[asterisk-users] (OT) DS3 Barrel/T-connector/Adtran MX2800 Problems

[BJ Weschke]

On 8/4/06, Steve Totaro <stotaro at asteriskhelpdesk.com> wrote:
> I am not totally up to speed on the MX2800 but I have gone to loopback
> tests and loop T1 25-28 and selected every possible selection while
> watching pri debug span 1 on the console, no output at all.
>
> Jerry Jones wrote:
> > If you see no errors on your MX2800 for the ds3 then they are probably
> > not the issue.
> >
> > What does the MX2800 show for T1 which do not work? If you loop toward
> > * does the card see itself? Loop toward GX do they see?
> >
> >
> > On Aug 4, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Steve Totaro wrote:
> >
> >> I have a DS3/T3 that was dropped into my telco closet as two coaxial
> >> cables.  A send and receive.  I needed to extend it so I went to
> >> Radio Shack to buy some barrel connectors.  They did not have any but
> >> they did have T-Connectors so I bought a couple of those.
> >> Everything was fine up until I went to turn up the seventh set of
> >> four T1s.  They will not come up, no Asterisk output or greenlight on
> >> a Digium TE410.  Global Crossing says they only responsible for the
> >> DS3.  I wonder if the T-Connectors could be the problem?
> >>
> >> I have already tried the same cables and server on known working T1s
> >> and they come up fine.  My Adtran MX2800 shows OK for those T1s so I
> >> dont think the problem is between the Adtran and Asterisk box (as
> >> Global Crossing claims), I have tried changing to the second
> >> controller card in the Adtran and also reseated the amphenol
> >> connection between the Adtran MX2800 and the T1 breakout box.
> >> Anyone with this kind of experience have any ideas?
> >>
> >> I am going to find some real barrel connectors and try that next.
> >>

 If your M13 is coming up clean, I'd double check the continuity to
those ports from the DSX connections out to the patch panel.

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