TANDBERG GW 3201 User Manual

Codian ISDN Gateway

ISDN GW 3201 Series

Getting started

Codian ISDN GW

ISDN GW 3201 Series

Getting started

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Table of contents

General information ................................................................................................................ 1

About the ISDN gateway .......................................................................................... 1

Package contents ........................................................................................................ 1

Port and LED location ................................................................................................ 1

LED behavior ................................................................................................................ 2

Connecting the ISDN gateway ............................................................................................ 4

Before you start .......................................................................................................... 4

Your ISDN connection ............................................................................................... 4

Step one: Connect power ........................................................................................ 5

Step two: Connect to Ethernet Port A ................................................................. 5

Step three: Connect to the ISDN ports ................................................................ 5

Initial configuration ................................................................................................................. 6

Step one: Connect to the console port ............................................................... 6

Step two: Configure Ethernet Port A settings .................................................. 6

Step three: Assign an IP address to the ISDN gateway (optional) ............. 7

Step four: Discover the IP address of the ISDN gateway .............................. 7

Configuring the ISDN gateway ............................................................................................ 8

Step one: Log in to the ISDN gateway ................................................................. 8

Step two: Set up the ISDN interfaces ................................................................... 8

Step three: Configure an H.323 gatekeeper ...................................................... 9

Step four: Configure the dial plan ......................................................................... 9

Troubleshooting and technical support information ...............................................11

Calls fail to complete ...............................................................................................11

Using the event log to help solve a problem ..................................................11

Getting more help ....................................................................................................12

Pin outs .......................................................................................................................................13

General information

General information

About the ISDN gateway

The ISDN GW 3201 Series is a range of high performance video gateways which
enables ISDN network connectivity for the Codian IP-based video infrastructure
products as well as IP-based endpoints.

Package contents

The following items are included with the ISDN gateway. Verify that you have these
items before installing the device:

 Codian ISDN GW 3201 Series device
 Console cable (blue)
 Power cable
 Rack mounting kit

Port and LED location

Figure 1 shows the position of ports and LEDs on the ISDN gateway.

Figure 1: ISDN gateway front panel

Compact Flash
Activity LED

Console Port

Status LED

Alarm LED

Console Link LED

3

2

ISDN Ports

Ethernet Port Status LEDs

ISDN Port Status LEDs

LL

4

Ethernet Ports

4

Power LED

1

LED behavior

Table 1 describes the behavior of the LEDs.

Table 1: ISDN gateway LED behavior

LED Color Indicates

Compact Flash
Activity

Flashing
green

One of:

 the ISDN gateway is booting
 a configuration change has been made
 the configuration is being transferred by FTP

Console Link Green A PC is connected to the console port

Status Green The ISDN gateway is operating normally

Alarm Red The ISDN gateway is booting or has developed a

fault, for example:

 temperature is outside normal limits
 fan failure
 battery failure of the internal clock

Refer to the web interface for more information
about the problem (go to

Status > Health)

ISDN Port Status, for each ISDN port:

L1 Off There is no connection on this port, or the ISDN

gateway is not receiving framing (also known as
Red Alarm)

Flashing
green

The ISDN gateway is receiving framing, but the far
end is not receiving framing (also known as Yellow
Alarm)

Green The port is connected to the far end

L2 Green Layer 2 connectivity has been achieved with the

ISDN network from this port. This means that
D-channel signaling has been established with the
network

Act Green There is at least one active call using this port.

Data is currently being received on this port

2