[asterisk-ss7] Starting with SS7. Channel-Configuration

Vernier Umali vernier at gmail.com
Fri Oct 5 00:10:00 CDT 2007


Maybe the cable is connected to the wrong port?

On 10/5/07, Matthew Fredrickson <creslin at digium.com> wrote:
> Markus A. Wipfler wrote:
> > Hi Tobias,
> >
> > Red Alarm on the card usually indicates a physical problem, I might be
> > wrong but check your cabling.
>
> Yes, I second that.  IIRC, in your zapata.conf you had sigchan=1.  Zap/1
> is on the first span, and from your output, it looks like span 1 is in
> red alarm.  You need to get that fixed first.
>
> Matthew Fredrickson
>
> >
> > Rgrds
> > Markus
> >
> >
> > Tobias Wolf wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> we have used Asterisk with Standard PRI E1 Connection for some time.
> >>
> >> Now we have the opportunity to be connected to the PSTN over an SS7
> >> Trunk. The Device to which we will be connected is an Ericsson Axe.
> >>
> >> I have followed instruction from this source:
> >> http://www.cesnet.cz/doc/techzpravy/2006/asterisk-ss7/
> >>
> >> More precice i worked through chapter 6 to use the native ss7 capability
> >> of Asterisk.
> >>
> >> So i downloaded, comiled and installed:
> >>
> >> - libss7-trunk
> >> - libpri-trunk
> >> - asterisk-trunk
> >>
> >> I have not used zaptel-trunk since the package gave a warning the it is
> >> currently broken, so have have used zaptel-1.4.5.1
> >>
> >> In the server is an Digium TE220B.
> >>
> >> Here is my zaptel configuration:
> >>
> >> span=1,0,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4
> >> bchan=2-31
> >> dchan=1
> >> loadzone = us
> >> defaultzone=us
> >>
> >> B- and D-channel configuration were communicated by the owner of the
> >> ericsson switch.
> >>
> >> Here is the zapata.conf:
> >> signalling=ss7
> >> rxwink=300
> >> usecallerid=yes
> >> hidecallerid=no
> >> callwaiting=yes
> >> usecallingpres=yes
> >> callwaitingcallerid=yes
> >> transfer=yes
> >> canpark=yes
> >> cancallforward=yes
> >> callreturn=yes
> >> echocancel=yes
> >> echocancelwhenbridged=yes
> >> rxgain=0.0
> >> txgain=0.0
> >> group=1
> >> callgroup=1
> >> pickupgroup=1
> >> immediate=no
> >> ; ---------------- Options for use with signalling=ss7 -----------------
> >> ; Variant of SS7 signaling:
> >> ; Options are itu and ansi
> >> ss7type = itu
> >>
> >> ; SS7 Called Nature of Address Indicator
> >> ;
> >> ; unknown:        Unknown
> >> ; subscriber:     Subscriber
> >> ; national:       National
> >> ; international:  International
> >> ; dynamic:        Dynamically selects the appropriate dialplan
> >> ;
> >> ss7_called_nai=dynamic
> >> ;
> >> ; SS7 Calling Nature of Address Indicator
> >> ;
> >> ; unknown:        Unknown
> >> ; subscriber:     Subscriber
> >> ; national:       National
> >> ; international:  International
> >> ; dynamic:        Dynamically selects the appropriate dialplan
> >> ;
> >> ss7_calling_nai=dynamic
> >> ;
> >> ;
> >> ; sample 1 for Germany
> >> ;ss7_internationalprefix = 00
> >> ;ss7_nationalprefix = 0
> >> ;ss7_subscriberprefix =
> >> ;ss7_unknownprefix =
> >> ;
> >>
> >> ; All settings apply to linkset 1
> >> linkset = 1
> >>
> >> ; Point code of the linkset.  For ITU, this is the decimal number
> >> ; format of the point code.  For ANSI, this can either be in decimal
> >> ; number format or in the xxx-xxx-xxx format
> >> pointcode = 7430
> >>
> >> ; Point code of node adjacent to this signaling link (Possibly the STP
> >> between you and
> >> ; your destination).  Point code format follows the same rules as above.
> >> adjpointcode = 7420
> >>
> >> ; Default point code that you would like to assign to outgoing messages
> >> (in case of
> >> ; routing through STPs, or using A links).  Point code format follows
> >> the same rules
> >> ; as above.
> >> defaultdpc = 7420
> >>
> >> ; Begin CIC (Circuit indication codes) count with this number
> >> cicbeginswith = 2
> >>
> >> ; What the MTP3 network indicator bits should be set to.  Choices are
> >> ; national, national_spare, international, international_spare
> >> networkindicator=international
> >>
> >> ; First signaling channel
> >> sigchan = 1
> >>
> >> ; Channels to associate with CICs on this linkset
> >> channel = 2-31
> >>
> >> Here is the snippet of asterisk startup (regarding SS7):
> >>   -- Registered channel 2, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 3, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 4, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 5, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 6, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 7, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 8, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 9, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 10, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 11, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 12, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 13, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 14, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 15, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 16, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 17, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 18, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 19, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 20, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 21, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 22, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 23, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 24, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 25, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 26, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 27, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 28, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 29, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 30, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Registered channel 31, SS7 Signalling signalling
> >>     -- Automatically generated pseudo channel
> >>   == Starting SS7 linkset on span 1
> >>   == Registered channel type 'Zap' (Zapata Telephony Driver w/PRI w/SS7)
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapTransfer
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapHangup
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapDialOffhook
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapDNDon
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapDNDoff
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapShowChannels
> >>   == Manager registered action ZapRestart
> >>  chan_zap.so => (Zapata Telephony)
> >>
> >>
> >> This is the output of ss7 debugging:
> >> *CLI> ss7 debug linkset 1
> >> Enabled debugging on linkset 1
> >> *CLI> Len = 4 [ ff ff 01 03 ]
> >> FSN: 127 FIB 1
> >> BSN: 127 BIB 1
> >>
> >>> [0] LSSU SIOS
> >>>
> >> *CLI> ss7 show linkset 1
> >> SS7 linkset 1 status: Down
> >>
> >> *CLI> zap show channels
> >>    Chan Extension  Context         Language   MOH Interpret
> >> Blocked    State
> >>  pseudo            default                    default
> >>       In Service
> >>       2            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       3            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       4            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       5            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       6            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       7            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       8            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>       9            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      10            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      11            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      12            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      13            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      14            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      15            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      16            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      17            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      18            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      19            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      20            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      21            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      22            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      23            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      24            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      25            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      26            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      27            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      28            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      29            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      30            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>      31            default                    default
> >>       Out of Ser
> >>
> >> *CLI> zap show status
> >> Description                              Alarms     IRQ        bpviol
> >>   CRC4
> >> T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1                RED        0          0          0
> >> T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 2                OK         0          0          0
> >>
> >>
> >> Grats for anyone who has followed so far ;)
> >>
> >> I think it is clear that my SS7 configuration didn't work so far ...
> >> My provider for SS7 connection claims that on his side everthing is up
> >> and running.
> >>
> >> According to the information i gave above, can anybody give me a hint,
> >> where to look for an error.
> >>
> >> I further information are required please send me an email and i will
> >> try to provide them.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
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> Matthew Fredrickson
> Software/Firmware Engineer
> Digium, Inc.
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