[Asterisk-Users] TDM400P FXO channel hookstate always "Offhook" & outbound digits sent before provider dialtone

[Tom Rymes]

Open the A at H AMP interface, click on trunks, and click on the entry  
for your ZAP trunk. Then, put 'ww' in the "Outbound Dial Prefix"

Tom

On Aug 12, 2005, at 1:29 PM, Stephen Joyce wrote:

> I have an Asterisk at Home 1.3 server (Asterisk 1.0.9) and recently  
> added a
> TDM400P with (1) FXO card on port 4. Inbound calls are always  
> successful
> but outbound calls fail 75% of the time with intercept messages  
> from my
> dial tone provider that include "we're sorry, your call did not go
> through", and "we're sorry, when placing a local call it is now
> necessary to dial an area code and the 7-digit number".
>
> I have connected a test set in monitor mode to the phone line to  
> listen
> to what's being sent out the line by the Zap channel and 10 digits are
> sent but the first digit is usually sent only as I hear the dial tone
> being drawn from the line, so it appears that it's sent before the
> provider is ready to receive it. I can't find any sort of setting that
> would allow me to manually configure a dialing delay on the line,  
> but I
> suspect this would provide a band-aid.
>
> When looking at the Asterisk CLI, I see that the correct number is  
> being
> dialed by my dial plan. I am calling from SIP extension 1100 and  
> calling
> 770-555-1234, which is a local 10-digit phone number.
> -- Executing Dial("SIP/1100-9adc", "ZAP/g0/7705551234") in new stack
> -- Called g0/7705551234
> -- Zap/4-1 answered SIP/1100-9adc
>
> The status of the channel is "Offhook" regardless of whether or not  
> the
> phone line is actually Offhook or completely idle. I'm assuming that
> when the line seems idle, it should show as Onhook.
>
> ------------------------------------
> asterisk2*CLI> zap show channel 4
> ------------------------------------
> Channel: 4CLI>
> File Descriptor: 15
> Span: 1
> Extension:
> Dialing: no
> Context: from-pstn
> Caller ID string:
> Destroy: 0
> InAlarm: 0
> Signalling Type: FXS Kewlstart
> Owner: <None>
> Real: <None>
> Callwait: <None>
> Threeway: <None>
> Confno: -1
> Propagated Conference: -1
> Real in conference: 0
> DSP: no
> Relax DTMF: no
> Dialing/CallwaitCAS: 0/0
> Default law: ulaw
> Fax Handled: no
> Pulse phone: no
> Echo Cancellation: 128 taps unless TDM bridged, currently OFF
> Actual Confinfo: Num/0, Mode/0x0000
> Actual Confmute: No
> Actual Hookstate: Offhook
>
> ------------------------------------
> Contents of /etc/zaptel.conf
> ------------------------------------
> # Autogenerated by /usr/local/sbin/genzaptelconf -- do not hand edit
> # Zaptel Configuration File
> #
> # This file is parsed by the Zaptel Configurator, ztcfg
> #
>
> # It must be in the module loading order
>
>
> # Span 1: WCTDM/0 "Wildcard TDM400P REV I Board 1"
> # channel 1, WCTDM, inactive.
> # channel 2, WCTDM, inactive.
> # channel 3, WCTDM, inactive.
> fxsks=4
>
> # Global data
>
> loadzone    = us
> defaultzone    = us
>
> ------------------------------------
> Contents of /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf
> ------------------------------------
> ;
> ; Zapata telephony interface
> ;
> ; Configuration file
>
> [trunkgroups]
>
> [channels]
>
> language=en
> context=from-pstn
> signalling=fxs_ks
>
> usecallerid=yes
> hidecallerid=no
> callwaiting=yes
> usecallingpres=yes
> callwaitingcallerid=yes
> threewaycalling=yes
> transfer=yes
> cancallforward=yes
> callreturn=yes
> echocancel=yes
> echocancelwhenbridged=no
> echotraining=800
> rxgain=12.0
> txgain=0.0
> group=0
> callgroup=1
> pickupgroup=1
> immediate=no
>
> ;faxdetect=both
> faxdetect=incoming
> ;faxdetect=outgoing
> ;faxdetect=no
>
> ;Include AMP configs
> #include zapata_additional.conf
>
> ;Include genzaptelconf configs
> #include zapata-auto.conf
>
> ------------------------------------
> Contents of /etc/asterisk/Zapata-auto.conf
> ------------------------------------
> ; Autogenerated by /usr/local/sbin/genzaptelconf -- do not hand edit
> ; Zaptel Channels Configurations (zapata.conf)
> ;
> ; This is not intended to be a complete zapata.conf. Rather, it is
> intended
> ; to be #include-d by /etc/zapata.conf that will include the global
> settings
> ;
>
> ; Span 1: WCTDM/0 "Wildcard TDM400P REV I Board 1"
> ; channel 1, WCTDM, inactive.
> ; channel 2, WCTDM, inactive.
> ; channel 3, WCTDM, inactive.
> signalling=fxs_ks
> ; Note: this is a trunk. Create a ZAP trunk in AMP for Channel 4
> context=from-pstn
> group=0
> channel => 4
> -------------------------------------
>
> Thanks for your consideration in reviewing my configuration and
> suggesting some diagnostic steps and/or solutions.
>
> Cheers - Stephen Joyce
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