LTRT-61604 MP Series Release Notes Ver 4 8
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1. AC21866 Voice prompt barge in parameter can not be used when concatenating voice prompt commands ac21553 When RTP packets are received after a sudden large delay 200 to 300 msec in the network the drift correction could take about 5 seconds In this period of time voice towards the TDM side is silent Ac21538 The MS GSM coder does not work with previous software versions of AudioCodes products ac19717 NTT caller ID type 2 constraints The NTT standard describes the CallerlD type 2 generation as a sequence of an incoming call signal C 8 D DTMFs and FSK modulated Data Generation of the incoming call signal remains the responsibility of the application but C D and the FSK are generated by the supplied service The signal can be generated using the UDT signal generation mechanism Prior to the detection of NTT GallerlD type 2 there are 2 DTMF C and D detections which remain unscreened Constraints for pre recorded tones ac10234 e A Pre recorded Tone can not be played using the acPlayToneSequence command e lfaPre recorded Tone is played using the acUserDialTiminglmmediately option in UserPlay Timing parameter of the acPlay Tone command in the middle of a Voice Prompt playback the Voice Prompt playback does not continue when the Pre recorded Tone playback has ended RTP packing factor M is limited to 1 for the AMR and GSM EFR coders v117287 When using the Transparent With Events Fax amp Modem2. CommandShell a Command Line Interface CLI is available for basic configuration and diagnostics purposes The CommandShell can be accessed via the embedded Web server Telnet or RS 232 when available ac22103 The new Performance Monitoring infrastructure allows collecting and retrieving current and historical performance data The information can be retrieved via SNMP Web and the CLI AC19453 Logging to Syslog of on the fly configuration changes Web SNMP is now supported To enable set ENABLEPARAMETERSMONITORING to 1 ac18776 Up to now upgrading the CMP image on the non volatile memory flash sometimes caused the configuration files e g call progress tones coefficients private labeling logo to be deleted A new allocation mechanism protects existing files and allows the CMP to be burned independently Ac18255 The EMS can now configure and manage devices that are placed in private networks behind NAT and firewalls ac17616 Embedded Web Server New Features MP 11x and MP 124 only Allow secure encrypted access to the device s embedded Web server using the HTTPS protocol ac17519 User can define up to 10 authorized client IP addresses that are permitted to contact the board via Web or Telnet interface The interface allows addition and deletion of authorized IP addresses and can be found at Advanced Configuration gt Network Setting gt Web amp Telnet Access List ac22277 An improved and enhanced Web interfac
3. 1 MP line testing VI31807 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 F December 2005 A WH AudioCodes MediaPack Series MP 118 Line Testing Returns a collection of status information which related to the tested line 2 Full Mesh Routing MP 11x VI26365 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO MP 118 supports a combination of FXS and FXO channels 4 FXS and 4 FXO channels Each FXS channel has a lifeline which is connected to a FXO channel channel 1 FXS to channel 5 FXO channel 2 FXS to channel 6 FXO and so on The Lifeline is activated according to LIFELINETYPE parameter 3 FXS gateway generates WINK if it receives HookFlash signal over RFC 2833 VI30582 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Packets that are received from the network side that contain the Hookflash signal cause the FXS gateway to generate a WINK Polarity reversal followed by HookFlash Timeout and another Polarity reversal The packet received from the network side must be according to RFC 2833 4 MP 11x FXO Coefficients for each country Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXO Starting from version 4 8 there is no need to load the coefficient file for the MP 11x FXO gateways Instead there is single parameter shown in the table below to define each country variant CountryCoefficients 70 default USA Egypt 16 EI Salvador 17 Finland 18 France 19
4. 5 Mediant 1000 Analog Coefficient File Mediant 1000 A NVS VPP MVP Exo FXO Release Notes 8 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes What s New in Release 4 8 In the Mediant 1000 Analog FXO the coefficients are set according to the 4 coefficient files below Mediant 1000 Analog FXO coefficients file types 1 MP1xx12 1 12khz fxo dat supports detection of 12 kHz metering tone 2 MP1xx12 1 16khz fxo dat supports detection of 16 kHz metering tone 3 mp1xx10 2 16khz TBR21 fxo dat supports detection of 16 kHz metering tone complies with TBR21 standard Pan European 4 MP1xx10 4 16khz fxo low frq ring dat supports detection of 16 kHz metering tone enables detection of low ring frequencies under 20 Hz Case metering type 16 kHz or 12 kHz is not important it is recommended to use coefficients file number 2 13 Networking New Features 6 Support for IP Multicast Support VI25148 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Supports reception of multicast RTP streams the board can join an IP multicast group in order to receive an RTP stream generated by a remote server e g a Music On Hold stream to a multicast IP address 7 PPPoE VI27407 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 enables AudioCodes products to function as a PPPoE Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet client allowing the user to integrate it in a broadband access architecture mostly in ISP networks 8
