[Asterisk-Users] Off Topic: Dead GS BudgeTone-100

[Derek Conniffe]

Thanks Andrew

"PS: I wouldn't think this subject is OT...."
I suppose it is close to the heart of a lot of Asterisk users all right :)

This BT101 is doing nothing at all now (other than the 5 flashes).   Its not responding to pings on the static IP address I had put into it and there is no life at all LCD/button wise (no menu, etc).

Did you have this problem or was your BT101 still functional to be able to modify the IP address or any other items like the reset menu?

Unless the phone is trying to do something that I dont know about (like looking for a DHCP server to get an IP address) - otherwise maybe its the end of this phone



Derek





Andrew Edmond wrote:

>Derek --
>
>I was in a similar situation recently.  I got a BT101 from
>TheVoipConnection and I tried everything to get DHCP or static IP
>address working.  Nothing... No matter what I did I couldn't get this
>phone to function.  I was about to call and complain they sent me a dud
>phone... 
>
>On a lark, I setup the static IP address on the phone to work on my LAN,
>and put in the tFTP server as my windows 2000 box (on the same LAN).  I
>put the tFTP server on that w2k box, with the 1.0.5.11 firmware unzipped
>in the root directory.  Get this firmware from:
>
>http://www.grandstream.com/y-downloads.htm
>
>To my surprise, the BT101 upon boot logged into my tftp server and began
>downloading files!  Even though I couldn't ping the damn phone, it was
>able to tFTP off the new roms.  Apparently on boot, the BT phones always
>first attempt to tftp before booting the rest of their network
>functions.
>
>In any case, with the 1.0.5.11 ROMS the phone works GREAT!
>
>The other thing I would suggest is resetting the phone manually to
>factory settings.  The instructions for this are in the BT101 manual,
>but basically you have to type in the MAC address of the phone on the
>--RESET-- menu.  Download the manual to learn how to do this.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Andrew
>NeroLabs @ #asterisk IRC
>
>PS: I wouldn't think this subject is OT....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Derek
>Conniffe
>Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:35 AM
>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Off Topic: Dead GS BudgeTone-100
>
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>This is off topic and is for GS technical support really but it seems 
>that there are a lot of Budge Tone 100/101/102 users out there.
>
>I've got a Budge Tone-100 (101 - without the extra 10base ethernet 
>connetion?) here.  I changed the configuration through its web based 
>interface and I clicked the reboot link.  But then something went wrong 
>and ever since then it doesn't boot up correctly.  It starts up and the 
>LCD stays blue backlit and the keypad flashes
>in groups of five (flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, pause, flash, 
>flash, flash, flash, flash, pause..... and so on... for ever).  I think 
>this is a problem with a firmware update failure?  I never changed the 
>factory setting to do with tftp and the phone was on a NATed network so 
>it could have been making outbound connections on its own.
>
>Does anyone know how to reset the phone back to an operating state (is 
>it even possible??)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Derek Conniffe
>
>
>  
>


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