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

[Derek Conniffe]

I though I'd better answer myself (again) - the registration was turned 
ON in the phone setup but I'm using static IP addressing - that was why 
the dial tone dissappeared.  Li in grandstream technical support told me 
to check this.

I still dont know why the BT101 went dead for the weekend - something 
bad happened with the firmware.  In any case it works now!

Thanks,

Derek

Derek Conniffe wrote:

> Except there is no dial tone anymore (it does dial though)...
>
> Derek
>
> Derek Conniffe wrote:
>
>> Yes this is interesting all right.
>>
>> The phone never seems to get to the menu any more (even after being 
>> switched on for hours).
>>
>> But tcpdump host BT101IPADDRESS does show aXXXXXXXXXXX
>>
>> Oh - please scrap this whole conversation.
>>
>> For some reason the phone has just popped into life.  Yes - its 
>> true.  Its been dead since friday and now I start this thread and its 
>> wakes up again.
>>
>> Actually I did just plug the ethernet cable back in to it - I had it 
>> unplugged while I left it powered on (just in case it would help) and 
>> the phone does have access to any computer via NAT so maybe it did 
>> something (tcpdump is going mad showing traffic).
>>
>> Thanks everyone - I dont know what happened but it working again - 
>> weird?
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> Andrew Edmond wrote:
>>
>>> How long have you left the power on on the phone?  Sometimes if it's
>>> confused it can take a while to get to the prompt...
>>>
>>> If you CAN'T get to the menu even after the phone has been on a 
>>> while...
>>> Then the other chap's suggestion to plug your phone into a HUB shared
>>> with your PC so you can ethereal dump all TCP/IP traffic to find out
>>> what tFTP server the BT101 is trying to download from... And then
>>> providing a tFTP server on that address....
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>> -----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 9:59 AM
>>> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Off Topic: Dead GS BudgeTone-100
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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