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Hello all,
I am a relative asterisk noob so please bear with
me if my questions are obvious. What I'm trying to do is get our analog PBX (A
Merlin Legend) connected to VoIP. From all my googling and reading voip-info.org
(and this list) it seems very possible. I just wanted to describe my setup and
see if I'm going in the right direction.
What I'd like to do is set up an asterisk box with
a T405P Quad-Span T1 Card. I am planning to drop all voice lines and switch to a
full data T1. Span 1 would be pure data (PPP encapsulation) coming from the
Telco. Span 2 would be all voice channels, going into an CAC Adit 600 Channel
Bank with 3 FXS cards and from there into the PBX.
I would really like to use a provider who supports
IAX2 termination like NuFone, or VoicePulse but VoicePulse dosen't have a local
DID (We're located in Portland, Oregon) and it dosen't look like they provide
(8XX) number service. NuFone has a nice website but absolutely NO info on
their rates/services/etc... when I call I just get music so I don't entirely
trust that they'll always be there. If anyone can recommend a good IAX2
service that would be excellent! I'm thinking about just using
iconnecthere.com with a SIP connection for now...
From what I understand, I can set up all the FXS
(Asterisk FXO -> Adit 600 FXS) channels into a group in zapata.conf and
when I reference that group with a dial command (like
Dial(Zap/g1,<seconds>,<options>), Asterisk will "Hunt" that group
for a channel that is not busy? When a call comes
into Asterisk via the DID (through HDLC(n) interface) it will then ring
into the extension I register it to in sip.conf (e.g. register =>
myusername:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/1234). Then I can create a definition
[host.sipprovider.com] and set it's context to something like [sip-in] through
extensions.conf. Then in the [sip-in] context, I can tell it to ring into the
channel group in span 2 that I've created and it will automatically hunt for a
free FXS channel? I could even set it up with MusicOnHold in case all the
PBX channels are busy...
Am I right in this? Will this work?
Hopefully I have given enough information, please
let me know if I need to explain something further. I really appreciate any
input you have on my plan.
P.S. Asterisk is AWESOME, It's been a long time
since I've been this excited about a new application coming out. I believe
technology like this will revolutionize the internet in short
order.
-Thanks in advance
Chris
Chris Shaw
IS Manager Water Tech Industries Phone: (888)-254-8412 Fax: (503)-261-9118 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
