Hi everybody, this article will introduce the basic hard function of HG8245H5, the device is shown as the figure:

| Port/Button | Function |
| On/Off | Indicates the power button. |
| Power | Indicates the power port, used to connect to the power adapter or backup battery unit. |
| TEL1 - TEL2 | Indicates VoIP telephone ports (RJ-11), used to connecting to the ports on telephone sets. |
| LAN1 - LAN4 | Indicates auto-sensing 10/100/1000M Base-T Ethernet ports (RJ-45), used to connect to PCs or IP set-top boxes (STBs). |
| USB | Indicates USB host port, used to connect to USB storage devices. |
| Reset | Indicates the reset button. Press the button for a short time to reset the device; press the button for a long time (longer than 10s) to restore the device to the default settings and reset the device. |
| WLAN | Indicates the WLAN button, used to enable or disable the WLAN function. |
| WPS | Indicates the WLAN protected setup. |
| OPTICAL |
Indicates an optical port. The optical port is equipped with a rubber plug and is connected to an optic fiber for upstream transmission. The type of the optical connector connected to the OPTICAL port is SC/APC. |
| Indicator | Status | Description |
| Power | Steady green | The terminal is powered on. |
| Off | The power supply is cut off. | |
| PON/LOS | See the table following. | |
| LAN1 - LAN4 | Steady on | The Ethernet connection is in the normal state. |
| Blinking | Data is being transmitted on the Ethernet port. | |
| Off | The Ethernet connection is not set up. | |
| TEL1-TEL2 | Steady on | The terminal is registered with the softswitch but no service flows are transmitted. |
| Blink quickly | The terminal is registered with the softswitch, and data is being transmitted on the port. | |
| Blink slowly | The terminal fails to be registered to the softswitch. | |
| Off | TEL port disabled. | |
| USB | Steady on | The USB port is connected and is working in the host mode, but no data is transmitted. |
| Blinking | Data is being transmitted on the USB port. | |
| Off | The system is not powered on or the USB port is not connected. | |
| WLAN | Steady on | The WLAN function is enabled. |
| Blinking | Data is being transmitted on the WLAN port. | |
| Off | The WLAN function is disabled. | |
| WPS | Steady on | The WPS function is enabled. |
| Blinking | A Wi-Fi terminal is accessing the system. | |
| Off | The WPS function is disabled. | |
| Status No. | Status | Description | |
| PON | LOS | ||
| 1 | Off | Off | The PON terminal is prohibited by the upper-layer device or blinks abnormally, contact the service provider for help. |
| 2 | Blinks twice a second | Blinks twice a second | |
| 3 | Blinks twice a second | Off | The PON terminal attempts to set up a connection with its upper-layer device. |
| 4 | Steady on | Off | A connection is set up between the PON terminal and its upper-layer device. |
| 5 | Off | Blinks once two seconds | The PON terminal is not connected to optical fibers or does not receive optical signals. |
| 6 | Blinks once two seconds | Blinks once two seconds | The hardware is faulty. |