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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>>It's not a
matter of what I think. It's a matter of what you actually have
:-)</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>>> The third group are based on the Winbond
W6692 chip. I think the <BR>>> chip was released about 10 years
ago. <BR><BR>>Which is what you have.<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've known that for several months, but I believe
it is considered an HFC chip. I keep responding to posts here periodically
in the hope that it will connect me with someone who can help me arrive at a
solution. There definitely appears to be a need (albeit of limited
quantity) for a) a working US BRI solution and possibly b) a W6692
driver.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>>IIRC (from
personal correspondence with you) you have managed to get<BR>>layer 1 working
with some ISDN driver (hisax = isdn4linux? mISDN?)</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Linux installs a driver (hisax, I believe) for the
card. Whether that constitutes "working", I don't know. I don't know
what to configure or how to test at that level. F9 includes mISDN but I
haven't figured enough of it out yet to know whether it can see the card.
Key elements like config files and readme files aren't where the mISDN web page
says they should be, so I don't have enough information to readily
proceed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>(Although if
anybody wants to write a Zaptel/DAHDI driver for it, I'd<BR>welcome
it)</FONT><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So would I. It isn't beyond the realm of
possibility for me to write it, but it would take a very large amount of hand
holding. I'm quite proficient in C. I understand the basic ideas
involved in ISDN and have a working ISDN circuit, however I have very limited
user knowledge of Asterisk and no past experience at the driver level or channel
level and limited experience with linux.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Probably my biggest weakness is that I don't have a
clear picture of the levels involved--possibly because they may be historically
fuzzy. If I understand correctly a DAHDI driver would cover layer 1 as
well as higher layers up to what asterisk needs in a monolithic fashion.
OTOH, other approaches, such as CAPI may split this up. I'm not familiar
enough with what pieces cover what roles in the various possible
scenarios.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There are two problems that need to be
solved:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 1) Pieces in place to cover each
layer that needs to be covered.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 2) Making sure those pieces can
work with US NT1 protocol.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am guessing that both have been solved by someone
at some point, although probably not in the same file. I am also guessing
that some modifications to existing code could accomplish this without writing a
lot of code from scratch. I'm just not familiar enough with the options
and available pieces to know where to look.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wilton</FONT></DIV>
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