[asterisk-users] Newbie in China: Red alaram in Zaptel for E1

[Luis Morales]

Excelent!!

but may be better if you send to the list the zaptel.conf and zapata.conf

Regards,

Luis Morales

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Lee, John (Sydney)
<John.Lee at compuware.com> wrote:
> I am really grateful to all the experts on the mailing list who gave me
> some very good advice on this problem which I experienced in China.  I
> think we have fixed the problem and the card is no longer reporting any
> problems.  We are able to dial out successfully and we will continue to
> test.
>
> Here are my findings of the problem with working with PRI in China.
>
> 1) MFC/R2 is the biggest distraction so far when I tested the line.
> When the line did not work, I was preoccupied with thinking whether the
> line is Euro-ISDN or MFC/R2.  As I found out, the line which I ordered
> from NETCOM is definitely Euro-ISDN.  As a matter of fact, the search on
> this mailing list about installs in China has returned almost 100% ISDN.
> So, the zaptel.conf should be pretty straightforward with no tweaking at
> all.
>
> 2) Communication with the telco is the other problem.  When we placed
> the order, we just said we wanted an E1.  They delivered the E1 no
> problem but we forgot to specify that the interface must be RJ48 and NOT
> RJ45. As you might know, RJ45 and RJ48 mean 2 totally different
> interfaces.  RJ48 is for ISDN and voice connection and RJ45 is for data.
> So, after my local contact talked to the engineers, they came and
> replace the converter and plug the RJ48 into the Digium card and
> everything worked fine.
>
> Hope this helps with any future installs in China!
>
>
>
>
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