GAC2570 - User Manual

WELCOME

Thank you for purchasing Grandstream GAC2570 Audio Conferencing Systems. The GAC2570 is a full-duplex conference GAC2570 featuring high-quality voice communication for meeting rooms with a middle room. With an outstanding speaker and MMAD (Multichannel Microphone Array Design), GAC2570 delivers a natural and immersive conference experience to both local and remote participants. The true wireless design, composed of wireless extension Microphones, modern Wi-Fi/BT support, and a built-in battery, can keep your ongoing conference unstopped in case of an occasional conference room change. The state-of-the-art Microphone array design stands for stereo, dead-zone-free, and long-range voice pickup. It wirelessly connects to two extended Microphones and is ideal for large rooms. Furthermore, its modern industrial design and rich features make it ideal for day-to-day business conference conversations.

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Feature Highlights

The following table contains the major features of the GAC2570:

GAC2570 Technical Specifications

The following table resumes all the technical specifications including the protocols/standards supported, voice codecs, telephony features, languages, and upgrade/provisioning settings for GAC2570.

GETTING STARTED

This chapter provides basic installation instructions including the list of the packaging contents and also information for obtaining the best performance with the GAC2570.

Equipment Packaging

GAC2570 Ports

Powering and Connecting GAC2570

The GAC2570 can be powered on using a PoE+ switch or injector using the following steps:

• Step 1: Plug an RJ45 Ethernet cable into the network port of the GAC2570.
• Step 2: Plug the other end into the Power over Ethernet (PoE+) switch or PoE+ injector.

Press and hold the “Power” button to turn on the GAC2570.

Connection Configuration

GAC2570 can be connected via HDMI IN port to a laptop for presentation sharing and linked via Micro USB port to a GVC32xx or a laptop acting as an external MIC/Speaker and via 3.5mm port using a male-to-male cable (not included in the package).

Use GAC2570 as Speaker

GAC2570 can be used as an auxiliary device for GVC32xx or PC for audio acquisition and play either via Bluetooth or Micro-USB interface.

Via USB:

1. Connect one end of the USB cable to the Micro USB port of the GAC2570 and the other end to the USB port of GVC32xx/PC;
2. The user will be able to Mute/Unmute himself by taping the Mute Key of GAC2570 and can adjust the volume of the GAC2570 speaker playing the conference audio.

Via Bluetooth:

1. Enable Bluetooth on the GAC2570 and on the GVC32xx/PC
2. Proceed by pairing both devices and make sure that the Audio Input/Output is detected as Bluetooth.
3. Users can still be able to Mute/Unmute themselves by tapping the Mute Key of GAC2570 and can adjust the volume of the GAC2570 speaker playing the conference audio.

GAC2570 LCD SETTINGS

The GAC2570 LCD MENU provides easy access to the settings on the device. Some of the settings from Web GUI could be configured via the LCD as well. The following table shows the LCD Settings menu options.

Access LCD Settings

To open the settings menu, you should:

• Tap on Settings app on the screen. Or;
• Swipe down from the top of the home screen to open the notifications panel and hit the Settings icon in the top right corner.

Status

Account Status

This page displays all available accounts on the device with their respective statuses (Activated/Inactivated and Registered/Unregistered).

Network Status

This page displays Network status including IPv4/IPv6 address, subnet mask, gateway, DNS server, MAC address, and VPN Address…

System Info

This page shows system info including Total Memory, Available Memory, Android Version, System Version, S/N, P/N, Hardware version, Country Code…

Storage Status

This page shows the device storage status.

Detection

This page shows the general Interface/Ports status and Audio Diagnostics.

Battery Status

This page shows the current Battery level, usage time, remaining time, and High power consumption reminder…

Network

Users can configure Ethernet settings, Wi-Fi, VPN, PPPoE, and other advanced network settings here.

Ethernet Settings

• Preferred Internet Protocol: Select which Internet protocol to use. When both IPv4 and IPv6 are enabled, the GAC2570 attempts to use the preferred protocol first and switches to the other choice if it fails.
• IPv4 Settings: Here user can configure the IPv4 address Type.
  • If DHCP is selected, the GAC2570 will get an IP address automatically from the DHCP server in the network. This is the default mode.
  • If Static IP is selected, manually enter the information for IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS Server, and Alternative DNS server.
  • If PPPoE is selected, type PPPoE Account ID and PPPoE Password provided from the PPPoE server to get authenticated for network access.
• IPv6 Settings: Here user can configure the IPv6 address Type.
  • If Auto-Configured is selected, the GAC2570 will get an IP address automatically from the DHCP server in the network. This is the default mode.
  • If Static IP is selected, manually enter the information for IP Address, Prefix Length, DNS Server, and Alternative DNS server.
• 802.1X mode: This option allows the user to enable/disable 802.1x mode on the GAC2570. The default setting is disabled. To enable 802.1x mode, select the 802.1x mode and enter the required configuration depending on the 802.1x mode chosen. The available modes are EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, and EAP-PEAP.

Wi-Fi

• Tap on “Wi-Fi” to turn on/off the Wi-Fi connection. By default, it is turned off.
• Tap on “Wi-Fi Band” to set the type of Wi-Fi Band (“2.4G”, “5G” or “2.4G&5G”). The default setting is 2.4G&5G.
• Press the “Refresh” icon to initiate a scan for the Wi-Fi network within the range. This option is available only when Wi-Fi is turned on.
• Click on “More” to list the following options (This option is available only when Wi-Fi is turned on):
  • Add Network: If the Wi-Fi network SSID does not show up in the list, or users would like to set up advanced options for the Wi-Fi network, click on “More” then click “Add Network”. Then Enter SSID, Security type, and password and set up the address type (DHCP/Static IP/PPPoE) in the prompt dialog. The GAC2570 will reboot with a Wi-Fi network connected.
  • Wi-Fi Direct: This is to set up a peer-to-peer connection between two Wi-Fi Direct devices so that they can share data and sync files.

• Configure: Enable/Disable Open Network Notification which informs the user whenever a high-quality public Network is available, also lists the MAC address of the device and its IP address and Country Code:
• Open Network notification: If enabled, the GAC2570 will show a notification on the top status bar indicating a high-quality public network is available. By default, it is enabled.
• Saved Networks: This is to show/edit all the Wi-Fi Networks that are registered on the GAC2570.
• MAC address: This shows the MAC address of the Wi-Fi.
• IP address: This shows the IP address of the GAC2570 from the Wi-Fi network.
• Country Code: This shows the Country Code.

VPN

Enable / Disable OpenVPN®.

General Network Settings

• LLDP

Turn on/off LLDP on the GAC2570. If turned on, the GAC2570 will be able to discover the LAN policies as set up on the switch side to obtain network settings such as VLAN tag, Layer 2 QoS 802.1p priority, and Layer 3 QoS in a plug-and-play manner.