5. MP 11x e O DSP firmware supports PCM ADPCM G 723 G 729A Release Notes 10 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes What s New in Release 4 8 e 1 Reserved e 2 Reserved e 3 Reserved 1 6 Control Protocols New Features 1 6 1 MGCP New Features 19 MGCP SL Package VI27411 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support for MGCP Signal List SL was added according to RFC 3660 20 Coder and Payload Type Configuration File VI21347 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO This feature allows the user to define coder names and default payload type values using an external configuration file As part of the implementation the following new coders are supported 1 iLBC only for BCT calls in MEGACO 2 BV16 only for BCT calls in MEGACO 3 EVRC0 This is not a new coder Actually it is the old EVRC coder that has the correct name in the SDP according to RFC 3558 Control Support for TrFO Vb16 Lbc MP product line Note MEGACO H 248 and VoPLib TPNCP are currently not supported on the 21 MGCP SRTP Package RFC 3711 SRTP VI27152 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO New MGCP extension parameter X srtp enables media streaming encryption according to RFC 3711 22 STUN support for MGCP VI26962 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO MGCP can now use STUN RFC 3489 to allow the Media Gateway Controller to control a Media Gateway that i
6. Support in multiple IPs dual mode separating the Media from the others VI27303 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Multiple IP configuration available with 2 networks configuration network for the Media and network for all the others OAM amp CC 1 4 Security New Features 9 IPSec Support for MP 11x VI28376 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO IPSec is now supported on the MP product line in addition to the existing support on the Mediant and TP producis 10 IPSec support on the Mediant 1000 VI25759 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Added support for IPSec on Mediant 1000 11 IPSec Authentication using Certificates VI22394 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO In addition to the pre shared key authentication method IPSec can now support certificate based authentication 12 SRTP Media Encryption VI26411 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 9 December 2005 A WH AudioCodes MediaPack Series Version 4 8 now supports SRTP Secured RTP media encryption according to RFC 3711 SRTP can be used with MGCP and VoPLib API 13 Network Access Control List VI24993 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 supports an internal firewall for filtering and throttling of incoming data The access control list can be configured via the Web interface 14 Multiple sessions in
7. continue when the Pre recorded Tone playback has ended Mediation without transcoding should have same RTP packet interval on both mediating channels both on sending and receiving V116043 RTP packing factor M is limited to 1 for the AMR and GSM EFR coders VI17287 When using the Transparent With Events Fax 8 Modem settings the Channel MUST be reopened after each Fax Modem session Closing a channel during a User Defined Tone detection can cause unexpected IBS events in the next IBS detection on this DSP channel VI15984 When the IBS detector is pointed towards the network Fax 8 Modem tones are not detected from the TDM side When working with M factor 6 spurious packet loss may occur It is recommended therefore to use M factor lt 6 V115341 Setting the V 21 Transport Type to Bypass and Fax Transport Type to relay results in entering Fax Relay mode at the 2100 Hz signal Only at the end of this signal does the Release Notes 16 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes 2 Known Constraint 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 2 6 40 41 channel enter Bypass mode VII 5755 If PCM LoopBack is activated there is no way of knowing if a new channel being opened is in LoopBack state or not The parameter should only be used for test purposes DTMF Relay mode is not operational with channels set to PCI transport RFC 2198 redundancy mode with RFC
8. AudioCodes CPE amp Access Analog Gateways MediaPack MP 124 8 MP 11x Mediant 1000 MGCP 8 TPNCP Release Notes 4 8 a AudioCodes THE STANDARDS INSTITUTION OF ISRAEL www audiocodes com A FIED 180 8001 2000
9. Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Downloading of configuration files via FTP is now possible For example specify IniFileUrl ftp user password ftpserver customer com acl config ini 28 Voice Menu for Status and Configuration VI25501 Mean VRS MP 114 MP 118 MRSA FXS 0 FXO MP 118 FXS devices can now be configured using an analog telephone connected to port 1 Start the device and dial 12345 to access the voice menu 1 7 1 Embedded Web Server New Features 29 Network access control list VI28146 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Internal firewall for filtering and throttling incoming data The access control list may be configured via the Web interface at Advanced Configuration gt Security Settings gt Firewall Settings page 30 High level Channel Status View VI5187 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO The current Web channel status tables now contain more high level information that canbe useful for customers in 3 tables basic RTP RTCP Voice Status 31 Support IPSec Web interface on MP 11x Mediant 1000 VI29167 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Users can now view and configure IPSec and IKE tables via Web interface at Advanced Configuration gt Security Settings gt IKE Table or IPSecTable 32 Web multi password level management VI29484 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Appl
10. Setting Call Agent IP and Port is not possible via TPNCP VI32999 Applying MDCX to a connection while a signal is played restarts the signal playing VI31228 The ini file parameter MGCPEndpointNumberingOffset is not functional for non analog Release Notes 18 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes 2 Known Constraint 63 2 7 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 T5 2 8 76 77 78 79 devices TP series VI30943 The ini file parameter MGCPACTIVEENDPOINTS does not function VI30926 Embedded Web Server Constraints When using the Web upgrade wizard to upgrade from 4 6 to 4 8 reload the coefficients file in the wizard and do not use the Use Existing File option VI26505 Incorrect values are displayed on the Firewall settings Web page after the firewall rules are manipulated using SNMP The problem only occurs when mixing management interfaces i e working with the Web interface then switching to SNMP then switching back to the Web VI33537 Can not access the device s Web interface using HTTPS using Microsoft Internet Explorer if DES 3DES is selected If the device is configured to use the DES cipher a logic error in Microsoft Internet Explorer would cause the HTTPS connection to fail This problem does not occur when using alternative browsers such as Firefox VI33976 An ini file with parameters in table format can not be sent
