The line is supposed to be standard EUROISDN; I found no mention of DSS1 on the technical specs page, I only found EUROISDN.
The TELCO is going to provide me with a NT equipment that has two analog ports and two S0 ports; Of the two S0 ports one is supposed to be used to connect the PBX to the NT; I've got no idea what the other ports are, I can only guess the two analog ports will give me access to the two voice channels using plain-old analog phones. I'm asking about "risks" because I ran through the wiki's and ended up very confused because it seems Asterisk's support for ISDN is driver-dependent and drivers are obviously kind of hardware dependent. The "risk" I'm talking about is signing up for a ISDN contract only to find I can't get the drivers going, or I can't fully use the service. Since I don't have access to any other ISDN installation OR ISDN hardware, all I've got to go on is email, google and the wiki! As a matter of fact I don't know what hardware to look for! Do I buy this from a telco provider or from a computer hardware shop? Am I looking for something listed in the "modem" category or for some other hardware? Since there aren't that many Asterisk consultants in Romania I don't really know where to ask. And yes, I did find MODULO in Bucharest (listed on the wiki as consultants) but they did not return my last two emails so I'm on my own :-) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Juergen K. Zick > Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:46 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] What hardware to use for ISDN in Romania > > HI There > > if the line is a standard EUROISDN with DSS1 protocol then it's not a risk > at all to take and to connect it. You get an S0 interface from your TELCO > and there cou can plug in any EUROISDN compliant equipment e.g. TAs, > phones > and, of course, ASTERISK ... > > I would suggest that you AT LEAST try to get an ISDN-TA (ISDN <-->PSTN > converter for "old" analogue phones and fax machines) as well, for testing > and backup purposes. They are cheap to get e.g. for abt 2-5 EUR e.g. on > EBAY. > > Depending on your budgets (time and money), experiences and skills you can > equip your ASTERISK box with incoming and outgoing ISDN channels. You will > find quite a lot config examples for that, supposingly ISDN-cards with > HFC-S chipsets are the most versatile ... However, ISDN drivers are still > a > bit tricky, but youo have depending on your kernel version at least > ISDN4LINUX, vISDN, mISDN and chan_modem, chan_capi, chan_capi-cm, > chan_misdn as config options ... > > Anything else you shoul dbe able to find in the WiKis ... > > Regards, > > Jürgen > > > > >My land-line provider (Romtelecom) has a very nice offer for ISDN. All in > >all they offer me a digital land-line with 1 base number + 2 MSN's and > that > >would make a grate addition to my full-time home office. > > > >Romtelecom say they're providing EURO-ISDN and the line is compatible > with > >any euro-isdn compliant equipment. They say they'll install a NT at my > >office and this NT will provide me with 1 (one) SO (or was that S0 - zero > >opposed to the letter O?) port to connect to my PBX. > > > >My questions: > >What hardware do I use to connect the line to my Asterisk? > >What are the risks involved (bad drivers etc)? > >Has any one used this in Romania? > > > >Thanks! > > > >_______________________________________________ > >--Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > >Asterisk-Users mailing list > >To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