• LLDP TX Interval (seconds)

Specifies the time interval, in seconds, between successive LLDP-MED transmission cycles

• Applied to the Second Layer of Data QoS 802.1Q/VLAN (Ethernet)

This field contains the value used for layer 2 VLAN tagging for the Ethernet network.

The Default value is 0.

• Applied to the Second Layer of Data QoS 802.1p/VLAN (Ethernet)

This assigns the priority value of the Layer 2 QoS packets on the Ethernet Network.

The Default value is 0.

• Layer 3 SIP QoS

This field defines the layer 3 QoS parameter for SIP packets.

This is the value used for IP Precedence, Diff-Serv, or MPLS. The Default value is 26.

• Layer 3 Audio QoS

This field defines the layer 3 QoS parameter for audio packets. This is the value used for IP Precedence, Diff-Serv, or MPLS. The Default value is 46.

Proxy Settings

For some network setups, it is required to connect to the Internet via a proxy server. Manually configure “HTTP/HTTPS Proxy hostname”, “HTTP/HTTPS Proxy port” and “Bypass proxy for” in proxy settings for the device to get an Internet connection successfully.

Tethering & Portable Hotspot

The GAC2570 can serve as a Wi-Fi access point for other devices to provide wireless access to the network if the Portable Wi-Fi hotspot is turned on.

1. Turn on the hotspot by tapping on “Portable Wi-Fi hotspot”. Icon will show on the top status bar.
2. Tap on “Set up Wi-Fi hotspot” to configure network SSID, security type, and password.

3. On the other device that needs Wi-Fi access, turn on Wi-Fi, look for the SSID of the GAC2570 hotspot, and enter authentication information to get connected.

Features

In this menu, users can configure different features related to each account of the active accounts:

Auto Answer

• If enabled and set to “Always”, the GAC2570 will automatically turn on the speaker GAC2570 to answer all incoming calls.
• If enabled and set to “Enable Intercom/Paging”, the GAC2570 will answer the call based on the SIP info header sent from the server/proxy.
• By default, it is turned off.

Presentation

When HDMI In cable is connected, the following message will be displayed on the notification bar.

Once Plugged, under Features => Presentation, you will see that the device in the presentation mode is set as connected

• Wi-Fi Display

Wi-Fi Display is a feature in GAC2570 devices that allows users to wirelessly mirror content from their smartphones, tablets, or laptops onto a larger screen during conferences, enhancing collaboration.

You can enable Wi-Fi display by toggling the switch above, once enabled it may affect the call quality under the Wi-Fi network, Wi-FI Display feature

Bluetooth

• Bluetooth Peripherals Mode: When turned on and connected to another device, the GAC becomes the speaker for that device. By default, it is turned off.
• Bluetooth connection GMD: when turned on, it enables the wireless GMD1208 Microphone discovery to pair them with GAC2570. Refer to [Wireless Microphone Configuration] for more details.
• Show received files: Shows the Transfer history of Bluetooth files
• Additional Settings: This menu is available only when Bluetooth is enabled:

• Device Name. Tap to change the name of the GAC2570, which is displayed on other Bluetooth devices when discovered. By default, it is “GAC2570_XXXXXX” Where XXXXXX are the last 6 digits of the GAC2570’s MAC address.
• Visibility timeout. Tap to select the timeout interval among “2 minutes”, “5 minutes”, “1 hour” or “never”. By default, the visibility timeout is 2 minutes.
• Visibility to nearby Bluetooth devices. Sets the visibility of the GAC2570 to other Bluetooth devices. Normally this option is enabled during the pairing process so that other Bluetooth devices can discover the GAC2570.

Wireless Microphone

Enable the wireless GMD1208 Microphone discovery to pair them with GAC2570.

Refer to [WIRELESS MICROPHONE CONFIGURATION] for more details.

Call Block

Block Anonymous calls or set up your blacklist.

• Blacklist: This menu allows configuring a blacklist of numbers that will be blocked from calling the GAC2570, users can either enter the numbers to block manually from contacts or from call history
• Block Anonymous Calls: when enabled the GAC2570 rejects all the anonymous calls, users can choose on which account this setting is to be applied

Account Ringtones

Select a ringtone for the incoming call to the SIP account chosen. The system ringtone is set by default.

Basic

Sound

Use the Voice settings to configure the GAC2570’s sound mode, volume, ring tone, and notification tone.

• Audio calibration: Click to start Audio calibration. It is recommended to run audio calibration when changing the environment (new room for instance) when the GAC is installed. Click “Start” to initiate the audio calibration and follow the instructions.

• Silent mode: Tap on it to turn on/off the sound from the speaker when there is an incoming call.
• HDMI: The HDMI interface supports input audio and video content which will be displayed in the GVC3220 through the media port or wireless projection.
• Media Volume: Adjust the sound volume for media audio
• Alarm Volume: Adjust the alarm ring volume
• Ring Volume: Adjust the GAC2570 ringing volume
• Ringtone: Select GAC2570’s ringtone for incoming calls.
• Default Notification Sound: Select notification ringtone.
• Default Alarm Sound: Select the alarm ringtone.
• Other Sounds: Enable/disable Dial pad Tones, Screen locking sounds, Touch sounds, and Touch Vibration (Haptic feedback for tap, and keyboard…).

Display

• Brightness level: Tap on Brightness and scroll left/right to adjust the LCD brightness.
• Screen Timeout: Tap to open the dialog to set the screen timeout interval. Available options: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, Never. The default setting is 5 minutes.
• Screensaver Timeout: Tap to set the screensaver timeout interval. Available options: 15 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, Never. The default setting is 2 minutes.
• Screensaver: Enable/disable the screensaver. Two options are available:
  • Clock: If the clock is set as a screensaver, tap on and set the clock style and the Night Mode.
  • Screensaver: If the screensaver is set, please tap on to set use a network image or use local images as screensaver and set the Animation Interval between the images.
• Font size: Tap on it to adjust the font size for the LCD screen.

Wallpaper

Choose either the default Wallpaper or navigate through the local gallery or use pictures from an external drive.

Language & Keyboard

• Language: Tap to open the list of chosen languages, Language Number 1 is the language used on the device. Tap on Add a Language to add more languages to the list.
• Keyboards

Set up the default input method for a virtual and physical keyboard and the different parameters related to the Keyboard use. The default input method is the Android Keyboard.

