Poly OBi508 OBi508 Data Sheet

DATA SHE ET

Polycom® OBi508vs

8 port VoIP Adapter connects small business analog
phones to the digital voice communications world

Polycom OBi508vs expands your service portfolio by enhancing the communication
possibilities of small businesses with flexibility in voice, fax, modem and SIP
trunking applications as they transition to the digital communications world. Small
businesses can maximize their current investment in analog phone and fax machines
plus experience the benefits of up to nine VoIP services and one POTS (Plain Old
Telephone Service) subscription*. Users can make and receive phone calls and faxes
with built-in full-matrix switching amongst available services and ports that bridges
mobile, fixed line and internet telephone services. OBi508vs supports the T.38 fax
standard for reliable fax over IP.

Provide your customers new capabilities

With OBi508vs, the communication possibilities go beyond simply connecting up to
eight analog phone, fax machines or modems to VoIP services. Equipped with one
Gig-E port and three fast ethernet ports, OBi508vs can be configured for use as a
router or switch, or to be used as a backup WAN port as an internet access failover.
Use the audio line-in to add hold music to calls or the audio line-out for paging
system capabilities. OBi508vs also features USB ports to extend its capabilities for
telco and Bluetooth applications.

Key benefits

• Expand your service portfolio
by oering flexible voice and fax
applications to small businesses

• Easily configure and roll-out
services and provide on-going fast
support with the OBiTALK cloud­based management platform

• Connect up to 8 analog phones,
fax machines, or modems and
stack up to 4 OBi508vs devices
to cater to higher density analog
voice adapter applications

• Features three USB ports to extend
capabilities for telco and Bluetooth
applications

• Audio line-in lets you add hold
music and audio line-out adds
paging system capabilities

Simplify deployment and on-going support with Polycom OBiTALK

Polycom’s OBiTALK device management platform will help you save time and hassle
by being able to access the device without the need to get behind the customer’s
on-site network. With support for the OBi508vs, OBiTALK lets you provision the
device to meet your customer specifications or update them from anyplace with a
connection to the Internet. Provide best in class support to your customers by quickly
identifying issues and remotely troubleshooting devices.

The Polycom OBiTALK is a reliable, secure, cloud-based, out-of-band management
interface designed for massive scale zero-touch device bootstrapping, configuration
customization, and provisioning. Polycom OBiTALK also provides for in-service device
management and troubleshooting, with functionality including device logging, packet
capture, and call QoS and status reporting.

*Requires Pol ycom OBiLINE USB F XO adapter

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Product specifications

Product requirements

• Active Internet Connection

• Analog Touch Tone Phone

• Access to Internet Via a Switched
Ethernet Port on Home or Oce Router

• (Optional) Active Internet Phone Service
Subscription with All Required SIP
Credentials to Make and Receive Calls

General

• CPU: 1.6GHz 32-bit ARM

• Memory: 256 MB

• Flash Storage: 32 MB

Interface features

• Ethernet: 1 x Gigabit Ethernet Port (802.3),
3 x 10/100BaseT Ethernet Por t (802.3)

• Phone: 8 x RJ-11 FXS Analog PhonePor t

• USB: 3 x 2.0

• Audio: 1 x 3.5mm Line-in, 1 x 3.5mm
Line-out

• Reset Button: Located on Rear of Case

• LEDs: Power/Status, Ethernet Activity 1– 4,
Phone Port 1–8

• LED Indications: Power On, Ethernet
Activity RX /TX, Status, Upgrade—
in-Progress Status, Phone Por t 1–8 Status

Telephony features

• Call Routing Rules

• Automated Attendant with Configurable
Answer Delay

• PIN Access Control to A A (Up to 4 PINs)

• Recursive Digit Map for Call Routing (AA,
Phone, Voice Gateways, Trunk Groups)

• AA Configurable Outbound Call Routing
Rules

• SIP Service Configurable Inbound Call
Routing Rules

• Fax Pass Through (G.711)

• T.38 Fax Relay for Fax over IP

• Modem Pass Through (G.711)

• In-Band DTMF (G.711)

• Out of Voice Band DTMF (RFC 2833)

• Out of Voice Band DTMF (SIP INFO
Method)

