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Desk phones

Analogue adapter (ATA)

Keep an existing analogue phone by registering a Grandstream HT801 or HT802 adapter on your desk phone line.

An analogue telephone adapter (ATA) puts an ordinary corded or cordless analogue phone onto the line — plug the phone into the adapter, the adapter into your network. You need the line's SIP credentials from Settings → Call routing — see Desk phones for how to reveal them.

Connect the adapter's network port to your router and plug the analogue phone into the Phone 1 port. Power it on.

On the analogue phone, dial *** then 02 — the adapter reads out its IP address.

In a browser on the same network, open http://<adapter-ip> and sign in (factory password admin — change it while you're there).

On the FXS PORT1 tab, fill in:

  • Account Active: Yes
  • Primary SIP Server: sip.telnyx.com
  • SIP User ID and Authenticate ID: the line's username
  • Authenticate Password: the line's password
  • SIP Transport: TLS (port 5061)
  • Register Expiration: 3 minutes

Leave the vocoder order at its PCMU/PCMA defaults.

Click Apply, then Reboot. The Status tab shows FXS Port 1 as Registered, and the phone gets a dial tone.

Call the number from a mobile — the analogue phone rings. If the line is two-way, dial out to confirm outbound.

Analogue phones plugged into an ATA stop working during a power cut, unlike an old exchange line. If the practice relies on this phone for emergencies, keep it on a UPS or keep a charged mobile as the fallback.

Grandstream's HT8xx manuals live at grandstream.com/support.