[asterisk-users] Alcatel - Asterisk setup

[Jorge Mendoza]

Following zapata.conf works for us, interconnecting Asterisk - BCM.
Never tested with Alcatel though.

Jorge Mendoza
=====================
Zapata telephony interface
;
; Configuration file

[trunkgroups]

[channels]

language=es
context=from-zaptel
signalling=pri_cpe
switchtype=qsig
rxwink=300
loadzone=pe
defaultzone=pe
channel => 1-15,17-31 ;for E1

callerid=asreceived
usecallerid=yes
hidecallerid=no
callwaiting=yes
usecallingpres=yes
callwaitingcallerid=yes
threewaycalling=yes
transfer=yes
cancallforward=yes
callreturn=yes
echocancel=yes
echocancelwhenbridged=yes
echotraining=400
rxgain=0.0
txgain=0.0
group=1
callgroup=1
pickupgroup=1
immediate=no
busydetect=yes
busycount=6
callprogress=yes
faxdetect=incoming
============


Vieri wrote:
> According to
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Alcatel+4400+via+PRI
> the author had trouble with QSIG.
>
> It would be great if you could give me an extract of
> your zapata.conf in your successful QSIG setup. And
> any other tip for that matter.
>
> --- Jorge Mendoza <mendoza at tcc.com.pe> wrote:
>
>   
>> In my experience, many times Qsig is mandatory for
>> interconnection
>> between Asterisk and others PBX using PRI.
>>
>> Jorge Mendoza
>>
>> Vieri wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm having the same trouble when the
>>>       
>> Alcatel-Asterisk
>>     
>>> trunk has "prefix meaning" set to "open routing
>>> number".
>>> I enabled overlapdial but still get the same
>>>       
>> behavior.
>>     
>>> When it's set to "routing number" Asterisk
>>>       
>> receives
>>     
>>> the full dialed number but it's limited to a
>>>       
>> maximum
>>     
>>> of 8 digits.
>>>
>>> Has anyone solved this "open routing number" issue
>>> that passes only the first digit and ignores the
>>>       
>> rest?
>>     
>>> --- Sahil Gupta <sgupta at voicevalley.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi,
>>>> You need to enable overlapdial.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sahil Gupta
>>>> Chief Executive Officer
>>>> VoiceValley Group of Companies
>>>>
>>>> Phone: +61-7-30188403
>>>> Fax: +61-7-30188499
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2007, Carlos Hernandez wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi all:
>>>>>
>>>>> We are looking for someone with experience in
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Alcatel PBX  - PRI - Asterisk 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> integration
>>>>>
>>>>> Please get in touch off list.. We're wanting to
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> hire a professional 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> subcontractor, developer or company to get
>>>>>           
>> around
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> some issues like these:
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Asterisk shows PRI to Alcatel is up, but when
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> trying to dial from Alcatel to 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Asterisk results in a disc tone
>>>>> (Asterisk do send calls properly into Alcatel)
>>>>>
>>>>> If / when we manage to get anything from
>>>>>           
>> Alcatel,
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> we get just the first digit 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> of the number the user is intending to call..
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Asterisk expects the whole 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> number at once, so it fails..
>>>>> Most of the time we get nothing at all from
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> Alcatel, we think something is 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> missing, so Alcatel sees the link is down.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know if you have done this type of
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> work before. We are not 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> wanting to involve the Alcatel people, unless
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> really required.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Is there any special way to set up zaptel/zapata
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> so Alcatel detects the PRI 
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> to be operational?
>>>>> Is there any special way to receive the calls
>>>>>           
>> once
>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> the PRI is up?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Right now asterisk is set with:  pri_net 
>>>>> Any information or hints will be greatly
>>>>>       
>>>>>           
>>>> appreciated
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>> NZ
>>>>>           
>
>
>
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