Phone call opens garage door

The SIP Ring Switch should always have a static IP address assigned to it. Here the Fritz!Box offers the option to exclude an IP address range from the DHCP address assignment.

Settings in the Fritz!Box

IP addresses are managed in the Fritz!Box under Home network>>Network in Network settings. There you can scroll to the bottom and then select More settings. Here click on the IPv4 settings button. There you can see which IP addresses are assigned by DHCP. The SIP-Ring Switch should be assigned an IP address which does not lie in this range.

In the example shown here IP addresses 192.168.0.201 to 192.168.0.254 can be statically assigned - i.e. 192.168.0.210 for example. Make sure that the selected IP address is not being used by any other terminal device in the network.

Under Home network>>Network in Network connections the Fritz!Box lists the already used IP addresses.

Assign IP address using WuTility

Now on a Windows PC start the WuTility tool

Click on the IP address icon to start the dialog for IP address assignment. Enter here the desired IP address and click on the Next button.

The SIP Ring Switch can now be reached at the assigned address.

For the SIP Ring Switch to be able to perform a switching function by dialing a call number, first at least one extension must be created and configured in the Fritz!Box. To do this, go to the Fritz!Box user interface Telephony >> Telephony Devices. Here click on the Configure New Device button and in the next dialog enable option Telephone (with or without answering machine)

After clicking on Next a new dialog appears in which you can for example select the type of interface. Here select LAN/WLAN (IP telephone) and assign a name under which you can later find the SIP Ring Switch again later in the configuration.

After clicking on Next a new dialog appears again. Here you must assign a user name and a password to be used later when the SIP Ring Switch can be registered with the Fritz!Box.

Clicking on Next takes you to the next dialog.

Since the SIP Ring Switch cannot open outgoing connections, simply click on Next to advance to the next dialog.

Here you specify which external call number is used to call the SIP Ring Switch for initiating switching events.

Click on Next and you are shown a final overview of the configured settings.

Click on Apply to create the extension. Depending on the Fritz!Box version you may have to complete the apply process by calling an internal number or pressing a button on the Fritz!Box.

SIP basic settings

Now the SIP Ring Switch must be configured for registering on the Fritz!Box. Log in as Administrator on the web interface of the SIP Ring Switch and select Communications paths >> SIP.

Under SIP basic settings enable SIP access and then enter the access data for your Fritz!Box. As Password the password for the user name for the extension must be entered. Then confirm by clicking on the Apply button.

Extension inventory

To add a new extension to be represented by the SIP Ring Switch, click on the Add button.

For SIP type you must select PJSIP for the Fritz!Box. Confirm your entries with Apply so that they can be entered in the inventory list.

Caller inventory

To prevent random or unauthorized calls to trigger switching events, callers can be listed in the caller inventory who have permission to access the SIP Ring Switch.

There are two ways to do this:

Learn new call numbers

Click on the Scan button.

Click on Start and call the number that was assigned in the Fritz!box for incoming calls for the extension.

The SIP Ring Switch uses Scan mode to collect the SIP addresses for all incoming calls until you click on Stop.

Highlight the SIP addresses you with to add to the caller inventory.

Add new call numbers by entering

To manually enter an SIP address, click on the Add button.

Enter the desired SIP address.

Using "*" as a wildcard enables any desired number to be allowed. After clicking on Apply the SIP address is added to the inventory list.

Clicking on the Edit button allows you to modify the entries, for example to assign a meaningful alias name.

Configure output for pulses

Common door openers require a short control pulse for opening and closing. To have an output automatically revert to the rest state for example 2 seconds after activation, it must be configured in Pulse mode.

In the SIP Ring Switch configuration select Basic settings>>Outputs and for the desired output Advanced Settings. There enable Pulse Mode and for pulse duration enter 2000 ms.

Set up switching action

Now you must specify which output should switch when a call comes in on which extension. In the menu tree click on Actions and then on the Add button.

As the trigger select SIP. Select the extension to be used for triggering the action when a call is made. In the inventory list determine who should switch via call. Finally, select as initiator Switch Output > Switch output on this Web-IO and then the output to be switched. As switching state ON must be enabled.

After confirming by clicking on the Apply button the SIP Ring Switch is ready for switching.