[Asterisk-Users] zapata.conf and zaptel.conf

[Jeremy McNamara]

Good one, Martin... Glad someone is on the ball, I was being lazy :)


Jeremy

Martin Pycko wrote:

>You configure zaptel.conf since zaptel interface drives the boards. In
>general you can configure the hardware part (dchannels, clear channels -
>dchannel needs to be run in HDLC mode, circuit timing, framing, etc)
>
>Zapata.conf belongs to asterisk and you need to tell asterisk which
>channels to use and what signalling to configure it with.
>
>Your config will propably be:
>
>zaptel.conf
>span=1,1,0,esf,b8zs
>span=2,0,0,esf,b8zs
>bchan=1-23
>dchan=24
>fxoks=25-48
>loadzone=us
>defaultzone=us
>
>zapata.conf
>[channels]
>signalling=pri_cpe
>switchtype=national
>group = 1
>context = incoming
>channel => 1-23
>
>signalling=fxo_ks
>group = 2
>context = internal
>callerid = <1000>
>channel => 25-48
>
>Notice that I skipped many other settings that you propably need to
>familiarise yourself with (look in zapata.conf.sample)
>
>regards
>Martin
>
>On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 firedude at shorelinuxsolutions.com wrote:
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>>Can anyone explain to me the difference in zaptel.conf and zapata.conf?
>>I'm trying to get a real clear understanding of them but its getting a
>>little murky in places.  I will be setting up a PBX running asterisk with
>>2 T100P cards.  I will be bringing a 23 channel PRI into one card and
>>connecting the other card to a Nortell 24 channel FXS channel bank.  As I
>>understand it zapata.conf is how I configure my channels much like
>>IAX.conf or SIP.conf.  Where I'm a bit confused is I think I'm
>>understanding it configures the PRI channels but the channel bank channels
>>as well.  Would this be correct? If this is the case how does zaptel.conf
>>come in to play? If I'm understanding it correctly, zaptel.conf is used to
>>configure the T100 cards?  I'm a little bit lost here.  What exactly would
>>I be configuring here?  Just telling it what type of cards they are? Sorry
>>for such stupid questions but I'm a telephony newbie.  Taking a big plunge
>>here. I'm going straight from kindergarden to college.  Again thanks all.
>>AJ
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