[Asterisk-Users] W&M Wink timings for Nortel

[Eric Wieling]

Rich Adamson wrote:

> My guess is the asterisk implementation for E&M signaling is probably
> "one" end of that interface, watching the signaling bits and translating
> those into something * can use to terminate the call. However, I'll 
> be the first to admit I'm not a programmer and probably wouldn't 
> recognize the code even if I seen it. Highly unlikely it is a 
> fully-baked E&M emulation, and even higher probability the code can 
> not source an E&M call.
> 
> Do you know if the incoming DID digits are actually dtmf, or is it
> possible the digits are dial pulse on the E lead? (I'd have to guess
> dial pulse from the looks of those messages.)
> 
> Since I have not personally heard of anyone actually using it, I'd have
> to guess that resolving the problem will boil down to writing debug
> code into asterisk, and then writing code that supports your needs.
> Or, change the interface from asterisk to the Nortel to some other
> trunking arrangement.

Calls are working SOME of the time.  The CLEC is sending DTMF, I've 
confirmed that.  We can source E&M Wink calls, we cannot receive them 
reliability from the CLEC.  I'll be playing with the various timing 
options this evening.