11. be detected using the Call Progress Tone detector When using a sample interval of 10 msec or 5 msec the channels capacity might be reduced When a channel is opened with many multiple RTP listeners gt 15 VoiceSettings M is limited to 2 Note MEGACO H 248 and VoPLib TPNCP are currently not supported on the MP product line MGCP Constraints The mptime value is not supported on remote SDP Vl25732 TimeOut symbol is not supported in Digit Range That is D 0 9A D4 T can not be used User should remove the T symbol VI25585 Version 4 8 17 December 2005 A 42 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 WH A AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards RBK signal is not supported It is recommended that Call Agents use rt connection D instead of rbk connectionlD for ring back over a connection VI25606 G 728 works only with Packetization Period which is a multiple of 20 sec VI25722 MGCPVersion configuration parameter is not functional VI25730 Network loopback mode is not functional on TP 6310 VI25450 RG signal can not be generated immediately after an RS signal 25847 Long DTMF feature does not function correctly VI16373 TTY signals do not function correctly VI12747 When no Call Agent is provisioned the device crashes upon receiving an MGCP command SWWD VI33607 If a device never
12. established a connection with its Call Agent and it enters a disconnected procedure then the device crashes upon receiving an MGCP command SWWD VI33767 TGCP does not support encrypted connections VI33137 When the device is behind a NAT and is using a STUN server an attempt by Call Agent to CRCX an endpoint that is already associated with an active connection results in disabling the endpoint VI34048 When the device uses a DNS server to locate the Call Agent and it enters a retransmission procedure it sends more than the required number of retransmissions VI339 18 When the device is reset and active calls are present the device DLCX calls the limitation is that the first DLCX does not contain the required connection statistics VI33296 DLCX commands with a and only a call ID fails commands of the form DLCX 9665 AudioCodes1 MGCP 1 0 C A3C47F21456789F0 VI33165 When using TGCP profile the mptime field shows wrong values if no coders are specified in the Local Connection Options VI33755 The ini file parameter RANDOMIZETRANSACTIONID does not function VI33442 When a reguest to detect certain events on the device is rejected 502 FAIL the reguested events to be detected are registered with the endpoint although rejected VI33377 AUDC Call Agent application does not support piggy backing security Calea new endpoint naming schemes and new packages updates to current packages VI33159
13. than RTP port 1 ac21005 Support for ThroughPacket an aggregation mechanism that reduces the bandwidth consumed by the media stream Modem Fax New Features Detection and bypass of Bell 103 modem is now supported and controlled using the parameter BellModemTransportType ac19976 Fax CNG tone detection was improved by increasing the detection duration Ac18757 When using Transparent With Events fax and modem transport mode the Echo Canceler and NLP are automatically disabled and enabled according to the fax modem signal being detected ac19777 In Band Signaling New Features MP 11x and Mediant 1000 only The In Band Signaling IBS capabilities have been enhanced supporting more tones and frequencies and more complex tones ac19494 e Tones with AM Modulation Release Notes 22 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Previous Revision History Previous Versions e Up to 4 cadences per tone e 32 Call Progress or User Defined Tones e Up to 64 different frequencies e Generation of voice during off time of the tone cadence of Call Waiting Tone e Burst tones 16 The new IBS module supports generation of a continuous tone in any given one or two frequencies using the acPlayToneSequence function ac15849 17 Support for the NTT GallerlD type 2 off hook injection and detection Added a name field for the NTT CallerlD which is available in NTT CallerlD type 1 on hook and type 2 AC18774 3 4 4 Supported DSP Firmware Templat
14. the channelStatus table in the acBoard MIB channelHookState It returns one of the following Version 4 8 13 December 2005 A WH AudioCodes MediaPack Series Value list 1 nonAnalogDevice 1 2 offHook 0 3 onHook 1 Note the acBoard MIB is deprecated This column was nevertheless added 43 Active analog lines performance counter VI27222 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support for analog PM 18 NAT Traversal 44 STUN support for MGCP VI26962 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO MGCP can now use STUN RFC 3489 to allow the Media Gateway Controller to control a Media Gateway that is placed behind a NAT device 45 Keepalive Packets on the Media Path RTP for NAT Traversal VI21170 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO To enable NAT traversal for the RTP streams version 4 8 now supports RTP NO OP packets according to the avt rtp noop draft This method ensures that the NAT binding remains open in RTP silence periods 46 SNMP NAT traversal Keep alive trap redirection VI30084 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Since the Keep Alive trap is sent very often could be every one second some management systems may require that the keep alive trap be sent to a different UDP port 19 Miscellaneous New Features 47 Multiple sessions in Telnet and command shell VI24742 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Up
15. to 5 concurrent Telnet sessions are supported 48 Protected console port VI26359 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO The configuration parameter DisableRS232 may be used to block access to the command line interface through the console RS 232 port 1 10 Documentation Changes Emphasis of VI number Update of Documentation Number Release Notes 14 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes 2 Known Constraint 2 2 3 2 4 10 Known Constraints in 4 8 After loading and burning a cmp file to the boards flash memory Users must reload all other downloadable data files Call Progress Tones file Voice Prompts file etc This is due to the fact that in the cmp loading and burning process all the data files that were previously stored on flash are erased MP 118 FXO Constraints NTT Ring Detection is not supported with or without caller id Indian Caller ID detection is not supported Metering tone billing detection is currently not supported Analog Interface Constraints MP 124 rev A and MP 124 rev B do not support the following e Long haul e Caller ID generation e MWI generation Host API Constraints The VoIPLib API is not supported on the MediaPack product line IP Networking Constraints In some scenarios an IPSec connection might drop after several hours This is to be solved in a fix version VI26970 SRTP is not supported in Mediant 1000 Analog VI33928 VLAN Pass Thro
