[asterisk-users] Asterisk and Siemens Legacy PBX

[James Arscott]

Hi, this is my first post, so go easy on me !

Sorry if this has been covered before, I could not find an answer that
helped me.

I am trying to achieve the following :

Telco ISDN30e PRI <-> Asterisk with TE210P <-> Siemens HiPath PBX

The siemens is a legacy PBX and I am not 100% of the modules etc inside it,
it is being used in production at the moment and we have a need to put the
Asterisk pbx as a gateway in between the ISDN and the Siemens. Ultimately
this will help us move people from the legacy PBX to full SIP phones.

We have many Asterisk PBX's working well using the TE210P + ISDN30e PRI, but
I am unsure how to get the legacy PBX working with the 2nd span of the
TE210P. I *assumed* that all I had to do was configure the 2nd span with
pri_net and leave span 1 as pri_cpe and that would do the job, but when I do
this and plug the siemens into span 2 I get a RED alarm on the span 2 and
that's about it. Any tips on the most likely configuration that will work ?

What configuration of CAT5 should I be using to connect the legacy PBX to
span 2 ? Straight, crossed, etc.

Many thanks in advanced !

James