Managing FXS gateways

The FortiVoice foreign exchange subscriber (FXS) gateway works in conjunction with the FortiVoice phone system to expand resources and support additional analog phone extensions. With the FXS gateway, you can connect your traditional analog phones and fax machines to a FortiVoice phone system.

FXS gateways can be auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit once they connect to it. You can also manually add gateways to be managed by the FortiVoice unit.

The supported Fortinet FXS gateway model is FortiVoice Gateway GS16.

To deploy a FXS gateway

For detailed instructions about deploying an FXS gateway, see the FortiVoice FXS Gateway Deployment Guide.

To edit gateway extensions

A GS16 gateway has 16 FXS ports. Each port has an extension number.

For detailed instructions about editing a managed extension, see the Modifying managed extensions.

To view the list of added GS16 gateways

Go to Managed System > Gateway > FXS Gateway.

GUI field	Description
Actions
Apply configuration	Select a gateway from the list and click this option to apply the FortiVoice FXS gateway configuration file to this gateway and reboot the gateway immediately.
View configuration	Select a gateway from the list and click this option to display the configuration file applied to this gateway.
Unmanaged Gateway	Click to display the gateways auto discovered by the FortiVoice unit. For more information, see Viewing unmanaged gateways.
Fetch Device Info	Select a branch FortiVoice unit from the list and click this option to retrieve its information.
Upgrade
Now	Select a gateway and select this option to upgrade it now.
Custom Time	Select a gateway and select this option to upgrade it later.
Start Extension	Shows the start of the analog extension numbering for up to 1000 extensions. Click the Edit icon to access the FXS Gateway start extension setting. For more details about the FXS Gateway start extension setting, see Configuring PBX options.