[asterisk-users] PRI auto-configure - continued from DEV list

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 11:13:45AM -0400, Bill Michaelson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Bill Michaelson <bill at cosi.com> wrote:
> 
> >> I'm faced with an installation at a client site with supposed PRI 
> >service on
> >> a fractional T1.  
> Steve Totaro wrote:

(Please quote properly next time)

> 
> > I usually configure the entire span of 24 channels (23 B + 1 D) and
> > only the turned up channels go into service.  This is good for a
> > couple of reasons.

Also note that Zaptel will anyway reserve all the 24 (for T1) or 31 (for 
E1) Zaptel channels for the span. So the Zaptel channel numbers will not
change whether the span is fractional or full.

> Steve,
> 
> Thanks, I like this idea, and I appreciate the tip.  I will try it.  
> Meanwhile, I'm finding from others' comments that it is extremely common to 
> find the D channel on 24, which is primarily what concerned me - and my 
> inability to divine this precisely in my case led to my suggestion/inquiry 
> on the dev list.  I've seen enough docs that indicate that the D channel 
> could be anywhere in the group, also implying that it's not unlikely to be 
> at 13 or 6, IIRC.  I have visions of sitting in a lonely room repeatedly 
> editing zaptel/zapata.conf and smacking it again, and again...

Please give a list of variables. At least the ones you can think of.

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