{"id":89743,"date":"2014-09-16T21:49:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T21:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=89743"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:04:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T13:04:53","slug":"failover-port-on-cisco-spa232d-ata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/failover-port-on-cisco-spa232d-ata\/","title":{"rendered":"VoIP Q&amp;A: Failover Port on Cisco SPA232D ATA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Questions about VoIP devices and services are regularly submitted to VoIPSupply.com through a technical support ticket or via the \u201cAsk The Expert\u201d tab on our product pages.<\/p>\n<p>We respond to these requests directly but more often than not, this Q &amp; A would be helpful for lots of other folks.<\/p>\n<p>Below are your VoIP questions answered \u2013 Real questions from real people just like you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: In case that my Internet Provider or SIP provider fail, has the Cisco SPA232D the survival option through it&#8217;s FXO port?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/cisco-spa232d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/catalog\/product\/c\/i\/cisco_spa232d_ata_1.jpg\" alt=\"Cisco SPA232D\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cisco SPA232D Analog Telephone Adapter with Built-In DECT<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>A: \u00a0<\/strong> The <strong>Cisco SPA232D ATA<\/strong> is an <a href=\"\/cisco-spa232d\">FXS\/FXO gateway with DECT<\/a> so that in addition to using your analog phones and fax machines with VoIP you can, with the addition of an integrated DECT base station, also <a href=\"\/cisco-spa302d-kit\">add up to five Cisco SPA302D handsets to communicate with it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to your question, the answer is simply &#8220;Yes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more detail I will refer to the post of one of our former colleagues who wrote the post, <strong>FXS and FXO \u2013 You should be in the know<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Some ATA\u2019s also have an FXO port. This connects to the wall jack by the computer to provide failover. In this case, <a href=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/fxs-and-fxo-you-should-be-in-the-know\/\">in the event of internet failure, you can still make telephone calls via the POTS line<\/a>. Also, you can <a href=\"\/blog\/voip-insider\/fxs-and-fxo-you-should-be-in-the-know\/\">use the FXO port to make free local calls on your POTS line<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>FXO ports are most often used on Gateways and PBX\u2019s to support Failover or Fallback as mentioned above.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"\/downloads\/dl\/file\/id\/14981\/cisco_spa232d_datasheet.pdf\">more information on all of the FXO control settings<\/a>, check out the <a title=\"Cisco SPA232D Datasheet\" href=\"\/downloads\/dl\/file\/id\/14981\/cisco_spa232d_datasheet.pdf\">Cisco SPA232D Datasheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"post-thumbnail\" href=\"\/cisco-spa302d-kit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/media\/catalog\/product\/c\/i\/cisco_dect_solution.jpg\" alt=\"Cisco SPA232D ATA shown with SPA302D DECT Handset\" width=\"605\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cisco SPA232D ATA shown with SPA302D DECT Handset<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Stay Tuned<\/h2>\n<p>Check back next time for more VoIP Q &amp; A.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for your questions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions about VoIP devices and services are regularly submitted to VoIPSupply.com through a technical support ticket or via the \u201cAsk The Expert\u201d tab on our product pages. We respond to these requests directly but more often than not, this Q &amp; A would be helpful for lots of other folks. 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