[asterisk-users] TELUS British Columbia PRI Settings

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:23:16AM -0500, Jeremy.Hellstrom at synovate.com wrote:
> I'd just like to thank everyone that helped me get this running.  I thought I had a FAS PRI but it turns out it was NFAS so there was no dchannel on the second PRI.  When getting the 2nd PRI changed, I received an email containing the cheat sheet TELUS employees use which I thought I should share, though quite a few settings will be obvious to Asterisk gurus.  
> 
> The TELUS cheat sheet
> ________________________________________________________
> 
> Asterisk PRI provisioning
> ========================= 
>  
> T1 span timing is provisioned in /etc/zaptel.conf or /etc/dahdi/system.conf
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> For syntax see [system.conf.sample](http://svn.digium.com/svn/dahdi/tools/trunk/system.conf.sample)
> 
> ### Defining a span as esf/b8zs
>     span=1,0,0,esf,b8zs 
> 
> ### Defining a span as sf/ami
>     span=1,0,0,d4,ami

Both have timing=0 . That is: that device sets the timing on the T1
line. Shouldn't it be '1' instead?

>   
>  
> PRI B/D channels are provisioned in /etc/zaptel.conf or /etc/dahdi/system.conf
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> For syntax see [system.conf.sample](http://svn.digium.com/svn/dahdi/tools/trunk/system.conf.sample)  
> 
>     bchan=1-23
>     dchan=24
> 
> PRI interface options are provisioned in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf or /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> For syntax see [chan_dahdi.conf.sample](http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk/configs/chan_dahdi.conf.sample)
> 
>      [channels]
>         ;--- PRI interface options
>         ; Switchtype:  Only used for PRI.
>         ;
>         ; national:    National ISDN 2 (default)
>         ; dms100:      Nortel DMS100
>         ; 4ess:        AT&T 4ESS
>         ; 5ess:        Lucent 5ESS
>         ; euroisdn:    EuroISDN (common in Europe)
>         ; ni1:         Old National ISDN 1
>         ; qsig:        Q.SIG
>  
>         switchtype=national
>         context=incoming-from-dahdi ; defined in extensions.conf
>         signalling=pri_cpe ; should be pri-cpe for customer side  
>  
> ### Defining channel groups for selection
> 
> Once you've defined groups in chan_dahdi.conf.sample they can be referenced in extensions.conf
> 
>      [channels]
>         ;--- PRI interface options
>         . . .       
>         group=1 ; reference for hunting method in extensions.conf
>         channel=>1-23 ; follows b-channel provisioning


Note that anything after that 'channel=>' line has no effect on those
channels.
> 
> ### TON / NPI
> For syntax see [chan_dahdi.conf.sample](http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk/configs/chan_dahdi.conf.sample)
>         ; unknown:        Unknown
>         ; private:        Private ISDN
>         ; local:          Local ISDN
>         ; national:       National ISDN
>         ; international:  International ISDN
>         ; dynamic:        Dynamically selects the appropriate dialplan
>         ; redundant:      Same as dynamic, except that the underlying number is not
>         ;                 changed (not common)
> 

> #### pridialplan 
> For syntax see [chan_dahdi.conf.sample](http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk/configs/chan_dahdi.conf.sample)
> 
> * "national" : Interpret the digits as a national number.
> * "international" : A fully formed E.164 phone number.
> 
>     [channels]
>         . . .
>         ; PRI Dialplan: The ISDN-level Type Of Number (TON) or numbering plan, used for
>         ; the dialed number.  For most installations, leaving this as 'unknown' (the
>         ; default) works in the most cases.  In some very unusual circumstances, you
>         ; may need to set this to 'dynamic' or 'redundant'.  Note that if you set one
>         ; of the others, you will be unable to dial another class of numbers.  For
>         ; example, if you set 'national', you will be unable to dial local or
>         ; international numbers.
>         pridialplan=unknown ; Asterisk default

As of 1.6.0 . On 1.4 the default is 'national'.

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