Nevermind... Stupid Me... I was thinking of LoopStart Lines... Really KewlStart is the best anyway...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] x100p and groundstart signaling - help > GroundStart's lack of reliable disconnect functionality is bad news for a > PBX... It allows potential toll fraud abuse... Has anyone actually done any > statistics for glare? I'd imagine the chances of that actually happening on > modern hardware is slim to none... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 2:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] x100p and groundstart signaling - help > > > > Hi, > > > > Groundstart signalling is not supported on Digium (or clone) X100P and > > TDM400P FXO cards. I recently found this out from Digium support. I > > posted a message about this a few days ago. Be aware that you will lose > > the anti-glare benefit of groundstart if you switch your lines to > > loopstart. (Glare is when an incoming call and an outgoing call are > > started at the same time - The person calling you heres you dialing digits > > to make an outbound call and then you don't hear any ringing, say hello > > and are confused for a second about what just happened.) Here it is again > > - > > > > ... > > > > I was surprised to be told by a Digium support person today that Digium's > > FXO interfaces (X100P, TDM400P FXO modules) don't support groundstart > > signalling. This surprises me because as far as I know in a typical PBX > > configuration with analog trunk lines, groundstart signalling is the only > > way to prevent Glare. > > > > I just purchased two TDM400P's for a system I'm building to replace our > > office PBX (Altigen). Since there are no statements anywhere on Digium's > > website about lack of groundstart support (Actually, to the contrary they > > boast about all the signalling support in their sales slick), I now need > > to decide if I want to return the products and switch to a T1 / channel > > bank configuration. > > > > I remember when we setup our current Altigen PBX, we had problems with > > glare and disconnect detection and so I went through the process of > > figuring out what was going on and learning about groundstart. After we > > switched to groundstart everything worked great. > > > > In a high use system, it's highly likely that a trunk will experience > > glare, which is annoying for incoming callers and system users. I'm just > > a bit baffled as to why Digium wouldn't support groundstart on cards > > designed to be PBX trunk lines. > > > > Someone please tell me I'm missing something. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > yes, fxsks and fxsls are working fine. only fxsgs is giving me the > error. > > > and that is how my lines are configured by the phone company. I'll > > > probably call them and try to change the lines ... > > > > > > > > > > > >> > > >> I'm not at my box right now, but if I remember > > >> correctly, I got this exact same error when I tried > > >> playing around with groundstart. At the time, I > > >> figured I was doing something wrong, or that my line > > >> did not support gs, and the card somehow knew that. > > >> > > >> I was able to configure for the other two types of > > >> signalling just fine. > > >> > > >> --shaun > > >> > > >> --- gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> hello, > > >>> I just installed 2 brand new x100p cards into my > > >>> linux system. Everything > > >>> compliled and worked fine from the first try. > > >>> Hoewver the phone lines I > > >>> will use with this system have groundstart > > >>> signaling. I have tried to > > >>> change the zaptel.conf and zapata.conf to use this > > >>> type of signaling but > > >>> ztcfg gives me an error every time with the new > > >>> configuration. > > >>> Bellow are the config files and the actual error. > > >>> Again, everything works > > >>> fine with the default signaling (fxsks) > > >>> > > >>> zaptel.conf > > >>> --- > > >>> loadzone = us > > >>> defaultzone = us > > >>> > > >>> fxsgs=1-2 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> zapata.conf > > >>> --- > > >>> [channels] > > >>> callwaiting=yes > > >>> callwaitingcallerid=yes > > >>> threewaycalling=yes > > >>> transfer=yes > > >>> cancallforward=yes > > >>> > > >>> echocancel=yes > > >>> echocancelwhenbridged=no > > >>> > > >>> rxgain=0.0 > > >>> txgain=0.0 > > >>> > > >>> immediate=no > > >>> > > >>> context=default > > >>> signalling=fxs_gs > > >>> channel=1-2 > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> and the error I am getting is: > > >>> -- > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# ztcfg -vvv > > >>> > > >>> Zaptel Configuration > > >>> ====================== > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Channel map: > > >>> > > >>> Channel 01: FXS Groundstart (Default) (Slaves: 01) > > >>> Channel 02: FXS Groundstart (Default) (Slaves: 02) > > >>> > > >>> 2 channels configured. > > >>> > > >>> ZT_CHANCONFIG failed on channel 1: Invalid argument > > >>> (22) > > >>> Did you forget that FXS interfaces are configured > > >>> with FXO signalling > > >>> and that FXO interfaces use FXS signalling? > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > > >>> --- > > >>> > > >>> I don't know why I am getting this the only choice I > > >>> have is to have the > > >>> phone company change the signaling but before doing > > >>> that I was thinking > > >>> that maybe somebody used this signaling before and > > >>> can help. > > >>> > > >>> thank you, > > >>> gabriel > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> Asterisk-Users mailing list > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>> > > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > >>> > > >>> > > >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> __________________________________ > > >> Do you Yahoo!? > > >> Yahoo! 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