[Asterisk-Users] R2 support

[John Todd]

>Hi folks, where can I find the R2 beta code for Asterisk?
>
>Best,
>PauloHM

Here is the last mail that I recall seeing on the subject:

>From: Steve Underwood <steveu at coppice.org>
>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] E1 R2 on Asterisk
>Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:51:45 +0800
>
>John Todd wrote:
>
>>>LQ (Asterisk) wrote:
>>>
>>>>Dear fellows,
>>>>
>>>>I need to use Asterisk with an E1 card with CAS R2 signalling for 
>>>>Argentina.
>>>>I know that the E100P don't support it right now.
>>>>
>>>Correct
>>>
>>>>Does anybody developing R2 drivers?
>>>>
>>>Yes.
>>
>>
>>Interestingly terse reply; perhaps you can be more specific?
>>
>>I have an interest in the same drivers, and there was some 
>>discussion a week ago (two weeks?) on the topic, specifically about 
>>how a driver might be written, but I heard no confirmation that 
>>there was progress or any timeframes.
>>
>>Anyone have any encouraging updates for those of us waiting for R2?
>
>I've been more specific in the past. This was just a brief recap, 
>since its the same question each time (OK, the country varies, but 
>not much else).
>
>The work was held up by SARS, as the testing has been done in China. 
>Now the SARS threat has abated, I hope we will see a polished China 
>R2 soon. Every other country requires modifications, as no two 
>countries implement R2 in quite the same way. However, the software 
>has been written with all the variants in mind, and completing 
>support for other countries should be pretty straightforward, once 
>it is a proven platform in China.
>
>You will find some elements of R2ness in CVS. That is work I did 
>over a year ago, then left unfinished. The DSP part of that is OK, 
>although I have improved it recently. The rest was a lash-up, which 
>has now been totally replaced by a solid implementation. I have a 
>new channel driver for Asterisk, which supports R2 and PRI with the 
>Zaptel drivers. My intention is to add other protocols, so this 
>becomes a replacement for chan_zap. The way chan_zap works had some 
>flexibility issues for me, so I have tried to steer everything 
>through a generalised signalling API. On one side are plug in 
>protocols - currently PRI and R2. On the other side is Asterisk. 
>Hopefully, this will allow new protocols to plug in with little or 
>no change to anything in Asterisk. This is somewhat like Dialogic's 
>GlobalCall, but hopefully without so much of their clunkiness. :-)
>
>FAQ: Can I help with testing, and be an early adopter?
>
>No. I have all the testers I need right now. Until I have it well 
>proven, with E1's full of calls pumping through it, I am not 
>interesting in having other testers involved. I expect the 
>assistance of other testers will be needed later, to deal with 
>issues arising from the local variants of R2. Help at that time will 
>be most appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Steve
>
>
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