[asterisk-users] Red alarms

[Eric "ManxPower" Wieling]

You need to call your telco and check your cables.  Red alarms are 
typically a loss of the physical T-1 layer and are typically a telco or 
cable issue.

Wayne Jensen wrote:
> Asterisk is getting red alarms on my T1, sometimes once or twice a
> day, but today it happened 5 times.  Even once is too many.  Every
> call in progress is dropped.  Please help!  What do I need to do?
> What can I try?  I've googled and searched this list and can't find
> anything.  Here's an example from the logs:
> 
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32451] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 6: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32238] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 1: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32546] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 2: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32477] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 3: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32537] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 4: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32557] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 5: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel 7: 
> Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel 9: 
> Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 11: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 12: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 13: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 14: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 15: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 16: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 17: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 18: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 19: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 20: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 21: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 22: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 23: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 24: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:54 WARNING[32566] chan_zap.c: Detected alarm on channel
> 8: Red Alarm
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 1
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 2
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 3
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 4
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 5
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 6
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 7
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 8
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 9
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 10
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 11
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 12
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 13
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 14
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 15
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 16
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 17
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 18
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 19
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 20
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 21
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 22
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 23
> Feb  7 13:37:59 NOTICE[2524] chan_zap.c: Alarm cleared on channel 24
> 
> Here are other items that appear in the logs quite frequently that I
> think are related (and probably all related to timing):
> 
> Feb  7 15:52:13 WARNING[8920] chan_zap.c: Ring/Off-hook in strange
> state 6 on channel 4
> Feb  7 15:52:21 WARNING[2524] chan_zap.c: zt hook failed: Device or
> resource busy
> 
> We also get ghost calls from time to time.
> 
> More info:
> E&M Wink, B8ZS, ESF
> Digium Wildcard TE405P
> 
> The telco told me that timing must be provided by us, but when I tried
> that all hell broke loose.
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