<div>Hi Matthew,</div>
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<div>We don't have a live SS7 link in the office but I do have an Inet Spectra SS7 simulator/emulator with ISUP. It has been used to debug other SS7 stacks on commercial SoftSwitch/NIVR platforms with great success. It can generate calls and inject maintenance messages/deliberate errors etc. The Spectra supports up to four SS7 signalling links and multiple point codes. With a bit of fiddling the Spectra can be used remotely but you have to use a DOS based client; I don't have the Unix version of the remote client application.
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<div>For independent verification of the signalling conversations "on the wire" we also have a GN Nettest MPA (Multi Protocol Analyser) with ISUP. This device will also spot transmission errors when performing long duration tests. (There's nothing like an idle SS7 link, generating lots of FISUs to really find out if a link is stable)
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<div>The bad news is the I only have an old single E1 card in our test system and the brief loan of a more modern dual E1 card (both Digium). Can these cards be used to run chan_ss7 or do I have to obtain a TE4XX card? Our model system uses SuSE
9.2, does that present any problems?</div>
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<div>Regards</div>
<div><br>Darren<br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 16/08/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matthew Fredrickson</b> <<a href="mailto:creslin@digium.com">creslin@digium.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">If anybody has a link that they don't mind me doing testing on (I<br>haven't had a real link other than chan_ss7 to do testing against),
<br>that would help considerably. I am willing to work with anybody that<br>wants to try it out and to do any coding necessary to fix whatever<br>problems they you have (including the audio problem if it arises) to<br>get libss7 placing and receiving call on your link. In fact, I will
<br>guarantee that I will do whatever it takes to make it work. You can<br>either email me directly, or catch me via AIM or IRC.<br><br>Matthew Fredrickson</blockquote>
<div>-- <br>Darren Storer<br>Comgate<br>Telco|Internet|Broadcast </div></div>