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

Eric Wieling eric at fnords.org
Fri Feb 18 21:45:34 MST 2005


Steve Underwood wrote:

> I had trouble with wink start (or delayed dial, or various other names 
> for the same thing) a long time ago. I think the switch was an AXE. The 
> spec said as soon as the seize came in I could start the wink. This 
> turned out not to be true. I needed to wait a while, or the PSTN switch 
> could fail to see the wink at all, even if I made it very long. From 
> checking some old code it looks like finally I waited 100ms after the 
> seize before winking. Of course, you have a different switch so the 
> timings might be different, but extending the per-wink a bit seems work 
> a try. Also, 140ms or 150ms is usually the minimum specified wink. It 
> could be something is a bit borderline and a slightly longer wink is 
> needed for reliability. Much longer winks are usually harmless.
> 
> Another thing might be worth checking, although it seems silly at first 
> sight. Some people pulse wink from 0->1->0, and some from 1->0->1. It 
> seems like nothing should work if this is the wrong way around, but I 
> have seen things half work when this is wrong.

What specific Asterisk options would I use to change these settings in 
Asterisk?



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