16. to a board VI34029 The Enable Debug Mode option in the MGCP Advanced Configuration screen does not display all the available values i e 2 amp 3 VI33866 The Get Complete INI File option on the FAE page is not available in the non lab version VI33685 Logo and product name revert to default with an empty ini file VI33458 Users can not enter a username password with 8 chars length VI33337 When Access to Restricted Domains is set to ON all attempts to enter security pages sends a Syslog message apart from CERTIFICATES page both Security certificates and SSLCertificateSR pages VI32317 Parameter values set commands that are sent to the Syslog Values are shown which are offset from the values entered in the Web e g when VoiceVolume is set to X the Syslog message indicates the value X 32 VI32310 When configuring the RadiusAuthServerlp parameter with a non existent server IP the BehaviorUponRadiusTimeout parameter value is ignored VI32071 The number of lines printed in the CMD in the FAE page is limited VI28877 SNMP Constraints The default values created in an IPSec configuration table are wrong The user should override the default values before activating the new row VI25564 The configuration parameter SNMPManagerlP becomes obsolete in the next version and is replaced by SNMPManagerTablelP Only one SNMP manager can access the boards modules at one time Changing some MGCP default paramete
17. 2833 is not supported that is if a complete DTMF digit was lost it is not reconstructed The current RFC 2833 implementation does support redundancy for inter digit information lost When using FaxTransportType TransparentWithEvents the Fax events parameters regarding the side of the fax call answering or calling and the number of pages are invalid The function acAddDestinationPoint can not connect between 2 TDM end points In the HBR channel of the mediation with transcoding session only voice streaming is available All DSP detectors and generators are not supported Transcoding is not supported with coder frame sizes other than the default size refer to SampleBasedCodersRTPPacketlnterval V116010 The M factor when using EVRC coder can be greater than 1 only when the EnableRFC2658lnterleaving parameter is set to 2 A channel should not be reopened during IBS detection Such an action could cause the detector to send multiple events on the same IBS input The number of channels operating in internal IP loopback mode that can be supported by the board is usually less than the declared channel capacity The resolution of the duration of digits On and Off time when dialing to the network using RFC 2833 relay is dependent on the basic frame size of the coder being used Incoming CNG T 38 packets do not switch the channel to T 38 mode When CNG detector is not Transparent a CNG tone received from the TDM can not
18. 47 On the Mediant 1000 MGCP is only supported on the analog version Embedded Web Server Constraints When using the Web upgrade wizard to upgrade from 4 4 to 4 6 reload the coefficients file in the wizard and do not use the Use Existing File option VI26505 Version 4 8 29 December 2005 7a T AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards 4 8 41 42 43 44 4 9 45 4 10 Previous Versions SNMP Constraints Only one SNMP manager can access the boards modules at one time Changing some MGCP default parameters e g Voice volume via SNMP is NOT supported as it is possible to change them dynamically through MGCP commands on a call by call basis Configuration alarm does not clear VI15603 The following RTP MIB objects are not supported rtpRevrSRCSSRC rtpRevrSSRC rtpSenderSSRC rtpRcvrLostPackets ripRovrPackets rtpSenderPackets rtpRevrOctets rtpSenderOctets vI13465 Miscellaneous Constraints Flash burning control for specific files BurnCASFile BurnCallProgressToneFile BurnVXMLFile BurnVoicePromptsFile is no longer supported Everything is now controlled by the new parameter SaveConfiguration Previous Releases Details of previous releases can be found in the MediaPack Release Notes of Version 4 4 Document LTRT 61602 published by AudioCodes on September 29 2004 Release Notes 30 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes m ion History December 2005 V z C
19. MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO This trap indicates the result of a recent file download includes HTTP error code if available 37 VLAN support on SNMP VI22503 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Full support of VLAN configuration parameters in a proprietary MIB acSystem MIB 38 Added RTP Multiplexing ThroughPacket parameters to SNMP interface VI26364 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Aggregation UDP port parameters in proprietary MIB acMedia 39 SNMP support for the network access list VI28099 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support of the access list firewall as implemented via VI24993 Proprietary MIB acSystem Version 4 8 supports an internal firewall for filtering and throttling of incoming data The access control list can be configured via the Web interface 40 SNMP NAT traversal Keep alive trap redirection VI30084 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Since the Keep Alive trap is sent very often could be every one second some management systems may require that the keep alive trap be sent to a different UDP port 41 Support sysObjectiD via SNMP VI30085 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Like MIB Object s definition Should point to a product that define in AC TYPES my 42 Add SNMP Trap for FXO line disconnection re connection VI24377 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 iii oa FXO A new column was added to
