User Manual Analog Telephone Adaptor HandyTone-496

HandyTone-496 User Manual Grandstream Networks, Inc.

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 using different frequencies or using only

one frequency. All signaling information is transmitted from the RFP within a multiframe (16

frames). Voice signals are digitally encoded into a 32 kbit/s signal using Adaptive Differential

Pulse Code Modulation.

DNS

Short for Domain Name System (or Service or Server), an

Internet service that translates

domain names into IP addresses

DID

Direct Inward Dialing

Direct Inward Dialing. The ability for an outside caller to dial to a PBX extension without

going through an attendant or auto-attendant.

DSP

Digital Signal Processing. Using computers to process signals such as sound, video, and other

analog signals which have been converted to digital form.

Digital Signal Processor. A specialized CPU used for digital signal processing.

Grandstream products all have DSP chips built inside.

DTMF

Dual Tone Multi Frequency

The standard tone-pairs used on telephone terminals for dialing using in-band signaling. The

standards define 16 tone-pairs (0-9, #, * and A-F) although most terminals support only 12 of

them (0-9, * and #).

FQDN

Fully Qualified Domain Name

A FQDN consists of a host and domain name, including top-level domain. For example,

www.grandstream.com is a fully qualified domain name. www is the host, grandstream is the

second-level domain, and.com is the top level domain.

FXO

Foreign eXchange Office

An FXO device can be an analog phone, answering machine, fax, or anything that handles a

call from the telephone company like AT&T. They should also operate the same way when

connected to an FXS interface.

An FXO interface will accept calls from FXS or PSTN interfaces. All countries and regions

have their own standards.

FXO is complimentary to FXS (and the PSTN).