• Virtual Keyboard:
  • Android keyboard (AOSP): Set up the language used on the Android keyboard and configure its different parameters including sound, auto-correction, word suggestion, and so on.
  • Manage Keyboards: Tap on the + sign to choose which keyboard to use on the device.
• Physical Keyboard: When the physical keyboard is connected to the GAC2570, users will have the possibility to choose a keyboard among the available ones on the virtual keyboard.
  • Show virtual Keyboard: This option gives the possibility of showing the virtual keyboard even if the physical one is connected to the GAC2570.
  • Keyboard shortcuts helper: Display available shortcuts.
• Tools:
  • Spell checker. Configure whether to check the spelling and select the language to check.
  • Personal dictionary: Add new words to the user’s dictionary so that they will not be displayed as errors in the text.
  • Auto Fill Service: An autofill service is an app that makes it easier for users to fill out forms by injecting data into the views of other apps.
  • Pointer Speed. Adjust the sensitivity of the mouse pointer.

Date & Time

• Enable and use the specified NTP server address: Assign the URL or IP Address of the NTP Server. The default NTP Server used is pool.ntp.org
• Set Date: Set the current date for the GAC2570.
• Set Time: Set the time on the GAC2570 manually.
• Select Time Zone: Select the time zone for the GAC2570.
• Use 24-hour Format: Check/uncheck whether to display the time using the 24-hour time format or not. For example, in 24-hour format, 13:00 will be displayed instead of 1:00 p.m.
• Select Date Format: Select the format of year, month, and day for the date to be displayed.

File Manager

• Internal Storage: Manage all the stored files on the local storage of the device.
• External Storage: Enable/Disable Zoom mode feature. If enabled, the font and icon become larger.
• FTP Server: Enable/Disable the local FTP Server of the device, edit username/password, and edit port.

Security Settings

• Device Security
  • Screen lock: Set up a pattern or password for the screen lock. A wizard will be provided to set up the pattern. The screen will be locked after booting up or the screen is off (i.e., screensaver screen activated, or manually slide down Status Bar🡪Screen Off to turn off LCD). Users will then be required to enter a password or pattern to log in. When the screen is locked, users can still be able to answer or reject incoming calls.
• Privacy:
  • Show Passwords: Check/uncheck to show/hide letters when the user types the screen lock password instantly.
• Device Admin:
  • Device admin apps: View or deactivate device administrators.

• Credentials Storage
  • Trusted Credentials: Display trusted CA certificates for the system or user. Users can tap on the certificate to check the credential details or disable it.
  • User Credentials: View and modify stored credentials
• Advanced
  • Trust Agents: View or deactivate trust agents
  • Screen Pinning: When enabled, the user can select to keep the current screen in view until you unpin it.
  • Apps with usage access: Manage what apps have access to app-usage data on your device.

Accounts

Add a system account to synchronize contacts calendars and other information.

Guidelines

General Tips on how to use buttons to perform operations such as Screenshots…

Reboot the Phone

Press to reboot the GAC2570. A confirmation window will pop up to Cancel or go on with the reboot.

Apps

Application Management

Tap on an application, process, or service to open it. The Application Info screen for each application lists its name, version, size, etc. Depending on the app, it may also include options for managing the application’s data, forcing the application to stop, and disabling the application. Usually, the options are:

• Tap the “Force stop” softkey to stop an application forcefully. This setting might not be valid for some applications.
• Tap the “Open” softkey to Open an application by bringing it forward in the LCD.
• Tap the “Uninstall” softkey to uninstall the applications.
• Tap the “Notifications” softkey to enable/disable notifications for different events depending on the App.
• Storage & Cache: provides storage information that an application uses on the GAC2570. Tap “Clear Storage” to delete an application setting and other data. This setting might be valid for some applications. If the application stores data in a temporary space of the GAC2570’s memory, “Cache” lists how much information is stored.
• Tap on “Clear cache” to clear the cache.
• “Permissions” lists information on the data to which the app has access. For example, the application might access the location information, storage, GAC2570 calls, etc.
• “Open by default”. If the application is configured to launch a certain file type by default, tap on “Clear defaults” to reset this.
• Display over other apps: If active, the application will be displayed on top of the other apps.
• Picture-in-picture: this allows you to watch videos in a floating window (always on top of other windows) so you can keep an eye on what you’re watching while interacting with other sites, or applications.
• Modify System settings: it gives the application permission to modify the system settings. (This option is displayed for some Apps)
• Install unknown apps: By installing apps from other sources, you agree that you’re responsible for any damage to your device or loss of data that may result from their use. Your GAC2570 and personal data are more vulnerable to attacks from unknown apps.

Installing an app from unknown resources

If you opt to download and install apps from the web in the form of APK files, you must acknowledge the security risks that come with it. During the downloading process, you will encounter a security message, as shown below:

To proceed to the installation, click on “Download anyway”

By default, you will not be able to install the APK downloaded from the web, to change that Click on “Settings”

On this prompt you can enable download from an unknown resource by toggling the option “Allow from this source” and then you will be able to install the desired application.

Notification Center

Tap on an application, process, or service to open it. The notification Info screen for each application lists supported actions and allows users to activate/deactivate each notification.

Advanced

Account Settings

The Account Settings page allows configuring SIP settings for each account. Tap on Account# to access the settings, when configured press the ✔ sign (on the top right corner) to confirm the changes, or press the back button to cancel them. Users can press Empty Configuration at the bottom of the page to clear all the settings. The following settings can be configured for each account. Refer to [General Settings] for the description of each option.

• Account Activation.
• Account Name.
• SIP Server.
• SIP User ID.
• SIP Authentication ID.
• SIP Authentication Password.
• Outgoing Proxy Server.
• Outgoing Call Display Name.

System Update

This page allows initiating the upgrade process by checking if a new firmware is available in the configured firmware server path and then upgrading if available. Users can pressSettings to configure Firmware/Provisioning settings directly from the GAC2570’s LCD. The following settings can be configured from this screen:

• Firmware upgrade and configuration file detection: This will send a request to the firmware and provisioning server to upgrade/provision the GAC2570 if the files are available on the servers.
• Firmware:
  • Upgrade Mode: This field allows the user to choose the firmware upgrade method: TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS.
  • HTTP/HTTPS username: The username for the HTTP/HTTPS server if set up on the server.
  • HTTP/HTTPS password: The password for the HTTP/HTTPS server if set up on the server.
  • Firmware Server Path: This defines the server path for the firmware server. It can be different from the configuration server for provisioning.
• Config:
  • Upgrade mode: This field allows the user to choose the provisioning method: TFTP, HTTP, or HTTPS.
  • HTTP/HTTPS username: The username for the HTTP/HTTPS server if set up on the server.
  • HTTP/HTTPS password: The password for the HTTP/HTTPS server if set up on the server.
  • Config Server Path: This defines the server path for the provisioning server. It can be different from the firmware server.

Syslog

• Syslog Level: Select the level of logging for Syslog. The default setting is “None”. There are 4 levels: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, and ERROR.
• System Log Protocol: Select the protocol of Syslog (UDP or SSL/TLS).
• Syslog Server Address: The URL/IP address for the Syslog server. If the GAC2570 has a network connection, the GAC2570 will send the Syslog packets to this server address.
• System Log Keyword Filter: Only send the Syslog with the keyword, multiple keywords are separated by a comma. Example: set the filter keyword to “SIP” to filter the SIP log.

