Grandstream Networks, Inc.
Grandstream Device Management Tool
User Guide
Grandstream Device Management Tool User Guide
Grandstream Device Management Tool User Guide
Index
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 3
OVERVIEW OF FUNCTIONS AND UI ........................................................ 4
COMPATIBLE MODELS ........................................................................................................................ 4
BASIC FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 4
BASIC INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................... 4
TUTORIAL OF FUNCTIONS ...................................................................... 6
NEW FILE .............................................................................................................................................. 6
CREATE BY ORDER ............................................................................................................................. 7
IMPORT OPTION .................................................................................................................................. 8
EXPORT OPTION.................................................................................................................................. 9
HTTPD SERVICE ................................................................................................................................ 10
PNP FEATURE .................................................................................................................................... 11
LANGUAGE OPTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 12
OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 12
BOOT AUTO START .................................................................................................................... 12
RECOVERY DATA ........................................................................................................................ 12
AUTO HTTPD ............................................................................................................................... 12
CONFIGURE HTTPD PORT ........................................................................................................ 12
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Table of Figures
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Figure 1: Grandstream Device Management Tool Main Interface ................................................................ 5
Figure 2: New File Option ............................................................................................................................. 6
Figure 3: Create by Order ............................................................................................................................. 7
Figure 4: Import Option ................................................................................................................................. 8
Figure 5: Finish Importing ............................................................................................................................. 9
Figure 6: Export Option ............................................................................................................................... 10
Figure 7: Select an Available NIC ............................................................................................................... 10
Figure 8: HTTPD Service Enabled .............................................................................................................. 11
Figure 9: Configure HTTPD Port ................................................................................................................. 12
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INTRODUCTION
Grandstream Device Management Tool is a powerful deployment tool for Grandstream phones. It could
configure and generate configuration file(s) for one or more Grandstream phone(s). This tool could help
phones administrator to deploy phones with simpler operations and less time. This User Guide describes
how to use Grandstream Device Management Tool to configure Grandstream phones. To learn more about
Grandstream phones provisioning features, please visit link http://www.grandstream.com/support to check
Grandstream phones User Guides and Administration Guides.
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OVERVIEW OF FUNCTIONS AND UI
Grandstream Device Management Tool should be installed on Windows platform before using it. Users
could use its straightforward and intuitive interface to configure Grandstream phones.
COMPATIBLE MODELS
GXP16XX
GXP21XX
GXP2200
GXP14XX
GXP11XX
DP71X
GXV31XX
GXV32XX
BASIC FUNCTIONS
Configure a new configuration file
Create configuration files by order
Import .CSV configuration file
Export .CSV configuration file
Start HTTPD service
Enable PNP server
Languages options
Options
BASIC INTERFACE
Open the directory where Grandstream Device Management Tool is installed, and double click GS
Manager. The main screen is shown below:
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Figure 1: Grandstream Device Management Tool Main Interface
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TUTORIAL OF FUNCTIONS
NEW FILE
The New File option is used to create a new configuration file for a specified Grandstream phone. Users
need to fill the MAC address, Product model, Account name, and other advanced settings on the New
Device interface. Once the configuration is done, users should click Save to store this configuration
information on Your Device List in this application. The New File option is shown below:
Figure 2: New File Option
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CREATE BY ORDER
The Create by Order option is used to create two or more configuration files for Grandstream phones.
Users not only need to fill the MAC address, Account name, codec configurations and other necessary
settings, and also need to define the quantity of devices, MAC and User ID increasing law. For this reason,
the devices configuration files could be generated automatically following this defined law. Once the
configuration is done, users should click Save to store this configuration information on Your Device List
one by one in this application. The Create by Order option is shown below:
Figure 3: Create by Order
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IMPORT OPTION
The Import feature allows users to import existing .CSV configuration file into Grandstream Device
Management Tool, and the configuration file could be found on Your Device List after importing.
Figure 4: Import Option
As the figure shows above, users need to select the .CSV configuration file and click OK to finish
importing.
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Figure 5: Finish Importing
Clear Old list: If No is selected, the previous device configuration file will not be lost. If Yes is
selected, the previous device configuration file will be overwritten.
EXPORT OPTION
The Export feature allows users to export configuration file from Grandstream Device Management Tool to
PC as .CSV file.
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Figure 6: Export Option
As the figure shows above, users need to select the path where users want to export the configuration file,
and click on OK to finish exporting. The default file name is devices.csv.
HTTPD SERVICE
The HTTPD service allows users to use Grandstream Device Management Tool as a configuration server,
and users could configure Grandstream phones to fetch the configuration file via HTTPD service. Move
cursor to
, and click on the white ball to activate the HTTPD service. There will
be a dialog to ask users to select an available NIC for HTTPD service, as figure shows below:
Figure 7: Select an Available NIC
Then, users need to press OK to select the NIC. An HTTPD service path and port number will appear on
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screen. Write down this information for the next step. As the figure shows blow:
Figure 8: HTTPD Service Enabled
Then, users need to configure the Config Server Path on Grandstream phones. For example, on GXP2140,
users need to login phones web UI, and go to Maintenance -> Upgrade and Provisioning, fill the HTTPD
server path into Config Server Path. When Grandstream phone finishes rebooting, phone will fetch the
configuration file from HTTPD server.
PNP FEATURE
The PNP feature allows users to deploy a large amount of Grandstream phones easily. When HTTPD
service is enabled, click on
, the PNP service is enabled.
For Grandstream phones, users need to have at least 1 activated account on the phone, and enable 3CX
Auto Provision option on the phone side. Once phone finishes rebooting, phone will fetch the
configuration file from Grandstream Device Management Tool automatically.
Note: Grandstream GXP/GXV phones have at least 1 activated account as default. The 3CX Auto
Provision is enabled as default.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Users could choose English/Chinese language as the UI displaying language. The default UI displaying
language is the one users choose during installation process.
OPTIONS
BOOT AUTO START
Automatically run Grandstream Device Management Tool on Windows startup.
RECOVERY DATA
Loads the last saved configuration on program startup.
AUTO HTTPD
Automatically start HTTPD server on program startup.
CONFIGURE HTTPD PORT
Users could use the default port 80, or custom port between 5000 and 65535. As the figure shows below:
Figure 9: Configure HTTPD Port
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