• Call Progress Tone Generation

• Tone Profile per SIP SP and OBiTALK
Service

• Ring Profile per SIP SP and OBiTALK
Service

• Star Code Profile per SIP SP and
OBiTALK Ser vice

• Full Duplex Audio

• G.165, 168 Echo Cancelation

• VAD—Voice Activity Detection

• Silence Suppression

• Comfort Noise Generation

• Three Way Conference Calling with Local
Mixing

• Hook Flash Event Signaling

• Flash Hook Timer

• Caller ID—Name and Number per
Bellcore, ETSI, DTMF, and NTT

• MWI—Message Waiting Indicator

• Visual Message Waiting Indication
(VMWI)

• Daylight Savings Time Support—
Worldwide

• Caller ID Enable/Disable

• Caller ID Number

• Caller ID Name (Alphanumeric)

• Caller ID Spoofing

• Call Waiting

• Maximum Session Control

• Call Forward—Unconditional

• Call Forward on Busy

• Call Forward on No Answer (Ring Count
Configurable)

• Call Transfer Enable/Disable

• Anonymous Call Block

• Anonymous Call

• Do Not Disturb

• Call Return

• Repeat Dialing

• Customizable Music On Hold

Data networking

• MAC Address (IEEE 802.3)

• UDP (RFC 768) in SSL/TLS

• TCP (RFC 793) in SSL/TLS

• IP version 4, IPv4 (RFC 791)—Static IP and
DHCP Support

• ICMP (RFC 792)

• ARP—Address Resolution Protocol

• Domain Name System (DNS) A Records
(RFC 1706) and SRV Records (RFC 2782)
RTP (RFC 1889, 1890), RFC5966

• RTP/RTCP (RFC 1889), DHCP Client
(RFC2131)

• DiServ (RFC 2475)—Independently
Configured: Service, SIP and Media,

• ToS (RFC 791, 1349)—Independently
Configured: Service, SIP and Media,

• VLAN Tagging (802.1p)—Independently
Configured: Service, SIP and Media,

• SNTP (RFC 2030)—Primary and
Secondary NTP Servers

• LLDP-MED

Security

• Local Access Interface: IVR Password

• Remote Access Interface: User Name
and Password Access via HTTP, TFTP—
HTTPS

• Device Web Page Standard: HTTP v1.1,
XML v1.0

• Secure Remote Provisioning: HTTP,
HTTPS

VoIP features

• Nine (9) Service Provider Configuration
Profile Assignments (SP 1–9)

• Ten (10) Service/Trunk Subscription
Profile Assignments (SP 1–9)

• Four (4) Hunt Groups

• SIPv2 (RFC 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264)

• SIP over UDP

• SIP over TCP

• SIP over TLS

• 32 SIP Service Provider Service
Sessions —Concurrent Operation

• 1 OBiTALK Service Session

• SIP Proxy Redundancy—Local or DNS
Based SVR, Primary and Secondary
Fallback List Restrict Source IP Address

• Maximum Number of Sessions—
Independent per Service

• Voice Gateway—Direct Dialing

• G.711 A- Law (64 kbps)

• G.711 µ-Law (64 kbps)

• G.726 (32 kbps) G.729a (8 kbps) iLBC
(13.3, 15.2 kbps) Codec Pre-selection
Code

• Voice Processing per SIP Service—TX /
RX Audio Gain, Echo Cancellation

• Adjustable Audio Frames per Packet

• Codec Name Assignment

• Codec Profile per SIP SP and OBiTALK
Service

• Dynamic Audio Payload

• Packet Loss Concealment

• Jitter Buer (Adaptive)

• STUN

• ICE

• SUBSCRIBE/NOTIFY Framework
(RFC3265)

• NOTIFY Dialog, Line Status

• SUBSCRIBE Message Summary

• VoIP NAT Interworking

• DATE Header Suppor t

• Remote-Party-ID (RPID)

• P-Asserted-Identity (PAID)

• RTP Statistics in BYE Message and SIP
PUBLISH with MOS Score

DATA SHEET Polycom OBi508vs Specifications

Power

• Universal Switching with Plug Pigtail
(Region Dependent)

• AC Input: 100 to 240 Volts 0.3A 50-60Hz
(26-34 VA)

• DC Input: +12V 5.0 Amp Max

Management—Configuration

• Local Access Interface: IVR, Web Page—
Password Protected (Admin and User
Level Log-in)

• Remote Access Interface: Syslog (Multi­Level Granularity), Invokable via SIP
Notif y, Web, Provisioning

• Device Web Page Standard: HTTP v1.1,
XML v1.0

• Remote Provisioning: XML via TFTP
or HTTP, (TR069/TR104 Parameter
NamingSyntax)

• Secure Remote Provisioning: HTTPS,
Encrypted XML via HTTP or TFTP—
Dedicated User Name and Password

