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Galaxy Pro – Quick Start Guide

The Galaxy Pro hardware features a robust industrial design, ensuring durability and reliability. It includes a server card for processing and a single expansion slot compatible with the same Gateway cards used in Galaxy Expand and Galaxy Express, offering versatile and scalable configurations.

The Galaxy Pro includes a Front Panel Display (FPD) that can supports Resetting Telephone Service, Network Configuration, and Admin Password using the same process available to the Galaxy 250.

The rear of the unit has three RJ-45 ethernet interface ports, (ETH0, ETH1, ETH2), one HDMI port, two USB ports, Line In/Line Out jacks, and a 12v DC power jack. 

It also has one Expansion Slot that can be used to install one of the E-MetroTel line cards (same as those used in the Galaxy Expand and Galaxy Express):

  • DSM16 Digital Station Gateway
  • PRI1 Digital Trunk Gateway
  • FXS16 Analog Station Gateway
  • FXS8 Analog Station Gateway
  • FXO8 Analog Trunk Gateway
  • FXSO8 Analog Station/Trunk Gateway

Additional gateway cards can be connected using one or more Galaxy Express and/or Galaxy Expand chassis.

Connecting to the Network

E-MetroTel recommends using the ethernet connectors on the rear of the unit as follows:

  • ETH0: default IP = 192.168.1.200 (static)
    • connects to customer network for internet access
  • ETH1: default IP = 192.168.10.200(static)
    • connects internally to the expansion slot
    • the front panel port can optionally connect to other E-MetroTel network devices as a telephony LAN
  • ETH2: default IP = 192.168.11.200 (static)
    • can optionally be used to connect to SIP service providers that require a dedicated network interface for connection to their equipment demarcation point

Initial network setup

Step One – Connect the Galaxy Pro to the customer network

  1. If the default Eth0 configuration is compatible with your local area network,
    1. Connect the Eth0 port on the UCX system to your network with a Cat 5 Ethernet cable
    2. Configure your PC’s network adaptor to use the 192.168.1.xxx subnet
    3. Power up the UCX system and wait approximately 100 seconds for the UCX system to boot. 
  2. If the default Eth0 configuration is not compatible with your local area network
    1. connect the UCX directly to a PC with a statically configured IP address from the 192.168.1.xxx subnet
    2. power up the UCX system and follow the instructions in Network Parameters page to change the network configuration.

Step Two – Configure the UCX for DHCP on ETH1

All default IP address configuration for all gateway cards is DHCP Assigned. To set enable the card in the Galaxy Pro expansion slot to acquire an address, you must set up DHCP Server on the UCX ETH1 subnet.

  1. Configure the DHCP settings for ETH1 using the procedures identified in DHCP Server documentation.
  2. Set the DHCP address range large enough to accommodate any additional gateway cards or devices you may have planned for connecting on ETH1.

Step Three – Set up Connection Sharing on the UCX

Refer to Connection Sharing section of the Network Parameters documentation page.  Ensure that the Private Interface is set to ETH1 and the Public Interface is set to ETH0.

Step Four- Install a Gateway Card

  1. Remove the expansion slot protective plate.
  2. Carefully slide the gateway card into place, ensuring correct alignment of the card in the slot guides, gently seat the card in place, and secure with the built-in screws.

Step Five – Identify the card’s IP address and bind it to the Gateway Card

  1. Navigate to the System / Network / DHCP Client List page
  2. If there are no other devices connected to the ETH1 ethernet port, then there should be only a single entry in the list, and the assigned 
  3. If there are multiple entries, make sure that you identify the card in the expansion slot by matching the MAC Address listed in the DHCP Client List with the MAC address found on the gateway card (or the box it was shipped in).
  4. Navigate to the System / Network / DHCP Bindings
  5. Follow the steps described in DHCP Bindings and add the card by inserting the Host Name, IP Address and MAC Address fields. (Note that you can create this binding prior to inserting the gateway card so it is automatically configured with a known IP Address.

Step Six – Access the Gateway Card for web based configuration

There are two options for connecting to the gateway card for web based configuration.

  1.  Set your computer’s ethernet interface for DHCP or to a static address corresponding to the subnet configured for the UCX ETH1 network. Then plug your computer’s ethernet port in to the ETH1 port of the Galaxy Pro (or to a port on an ethernet switch that is also connected to the Galaxy Pro ETH1 port).
  2. Set up a New Remote Host using the procedures in the Remote Access documentation using the IP address of the gateway card identified in the previous step, then press Connect. (Note – anytime the UCX is restarted you will need to reconnect Remote Host associated with the gateway card  before you can access the card for configuration.)

At this point you can begin to configure the Gateway Card from your computer. For steps on how to configure each type of gateway card, refer to the following links:

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