[Asterisk-Users] * point to point t1 solution?

[Sean Cook]

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Damon Estep wrote:
> Jean-Michel,
> 
> I agree with all of your comments, and would be willing to bet $100 that NO AMOUNT OF GOOGLING will answer this question definitively.

I would almost be willing to take that bet... find your exact
configuration is probably not going to happen... however finding enough
information to piece it together is pretty straight forward...

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1082800&page=10

This link tells you that someone else has connected asterisk to a T1
interface on a Nortel NorthStar.   (first link for asterisk nortel
northstar).

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Zaptel+Installation

Whould give you a start as to how to configure the T1 card (zaptel drivers).

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index.php?page=Asterisk+config+zaptel.conf

Would give you a start to configure the zaptel.conf


http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-IAX

Gives you the skinny (no pun intended) on IAX and working with it to set
up the trunk...


So it would be logical to assume that if you can connect to the nortel
and asterisk can talk to asterisk via (iax or sip or anything else) ...
you only need to set up an appropriate dial plan to pass extensions back
and forth.

In /etc/zaptel.conf:
   span=1,1,0,esf,b8zs
   bchan=1-23
   dchan=24

In /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf:
   switchtype=national
   context=from-pbx2
   signalling=pri_cpe
   group=0
   channel => 1-23


[from-iax-trunk]
; yeah i know this wouldn't be recommended...
exten => _X.,1,Dial(ZAP/g0/${EXTEN},20)

[from-pbx2]
; still not recommended...
exten => _X.,1,Dial(IAX/pbx2/${EXTEN},20)


This is not "Uncharted Territory" this is thinking about something as a
sum of its parts not as if "No one else has a solution just like me"

> 
> After reviewing Adrian Carters very informative response regarding TDMoE I am getting closer to what I need to know (now my googles include "asterisk" AND "TDMoE").
> 
> This is CLEARLY uncharted territory, while I'll bet it has been done before, no one took the time to document it.
> 

No it isn't... I know plenty of people who have connected legacy systems
to IP.  I am doing it with a Merlin Legend.

> My return to the list if I am successful will be to document the config on the wiki... fair exchange?
> 
> And, if along the way I find an EXPERT in this area with REAL WORLD PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE I will gladly pay the fees, but I am not about to shell out anything to pay some know-it-all to educate themselves and provide me a half baked solution that has never been put to the real world test.

If you are LOOKING for REAL WORLD, EXACT RepReSenTAtions  (sorry
couldn't resist) of exactly what you have... you are probably going to
be out of luck.  But consider this:

1.  There is plenty of ducumentation on connecting Legacy Systems to
Asterisk
2.  There is plenty of documentation on connect two asterisk systems to
eachother.



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>>Damon Estep a écrit :
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>>
>>>Jean-Michel,
>>>
>>>You missed the entire point - the question is IS ASTERISK CAPABLE OF
>>
>>EMULATING A POINT TO POINT T1 BETWEEN 2 BOXES, AND IF SO ARE THERE ANY WEB
>>BASED HINTS I MIGHT LOOK AT?  Not WILL YOU DO IT FOR ME?
>>
>>>
>>Yes, I think Asterisk can do what you are trying to achieve. No, I don't
>>know how to do it, and no I won't do it for you since I've never been in
>>the situation you're in.
>>
>>As for "web based hints", with some experience I've found that google is
>>as good as asking the mailing list. If you have no success with the
>>mailing list, the wiki (voip-info.org) and google, you can try the irc
>>channel #asterisk on freenode.
>>
>>If that still doesn't work, shelling out a few hundred bucks for a
>>consultant to help you do it - and train you in the process - is the
>>other alternative, and is often a good deal.
>>
>>I've done it a couple of times myself, and it's awesome how far people
>>can get you and how hard they try when you recognize the value of their
>>work with some money (as opposed to just asking nicely).
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jean-Michel.
>>
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