Docs
The product, the telephony references, the guides, the comparisons and the tools, each page with one line on what it answers.
Download the documentation (PDF)User guide
- Getting started
How to sign in to Monitor by 2N5: the invitation, your password, two-step sign-in, resetting the password, the language and the light or dark theme.
- The dashboard
How to read the Monitor by 2N5 dashboard: the Circuits and Online services tabs, each circuit's state and colors, and filtering and sorting the tables.
- A voice circuit's page
Each voice circuit's page in Monitor by 2N5: the latest tests, the MOS-LQO score, the state and call history and the planned maintenance windows.
- Data circuits and the agent
What Monitor by 2N5 shows about a data circuit, how to read latency, loss, jitter and speed, and how to install the agent at the site with 2N5's help.
- Websites and email
How Monitor by 2N5 watches your websites and mailboxes: availability, content changes, the This change is expected button and email delivery.
- Incidents and alerts
How Monitor by 2N5 confirms a failure, who is told and in what order, how to acknowledge an incident from an email link and what each message means.
- Reports
How to generate, send and schedule Monitor by 2N5 service reports, the monthly and the yearly SLA report, and how to read each page of the PDF.
- People and organizations
Managers, contacts and entities in Monitor by 2N5: how your organization is split into levels, how to invite a manager and who sees what at each level.
- Settings
What you can change in Monitor by 2N5 and what only 2N5 changes: Monitor is a managed service, and 2N5 sets up and looks after the tests for you.
- FAQ and help
Answers to the questions people who use Monitor by 2N5 every day ask most, the guided walkthrough inside the product and how to ask the 2N5 team for help.
Product
- How managed VoIP monitoring works
How managed VoIP monitoring works: you send your circuits, 2N5 verifies each one, calls them day and night, and alerts you first. Nothing to install on your PBX.
- SIP trunk and VoIP monitoring with real test calls
SIP trunk and VoIP monitoring in Brazil with real test calls, 24/7. The SIP code as proof, a retest before any alert, and escalation until someone owns it.
- Toll-free (0800) and IVR testing and monitoring
Toll-free (0800) and IVR testing and monitoring in Brazil: we call the way a customer does, confirm the message, and alert the right team when something fails.
- VoIP voice quality measured with MOS-LQO
VoIP voice quality and audio quality measured on every test call against the expected recording, not estimated from network stats. Learn MOS, MOS-LQO and thresholds.
- Line-down alerts and escalation
Line-down alerts only for confirmed failures, with no false alarms, by email, tier by tier, until someone acknowledges with one tap.
- Carrier SLA report, monthly and yearly
Carrier SLA report for telephony: the availability of every voice circuit over the year and the month, as Brazilian contracts measure it, sent every month.
- Internet link monitoring for every branch
Internet link monitoring for every branch: an agent 2N5 installs on site measures latency, packet loss, jitter and speed, and alerts you when the link goes down.
- Website monitoring: downtime and content
Monitor alerts you when your website goes down and when its content is changed without authorization: swapped text, a defacement phrase or a new script.
- Email monitoring: are messages arriving?
Monitor sends one test email an hour to your company mailbox, sees whether it reached the inbox or spam, and alerts you when it does not arrive or the mailbox fills.
- Security and LGPD in VoIP monitoring
Security and LGPD in VoIP monitoring: what data Monitor by 2N5 processes and for how long, the call audio rule, encryption, and how to exercise your rights.
- Plans and pricing for 0800, IVR and SIP trunk monitoring
Monthly plans for 0800, IVR and SIP trunk monitoring in US or Canadian dollars: monitored channels and daily tests per channel. Enterprise on request.
Industries, platforms and carriers
- Brazil's SAC Decree by industry: 0800 and IVR uptime
How Brazil's SAC decree reaches each regulated industry, what is verified, what to check in the regulator's rules, and how to monitor your 0800 and IVR.
- 0800 and IVR monitoring for banks in Brazil
What Brazil's SAC decree asks of a bank's phone service, what to confirm with legal counsel, and how to document that the 0800 and IVR stayed up.
- 0800 monitoring for contact centers and BPO
Running SAC for a regulated client means following that client's rules. How to document that every 0800 and IVR in the operation stayed up, client by client.
- 0800 monitoring for health insurers in Brazil
What ANS rule RN 623/2024 and Brazil's SAC decree ask of phone service, and how a health insurer documents that its 0800 and IVR stayed up around the clock.
- Call monitoring by telephony platform
Asterisk, 3CX, Intelbras, Grandstream, Cisco, Teams, Genesys Cloud, Avaya and Amazon Connect: where each one fails silently and what a real call proves.