System Security

• Disable Web Login: This disables web GUI access.
• Developer Mode. To enable/disable developer mode.
• Revoke Debugging Authorizations. To Revoke access to debugging from all computers previously authorized
• Factory Reset. Restore default settings.

GETTING TO KNOW GAC2570

Use the Touchscreen

When the GAC2570 boots up, the LCD HOME screen will display as below. A registered account is shown in the following figure and users might need to register their account to have the account status displayed.

The Status Bar shows time, network connectivity, signal strength, notification information, etc…

Swipe from right to left to show the application menu of the device. The settings and applications installed will be brought up as shown below.

To fully manipulate the GAC2570 capacitive touch screen, use your fingers to operate the following on the GAC2570 icons, buttons, menu items, onscreen keyboard, etc.

• Tap

Slightly touch the screen with a fingertip to initiate menu, options, or applications. For example, to select items on the screen (e.g., setting options, apps, etc.); to press onscreen buttons (e.g., “End” or “Options” softkey during the call); to type letters and symbols using the onscreen keyboard.

• Long Press

Touch the screen with your fingertip and press for about 2 seconds without lifting your finger from the screen till an action occurs. For example, long press on a picture to bring up a selection option.

• Flick and Slide

Touch the screen with a fingertip and slide over the screen. For example, users could slide up to scroll up the page, slide down to open a dropdown menu, slide left or slide right to delete an item from the list. If your finger stays on the screen for too long, the item may be selected, and sliding won’t occur.

• Press and Drag

Touch and press the item, then move it by dragging it up, down, left, or right, without lifting your finger from the screen.

• Zoom In/Zoom Out

Place two fingers on the screen, then pinch them together (zoom out) or spread them apart (zoom in).

• Double Tap

Quickly tap the screen twice with a fingertip to switch between the default display and zoomed-in display. This is usually used when viewing photos or web pages.

Use the Desktop

Desktop Menu

When the GAC2570 is on an idle screen, press the blank area of the desktop to bring up the device’s menu. Users can access the following in the desktop menu to drag and change desktop position:

• Desktop page

Set the Home page and change the screen sequence, move apps between windows, edit apps position, and delete apps (except system apps).

Manage Desktop Items

On the GAC2570 desktop, users could tap on the desktop items to manage shortcuts and widgets. The following operations can be done:

• Tap on the shortcut icon to open the application.

For example, tap on the “Guidelines” icon to access the guidelines application.

Set Wallpapers

On the GAC2570 desktop, tap on Settings 🡪 Basic 🡪 Wallpaper:

• My Photos

Open either the Gallery application or enter the File Manager to gain access to both local and external storage. Use the left panel to navigate through Recent, Images, and Downloads. Tap on the picture to preview. Touch and drag the picture to adjust the frame that will be used as wallpaper. Then tap on “Set Wallpaper” to set the selected area of the picture as wallpaper.

• Wallpapers

On the right side of the Wallpaper menu of the GAC2570. Select the picture from the default wallpapers available to preview and then tap on “Set wallpaper”.

Manage Running Applications

From the GAC2570 desktop, press for about 2 seconds to bring the running Apps, and click on the “App Management” icon to clear the running Apps.

Users could use the thread manager to do the following:

• Slide the running thread to the left or right to stop the application.
• Tap on the icon “X” to delete all running threads.

Idle Screen

Switch Idle Screens

The GAC2570 supports multiple idle screens by sliding the screen horizontally. On the GAC2570 screen, slightly touch an empty area and slide to the left or right using your finger to switch between different idle screens.

Set Up Idle Screen

• Set home screen

Follow the steps below to set up the HOME screen.

1. GAC2570 is up and running on the idle screen.
2. Press an empty area on the desktop.
3. The screen with displayed is the HOME screen. Others are shown with icon . Tap on the icon to select the corresponding screen as the new HOME screen.

• Move an APP to another Available desktop screen

As shown in the figure below, this section shows the available desktop screens. Users could send an APP to the empty desktop.

1. Long press on an empty area on the desktop
2. Long press the APP and drag it to the right edge of the screen then drop it

Use the Status Bar

The status bar on the top of the GAC2570 screen provides visual notifications for the system settings and status, as well as quick access to important system settings. To access it, on the GAC2570 idle screen, slowly slide down from the top to the bottom of the screen as the following figure shows.

For more options on the Status Bar for Brightness adjustment. Users can pull down the status bar twice, or once with two fingers.

• Tap on the notification message to view the details.
• Slide the notification message to the left or the right side to remove it.

For more information about Wi-Fi connection in the notification bars, you can press the bottom right triangle of the feature in question.

For example, you can see the available Wi-Fi Networks.

Notifications in the Status Bar

The following table describes the icons used on the status bar for notification purposes.

GAC2570 Status Bar Notification Icons

Use the GAC2570 Keys

Keypad Shortcut Functions

The GAC2570 supports key shortcuts for certain special system functions.

• Screenshot

Press and hold the Home button for about 2 seconds to capture a screenshot. The screenshot can be accessed via File Manager🡪 Pictures. The screenshot picture size is 1280×800 pixels.

• Firmware upgrade via USB Flash Drive

For users who could not use a remote upgrade or could not access the device’s Web GUI to upload firmware, upgrading via USB Flash Drive is an alternative.

Follow the steps below to upgrade GAC2570 via USB Flash Drive

Download the firmware file to the PC and save it (gac2570fw.bin file) in the USB Flash Drive:

1. Insert the USB drive to GAC2570.
2. The device will detect the firmware located in the USB and will prompt an upgrade message.
3. Once finished, the GAC2570 will reboot itself.
4. Check the firmware status and remove the USB Drive.

• Hard reset

For users who want to factory reset the device manually, a hard reset is an alternative:

1. Power cycle the GAC2570.
2. Wait for the Mute LED to start flashing.
3. Press the Home Button 10 times.
4. The LCD screen will display “Erasing”.
5. The GAC2570 will reboot with factory default settings.

Use the On-Screen Keyboard

The GAC2570 onscreen keyboard can be activated by tapping on an input field.

• English Keyboard

This is the default keyboard on GAC2570.

To switch input between lowercase and uppercase, tap on (lowercase) or (uppercase).

• Number and symbols

To input number and symbols, tap on the default keyboard to switch to number/symbols. Tap on to switch back.

Tap on to access more symbols.

MAKE PHONE CALLS

Register SIP Accounts

The GAC2570 supports up to 16 independent SIP accounts. Each account can have separate SIP servers, usernames, and NAT configurations.

Account Status

On the idle screen, the account widget shows the account name and registration status.

• The following figure shows the account is successfully registered (the account icon is green).
• If the account icon is grey, it’s still trying to register or unable to register.

