Analog Devices CRA-200 Quick Installation Manual

Brand: Analog Devices

Model: CRA-200

Category: Routers

Type: Quick Installation Manual

Analog Devices CRA-200 is a device that allows you to make phone calls over the internet. It has two Ethernet ports and two VoIP lines, so you can connect it to your modem or router and use it to make calls from your analog telephone or fax machine. The CRA-200 is easy to set up and use, and it comes with a variety of features that make it a great choice for both home and business users.

Some of the features of the Analog Devices CRA-200 include:

Two Ethernet ports and two VoIP lines: This allows you to connect the CRA-200 to your modem or router and use it to make calls from your analog telephone or fax machine.

Some of the features of the Analog Devices CRA-200 include:

Two Ethernet ports and two VoIP lines: This allows you to connect the CRA-200 to your modem or router and use it to make calls from your analog telephone or fax machine.

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CRA-200

Analog Telephone Adapter

2 x Ethernet Port + 2 x VoIP Line

Quick Installation Guide

Model No: CRA-200

TableofContents

VoIPATAPackageContents............................................................... 2

Checklist ................................................................................................ 2

IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS ..................................... 3

ConnectingYourVoIPATA................................................................. 3

AccessingyourATAWebPanel........................................................ 3

VoIP/SIPConfigurationSetupthroughWebPanel ............... 4

UpgradingYourFirmware.................................................................. 5

Appendix:NumberofPhoneLinesandBandwidth

Considerations......................................................................................... 5

RecommendedNumberofSimultaneousCalls .................... 6

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VoIPATAPackageContents

Analog Telephone Adapter Unit (CRA-200)

Standard Telephone cable (RJ11)

Power Adaptor

Ethernet Cable (RJ 45)

Quick Installation Guide (this document)

Checklist

Beforeyoubegin,makesureyouhavethefollowing:

• AnactiveInternetconnection

• AnactiveInternetTelephoneServiceProvider(ITSP)

accountanditssettings

• Acable/DSLmodemorWirelessRouter(AccessPoint)

• OnecomputerforconfigurationofthePhoneAdapter

• AnanalogtelephoneorfaxmachinewithanRJ‐11phone

cable

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IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS

9 Placethisrouteronastablesurface.

9 Onlyusethepoweradapterthatcomeswiththepackage.

Usingadifferentvoltageratingpoweradaptormaydamage

thisATA.

9 DonotusethisATAinhighhumidityorhightemperatures.

9 Donotopenorrepairthecaseyourself.

ConnectingYourVoIPATA

1. Poweroffyournetworkdevices,includingyourmodem

andPC.

2. ConnectoneendofanRJ‐11phonecabletothePhone

Adapter’sPHONE1port.Connecttheotherendtoyour

analogtelephoneorfaxmachineasshownbelow:

3. ConnectoneendofanEthernetnetworkcabletotheLAN

portoftheATA.ConnecttheotherendtotheEthernet

portofyourPC.

4. ConnectoneendofadifferentEthernetnetworkcableto

theWANportoftheATA.Connecttheotherendtoyour

cable/DSLmodemasshowninbelowfigure

5. Poweronthecable/DSLmodem.

6. ConnecttheincludedpoweradaptertotheATA’spower

port,andthenplugthepoweradapterintoanelectrical

outlet.ThepowerLEDonthefrontpanelwilllightupas

soonasthePhoneAdapterpowerson.



7. PoweronyourPC.MakesureyourPC’sEthernetadapter

issettoobtainanIPaddressautomatically.

NOTE:WaituntilthePOWER,LANandWANLED'sturn

greenandremainstableontheFrontPanelof

yourATA.

AccessingyourATAWebPanel

1. First,connecttheATA’sLANporttoyourPCnetwork

cardandthendisable&enabletheLocalAreaConnection

availableintheControlPanel‐>NetworkConnections.

ThenATAwillreleasetheIPaddressintheseriesof

192.168.113.X.Andthenlaunchthewebbrowseronthe

PC.Enterhttp://192.168.113.1intheAddressfield

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(192.168.113.1isthedefaultlocalIPaddressoftheATA).

ThenpresstheEnterkey.

2. OryoucanlogintotheATAthroughtheWANIPaddress

ifbothATAandPCareconnectedtothesamenetwork

(whichisconnectedtotheDHCPserver),thenyoucan

gettheIPaddressoftheATAthroughthephone

connectedtoATAbydialing“**”.Thenitwillannounce

thecurrentWANIPAddress,whichisreleasedbythe

DHCPserver.ThenenterWANIPaddressintheweb

browseraddressfieldtogetLoginScreen.

