[Asterisk-Users] TE410P card connection (was: Pinouts for T1/E1 crossover cable)

[Louis-David Mitterrand]

On Sat, Apr 22, 2006 at 11:59:21AM -0400, Alexander Lopez wrote:
> Can't anyone stop self-promotion and tell the poor guy what he needs.
> 
> A T1/E1 X-over cable using an RJ-45 (8-cond.) is pinned out as follows:
> 
> 1 - 4
> 2 - 5
> 3 - NU
> 4 - 1
> 5 - 2
> 6 - NU
> 7 - NU
> 8 - NU
> 
> NU = Not Used
> 
> I have not in my experience seen any problems with using a Good Quality
> Cat5 vs. Cat 3 (telco standard) cable for X-connects.  YMMV, but you
> should be fine. As far as the shielding goes, I use UTP cables and
> Connectors all the time and some of my X-connects run over 100 feet.

Thanks for the info!

Should I use a T1 cross cable to connect the telco's socket to the 
TE410P card?

When I tried straight cat5 cables, both leds remained red at each end. 
However this E1 socket works fine with the Matra PBX, so it must be a 
cable problem or TE410P misconfiguration.

Thanks,


Here  is my configuration:

/etc/zaptel.conf:

	span=1,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4
	span=2,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4
	span=3,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4
	span=4,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4

	bchan=1-15,17-31
	dchan=16

	bchan=32-46,48-62
	dchan=47

	bchan=63-77,79-93
	dchan=78

	bchan=94-108,110-124
	dchan=109

	loadzone=fr
	defaultzone=fr

/etc/asterisk/zapata.conf:

	;; to telco
	context=default
	signalling=pri_cpe
	group = 1
	channel => 1-15
	channel => 17-31

	;; to old pbx
	context=international
	signalling=pri_net
	group = 2
	channel => 32-46
	channel => 48-62