• Secure Remote Firmware Update:
Encrypted Binary File via TFTP or HTTP +
Dedicated User Name and Password

• Customization: OBiTALK Zero-Touch
Customization and Configuration

• Call History (CDRs): Call Detail Records
on OBi Web Page, Export to XML

• LED Indications: Power, Device Status,
Upgrade Progress Status, Ethernet
Activity, PHONE Status

• Session Information: SIP Session Status,
OBiTALK Status, Phone Port Status

• Primary SIP Service Set-Up Wizard:
Dedicated Device Web Page for Quick
ITSP Account Set-Up

• System Settings Back-Up/Restore: Save
and Restore Configuration via XML file
to/from a Local Folder

RTP Statistics

• RTP Transport Type

• Audio Codec Type (Tx/Rx)

• RTP Packetization—in multiples of 10ms
(Tx / R x)

• RTP Packet Count (Tx/Rx)

• RTP Byte Count (Tx/Rx)

• Packets Out-Of-Order

• Packets Interpolated

• Packets Late (Dropped)

• Packets Lost

• Packet Loss Rate %

• Packet Drop Rate %

• Jitter Buer Length–ms

• Received Interarrival Jitter–ms

• Jitter Buer Underruns

• Jitter Buer Overruns

Call Progress

• Configurable Call Progress Tone

• Call Progress Tone Profiles (2)

• Dial Tone

• Busy Tone

• Ringback Tone

• Reorder Tone

• Confirmation Tone

• Holding Tone

• Second Dial Tone

• Stutter Tone

• Howling Tone

• Prompt Tone

• Call Forwarded Tone

• Conference Tone

• SIT Tones (1–4)

• Ringing and Call Waiting Tone
Configuration

• Ring Patterns (10)—Configurable

• Call Waiting Tone Patterns (10) —
Configurable

• Call Waiting Tone Pattern Profiles (2)

• Star Code Configuration

• Configurable Star Codes

• Star Code Profiles (2)

• Redial

• Call Return

• Activate Block Caller ID

• Deactivate Block Caller ID

• Block Caller ID Once

• Unblock Caller ID Once

• Activate Call Forwarding (All Calls)

• Deactivate Call Forwarding (All Calls)

• Activate Call Forward on Busy

• Deactivate Call Forward on Busy

• Activate Call Forward on No Answer

• Deactivate Call Forward on No Answer

• Activate Block Anonymous Calls

• Deactivate Block Anonymous Calls

• Activate Call Waiting

• Deactivate Call Waiting

• Activate Do Not Disturb

• Deactivate Do Not Disturb

• Activate Repeat Dial

• Deactivate Repeat Dial

FXS SLIC (Subscriber Line Integrated
Circuit): Phone Port

• Ringer Specifications: Ring Frequency:
14Hz–68Hz, Ring Waveform: Trapezoidal,
Sinusoidal, Ring Voltage: 55v–85v

• Maximum Ring Load: 5 REN (Ringer
Equivalence Number) per Phone Port

• FXS (PHONE Port) Configuration Settings:

• Recursive Digit Map and Associated
Outbound Call Routing

• On-Hook Tip Ring Voltage: 30v–52v

• O-Hook Current Max: 15mA–45mA

• Impedance: 12 Independent Settings

• DTMF Playback Level: –90dBm–3dBm

• Caller ID Method: Bellcore, ETSI (FSK
orDTMF)

• Caller ID Trigger (Before/After First Ring,
Polarity Reversal)

• Channel Tx Gain: –12dB to 6 dB at 1 dB
Resolution

• Channel Rx Gain: 12dB to 6 dB at 1 dB
Resolution

• Silence Detect Sensitivity

• Hook Flash Time Max

• Hook Flash Time Min

• CPC Delay Time

• CPC Duration

• Idle Polarity

• Connect Polarity

Polycom OBi508vs ships with:

• OBi508vs Universal Voice Adapter

• Power Adapter

• 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet Cable
(80 inches/203 centimeters)

• 19” Rack, Wall and Desktop Rack Mounts

• Quick Start/Installation Guide

Warranty

• 1 year Hardware (Limited)

Product dimensions (L x W x H)

• 27 cm x 16.5 cm x 4.5 cm (10.6 in x 6.5 in
x 1.8 in)

• Unit weight: 1.25 kg/2.76 lbs

• Shipping weight: 1.59 kg/3.5 lbs
(Including Power Supply, Ethernet Cable,
Rack Mounts, and Packaging)

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about our VoIP products.

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