3. NowyouwillbebroughttoaLoginscreen.Besureto

select“Admin”inUserTypeandusefollowinglogin

information:

• UserName:admin 

• Password:admin

4. TheATAStatusscreenwillappear.ThenClickthe

NetworkConfig‐>WANtabtoproceedtothe

appropriateinstructionsforyourInternetConnection

Type:DHCP,StaticIP,orPPPoE.

• DHCP:Select“AutomaticconfigurationviaDHCP

Server”togettheIPaddressautomaticallyfrom

DHCPserver.

• PPPoE:Select“UsingISPAccount(PPPoE)”to

enterthePPPoEusernameintheUserName

field,andenterthePPPoEpasswordinthe

passwordfield.

• StaticIP:Select“UsingStaticIP”toassigntheIP

addressmanuallybyenteringIPAddress,Subnet

Mask,Gateway,PrimaryandSecondaryDNS.

5. Clickon“ApplyChanges”tosaveyoursettings.

VoIP/SIPConfigurationSetupthrough

WebPanel

1. EntertheinformationsuppliedbyyourVoIPservice

providertoregisteryourSIPaccountsuchasUserID,

Password,ProxyIPaddressetc.IntheVoIPConfig>>SIP

Configpage,dothefollowing:

a. EntertheSIPaccountnumberinthefollowing

fields:

• DisplayName

• AuthenticationUserID

• UserID



b. EnterthepasswordinthePasswordfield.

c. EntertheSIPproxyservernameinthefollowing

fields:

• IPAddress/HostName

• SIPProxyDomain



NOTE:Bydefault,theProxyportaddresswillbe5060,

DTMFwillbeRFC2833,RegistrationTimeoutwill

be60seconds.Allcodecconfigurationswillbe

selectedinActiveCodecs.

2. Clickon“ApplyChanges”tosaveyoursettings.

3. CheckifthecorrespondingPhoneLEDonthefrontofthe

deviceturnsorange,whichisilluminatedtoindicate

successfulregistrationwithyourVoIPServiceProvider

(ITSP).Ifnot,pleasecheckyoursettings.

4. InordertomakesureyourInternetconnectionisactive,

youcanalsousethePingorTracerouteoptionsavailable

intheDiagnosticTabpagetochecktheconnectionfrom

theCRA‐200devicetoanotherdestination(IPaddressor

domainname).

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UpgradingYourFirmware

IMPORTANT:Beforeyouperformtheupgrade,makenoteof

anyaccountandserversettings,plusany

otheruniqueconfigurationsyouhavesetup

onyourdevice.

1. FromyourInternetbrowser,entertheWANIPaddress

ofthedevicetobringuptheWebConfigurationLogin

page.

IMPORTANT:MakesurethatthePCbeingusedfor

upgradingisnot

directlyconnectedtotheLAN

portofthedevicepriortoupgrading.Performing

thefirmwareupgradeprocedureinthismanner

mayresultindevicefailure.

2. EnterthelogininformationtoentertheWeb

ConfigurationManager.

(Uponlogin,youshouldbedirectedtotheDiagnostic

page.)

3. ClickontheATAConfigtab,andthenclickonthe

“FirmwareUpgrade”link.

4. FromtheFirmwareUpgradepage,selectthe“Browse…”

buttonandselectthefirmwarefilefromyourlocalPC

directory.

5. Oncethefilehasbeenselectedandthedirectorylocation

isvisibleintheATAFirmwareUpgradeFile:lineentry

box,selecttheUpdatebutton.

(Apop‐upwindowshouldappearwithawarningtonot

disruptthepowerconnectionduringtheupgrade

procedure.)

6. StarttheupgradeprocedurebyclickingOK.

Initially,thescreengoesblank.Youwillthenseean

upgradestatusindicator,whichnotescompletion

progressoftheupgrade(i.e.,67%done).

7. Oncetheupgradecompletes,anewpop‐upwindowwill

informyouthatthedevicewillautomaticallyreboot.

ClickOK.

(Thebrowserwindowshouldcloseonitsownunlessthe

browserwindowhasotherpagetabsopenedinthat

window,suchaswithIE7orFirefoxbrowsers.)

8. Waitabout5minutesforthedevicetocompletethe

reboot.Youcanverifythisbycheckingtoseethatthe

WANlightontheboxstartstoflicker(indicatingnetwork

activity).

9. Afterverifyingthatthedevicehasrebooted,holddown

theredRESETbuttononthebackofthedevice(in

betweenthePHONE2portandthepowerslot).