20. Telnet and command shell VI24742 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 Up to 5 concurrent Telnet sessions are supported 1 5 Voice Data RTP and RTCP New Features 15 ThroughPacket Enhancements VI26503 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support for DTMF relay according to RFC 2833 and support for the EVRC coder were added to the ThroughPacket protocol 16 Add a DiffServ value in the activateRTP_RTCP cmd VI31134 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Users should use PremiumServiceClassMediaDiffServ instead of the IPDiffServ parameter which become obsolete in 4 8 17 BV16 support VI26481 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support BV16 coder RTP to RTP mediation without transcoding according to draft ietf avt rtp bv 04 18 Voice Menu for Status and Configuration VI25501 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 VP FXS FXO FXS devices can now be configured using an analog telephone connected to port 1 Start the device and dial 12345 to access the voice menu 1 5 1 Supported DSP Firmware Templates Note 1 Installation and use of vocoders is subject to obtaining the appropriate license in advance of use and to royalty payments Note 2 When using DSP firmware template 0 G 729 and G 723 1 should not be used simultaneously on the same device m MP 124 e 0 DSP firmware supports PCM ADPCM G 723 G 729A e 2 Reserved e 3 Reserved m
21. V T A AudioCodes CPE amp Access Analog Gateways MediaPack MP 124 amp MP 11x Mediant 1000 MGCP amp TPNCP Release Notes 4 8 oCIIIkeCIII esk ITI jee CL o LITT well TI ee ITI Document ff LTRT 61604 December 2005 Release Notes General Trademarks AC logo Ardito AudioCoded AudioCodes AudioCodes logo IPmedia Mediant MediaPack MP MLQ NetCoder Stretto TrunkPack VoicePacketizer and VolPerfect are trademarks or registered trademarks of AudioCodes Limited All other products or trademarks are property of their respective owners WEEE EU Directive Pursuant to the WEEE EU Directive electronic and electrical waste must not be disposed of with unsorted waste Please contact your local recycling authority for disposal of this product Customer Support Customer technical support and service are provided by AudioCodes Distributors Partners and Resellers from whom the product was purchased For Customer support for products purchased directly from AudioCodes contact support audiocodes com Abbreviations Each abbreviation unless widely used is spelled out in full when first used Only industry standard terms are used throughout this manual Hexadecimal notation is indicated by Ox preceding the number Applicable Products This manual provides additional information for the following AudioCodes products MediaPack Series MP 124 24 analog FXS interfaces MP 118 8 analog FXS or FXO inte
22. ber 25 December 2005 AA wd Audio Reader s Notes Release Notes 26 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Previous Revision History 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 Previous Versions Known Constraints in 4 6 After loading and burning a cmp file to the boards flash memory Users must reload all other downloadable data files Call Progress Tones file Voice Prompts file etc This is due to the fact that in the cmp loading and burning process all the data files that were previously stored on flash are erased New Hardware Constraints Mediant 1000 Only specific combinations of FXS and FXO modules are currently supported For details contact AudioCodes MP 11x After running the procedure for restoring the factory defaults the board must be reset again by a hardware reset If a software reset is issued the board returns to the factory defaults again v126599 Analog Interface Constraints MP 124 rev A and MP 124 rev B do NOT support the following e Long haul e Caller ID generation e MWI generation On FXO polarity reversal detection while using 12 kHz coefficients file MP1xx12 1 12khz fxo is not functional v19644 Host API Constraints The VolPLib API is not supported on the MediaPack product line IP Networking Constraints VLAN Pass through mode is not supported v124434 In some cases having spanning tree enabled on the external Ethernet switch port connected to the board ca
23. ction acAddDestinationPoint cannot connect between 2 TDM end points A channel should not be reopened during IBS detection Such an action could cause the detector to send multiple events on same IBS input The resolution of the duration of digits On time and Off time when dialing to the network using RFC 2833 relay is dependent on the basic frame size of the coder being used Incoming CNG T 38 packets do not switch the channel to T 38 mode When CNG detector is not Transparent a CNG tone received from the TDM can not be detected using the Call Progress Tone detector When using a sample interval of 10 msec or 5 msec the channels capacity might be reduced Note MEGACO H 248 and VoPLib TPNCP are currently not supported on the MP product line 4 6 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 4 7 40 MGCP Constraints The mptime value is not supported on remote SDP vzr25732 TimeOut symbol is not supported in Digit Range I E D 0 9A D4 T can not be used User should remove the T symbol vz25585 RBK signal is not supported It is recommended that Call Agents use rt connection D instead of rbk connectionlD for ring back over a connection v125606 MGCPVersion configuration parameter is not functional rvr25730 RG signal can not be generated immediately after an RS signal 25847 Long DTMF feature does not function correctly vI16373 TTY signals do not function correctly vI127
24. defined Release Notes 24 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Previous Revision History 33 34 3 6 2 35 36 3 7 37 3 8 Version 4 8 Previous Versions Administrator Read Write Monitor Read Only Default user password are Administrator Admin Admin Monitor User User Both levels can use strings up to 19 characters long ResetWebPassword parameter defaults both levels Each level can change its password on line Full compatibility with previous versions former Administrator level password is preserved and the new monitoring level password starts in its default values Ac18767 The Web access list controls which computers specified by IP address may connect to the device s Web interface Specify WEBACCESSLIST 0 0 0 0 to enable access from any computer default ac1s762 Web pages can be viewed in popup blocking Web browsers as long as javascript is enabled If javascript is disabled in the browser then a correct message is displayed AC18281 SNMP New Features DateAndTime varbind was added to all AC traps ac19042 A new ini file parameter allows the use of host name FQDN for the configuration of one SNMP manager The resolved IP appears in the bottom row of the trap managers table AC12803 Miscellaneous New Features When the device is configured to use DHCP option 60 in the DHCP Request is set to the full product name ac24499 Documentation Changes Update of Documentation Num
