Configure Synway GSM Gateway SMG4008 with VICIdial, Goautodial & Asterisk

This tutorial explains steps to Install and Configure Synway GSM Gateway SMG4008 with VICIdial, Goautodial & Asterisk.

About Synway GSM Gateway :

Synway SMG4000 series GSM/CDMA VoIP Gateway is a multi-functional product used to efficiently realize the smooth transition between mobile and VoIP network With push-pull SIM card sockets for easily installing the SIM cards, it adopts advanced built-in VoIP processors and GSM/CDMA modules, and enables ISPs and VoIP solution providers to deliver highly available and versatile wireless to-IP systems, effortlessly and cost-efficiently.

Step1 : Initial Configurations of Synway GSM Gateway

Power on the GSM Gateway and connect the gateway to the Network.
By default the Synway Gateway Assigned with IP : 192.168.1.101.
make sure this default IP should not have conflict with your existing network.

• Now open a browser and Type http://192.168.1.101
• The default username and password is admin/admin
• Once you are Logged in, Click the Quick Config option from the Left pane, in the quick config we will be assigning a new IP and SIP Server IP details.

In the quick-config network settings page change the default ip to a static from your network. For this guide i am assigning 192.168.1.222

• Click Next
• Now you will be move to Quick Config-SIP Settings
• In the Registrar IP Address we need to enter your Asterisk /vicidial/goautodial server IP address
• For ex. my asterisk server ip is 192.168.1.111

• Click Next
• Just Click Next in PORT setting and after that click finish.

Step 2 : Configuring the PORTS , SIP settings and outbound ROUTING

• Now access your GSM via newly assigned IP : http://192.168.1.222
• username /password : admin/admin
• As for this document we are grouping all the sims to single group and dialling will be in roundrobin between sim cards.
• IN admin panel Click Port — Port Group
• Prot Group will be empty – Click ADD NEW
• In the Port Group-Add page fill the below details

• Index the group no
• SIP account – this is the account to be created in your asterisk server with a pasword ,say synway123
• Make sure all the active SIM ports are selected.
• Save
• Now you can the Register status of this group to your asterisk server(it will take some minutes)

Configuring Outbound Rouing

• Click the Route option from the left pane of admin pane
• Click IP–TEL
• ADD New
• Fill the below details and press save

Step 3 : Configuring the SIP server ie asterisk or vicidial

• Create a sip peer in the asterisk server
• Login to the command line of the asterisk server using ssh putty tool

Open the sip.conf file and add the below details at the last line (vi /etc/asterisk/sip.conf)

[gsm222]
username=gsm222
secret=synway
host=dynamic
type=friend
disallow=all
allow=all
qulify=yes
dtmfmode=auto
context=trunkinbound

Save the file and exit.

• Go to asterisk cli (asterisk -vvvvvr)
• type sip reload
• Now check whether the gsm gateway is registered by typing sip show peers , it will show ok

DialPlan
Now we need to create a dialplan to dial via GSM gateway. Below is the dialplan for asterisk and vicidial /goautodial

Plain Asterisk PBX
go to vi /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
under default context use the below dialplan
[default]
exten => _9X.,1,Dial(SIP/gsm222/${EXTEN:1})
exten => _9X.,2,Hangup

For Vicidial / Goautodial
you can either write the dialplan in gui or in command line, i prefer command line
vi /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf
under the default context type

[default]
exten => _9X.,1,AGI(agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log)
exten => _9X.,2,Dial(SIP/gsm222/${EXTEN:2},,tTo)
exten => _9X.,3,Hangup