Holdthisbuttondownforabout7‐10secondsuntilyou

seealltheLEDlightsturnoffexceptforthePOWERlight.

(Thisisnecessaryinordertoclearthecachememory

uponupgrading.Afterthedevicereboots,youwillneed

tore‐enteryourdeviceconfiguration.)



Appendix:NumberofPhoneLinesand

BandwidthConsider ations

Thevirtualprivatenetwork(VPN)tunnelcapabilityontheCRA‐

200deviceaffectsthebandwidthconsumedbyeachactive

phonecall(bothonthedeviceaswellasonanyclientconnected

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tothedevice’sLANport).Therefore,itisimportantthatyou

considerthenumberoftotalphonelinesyouwillbeattachingto

eachCRA‐200deviceinadditiontothetwolinesthatarealready

available.Inthesampleconfigurationshownbelow,whereyou

haveoneCRA‐200boxwithVPNenabledandtwoadditional

Internetphonedevicesforatotalof4phonelines,a128Kbps

Internetconnectionwillallowfornomorethan4simultaneous

phonecallsatagiventimewhenusingcodecG.729/Latency

Configurationof60ms(seepage10forabriefexplanationof

CodecLatencyConfiguration

).

RecommendedNumberofSimultaneousCalls

Thefollowingchartdepictsageneralguidelinerangeforthe

recommendedmaximumnumberofsimultaneouscallswhen

VPNcapabilityisenabledforeachcodec/Latencyconfiguration.

Theamountofallowablesimultaneousphonecallsanditscall

qualityaredirectlyrelatedtobandwidthavailabilityandits

utilization.

DSL

Speed 729 90ms 729 60ms 729 30ms

128k

4-6 max.

calls

4-5 max.

calls 2-3 max. calls

256k 10-12 8-10 5-6

384k 17-19 13-15 8-9

512k 23-25 18-20 11-13

768k 36-38 28-30 17-19

1024k 48-51 38-40 23-26

DSL

Speed 723 90ms 723 60ms 723 30ms

128k 5-7 4-5 2-3

256k 12-14 9-11 5-6

384k 18-20 15-17 8-9

512k 26-28 20-22 11-13

768k 41-43 32-34 17-19

1024k 56-58 43-45 23-26

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Forexample,innetworkswith128kDSL,atotalofnomorethan

7simultaneouscallsarerecommendedwithaG.72390mscodec

configurationandVPNenabled.

NOTE:

TheDSLspeedsinthetableaboverefertotheMinimum

UploadandDownloadtransferrate.Pleasebeawarethat

yourinternetbandwidthmayfluctuatedependingon

yourprovider’savailability.Resultsmayvarydepending

onfluctuationsofbandwidthavailability.Adecreasein

availablebandwidthwilldirectlyrelatetoadecrease

intotalnumberofallowablecallsandpossiblycall

qualitydependingonbandwidthoverutilization.



IMPORTANT:

Thesefiguresassumethatthebandwidthis

dedicatedsolelyforthesevoicecallsandthat

thebroadbandserviceproviderhascommitted

thisbandwidthtotheinstallation.Theuseof

otherInternetservicesmayadverselyaffectthe

amountofallowablesimultaneouscallsalong

withcallquality.



.

CodecLatencyConfiguration:ThissettingontheSIP

Configurationpagedeterminesthevoicesamplesperpacket.

Thenumberofvoicesamplesperpacketisanotherfactorin

determiningthebandwidthutilizedanddelayofaVoIPcall.The

CODECdefinesthesizeofthesample(G.711andG.729havea

samplesizeof10msandG.723hasasamplesizeof30ms),but

thetotalnumberofsamplesplacedinapacketaffectshowmany

packetsaresentpersecond.Whenyouincreasethevoice

payloadsize,thebandwidthutilizedisreducedandtheoverall

delayincreases.Increasingthesesettings(forexample‐from

30msto90msforG.723)canreducebandwidthutilization,but

inturnitmayaffectvoicequalitydependingonthequalityand

stabilityofyourconnection.Forexample,ifyoudroponepacket

duetoconnectivityissues,asettingofG.723/30mswillloseone

voicesamplewhereasettingofG.723/90mswilllose3voice

samples.

Analog Devices CRA-200 Quick Installation Manual

Brand: Analog Devices

Model: CRA-200

Category: Routers

Type: Quick Installation Manual

Some of the features of the Analog Devices CRA-200 include:

Two Ethernet ports and two VoIP lines: This allows you to connect the CRA-200 to your modem or router and use it to make calls from your analog telephone or fax machine.

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