Configure SIP Account

To register a SIP account, users can access GAC2570’s LCD menu🡪Settings🡪Advanced 🡪Account Settings

Or users could log in to the GAC2570 web GUI🡪Account Settings page to fill in the necessary registration information, i.e., Account active, Account name, SIP Server, SIP User ID, SIP Authentic ID, SIP Authentic Password, etc. Once the correct information is entered and saved, the account registration status will show on the main screen.

If the account is successfully registered, users could use one of the following ways to bring up the dial screen to start making calls.

• On the shortcuts menu of the idle screen, tap on

icon to open the dial screen.

Making Calls

Dial a Number Directly

1. Use the methods mentioned above to open the dial screen.
2. Select the account to dial out on the left panel of the dial screen. The selected account will be displayed in green
3. Enter the digits to be dialed out using the keypad. If the digit matches call history, a list of numbers will be displayed for users to select from.
4. Tap on to send the number. If no key is pressed, by default the call will be automatically dialed out after 4 seconds timeout.

Redial

Users can dial out the last dialed number if there is in the dialed call log, using the same SIP account making the call last time.

1. Enter the dial screen.
2. A list of dialed calls will be displayed on the left side of the dial pad. Tap on the number you would like to call, the number will be added to the dialing field, press call to redial.

Dial a Number via Contact

Follow the steps below to dial a number via Contact.

1. Access Contacts by tapping on icon on the left side of the idle screen.
2. Navigate in the contacts entries by sliding up/down on the screen.
3. Tap on the dial icon for the contact .

Dial a Number via Call History

1. Access Call History by tapping on icon on the bottom of the idle screen.
2. Incoming and outgoing calls are displayed in the “Conference” in the form of meetings, and missed calls are displayed in the “Missed”.
3. Navigate to the call history list by selecting the call history category and sliding up/down on the screen.
4. Tap on the entry to show more details or tap on to dial out.

Direct IP Calls

Direct IP Call allows two phones to talk to each other in an ad-hoc fashion without a SIP proxy. VoIP calls can be made between two phones if:

• Both phones have public IP addresses; or
• Both phones are on the same LAN/VPN using private or public IP addresses; or
• Both phones can be connected through a router using public or private IP addresses (with necessary port forwarding or DMZ).

To make a direct IP call, please follow the steps below:

1. On the shortcuts menu of the idle screen, tap on icon to open the dial screen.
2. Input the target IP address (For example: if the target IP address is 192.168.1.60, input the following: 192*168*1*60. The * key represents the dot (.) ).
3. Tap on or # keyto send the number. If no key is pressed, by default the call will be automatically dialed out after 4 seconds timeout.

Answer a Call

Single Incoming Call

• When the device is idle and there is an incoming audio call, the device will show the call screen as below. Tap on the “Answer” softkey to answer the call via built-in speaker and Microphones.

Multiple Calls/Call Waiting

1. When there is another incoming call during an active call, users will hear a call waiting tone, with the LCD displaying the caller’s name and ID for the incoming call.

2. Similar to the single incoming call, users can choose to Answer or to Reject.
3. Once the new call is answered, the current one will join the ongoing Conference.

Call Progress Status

During an active call, if the Home Button is pressed, the GAC2570 will go back to the home screen and the call-in-progress status will be shown on the GAC2570 status bar, once clicking the bar it will go back to the call screen.

Call Hold

During the active call, tap icon to bring up all the hidden operations:

Call Recording

1. During the call, users could record the conversation to the device by tapping on “Record”
2. If need to stop the recording, tap on “Stop Recording”
3. The recording files can be retrieved from the GAC2570 Recorder application.

MPK Monitoring

During the call, users could view and monitor the programmable keys configured for the current Account:

1. During the Call, press the MPK button as shown above.
2. The list of MPK configured for the active account will be displayed.

3. Users can choose an MPK from the list as they see convenient.

Mute

During an active call, press “Mute” to mute the call. The mute icon will be displayed in the Call Operation menu on the right of the screen. Press “Unmute” to unmute the call.

12-Way Conference

The GAC2570 supports up to 12-way Audio conferencing.

Initiate Conference

There are three ways to initiate a conference call.

• Initiating conference from dial screen

1. Bring up the dial screen.
2. Enter the extension number then press it on the left panel of the screen
3. The extension number will be added to the dialing field and users can dial another number

• Initiating a conference during a GAC2570 call

1. When the GAC2570 is on the call screen, tap on softkey;
2. Enter the third-party number or choose an available number on the left menu from call history or contacts to form a conference of 3.
3. Tap on to add another member to the conference;

Note: When users press on to invite another member to the conference, a dial tone will be heard for the user to start dialing the number.

Remove Party from Conference

To remove a party from the conference:

1. Tap on the participant icon of the user you want to remove. The below window will show up giving the possibility to Mute /Hold and Hang up.
2. Tap on icon to remove a party from the conference.

End Conference

To end the conference, tap on to disconnect all the parties from the conference. GAC2570 will hang up the call. If the remote party hangs up the call itself, it will be disconnected from the conference but other parties on GAC2570 will stay in the existing conference.

Hold and Resume Conference

During the conference, users could tap on More Softkey and then tap on Hold to hold the conference at any time. To resume the call, tap on Unhold.

Missed Call

When there is a missed call, the LCD will show a missed call dialog on the idle screen.

Users can tap on the missed call entry to access the missed call log. To close the missed call screen and return to the idle screen, tap outside the prompt message.

DND (Do Not Disturb)

When DND is on, the incoming calls to the GAC2570 will be blocked for all registered accounts with a reminder ring produced. To turn on/off DND:

1. Touch and drag the status bar down on the GAC2570 idle screen.
2. Tap on the DND icon to turn it on. The status bar shows icon indicating DND is on.
3. Tap on the DND icon to turn it off.

CONTACTS

The GAC2570 supports local and LDAP contacts.

To access GAC2570 contacts, on the GAC2570’s idle screen, tap on icon on the right panel. The following figure shows Contacts on the GAC2570.

Local Contacts

The local contacts can save up to 2000 entries. Users can manage contacts by adding, deleting, and modifying single contacts, downloading contacts from HTTP/TFTP servers, importing contacts from external storage, and exporting contacts to external storage.

Note: A reminder prompt is shown on the GAC2570 LCD screen when adding a number of contacts more than the allowed one (when importing contacts for instance).

Add Single Contacts

1. On the Local Contacts menu, Tap on

to bring up “More” Sub-Menu to manually add a new contact. When adding it for the first time, the users can directly click the “New Contact” button displayed.

2. Type First name, Last name, GAC2570 number, and other information for the new contacts. Please make sure the account number field is selected so the GAC2570 will use this account to dial out the new contact.

Note: When typing a number using the dial pad, the “Add to contacts” button will appear as displayed in the following picture, to add a new entry to your contacts list if the input number does not match any entry in your contacts.

