[Asterisk-Users] Debugging zaphfc + PBX integration

[Tim Robinson]

Tim Robinson wrote:
> Gavin
> Here is my config:
> ;NT mode - extension card
> [channels]
> nocid=Unavailable
> withheldcid=Withheld
> language=en
> usecallerid=yes
> callwaiting=yes
> nationalprefix=0
> internationalprefix=00
> switchtype = euroisdn
> signalling = bri_net_ptmp
> pridialplan=local
> prilocaldialplan=local
> echocancel=yes
> echocancelwhenbridged=no
> immediate=no
> overlapdial=yes
> group = 1
> context=cybergear-in
> channel => 1-2
>                                                                                
> 
> Don't forget you need a cross-over cable with 100 ohm terminations....a 
> normal ISDN/Cat5e cable will NOT work. This is a soldering iron job.
> 
> you need to know whether your current ISDN2e line is in Point to Point 
> mode or Point to Multipoint.  You then need to set the signalling 
> parameter accordingly.
> 
> Rgds
> Tim
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Gavin Hamill wrote:
> 
>> Howdy - just got meself a cheapy Cologne chip card to play with in the 
>> hopes that it will prevail where a £1000 Eicon Diva Server failed...
>>
>> I'm trying to run in NT mode and appear as a trunk to a PBX (it's an 
>> Inter-Tel Axxess unit).
>>
>> If I hook a specific port on the BRI board of the PBX directly to a BT 
>> ISDN2e wallbox and dial 95000, I get a dialtone and can complete 
>> calls. Any time I connect to the Diva Server or the zaphfc card, the 
>> handset tells me 'TEST ISDN2 IS UNPLUGGED'...
>>
>> I installed asterisk on a completely virgin box using the install.sh 
>> contained in the bristuff 0.2.0-RC7k tarball.
>>
>> /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf
>> [channels]
>> switchtype = euroisdn
>> signalling = bri_net
>> pridialplan = dynamic
>> prilocaldialplan = local
>> nationalprefix = 0
>> internationalprefix = 00
>>
>> echocancel=yes
>> echotraining = 100
>> echocancelwhenbridged=yes
>>
>> immediate=yes
>> group = 1
>> context=demo
>> channel => 1-2
>>
>> /etc/zaptel.conf
>> loadzone=uk
>> defaultzone=uk
>>
>> span=1,1,3,ccs,ami
>> bchan=1-2
>> dchan=3
>>
>>
>> Zapata Telephony Interface Registered on major 196
>> PCI: Enabling device 0000:04:01.0 (0000 -> 0003)
>> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:04:01.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 185
>> zaphfc: CCD/Billion/Asuscom 2BD0 configured at mem 0xd002af00 fifo 
>> 0xcb3d8000
>> (0xb3d8000) IRQ 185 HZ 1000
>> zaphfc: Card 0 configured for NT mode
>> zaphfc: 1 hfc-pci card(s) in this box.
>> Registered tone zone 4 (United Kingdom)
>> zaphfc: card 0 layer 1 state = G2
>>       <plugs cable into PBX>
>> zaphfc: card 0 layer 1 state = G3
>> zaphfc: empty HDLC frame or bad CRC received (framelen = 3, stat = 0xfe).
>> zaphfc: empty HDLC frame or bad CRC received (framelen = 40, stat = 
>> 0xff).
>> zaphfc: card 0 RX [ 0xfc 0xff 0x3 0xf 0xff 0x6d 0x1 0xff ] 8 bytes
>> zaphfc: card 0 RX [ 0xfc 0xff 0x3 0xf 0xf6 0x3e 0x1 0xff ] 8 bytes
>> zaphfc: card 0 RX [ 0xfc 0xff 0x3 0xf 0x5a 0x1f 0x1 0xff ] 8 bytes
>>
>> I'm told that the RX bytes are the PBX requesting a TEI from the 
>> provider (i.e. the * box) but I can't understand why no reply is being 
>> given.
>>
>> This is precisely the same problem I had with the Eicon Diva Server 
>> card...
>>
>> Is this likely to be as simple as needing the 100 ohm resistors, or 
>> can it be fixed with software?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Gavin.
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