- 3CX SIP trunk monitoring with real calls
Why a SIP trunk on 3CX stops completing calls while the dashboard stays green, where to look in 3CX for each symptom, and what a real test call proves.
- Amazon Connect number monitoring with real calls
Why a service number on Amazon Connect stops connecting or answers with an error, where to look, and what a real test call placed from the outside proves.
- Asterisk, Issabel and FreePBX trunk monitoring
Why a trunk on Asterisk, Issabel or FreePBX stops completing calls without an alarm, where to look on each one, and what a real test call catches.
- Avaya SIP and E1 trunk monitoring
Why a SIP or E1 trunk in an Avaya environment stops completing calls without an alarm, where to look at each layer, and what a real test call proves.
- Cisco trunk monitoring: CUBE, CUCM and Webex
Silent SIP trunk failures on Cisco CUBE, CUCM and Webex Calling, where to look on each one, and what a real test call placed from the outside proves.
- Genesys Cloud number monitoring with real calls
Why an 0800 or service number on Genesys Cloud stops connecting or lands in the wrong flow, where to look, and what a real test call proves from the outside.
- Intelbras and Grandstream IP PBX: silent trunk failures
Why the SIP trunk on an Intelbras or Grandstream IP PBX stops completing calls without an alarm, where to look, and what a real test call proves.
- Microsoft Teams Phone: Direct Routing and SBC
Why Teams Phone numbers stop completing calls: SBC certificate, SIP OPTIONS, codecs, Operator Connect. Where to look and what a real test call proves.
- SIP and E1 trunks by carrier: outage diagnosis
How to tell whether your carrier's SIP or E1 trunk went down, read the SIP code and Q.850 cause of each failure, and open a ticket with evidence it can investigate.
- Claro SIP trunk and E1 trunk: outage diagnosis
How to confirm a Claro SIP or E1 trunk stopped, what each SIP code and Q.850 cause points to, and how to build a ticket with the evidence the carrier looks for.
- Embratel SIP trunk and E1 trunk: when the route fails
How to tell that an Embratel SIP or E1 trunk stopped completing calls, read the SIP code and Q.850 cause of each failure, and take the proof to the ticket.
- Vivo SIP trunk and E1 trunk: how to know it went down
How to tell whether a Vivo SIP or E1 trunk stopped completing calls, the SIP codes and Q.850 causes of each failure, and what evidence to put in the ticket.
References
- SIP codes
Every SIP response code in the IANA registry, from 100 to 608, with what each one means and how a real test call reads each response.
- Q.850 causes
The 72 ITU-T Q.850 release causes, what each one means, and the RFC 3398 map between Q.850 causes and SIP response codes in both directions.
- Glossary
Short definitions and examples of telephony and voice over IP terms: MOS, MOS-LQO, jitter, SIP ALG, IVR, DID, 0800, SIP trunk, SLA and more.
Guides
- Guides
Practical guides on SIP trunks, 0800 numbers and IVRs, voice quality, telephony SLAs and error codes, written by the people who build the monitoring.
- VoIP monitoring tools in Brazil: how to choose
PRTG, Zabbix, VoIPmonitor, SolarWinds, Site24x7, Sipfront, Klearcom, Cyara and Monitor side by side: what each does, what it doesn't, and when to pick each type.
- 0800 not connecting? How to monitor 0800 and IVR
Why an 0800 line goes down without anyone noticing, how to test the 0800 and IVR from outside, what Brazil's SAC rules require and what to do when it stops.
- Failing calls: diagnosis by SIP code and Q.850
Calls failing on a trunk or an 0800? A guide to diagnosing them by SIP code (503, 486, 480, 487, 603) and Q.850 cause (16, 34, 127), with the next step for each.
- How to enforce a carrier SLA with proof
To claim against a carrier's SLA, bring proof: every outage with time, number, SIP code and Q.850 cause, the availability math and the maintenance subtracted.
- Line-down alerts without false alarms
How to get line-down alerts by email only when the failure is real: retest before alerting, confirmation and escalation until someone takes over.
- Passive monitoring vs active test calls
Tools such as VoIPmonitor and PRTG analyze traffic and the network; active test calls dial from outside. See what each one sees and when to use each.
- SAC decree and RGC: how to prove your 0800 was up
What Decrees 11,034/2022 and 13,135/2026 and Anatel's RGC (Resolution 765) require of phone support in Brazil, and how to document that your 0800 stayed up.