Import/Export Contacts

If the users have the GAC2570 Phonebook file saved in local storage or an external storage device that has been plugged into the GAC2570, the Phonebook file can be directly imported to the Contacts. There are two different formats supported for the Phonebook file: “vCard”, and “xml”. Users could manually create contacts first and export the Phonebook file in vCard or XML format to take a look at the Phonebook file.

To Import Contacts:

1. Open Contacts.
2. Tap on More on the upper right corner of the Contacts screen.
3. Select “Import contacts” to bring up the dialog below.
4. Fill in the import options and scroll down to the bottom of the screen.
5. Tap on “Select file” to import the Phonebook file from the directory in an internal or external storage device.

To Export Contacts:

1. Open Contacts.
2. Tap on More on the upper right corner of the Contacts screen.
3. Select “Export Contacts ” to bring up the dialog below.
4. Select the file encoding and file type for the exported Phonebook file. By default, the GAC2570 is using “UTF-8” as the encoding method.
5. Tap on “Choose Directory” and select the directory to which the Phonebook file will be exported.

Download Contacts

The GAC2570 supports downloading XML Phonebook from a remote HTTP/TFTP/HTTPS server to local Contacts. When downloading the Phonebook, the GAC2570 sends a request to the HTTP/TFTP/HTTPS server looking for the file Phonebook.xml.

To Download Contacts:

1. Make sure the GAC2570 can connect to the HTTP/TFTP/HTTPS server and that the Phonebook.xml file in the correct format is downloadable from the HTTP/TFTP/HTTPS server.
2. Open Contacts.
3. Tap on More on the upper right corner of the Contacts screen.
4. Select “Download Contacts” to bring up the dialog below.
5. Fill in the necessary options and then tap on in the upper right corner of the screen. The GAC2570 will send out a request to the configured HTTP/TFTP/HTTPS server.

Search Contacts

1. Open Contacts.
2. Tap on the search field .
3. Enter a contact’s name or a number to search. The search result will be automatically updated and displayed when entering the keywords.

Use Contacts

Once the contacts are added, users can navigate in the contacts list to make a call and manage the contacts further.

Make a Call to Contacts

Scroll up/down to find the contact in the list and tap on to call this contact.

Select Contacts

1. Scroll up/down to find the contact in the list.
2. Touch and press on the contact for about 2 seconds to show more options such as Delete contact, add to blacklist, etc.
3. To select a batch of contacts at the same time, press More on the upper right corner of the contacts screen and select Batch operation, Tap on the checkbox for the contacts to be selected. indicates the contact is selected.

Add Contacts to Favorites

1. Select the contact/contacts to be added as described in [Select Contacts].
2. Directly press on the contact and tap on “Add to Favorite” to add the contact to your favorite.

Edit Contacts

1. Tap on a contact from the contacts list
2. Tap on to edit the contact.

Send Contacts to Desktop Shortcut

1. Long press on the contact
2. Tap on Send to Desktop from the menu.

Add Contacts to Blacklist

Users can add a single contact or a batch of contacts to the blacklist. Refer to the following steps to do so:

• Add a single contact to the blacklist:

1. Long press on the contact
2. Select “Add to Blacklist” from the menu.

Add Group

Open Contacts tap on Group, then New Group, and enter the name of the group.

Add Contacts to Group

To add contacts to a group, tap on the group then tap “Add Contact” , check the contacts to be added to the group and press .

DETECTION

The Detection section provides visual information about the device’s interface connection, Network and

Accounts status. Users can also perform an Audio diagnostic test to check if the built-in speaker and Microphones are working.

Proceed from LCD Menu 🡪 Settings 🡪 Status 🡪 Detection.

• General Detection:

• Audio Diagnostics:

To perform audio detection, first, perform Microphone detection. The users need to press “Start” first, and then the device will start recording. You can click “Finished” at any time to end the recording.

The speaker detection will start after the Microphone detection is completed. The device will play the recording when the Microphone is detected and choose whether to hear the recording. If you can hear it, the speaker is normal.

CALL BLOCK

The GAC2570 has blacklist support for users to manage incoming calls. To access the blacklist, tap on the “Settings” icon then under “Features”, access “Call Block”.

Blocked Contacts

The blocked Contacts are the contacts that were added to the blacklist, the GAC2570 will block any calls coming from these contacts. To show the blocked contacts tap on Blacklist from the Call Block page.

Edit Blacklist

Tap on Blacklist under the Call Block Menu to show the blacklisted contacts

• Add a number to the blacklist

1. Tap on

to start adding a new entry to the blacklist. The blacklist can be added manually, from contacts, or call history.

2. The following figure shows manually adding numbers to the blacklist. Once the Manually add option is selected, a window will be prompted for users to enter the GAC2570 number in the first field and name/note in the second field (optional). Tap on OK to finish the adding operation.

• Edit Blacklist

1. In the blacklist, touch and press the entry for about 2 seconds a prompt allowing changing the name/note is displayed
2. Change the name/note.
3. Tap on OK once done.

• Delete Blacklist

Users can Delete/unblock contacts from the blacklist using two methods:

1. From the blacklist menu press “Unblocked” to no longer block the calls from coming from this contact.
2. From the contacts menu, long press on the contact and press “Remove from Blacklist”.

Intercept Anonymous calls

The GAC2570 gives the possibility to intercept anonymous calls for each account registered:

1. Enter the Call Block Menu.
2. Check Intercept Anonymous Calls as shown in the figure below.
3. Check the account to apply the interception.

CALL HISTORY

There are two different categories in the local call history. Users could tap on the icon on the left menu to access the corresponding call logs:

• Conference
• Missed

Dial Out from Call History

Tap on the icon on the right side of one of the call history, and the device will use the same account to dial or initiate a conference.

Delete Call History

• Delete the entire call history

Users can delete the complete call history by pressing the directly after accessing the call history page.

• Delete a single call history entry

Users can delete a single call history entry by pressing the entry for about 2 seconds to bring up the options and then select Delete call history.

• Delete multiple call history entries
  • Press on the top right corner of the screen and select the entries to be deleted
  • Tap on to delete the entries.

Call History Options

For each call history entry, users could tap on the Missed Call once to access the Sub-Menu below.

Users can find the following call details by tapping on the entry:

• The Call date: the time when the call was initiated.
• The Call duration: The period of time when the call was in progress.

Note: Call details under conference history include the previous details of the conference and for each one of the participants.

The following operations could be done:

• Dial out this number directly.
• Bring up the dial screen with the call history number. Users could edit the number before dialing out.
• Add to Blacklist
• Delete the entry.
• Options, ”Create a New Contact”, “Add to an Existing Contact”.

RECORDER

GAC2570 Recorder application allows users to record audio and access recording files from call recordings. There is no time limit on the recorder as long as there is enough space to save the recording file. Tap on the GAC2570’s desktop to launch the Recorder application.