25. e is now available to configure MGCP MEGACO settings Interface is available at the Protocol Management link ac19259 Graceful shutdown is now supported for MEGACO and MGCP via the embedded Web server User can choose to reset device in a graceful shutdown manner that delays reset according to a predefined timer and or termination of all open calls Ac18801 Ac18799 The Web interface is protected by a system password The maximum length of the administrator s name and password is now 19 characters Note that if a long password is set and then the user goes back to version 4 4 or earlier the user and password are deleted changed to blank ac1s779 MP 11x and MP 124 only Up to this version we supported authentication of a single Web user password which was stored internally We now enable an alternative method to authenticate the Web user using an external RADIUS server In this mode the system does not store the user and password but simply forwards them to the pre configured RADIUS server for authentication The parameter WebRadiusLogin enables or disables this feature The internal Web password is not disabled by this feature it can be used as a fallback mechanism in case the RADIUS server is down Note that using a RADIUS server implies that HTTP passwords are sent over the network in the clear Consider setting HTTPSONLY 1 if using this feature This feature also applies to the Telnet interface AC18777 Two levels of Web access are
26. es Note 1 Installation and use of vocoders is subject to obtaining the appropriate license in advance of use and to royalty payments Note 2 When using DSP firmware template 0 G 729 and G 723 1 should not be used simultaneously on the same device m MP 10x and MP 124 e O DSP firmware supports PCM ADPCM G 723 G 729A 1 DSP firmware supports PCM ADPCM and NetCoder e 2 Reserved e 3 Reserved m MP 11x e 0 DSP firmware supports PCM ADPCM G 723 G 729A 1 Reserved e 2 Reserved e 3 Reserved 3 5 Control Protocols New Features 18 The digit collection mechanism DigitMap is now enhanced and support the new features described in H 248 16 ac1s764 3 6 Provisioning and Management New Features 19 The system can now be configured to periodically check for an updated software image CMP or configuration ini on a remote HTTP server When an update is detected the new file is loaded to the board automatically This mechanism can be used even for CPE Version 4 8 23 December 2005 A 22 23 24 25 3 6 1 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 WH A AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards Previous Versions devices that are installed behind NAT and firewalls Refer to the parameters IniFileURL and CmpFileURL ac19175 New configuration parameter RESETNOW 1 causes the AudioCodes device to reset after the new configuration file has been loaded via IniFileURL ac22438
27. ime longer than the actual tone duration AC25097 The level field in the detection event of burst tone should be ignored is always egual to 63 dBm AC21866 Voice prompt barge in parameter can not be used when concatenating voice prompt commands AC21553 When RTP packets are received after a sudden large delay 200 to 300 msec in the network the drift correction could take about 5 seconds in this period of time voice towards the TDM side is silent This constraint does not exist on the TP 6310 AC21538 The MS GSM coder does not work with previous software versions of AudioCodes products AC19717 NTT caller ID type 2 constraints The NTT standard describes the CallerlD type 2 generation as a sequence of an incoming call signal C 8 D DTMFs and FSK modulated Data Generation of the incoming call signal remains in the responsibility of the application but C D and the FSK are generated by the supplied service The signal can be generated using the UDT signal generation mechanism Prior to the detection of NTT GallerlD type 2 there are 2 DTMF C and D detections which remain unscreened Constraints for pre recorded tones AC10234 A Pre recorded Tone can not be played using the acPlayToneSequence command If a Pre recorded Tone is played using the acUserDialTiminglmmediately option in UserPlay Timing parameter of the acPlay Tone command in the middle of a Voice Prompt playback the Voice Prompt playback does not
28. nterfaces e MediaPack MP 108 FXS 8 analog FXS interfaces e MediaPack MP 108 FXO 8 analog FXO interfaces e MediaPack MP 104 FXS 4 analog FXS interfaces e MediaPack MP 104 FXO 4 analog FXO interfaces e MediaPack MP 102 FXS 2 analog FXS interfaces Hardware Platforms No Longer Supported Not applicable Analog Interface New Features Support was added for generation of the following Caller ID type 1 standards ETSI before ring DT AS ETSI before ring RP AS ETSI before ring LR DT AS ETSI not ring related DT AS ETSI not ring related RP AS ETSI not ring related LR DT AS Bellcore not ring related and Brazilian AC13878 Support was added for generation of the following Message Waiting Indication type 1 standards ETSI before ring DT AS ETSI before ring RP AS ETSI before ring LR DT AS ETSI not ring related DT AS ETSI not ring related RP AS ETSI not ring related LR DT AS Bellcore not ring related ac13878 MP 104 MP 108 FXO only A new parameter Time ToSampleAnalogLineVoltage enables the user to control the timing of the analog line voltage sample which sets the default Version 4 8 21 December 2005 A 3 4 3 4 1 10 11 3 4 2 12 13 14 3 4 3 15 WH A AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards Previous Versions threshold for the current disconnect ac24727 MP 104 MP 108 FXO only A new parameter CurrentDisconnectDefaultThreshold enables the user to control the minimum voltage threshold for
