[Asterisk-Users] zapata.conf and zaptel.conf

[firedude at shorelinuxsolutions.com]

Thanks a lot Martin.  I've looked at the zapata.conf and pretty much 
understand it but thank you for your explanation of the zaptel.conf and 
even the values that you laid out.  That was a huge help although I don't 
know what each of them mean yet I think I'm getting the hang of it.  
Thanks again a whole lot to you and everyone on the list. You've been so 
helpful.
AJ



On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Martin Pycko wrote:

> You configure zaptel.conf since zaptel interface drives the boards. In
> general you can configure the hardware part (dchannels, clear channels -
> dchannel needs to be run in HDLC mode, circuit timing, framing, etc)
> 
> Zapata.conf belongs to asterisk and you need to tell asterisk which
> channels to use and what signalling to configure it with.
> 
> Your config will propably be:
> 
> zaptel.conf
> span=1,1,0,esf,b8zs
> span=2,0,0,esf,b8zs
> bchan=1-23
> dchan=24
> fxoks=25-48
> loadzone=us
> defaultzone=us
> 
> zapata.conf
> [channels]
> signalling=pri_cpe
> switchtype=national
> group = 1
> context = incoming
> channel => 1-23
> 
> signalling=fxo_ks
> group = 2
> context = internal
> callerid = <1000>
> channel => 25-48
> 
> Notice that I skipped many other settings that you propably need to
> familiarise yourself with (look in zapata.conf.sample)
> 
> regards
> Martin
> 
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 firedude at shorelinuxsolutions.com wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone explain to me the difference in zaptel.conf and zapata.conf?
> > I'm trying to get a real clear understanding of them but its getting a
> > little murky in places.  I will be setting up a PBX running asterisk with
> > 2 T100P cards.  I will be bringing a 23 channel PRI into one card and
> > connecting the other card to a Nortell 24 channel FXS channel bank.  As I
> > understand it zapata.conf is how I configure my channels much like
> > IAX.conf or SIP.conf.  Where I'm a bit confused is I think I'm
> > understanding it configures the PRI channels but the channel bank channels
> > as well.  Would this be correct? If this is the case how does zaptel.conf
> > come in to play? If I'm understanding it correctly, zaptel.conf is used to
> > configure the T100 cards?  I'm a little bit lost here.  What exactly would
> > I be configuring here?  Just telling it what type of cards they are? Sorry
> > for such stupid questions but I'm a telephony newbie.  Taking a big plunge
> > here. I'm going straight from kindergarden to college.  Again thanks all.
> > AJ
> >
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