Call Records

During an active call, users have the option to record the conversation. The recorded conversation can be retrieved from the recorder application. The account and date are specified in each record’s file name.

Audio Records

To use the recorder app to record audio, tap on open the recorder.

1. Tap on to bring the recording page
2. Tap on to start recording

3. Users can tap on during the recording to mark a section of the conversation (a red flag will be displayed beside the record’s file name to indicate that it’s marked)

4. Tap on to cancel the recording, or on to end the recording. The file will be saved and accessible under the Recorder application. Users can tap on the recording file to play the recording.

Recorder Settings

Users can view the information about storage status and enable/Change a password for accessing the Recorder application by taping on followed by Settings:

1. From the GAC2570’s desktop page click on to open the recorder.

2. Click on the Menu icon on the top right as shown above
3. Tap on Settings

4. Users can enable and choose a password to be set for accessing the Recorder application by taping on Enable Password:

5. Users can change the preconfigured password by tapping on Change password:

Files operations

Users could long-press on each file to select it and then perform the following operations on the selected file.

Export: Choose this option to export the file to other storage destinations (USB Drive as an example).

Lock/Unlock: Users can lock and unlock the file.

Send: Make sure to enable Bluetooth on the GAC2570 to send the file to other devices.

Rename: Click on this option to rename the file.

Delete: Choose this option to delete a file
Users can Export or Delete recordings alternatively by pressing on the Menu key ,click on Edit and then select the file to operate on; choose for file export, to delete or to send via Bluetooth and 3^rd party APPs.

FILE MANAGER

File Manager is a tool that allows users to delete, move, copy/paste, send, and rename files. It helps users to access and manage files in local storage as well as external storage devices (USB flash drives). Tap on the device’s File Manager settings under Basic Settings.

Files Operations

Copy and Paste Files

Follow the steps below to copy and paste a file on the GAC2570:

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be copied. Touch and press on the file for about 2 seconds until the option s window pops up then press Copy.
2. Select the location to which you want to paste the file and press on .

Or

• 1. Press on the top right corner of the screen and select the files to copy.
  2. Tap on to copy the files selected.
  3. Select the directory to which you want to past the files then press

Move Files

The steps to move a file are similar to the steps to copy/paste a file. The difference is once the file is moved, the file will not be kept in the source folder. Follow the steps below to move a file on the GAC2570.

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be moved. Touch and press on the file for about 2 seconds until the options window pops up then press Move.
2. Select the location to which you want to past the file and press on .

Send Files

The users can send a file via Bluetooth. Please make sure Bluetooth is turned on and connected to the Bluetooth devices. Otherwise, users will be directed to set it up before the file can be sent out.

To send a file:

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be sent over. Touch and press on the file for about 2 seconds and press send
2. Select the Bluetooth device to which the file will be transferred

Or

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be sent over then press on

2. The check boxes will appear then check the files to be sent over

3. Press on to send the selected files via Bluetooth then choose the Bluetooth devices to send the files to.

Delete Files

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be deleted. Touch and press on the file for about 2 seconds until more options appear.
2. Select “Delete”.

Or,

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file/files to be deleted the click on .

2. The check boxes will appear then check the files to delete

3. Press on to delete the files selected.

4. Tap on OK to confirm.

Rename a File

1. Open file manager and navigate to the directory of the file to be renamed. Touch and press on the file for about 2 seconds until more options appear.
2. Tap on “Rename”. A new dialog window will pop up for users to enter the new name.
3. Tap on OK.

File Categories

The file manager will categorize the files stored on local/external storage based on the type of files. The available categories are

• All: gives access to all internal storage files as well as external storage devices.
• Pictures: contains all the pictures stored on the device including screenshots, and local and external pictures.
• Video: contains all the videos stored on the device including videos stored on local and external devices.
• Audio: contains all the Audio file on local and external storage.

GS MARKET

The GAC2570 supports an extensive amount of 3^rd party Android applications. Users could install those applications from the built-in GS Market.

Tap on at the device onscreen menu to launch the GS Market. Users could browse, search, download and install the apps from there for tools, games, and other applications.

CONFERENCE CONTROL

To better integrate with the GVC32xx series, GAC2570 provides the app Conference Control. GAC2570 must connect a GVC device via an Ethernet cable on the Media port of both devices before using the app. Users then can access the contact, call interface, schedule, and camera feature from the GVC device.

To access the Conference control application, Click the icon displayed in the screenshot below:

Once you click on the icon, you will be prompted with the following interface, considering that the media port is connected to both the GVC3220 and the GAC2570 with an Ethernet cable.

The GAC2570 interface offers convenient control over the GVC32xx device, eliminating the need to access its configuration panel. Essentially, the GAC2570 functions as a remote controller for the GVC32xx, enabling conference call setup, camera adjustment, contact list access, call-making capabilities, and SIP parameter configuration.

For more information on how to set up and use the Conference Control App, please check the following guide :

• GAC2570 Conference Control Configuration Guide.

SCHEDULE APP

The Schedule application on the GAC2570 enables users to generate and oversee schedules by utilizing their GAC2570 account as a conference host. As the host, they can modify various aspects of the schedule, including time, duration, participant information, and more.

To access the Schedule App, please Click the Icon in the screenshot below

Once you access the app, you have the view on many tabs, such as :

• All: displays a list of all conference meetings managed on the GAC2570
• In Process: Displays a list of ongoing meeting conferences.
• Not Started: Displays scheduled Meetings.
• Ended: Displays meetings that have been concluded.

Create a schedule

To create a schedule on the GAC2570 schedule app, please follow the below steps:

1. Click the icon to add a new schedule.
2. Select the account from which the schedule notification will be sent, we will select account 1001 in our case.
3. Name the Conference: 1001’s meeting.
4. Configure the Conference Start Time.
5. Configure the Duration, We will set it to 30 minutes.
6. Enable the 10-minute reminder notification sent to the meeting’s participants. (Optional)
7. Add the participants.
8. Click Save. The Scheduled meeting will be displayed on the list of Conferences.

Update a schedule

You can Edit an already created schedule to add more participants, change the meeting’s duration, or change the date, to do that:

• Click on the desired meeting that hasn’t started yet.
• Click on the edit icon .
• Make the desired changes and then save the meeting.

Cancel A schedule

To cancel a schedule, simply click the icon highlighted below :

You will then be prompted with a confirmation window, Click Cancel Meeting

Start Meeting Immediately

In case you need to launch the meeting before the scheduled time, you can click the icon highlighted below :

After confirmation, this will trigger an immediate call to all Meeting members.

CLOCK

The clock app is the newly added app on the GAC2570 audio conferencing device starting from firmware release 1.0.3.4, the app is found on the desktop menu as shown below:

It features the following functionalities:

• Alarm: Sets up alarm clocks.

