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> I'm trying to add better support to libpri for maintenance
> protocol SERVice and SERVice ACKnowledgement messages.  The
> code is marked in q931.c as being a 'KLUDGE' and should be
> ripe by now for fixing.
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> Things work great on my test machine with a T400 and a loop
> back cable.  B-Channels are able to go in and out of
> service, and the state is stored in chan_zap.c so that
> channels out of service are immediately skipped when
> attempting a call on them (similar to Do Not Disturb.)
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> Problem is, I can't get it to work in the real world.  And
> given that this is a non-ITU message type, I'm not sure if
> it's me or the switch that doesn't want to play nice.  As
> best I can tell, these SERVice messages are defined in ANSI
> T1.607 with a list price of $360 -- no 3 freebie downloads
> like the ITU specs.  Thus, I've scoured various other web
> resources to cobble together the implementation.
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> If I'm correct in my assumptions so far, these NFAS/CCS
> SERVice messages are required for proper operation of backup
> D-Channels, in addition to maintenance of B-Channels.
> Currently, it appears although * supports the use of a
> backup D-Channel, it is not able to initiate a backup
> procedure -- only follow what the far-end switch does.
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> I'm attaching a patch of what I have so far, but what I
> could really, really use from some kind soul is a PRI trace
> of a proper SERV exchange for maintenance on a B-Channel.
> If you want to try the patch, it adds CLI commands:
> "zap service enable|disable|loop channel <chan num>"
> (Very similar to the Cisco IOS Dial Technologies command:
> "isdn service <chan num> state 0|1|2")

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 dwaynemh - 05-02-08 11:39  
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I merged chan_zap_service.diff12.txt and libpri_service.diff9.txt into the
following branches, respectively:

http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/team/group/issue3450
http://svn.digium.com/svn/libpri/team/dhubbard/issue3450

The patches did not apply cleanly and I made a best effort attempt at a
manual merge.  Everything compiles and runs as is, but I am not able to
reproduce the functionality using and TE405 with 4ESS against a Dialogic
card.  I don't have a live line to test with either, so I really need some
testing feedback from someone.

This issue is very old and I am willing to dedicate some time moving it
forward, but I will need help so if anyone is interested in contributing
feedback please do. 

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