[asterisk-users] Installation Question

[Steve Totaro]

You don't "need" it except for a few applications such as meetme and IAX2..

I have come to always put some sort of timing hardware in a system
because ztdummy can be flaky under high use.  A TDM400P with and FXS
module is usually what I suggest for fax, emergency phone, or whatever
else.  It works great.

The timing thing is a common misconception and understandably so
because of the same naming.  There are two different types of timing.
One is RTP (I think) and the other is the PSTN T1 timing you refer to.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 10:45 PM, Al Baker <bwentdg at pipeline.com> wrote:
> I thought that the point that you had to have "a" timing source for *.
>  That source could be the "clock" off the T-1.
>  But if you didn't have something like your T1 to provide master clocking
>  ztdummy was "something" to provide the required "a source for timing".
>
>
>
>  Joseph L. Casale wrote:
>  >> Sure if you don't need ztdummy, or is there a newfangled way around that?
>  >>
>  >> Thanks,
>  >> Steve Totaro
>  >>
>  >
>  > Hi Steve,
>  > I read the wiki and see this provides "timing" for Asterisk. Can you point
>  > me toward a description of what exactly this does? I was checking out the
>  > tutorial at http://www.hotbutteredit.com/video/voip/asterisk/asterisk_install.htm
>  > and noticed they never compiled either this or the Libpri which is what prompted
>  > me to assume I may not need it in my scenario.
>  >
>  > Appreciate the help!
>  > jlc
>  >
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