• Clock: displays the local time, as well as the world clock time based on a list of world cities.

• Stopwatch: Configures a Stopwatch Chronometer.

• Timer: Configures a Timer.

GUIDELINES

The Guidelines App presents wizards on how to access and enable the most common features used on the GAC2570 Audio conferencing model. To access the Guidelines app, please press the icon highlighted below:

The features include small instructions for the following:

• Screenshot

• Process Management

• Launch A Meeting

• Registered Account

• Audio Calibration

• Wireless Microphone

FTP SERVER

The GAC2570 supports file transfer via an FTP server. Once installed, users could access the GAC2570 file system from a PC.

There are two ways to access the FTP Server application:

• Go to the GAC2570 application screen 🡪 File Manager and click on the icon .

Tap on “Start FTP Server” to turn the server on. The FTP server address URL will be provided on the screen.

For security purposes, users could also tap on in the above figure to set up a username, password, port number, and directory for remote access. By default, when the users access the FTP server from a PC, a prompt will show asking for a username and password. The default username and password are “admin”.

SCREENSAVER

Users can set screensaver from the device’s idle screen under Settings 🡪 Basic 🡪 Display 🡪 Screensaver.

Users can set Screensaver to Clock or Screensaver.

• Clock: When setting the screen saver to Clock the GAC2570 will show a clock on the screen when the GAC2570 goes to standby mode. Press to set the clock as Digital or Analog and Enable/Disable the Night mode.
• Screensaver: Users can set Screensaver from the local images, the default directory (Screensaver), or from Internal storage, or they can set a folder in a remote HTTP server to display images contained on it as a screensaver. Press to show the screensaver settings. Click on Use network images and set the path of the remote screensaver folder.

WIRELESS MICROPHONE CONFIGURATION

The GAC2570 supports connecting up to two GMD1208 Wireless Microphones to act as external microphones.

To Pair your GAC2570 to your GMD1208 Wireless Microphones, please proceed as below:

1. Users can either tap on directly Wireless Microphone APP on the desktop or by accessing the LCD Menu 🡪 Settings 🡪Features 🡪 Wireless MIC.
2. Once enabled, the GAC2570 will show instructions for use on the LCD screen.

3. Place the GMD1208 (up to 2) at a 10 cm distance from the GAC2570.
4. Switch GMD1208 to the wireless connection mode and initiate pairing (hold down the pair button).
5. The pairing process will be completed automatically.

Diagram Representation

The following diagrams illustrate how the GMD1208 Microphone will be integrated with the GAC2570 Audio Conferencing System.

Using a single GMD1208

Using two GMD1208 connected to GAC2570

GAC2570 WEB GUI SETTINGS

The GAC2570 embedded Web server responds to HTTP/HTTPS GET/POST requests. Embedded HTML pages allow users to configure the application GAC2570 through a Web browser such as Microsoft’s IE, Mozilla, Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.

Status Page Definitions

Account Status

Network Status

System Info

Account Page Definitions

GAC2570 has 2 independent SIP accounts. Each SIP account has an individual configuration page.

General Settings

SIP Settings

Codec Settings

Call Settings

Advanced Settings

Phone Settings Page Definitions

General Settings

Call Settings

Ring Tone

Multicast Paging

Network Settings Page Definitions

Ethernet Settings

Wi-Fi Settings

Connect to Wi-Fi Network

Users can connect wirelessly to a network using Wi-Fi under GAC2570 Web GUI 🡪 Network Settings 🡪 Wi-Fi Settings. To connect to a network using Wi-Fi, please, refer to the following steps:

1. Go to GAC2570 Web GUI 🡪 Network Settings 🡪 Wi-Fi Settings 🡪 Wi-Fi Basics.
2. Enable Wi-Fi Function by turning the option on.
3. Click on Scan to show the list of Wi-Fi networks available around the GAC2570

Note: The list of Wi-Fi Networks refreshes automatically every 15 seconds and the user can force it to refresh by clicking again on “Scan”.

4. Identify the Wi-Fi network’s SSID and click on “Connect”, then enter the correct password information to connect to the selected network:

5. Users can check the Wi-Fi parameters and change the setting by checking the “Show advanced options” in the bottom.

Wi-Fi Settings

OpenVPN® Settings

Advanced Network Settings

System Settings Page Definitions

Time & Language Settings

Security Settings

Preferences

TR-069

Maintenance Page Definitions

Upgrade

System Diagnosis

Event Notification

Set the URL for events on the GAC2570 web GUI, and when the corresponding event occurs on the device, the device will send the configured URL to the SIP server. The dynamic variables in the URL will be replaced by the actual values of the device before sending it to the SIP server, to achieve the purpose of events notification. Here are the standards:

1. The IP address of the SIP server needs to be added at the beginning and separate the dynamic variables with a “/”.
2. The dynamic variables need to have a “$” at the beginning. For example: local=$local
3. If users need to add multiple dynamic variables in the same event, users could use “&” to connect with different dynamic variables. For example: 192.168.40.207/mac=$mac&local=$local
4. When the corresponding event occurs on the device, the device will send the MAC address and GAC2570 number to server address 192.168.40.207.

Events Notifications

App Page Definitions

Programmable Key

Programmable key Settings

Contacts

Contacts Page Definitions

LDAP Phonebook

LDAP Phone settings

Recording

Call recording settings

EXPERIENCING THE GAC2570

Please visit our website: https://www.grandstream.com to receive the most up-to-date updates on firmware releases, additional features, FAQs, documentation, and news on new products.

We encourage you to browse our product-related documentation, FAQs, and User and Developer Forum for answers to your general questions. If you have purchased our products through a Grandstream Certified Partner or Reseller, please contact them directly for immediate support.

Our technical support staff is trained and ready to answer all of your questions. Contact a technical support member or submit a trouble ticket online to receive in-depth support.

Thank you again for purchasing the Grandstream Audio Conference System, it will be sure to bring convenience and color to both your business and personal life.

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CHANGE LOG

This section documents significant changes from previous versions of the user manual for GAC2570.

Only major new features or major document updates are listed here. Minor updates for corrections or editing are not documented here.

Firmware Version 1.0.3.4

• Added prompt in the dial interface for duplicated numbers. [Making calls]
• Added related prompt when no more programmable key can be added. [Programmable key]
• Improved unknown source security prompt for apk installation. [Unknown sources]
• Added Presentation Parameter setting in Features. [Presentation]
• Added prompt for HDMI resolution negotiation failure. [Connection Configuration]
• Moved File Manager app to Settings -> Basic Settings. [File Manager]
• Added Audio Calibration icon in quick buttons from the notification bar. [Audio Calibration]
• Added new default apps, such as Clock, Schedule, Guidelines, and Conference Control. [Clock][Schedule] [Guidelines] [Conference Control]

Firmware Version 1.0.1.36

• This is the initial version.