[asterisk-users] PRI Down but zaptel lets calls through

[Andrew Joakimsen]

What is the DIALSTATUS after the "down" trunk is dialed?

And why would " verizon to increase the signal output of the
smartjack."? How far is the card from the NIU and what sort of wire
are you using?


On Jan 12, 2008 5:35 PM, Michael J. Liberatore
<mike240se at straightandnarrowinc.org> wrote:
>
>
> I havent gotten any responses so i would like to add some more info that
> might help someone give me some advice.
>
> At first i thought that the reason it wasnt giving an error or falling
> through was because the zaptel status of the wanpipe was OK, but now i am
> monitoring that it still doesnt error or fall through even if the status is
> RED.  This doesnt make sense to me if zaptel knows its down then why is it
> connecting these calls (or thinks it is)
>
> here is an example log:
>
> [Jan  7 13:22:29] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:     -- Executing
> [5735551815 at from-sip:1] Set("SIP/802-082d2a58", "CALLERI
> D(Num)=5735553977") in new stack
> [Jan  7 13:22:29] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:     -- Executing
> [5735551815 at from-sip:2] Dial("SIP/802-082d2a58", "ZAP/G1
> /19736631815|60") in new stack
> [Jan  7 13:22:29] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:     -- Called G1/15735551815
> [Jan  7 13:22:33] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:     -- Zap/1-1 answered
> SIP/802-082d2a58
> [Jan  7 13:22:45] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:     -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
> [Jan  7 13:22:45] VERBOSE[6160] logger.c:   == Spawn extension (from-sip,
> 5735551815, 2) exited non-zero on 'SIP/80
> 2-082d2a58'
>
>
> here is the relevant extensions.conf:
> $maintrunk is a variable for ZAP/G1
>
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,1,Set(CALLERID(Num)=5735553977)
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,2,ChanIsAvail(${MAINTRUNK})
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,3,Dial(${MAINTRUNK}/${EXTEN},60)
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,4,Hangup
>
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,103,NoOp(Trying 2nd)
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,104,Dial(${SECONDTRUNK}/${EXTEN},60)
> exten => _1NXXNXXXXXX,105,Hangup
>
>
> here is zap show status:
>
> Description                              Alarms     IRQ        bpviol
> CRC4
> Wildcard TDM400P REV I Board 1           OK         0          0          0
> wanpipe1 card 0                          RED        0          0          0
>
>
> As you can see from the log it never jumps on error to the 2nd trunk.  it
> actually thinks that the call is going through till it doesnt and the caller
> hangs up.  Also i added the chanisavail in the code above after that log
> section and it still doesnt work.
>
> thanks
>
> mike
>
>
>
>
>
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> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Michael J.
> Liberatore
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 12:55 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [asterisk-users] PRI Down but zaptel lets calls through
>
>
>
>
> Hi, i am having a problem with my point to point t1, which is being resolved
> and is a seperate issue.  sangoma support has been a huge help and i am
> waiting on verizon to increase the signal output of the smartjack.
>
> But my issue is that in the meantime my fallover extensions arent working.
> Well they are on the CPE side but not on the NET side.  The NET side still
> thinks its making calls, they obviously dont go through, and they dont
> return errors.  I tried adding ChanIsAvail hoping that would detect the line
> is down but thats not working either.  So basically i have no way to fail
> over the calls.  I have the code in place to have the calls re routed over
> iax but its just not working since asterisk thinks the calls are going
> through until the person hangs up.
>
> So can anyone help me get this working properly?  There has got to be a way
> to have this work, the pri span registers as "Down" so i would think
> asterisk would realize it cant make calls over those zap channels, but...
>
> thanks in advance.
>
> mike
>
>
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