Grandstream SIP Phones: BudgeTone and HandyTone
Grandstream makes several models of the Budgetone phone and Handytone ATAAll of them support SIP VOIP.
- Grandstream Budgetone web site
- grandstream.com Budgetone User and Developer Forum
- voxilla.com Grandstream Support Forum
- Product FAQ for Budgetone
Grandstream lists several models of phones. The original group is the BT-101, BT-102 and the GXP-2000.
The prime difference between the BT-101 and BT-102 units is that the BT-102 has 2 ethernet ports. This lets you link your PC to the phone, which is linked to the network. Saves having to run another Cat5 cable to the desk. Please note that the BT-102 ports are only 10Mb/s, so a 100Mb/s link will be slowed down to 10Mb/s and that the ports are configured as a simple hub.
As of November 2005 Grandstream have released a MKII version of the BudgeTone. The only difference is the addition of a headset port.
In June 2006, Grandstream released the Grandstream Budgetone 200. In addition to BT102 features the BT200 has dual 10M/100M Ethernet ports that can be configured as either switched or routed ports, built-in NAT router/DHCP server (router mode only), high quality full duplex hands-free speakerphone with acoustic echo cancellation, 2.5mm headset jack, visual voice mail indicator, and more memory for future function growth. The Budgetone 200 shares the same firmware code with the GXP-2000.
Grandstream recommends a Retail Price of
- BT-101 $75 USD
- BT-102 $85 USD
Several "Free Service" providers also carry the BT-101 (single ethernet)
Configuration / Provision System
Grandstream Budgetone-Handytone Configuration Wizard by Voxilla - Web based configuration wizardGSConfigure 1.0.38 (Windows): Stephen R. Besch created a general purpose configuration utility for GS phones to
- Generates files from scratch (using MAC), from HTML config listing, or by directly downloading from the phone.
- Does multiple simultaneous edits.
- Can reboot as many or as few phones at a time as you like.
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