29. rfaces or 4 FXS and 4 FXO MP 114 4 analog FXS or 4 FXO interfaces MP 112 2 analog FXS interfaces Mediant Series Mediant 1000 Analog A 4 to 24 analog FXS FXO interfaces Notice These Release Notes describe the functionality of the AudioCodes MediaPack Series Analog Gateways supported by version 4 8 Information contained in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of printing However due to ongoing product improvements and revisions AudioCodes cannot guarantee the accuracy of printed material after the Date Published nor can it accept responsibility for errors or omissions 2005 AudioCodes Ltd All rights reserved This document is subject to change without notice Date Published Dec 20 2005 Date Printed Dec 27 2005 Version 4 8 3 December 2005 AA at Audio MediaPack Series Reader s Notes Release Notes 4 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Contents Table of Contents 1 What s New in Release 4 8 e eeeeeeeeeeeenee een anna nana nana SAK ASR AAR Ann Supported Hardware Platforms Ne fearing New reatu gt Security New Features Voice Data RTP rand T WwW 3 62 a New Fe Miscellaneous New Featur 5 3 8 Documentation Changes 4 Known Constraints in 4 6 eeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeneeee nee sense eee senses neeaseeesneeeseeese 4 2 Anelon iclertaoe Con Haea eis API Constra MS senses 4 5 Media Engines Con
30. rs e g Voice volume via SNMP is not supported as it is possible to change them dynamically through MGCP commands on a call by call basis Version 4 8 19 December 2005 A WH A AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards 80 The following RTP MIB objects are not supported rtpRevrSRCSSRC rtpRevrSSRC rtpSenderSSRC rtpRevrLostPackets rtpRevrPackets rtpSenderPackets rtpRevrOctets rtpSenderOctets vI13465 2 9 Miscellaneous Constraints 81 Flash burning control for specific files BurnCASFile BurnCallProgressToneFile BurnVXMLFile BurnVoicePromptsFile is no longer supported Everything is now controlled by the new parameter SaveConfiguration Release Notes 20 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Previous Revision History 3 3 1 3 1 1 3 1 2 Previous Versions Previous Revision version 4 6 Supported Hardware Platforms in 4 6 New Hardware Platforms Introduced in This Release m The following hardware platforms are introduced in this version e MediaPack MP 11x FXS 2 to 8 analog FXS interfaces with enhanced CPU resources MediaPack MP 118 FXS 8 analog FXS interfaces MediaPack MP 114 FXS 4 analog FXS interfaces MediaPack MP 112 FXS 2 analog FXS interfaces e Mediant 1000 a 19 inch rack mounted 1U chassis hosting FXS or FXO modules up to 4 ports in each module with a total of 6 modules providing 24 ports Support of the Existing Hardware Platforms e MediaPack MP 124 FXS 24 analog FXS i
31. s placed behind a NAT device 23 MGCP Enhancements VI19529 VI21259 VI21610 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Support for disconnection procedure was added according to RFC 3435 Support for retransmission and detection of lost associations was added according to RFC 3435 1 7 Provisioning and Management New Features 24 Logging of Configuration and Management Activities VI25134 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 11 December 2005 A WH gA AudioCodes MediaPack Series The following management activities can now be logged to Syslog Parameter Value Changes Auxiliary Files Loading Device Reset Flash Burning Software Update Access to Restricted Domains Non Authorized Access changes to Sensitive Parameters 25 Mediant 1000 Chassis Management VI28587 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 0 MP 114 MP 118 MP 12400 FXS FXO Version 4 8 allows management of the Mediant 1000 chassis via SNMP The status of the CPU and I O modules fan tray power supplies Power Entry Module PEM and other alarms are reported 26 Performance Monitoring Enhancements VI27221 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Performance Monitoring now includes various STUN related counters counters that count the number of gueries sent to the STUN server the number of discovery processes initiated and the number of re transmissions made 27 Support for Automatic Update via FTP VI24845
32. settings the Channel MUST be reopened after each Fax Modem session Closing a channel during a User Defined Tone detection can cause unexpected IBS events in the next IBS detection on this DSP channel v115984 When the IBS detector is pointed towards the network Fax amp Modem tones are not detected from the TDM side When working with M factor 6 spurious packet loss may occur It is recommended therefore to use M factor lt 6 vI15341 Setting the V 21 Transport Type to Bypass and Fax Transport Type to relay results in entering Fax Relay mode at the 2100 Hz signal Only at the end of this signal does the channel enter Bypass mode v115755 If PCM LoopBack is activated there is no way to know if a new channel being opened is in LoopBack state or not The parameter should be used for test purposes only Release Notes 28 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes Previous Revision History 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Previous Versions DTMF Relay mode is not operational with channels set to PCI transport RFC 2198 redundancy mode with RFC 2833 is not supported that is if a complete DTMF digit was lost it is not reconstructed The current RFC 2833 implementation does support redundancy for inter digit information lost When using FaxTransportType TransparentWithEvents the Fax events parameters regarding the side of the fax call answering or calling and the number of pages are invalid The fun
33. stit Version 4 8 5 December 2005 Release Notes MediaPack Series Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes What s New in Release 4 8 1 What s New in Release 4 8 1 1 Supported Hardware Platforms 1 1 1 New Hardware Platforms Introduced in This Release The following hardware platforms are introduced in this version Support for MP 118 FXO and FXS FXO VI24990 VI26515 e MP 118 FXO with 4 to 8 FXO ports e MP 118 FXS FXO with 4 FXS ports and 4 FXO ports This contains a relay that connects the FXS ports to the FXO ports in case of a power failure Support for MP 114 FXO MP 114 FXO with 4 FXO ports 1 1 2 Support of the Existing Hardware Platforms e Mediant 1000 a 19 inch rack mounted 1U chassis hosting FXS or FXO modules up to 4 ports in each module with a total of 6 modules providing up to 24 ports e MediaPack MP 11x FXS 2 to 8 analog FXS interfaces with enhanced CPU resources MediaPack MP 118 FXS 8 analog FXS interfaces MediaPack MP 114 FXS 4 analog FXS interfaces MediaPack MP 112 FXS 2 analog FXS interfaces e MediaPack MP 124 FXS 24 analog FXS interfaces 113 Hardware Platforms No Longer Supported e MediaPack MP 108 FXS 8 analog FXS interfaces e MediaPack MP 108 FXO 8 analog FXO interfaces e MediaPack MP 104 FXS 4 analog FXS interfaces e MediaPack MP 104 FXO 4 analog FXO interfaces e MediaPack MP 102 FXS 2 analog FXS interfaces 1 2 Analog Interface New Features