- Silent calls and one-way audio in VoIP
Why a VoIP call connects with no audio or one-way audio: NAT, SIP ALG, RTP ports, the external IP in the SDP, codecs and SRTP. How to find the cause and fix it.
- SIP trunk, 0800 and IVR monitoring: a guide
How to monitor SIP trunks, 0800 numbers and IVRs: ping, SIP OPTIONS, passive capture or a real test call, the retry ladder and the evidence that holds up.
- Telephony SLA: yearly and monthly calculation
How to calculate the availability SLA for SIP trunks and 0800 numbers, by year and by month: the formula, what 99.9% allows, maintenance and what counts as down.
- Voice quality: MOS and MOS-LQO in practice
What MOS means in VoIP, how measured MOS-LQO differs from the E-model's estimate, how much jitter, loss and delay voice can take, and what to do about a low score.
- What is synthetic call monitoring
Synthetic call monitoring means placing real calls on a schedule to 0800 numbers, IVRs and SIP trunks and checking the result. See how it works and when to use it.
- Why an 0800 number won't connect from a mobile phone
Your 0800 works from a landline but not from a mobile? The common causes, from origin blocking to routing, and how to test each one before you open a ticket.
Comparisons
- Comparisons
Honest comparisons between Monitor by 2N5 and PRTG, Zabbix, VoIPmonitor, Sipfront and the alternatives to Cyara, with sources and where each one is better.
- VoIP monitoring tools in Brazil: how to choose
PRTG, Zabbix, VoIPmonitor, SolarWinds, Site24x7, Sipfront, Klearcom, Cyara and Monitor side by side: what each does, what it doesn't, and when to pick each type.
- Cyara Alternatives for 0800 and IVR Testing
Cyara (now including Spearline), Klearcom, VistaCX and Monitor by 2N5 compared: what each one does, what it publishes, and where 2N5's managed service fits.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs Klearcom: Toll-Free and IVR Testing
Klearcom tests toll and toll-free numbers and IVRs in 100+ countries; Monitor calls 0800, 0300 and 4004 numbers from Brazil, as a service managed by 2N5.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs Obkio: Internet Link Monitoring
Obkio is agent-based synthetic network monitoring with a VoIP MOS estimate; Monitor measures each branch's internet link and places real voice calls.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs PRTG: An Honest Comparison
PRTG watches networks and servers and estimates MOS from the network; Monitor really calls SIP trunks and 0800 numbers and measures the voice. When to use each.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs Sipfront: An Honest Comparison
Both place real test calls. Sipfront is self-service, with a free trial; Monitor is a managed service run by 2N5, with alerts by email.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs Site24x7: Website and Email
Site24x7 has Portuguese pages on website defacement, mail server and VoIP monitoring; Monitor watches website, content and email beside voice circuits.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs ThousandEyes: Voice Tests
ThousandEyes voice tests, from Cisco, run agent to agent; Monitor places real calls to 0800 numbers, IVRs and SIP trunks, as a customer does. See the difference.
- What Replaced Hammer VoiceWatch? VistaCX Watch Alternatives
Hammer VoiceWatch is now Infovista VistaCX Watch. See what it does, where it is better, and how Monitor by 2N5 compares as a managed alternative in Brazil.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs VoIPmonitor: An Honest Comparison
VoIPmonitor passively listens to the calls on your network; Monitor places real test calls and measures the voice that arrives. Here is when to use each one.
- Monitor by 2N5 vs Zabbix for Asterisk: Comparison
The Zabbix template for Asterisk reads the PBX's own status; Monitor really calls every circuit. Also compared: a home-grown test-call script on Asterisk.
Tools
- SLA calculator
Turn an availability target into the downtime it allows per year, month, week and day, or work out the SLA you actually had. With maintenance windows.
- SIP code lookup
Type a SIP response code, such as 503 or 486, and see its official name, what it means, and the page with causes, diagnosis and what to send the carrier.
Company
- About Monitor by 2N5
Monitor is 2N5's managed service that monitors voice circuits with real calls. Who we are, who writes this website, and how to get in touch with 2N5.
- Privacy Policy
How 2N5 handles personal data in Monitor: what is collected, why, for how long, who it is shared with, and your rights over it.
- Terms of Use
The terms of use of Monitor, 2N5's managed service that tests voice circuits with real calls: what it includes and what each side commits to.
- LGPD
How to use your LGPD rights over the data Monitor keeps: access, correction and deletion, and how to reach 2N5's data protection officer.
See it on your own circuits
2N5 prepares the demo with the numbers you choose. Three questions, about a minute.