GSM provider's messages.
  5. When the called subscriber answers the call, a call is established. The Line LED is permanently on during the call.
  6. Hang up to terminate the call. The Line LED goes off. If the called subscriber is the first to hang up, you can hear the busy tone and hang up.

Incoming Call

  1. Ringing signals an incoming call. The Line LED flashes during ringing. If programmed so, EasyGate transmits the CLIP by FSK between the first and second rings. Advanced telephone sets are able to display the CLI.
  2. Hook off the phone to establish the call. The Line LED is permanently on during the call.
  3. Hang up to terminate the call. The Line LED goes off. If the called subscriber is the first to hang up, you can hear the busy tone and hang up.

Automatic Call ("Baby Call")

If the BabyCall function is enabled, a pre-programmed period of time is counted down after off-hook. If you do not start dialing within this timeout, EasyGate signals dialing end and starts establishing a call to the pre-programmed number automatically – from now on EasyGate behaves as if a standard outgoing call had been established. Any dialing during the BabyCall timeout cancels this function and a standard outgoing call can be made.

Tariff pulses 16 or 12 kHz

EasyGate has tariff pulse transmitter. You can use tariff pulses for outgoing call pricing. EasyGate offer pseudotariff only – tariff metering doesn't correspond to real price of call, tariff pulses are transmitted according to programmed parameters and call duration. You must program specific parameters in call table to set tariff metering for different prefixes of dialed numbers.

You can also program EasyGate to transmit tariff pulses as call connect/disconnect signaling if your PBX cannot receive telephone line polarity change signaling.

Configuration of network services

EasyGate provides some of network services to improve possibility of usage. The configuration is done by standard Star-Hash codes you can know from mobile phones.
To configure these services:

  1. Hook off the telephone, you can hear the dial tone.
  2. Enter the Star-Hash code described below.
  3. Wait for information tone. You may wait about 3 seconds.
  4. Hook on.

Information tones:

Confirmation – OK: 

  • Confirms that the service was configured correctly.

Confirmation – bad: 

  • Service was not correctly configured
  • Service isn't activated by your provider

Confirmation – service activated: 

  • Confirms that the service was configured correctly and the service is activated.

Confirmation – service deactivated: 

  • Confirms that the service was configured correctly and the service is deactivated.

Call forwarding

For forwarding activation you must specify <Telephone number> the calls will be forwarded to. You may specify <Call type>, if you want to forward specified call type only. You may specify <Delay time> in seconds for forwarding if no answer too.

Description of <Call type> field codes:

Voice: 

Data:  

Fax:   

 

Call forwarding unconditional

If activated, incoming calls will be always forwarded to the configured telephone number.

Activation for all call types:

<Telephone number> 

Activation for selected call type:

<Telephone number>  <Call type> 

Deactivation:

Status check:

Call forwarding if busy

If activated, incoming calls will be forwarded to the configured telephone number if there is call in progress on EasyGate.

Activation for all call types:

 <Telephone number> 

Activation for selected call type:

 <Telephone number>  <Call type> 

Deactivation:

Status check:

 

Call forwarding if no answer

If activated, incoming calls will be forwarded to the configured telephone number if incoming call isn't answered during specified timeout. Default timeout is 20 seconds.

Activation for all call types:

<Telephone number> 

Activation for selected call type:

<Telephone number>  <Call type> 

Activation for all call types and specified delay time:

<Telephone number> <Delay time> 

Activation for selected call type and specified delay time:

<Telephone number>  <Call type>  <Delay time> 

Deactivation:

Status check:

 

Call forwarding if not accessible

If activated, incoming calls will be forwarded to the configured telephone number if your EasyGate is not accessible in the GSM network.

Activation for all call types:

<Telephone number> 

Activation for selected call type:

 <Telephone number>  <Call type> 

Deactivation:

Status check:

Call waiting

If the call waiting is activated the incoming call isn't refused if there is call in progress on EasyGate. If there is the other incoming call during connected call it will be indicated by tone. See 0. for multiple calls management.

Activation:

Deactivation:

Status check:

Call hold

Check if your network supports the service before you use it.

This service relates to Call waiting described in 5.7. If there is call waiting on the line, you have more possibilities what to do. Every action is made by FLASH and DTMF code: 

To terminate all held calls, or reject waiting call dial:

To terminating active call and accept the held or waiting call dial:

To place the active call on hold and accept the held or waiting call (switching between two calls) or

To place the active call on hold to have possibility to dial other outgoing call dial:

To place all held calls to active calls and set up conference call dial:

To connect the two calls (active and held) and disconnect the EasyGate from both calls dial: