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

[Matthew Fredrickson]

Lee, John (Sydney) wrote:
>> The test for that is simple:
>>
>>   head -n 1 /proc/zaptel/*
>>
>> Let's look at all four spans. Not just the first one.
>>     
>
> Thanks Tzafrir.
>
> # head -n 1 /proc/zaptel/*
> ==> /proc/zaptel/1 <==
> Span 1: TE4/0/1 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1" (MASTER) HDB3/ RED
>
> ==> /proc/zaptel/2 <==
> Span 2: TE4/0/2 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 2"
>
> ==> /proc/zaptel/3 <==
> Span 3: TE4/0/3 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 3"
>
> ==> /proc/zaptel/4 <==
> Span 4: TE4/0/4 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 4"
>
> So I am quite sure that port 1 is plugged in properly.
>
> As I am dealing with telecom in China, I think I might have stepped onto
> the MFC R/2 "bombshell" but I have no idea whether the signalling is
> ISDN or R2.
>
> I tried the suggestion on
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+MFC+R2 but the red alarm is
> still on.
>
> If it is really R2, then maybe I need to buy an E100P card instead of
> TE412P.
>   
No, you should be fine with a TE412.  Just make sure that your line is 
plugged in correctly and your span= line is correct for the line settings.

Matthew Fredrickson
Digium, Inc.