[chicha]

Is it still necessary to dial an access code, such as 9, for a PSTN call with the 488? I had read the default was VOIP.
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Does anyone know whether the LeadTek BVA-8053R has PSTN as the default???

[dibsmft]

On mine the the default is voip. An access code is required for PSTN. You can set local codes to be recognized as PSTN (eg. I have 753, 737 etc set to go to pstn).

[chicha]

Originally Posted by dibsmft

On mine the the default is voip. An access code is required for PSTN. You can set local codes to be recognized as PSTN (eg. I have 753, 737 etc set to go to pstn).

So any phone number that begins wih the number 7 goes out as a PSTN call - without any preceding prefix??? Can it be set up so that any phone number that begins with a 2, a 9 or a 1 goes out as PSTN? Can it also be configured such that a # sign - and just the pound sign - would need to precede all VOIP calls? Thanks.

[chicha]

Originally Posted by dibsmft

On mine the the default is voip. An access code is required for PSTN. You can set local codes to be recognized as PSTN (eg. I have 753, 737 etc set to go to pstn).

Can the 488 be set-up such that dialing a 1 or a 2 or a 7 would automatically be considered a PSTN call? And can VOIP calling be set-up such that dialing a # would automatically route the subsequent numbers over VOIP? It has been written that GrandStreams do not have "fully-configurable" dial plans. But just how "fully" is my question!

[PhoneBoy]

Grandstream products do not have a configurable dial plan at all. Period. End of story.

[chicha]

Originally Posted by PhoneBoy

Grandstream products do not have a configurable dial plan at all. Period. End of story. :)

dibsmft wrote:
On mine the the default is voip. An access code is required for PSTN. You can set local codes to be recognized as PSTN (eg. I have 753, 737 etc set to go to pstn).
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dibsmft writes that he has set 753 and 757 to go to PSTN. That indicates some degree of configurability! Maybe you could translate for me what dibsmft meant.

[PhoneBoy]

A dial plan defines what digits you are allowed to dial. It can also translate what you dialed into something else (e.g. turning a 7-digit dialed number into a 1+area code+number, or translating 911 into a call to your local PSAP). The dial plan, in more complex devices and in PBXes, can also determine how to route calls.

A dialing prefix is not a dial plan. It is an element of a dial plan, but it in and of itself isn't a dial plan.

[dibsmft]

The 488 is relatively simple to set up and no it does not use a complex dialplan.

You can have it always dial a prefix like 00 or 011.
You can set a number of patterns to be recognized and sent to PSTN (useful for 999 or 911 and some local prefixes). It works but is not instant. You can also forward incoming numbers voip to pstn or pstn to voip.

So, the 488 does use a dial plan of sorts. I have found that voxalot.com gives all the other "plans" that I need.

[chicha]

Originally Posted by dibsmft

The 488 is relatively simple to set up and not it does not use a complex dialplan.

You can have it always dial a prefix like 00 or 011.
You can set a number of patterns to be recognized and sent to PSTN (useful for 999 or 911 and some local prefixes). It works but is not instant. You can also forward incoming numbers voip to pstn or pstn to voip.

So, the 488 does use a dial plan of sorts. I have found that voxalot.com gives all the other "plans" that I need.

I'm in the market for an ATA. The thing which prevents me from buying the HT-488 right this moment is this: In an e-mail clarfication from Grandstream, they have confirmed that the 488 has VOIP dial-out as the default. I live in a country where, recently, an additional digit was required for all phone calls. All calls must now be preceded by a 7 (then 7 additional digits) for cellular calls, and 2 (then 7 additional digits) for land-line calls. Since VOIP is the default dial-out "on the menu", how do I make the 488 more convenient for my circumstance? How do I adjust the "minimum configurability" that the 488 possesses? So, without question, if I buy the 488, then when I pick up the phone connected to it, any number dialed without a prefix WILL go out as VOIP(!)?. And my options for choosing which prefix I use for telco calls are what - (in terms of meeting the needs of my particular circumstance)?

[chicha]

Originally Posted by PhoneBoy

A dial plan defines what digits you are allowed to dial. It can also translate what you dialed into something else (e.g. turning a 7-digit dialed number into a 1+area code+number, or translating 911 into a call to your local PSAP). The dial plan, in more complex devices and in PBXes, can also determine how to route calls.

A dialing prefix is not a dial plan. It is an element of a dial plan, but it in and of itself isn't a dial plan.

Can Voxalot be used in conjunction with a GrandStream 488 to overcome the device's lack of configurability? So when you lift the handset of an ATA-connected phone, you don't automatically reach the Grandstream's default VOIP-dialtone. Rather you reach Voxalot, by default. And your [GrandStream] dialplan, NOT dialing prefix, information has been pre-set/configured on the Voxalot website. So, as your dialplan on Voxalot, you could make PSTN dialing the default mode - something that an out-of-the-box GrandStream ATA is not yet enabled to do. Is this possible? Thanks PB.