34. the current disconnect AC24727 Networking and Security New Features Network Separation Media Control and Management traffic can now be separated to 3 different networks Instead of a single IP address the user is now able to assign 3 IP addresses and subnet masks to each board one for each traffic type ac20028 VLAN tagging earlier versions supported QoS tagging in the IP layer IPTOS Precedence or Diffserve Version 4 6 introduces the capability to define tagging in the Ethernet layer according to 802 1p Q Tagging is supported both for Tx and for Rx AC18791 NAT Traversal this version introduces several features that enable NAT traversal for the management control and media interfaces These features include SNMP EMS NAT traversal automatic software and configuration update via HTTP and a STUN client that can detect the presence of a NAT device and its type acis778 For far end NAT traversal T 38 now supports the first incoming packet detection similar to the RTP mechanism ac21008 Media Engines New Features Voice RTP and RTCP New Features For MP 11x and Mediant 1000 only SID packets that are sent and received according to RFC 3389 can now contain spectral coefficients information The user can choose the number of coefficients to be added to the SID packets using the RTPSIDCoeffNum parameter with the values of 0 default 4 6 8 or 10 ac18775 It is now possible to set the remote RTCP port to a value other
35. ugh mode is not supported VI24434 In some cases having spanning tree enabled on the external Ethernet switch port connected to the board causes the external switch to block any traffic coming in and out of the board for some time after the board is reset This may cause the loss of important packets such as BootP and TFTP reguests which in turn may cause the board to fail to start up A possible workaround is to set the BootPRetries ini file parameter to 5 causing the board to issue 20 BootP reguests for 60 seconds A second workaround would be to disable the spanning tree on the port of the external switch which is connected to the board Configuring the board to auto negotiate mode while the opposite port is set manually to full duplex either 10 Base T or 100 Base TX is invalid It is also invalid to set the board to one of the manual modes while the opposite port is configured differently Version 4 8 15 December 2005 A 2 5 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 WH A AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards The User is encouraged to always prefer full duplex connections instead of half duplex and 100 Base TX instead of 10 Base T due to the larger bandwidth Voice Data RTP and RTCP Constraints The Duration field of the acEV END TONE DETECTED event may be inaccurate when the detected Call Progress Tone is cadence based tone The variation might be up to 1 period t
36. uses the external switch to block any traffic coming in and out of the board for some time after the board is reset This may cause the loss of important packets such as BootP and TFTP reguests which in turn may cause the board to fail to start up A possible workaround is to set the BootPRetries ini file parameter to 5 causing the board to issue 20 BootP reguests for 60 seconds A second workaround would be to disable the spanning tree on the port of the external switch which is connected to the board Configuring the board to auto negotiate mode while the opposite port is set manually to full duplex either 10 Base T or 100 Base TX is invalid It is also invalid to set the board to one of the manual modes while the opposite port is configured differently The User is encouraged to always prefer full duplex connections instead of half duplex Version 4 8 27 December 2005 A 4 5 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 WH AudioCodes MediaPack Series Boards Previous Versions and 100 Base TX instead of 10 Base T due to the larger bandwidth Media Engines Constraints The Duration field of the acEV END TONE DETECTED event may be inaccurate when the detected Call Progress Tone is cadence based tone The variation might be up to 1 period time longer than the actual tone duration Ac250971 The level field in the detection event of burst tone should be ignored always 63 dBm
37. y the following Web access scheme when RADIUS is not enabled 1 Board can hold up to 2 different user password pairs 2 Each User Password pair is attached to a predefined access level ranging from 0 255 at this stage there are 3 access levels Administrator Security Administrator Monitoring can be widened in the future 3 By default board is configured with 2 user password pairs Admin Admin Security Administrator Release Notes 12 Document LTRT 61604 Release Notes What s New in Release 4 8 User User Monitoring 4 ResetWebPassword reverts all password username pairs to default configuration 33 Add RAM flash size to Web VI32004 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Added hardware status like FLASH size to the Device Information page 34 SNMP community string configuration via Web interface VI29052 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO New Web support for adding deleting SNMP community strings for 2 level access RO RW and access for changing trap community string 35 Web Access Levels VI25135 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114 MP 118 MP 124 FXS FXO Version 4 8 allows access control to individual Web users and pages An Access Level in the range of 1 to 255 is defined for each Web user while each Web page is assigned a Write Access Level and a Read Access Level values 1 7 2 SNMP New Features 36 HTTP download report trap VI27849 Mediant 1000 A MP 112 MP 114
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