Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread James Finstrom
I assume span 2 is set ti T1... Also you should be using a crossover if your going from the card direct to the channel bank. Remember an RJ48 crossover and an RH45 crossover are not the same.. It you are using an RJ48 crossover and your span 2 is T1 then try auto T1 If All else fails you can

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Paul Hales
Have you tried setting the card as being T1 instead of E1 for the port connected to the channel bank? PaulH On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 15:33 +1100, Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: Any luck with the channel bank? Thanks for the reminder Paul but so far no luck. I have been getting: 1) ***

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
I assume span 2 is set ti T1... Thanks James. I will check. Also you should be using a crossover if your going from the card direct to the channel bank. Remember an RJ48 crossover and an RH45 crossover are not the same.. It you are using an RJ48 crossover and your span 2 is T1 then try

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
Have you tried setting the card as being T1 instead of E1 for the port connected to the channel bank? Thanks Paul. I was thinking about the same thing as I was leaving work today. I will try to set the jumper just on port 2 and let you know. ___ --

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread James Finstrom
on an 8 pin connector (rj48) copper up facing away pins labled left to right 1-8 side a 1 white/blue side a 2 blue/white side a 4 white/orange side a 5 orange/white side b 1 white/orange side b 2 orange/white side b 4 white/blue side b 5 blue/white Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: I assume span 2 is

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
I was thinking about the same thing as I was leaving work today. I will try to set the jumper just on port 2 and let you know. Yes, that fixed the problem. Thanks James and Paul. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread James Finstrom
Good to here, I know the time off set US - AU is terrible when you need support. Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: I was thinking about the same thing as I was leaving work today. I will try to set the jumper just on port 2 and let you know. Yes, that fixed the problem. Thanks James and Paul.

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
Good to here, I know the time off set US - AU is terrible when you need support. I have continued to configure the analogue phone by just adding new extensions (just like any VOIP phone) to extensions.conf as follows: exten = 5162,1,SetMusicOnHold(cpwr) exten = 5162,n,Dial(Zap/32,20) exten =

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-25 Thread Paul Hales
I think you can set callerid's in zaptel.conf for each analog port - I did that for a client a while ago. (from memory) PaulH On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 15:53 +1100, Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: Good to here, I know the time off set US - AU is terrible when you need support. I have continued to

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-24 Thread Paul Hales
Any luck with the channel bank? PaulH On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 18:09 +1100, Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: What kind of information are you looking for? configuration or? If you look in our manuals our cards and the Digium cards configure the same in zaptel and zapata. Hi James, I have

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-24 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
Any luck with the channel bank? Thanks for the reminder Paul but so far no luck. I have been getting: 1) *** Initialising: Trying to frame D4 / ESF on the channel bank 2) Red flashing light on port 2 of the TE412P card I have checked a few things here and there but I think I must have missed

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-19 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
What kind of information are you looking for? configuration or? If you look in our manuals our cards and the Digium cards configure the same in zaptel and zapata. Hi James, I have purchased a CB24-FXS-UNIV and am using a TE412P card with a Asterisk 1.4 box. One port of the card is connected to

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-09 Thread Faraz Khan
yeah, boot off a flash card. true. guess use one of the xorcom servers :) You guys should make one with pre-installed ABE for certain larger customers. Quoting Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:41:50PM +0500, Faraz Khan wrote: Just think of a different

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-09 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 10:54:11PM +0500, Faraz Khan wrote: Get a small system with no moving parts. A bit more reliable (and less noisy :-) ) than such a server. Do use a reliable system as your main server. yeah, boot off a flash card. true. guess use one of the xorcom servers :) You

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 08:28:14PM -0500, Steve Totaro wrote: Ethernet/SIP is going to be by far the most flexible. You can have much longer cable runs without some kind of USB repeater device. Switches are cheap, CAT5/6 is cheap. You could put a Quintum Tenor AX 48 Port (for instance)

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Faraz Khan
To support the quintum viewpoint we have deployed the Tenor AX 24-Port FXS in mass configurations (200-300 extensions) without issues. In a newer project we are going to do 1000 FXS extensions. They are exceptionally reliable. Steve- I thought Quintum doesnt do 48 Port FXS gateways? Last I

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Faraz Khan
I would however be interested in knowing how these USB channel banks work out in a extremely large environment. Cost/Reliability and management wise.Keep in mind that grandstream now has a 24 port FXS gateway which retails for $700- and their newer 8 port gateways are extremely good.

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Raúl Gómez C.
On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Faraz Khan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve- I thought Quintum doesnt do 48 Port FXS gateways? Last I found out from quintum was that that max is 48 port FXO or 24 Port FXS. Is this correct? Yep, just up yo 24 FXS and up to 48 FXO...

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Faraz Khan
Just think of a different alternative: If you consider the cost of a 24/32/48 FXS channel bank, vs. the cost of the PC used to driver it: just put a simple PC at that end of the campus and attach the Astribank to it. A simple PC? Thats just asking for trouble. In my experience if this is

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:41:50PM +0500, Faraz Khan wrote: Just think of a different alternative: If you consider the cost of a 24/32/48 FXS channel bank, vs. the cost of the PC used to driver it: just put a simple PC at that end of the campus and attach the Astribank to it. A

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Dumpolid Exeplish
Why not get a TDMoE multiplexer, check out http://spidermux.com/ On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 07:41:50PM +0500, Faraz Khan wrote: Just think of a different alternative: If you consider the cost of a 24/32/48 FXS

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-08 Thread Steve Totaro
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Dumpolid Exeplish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not get a TDMoE multiplexer, check out http://spidermux.com/ Maybe I am missing the concept, but why would you get a TDMoE multiplexer for the OP's usage? I can't really think under what circumstances this would be

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:14:57AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html Trouble is, you'll need 7 32-port units to cover your needs and I'm not sure if USB2 is up to driving that many ... Tzafrir? One USB connector

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Steve Totaro
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:14:57AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html Trouble is, you'll need 7 32-port units to cover your needs and I'm

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Steve Totaro
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Steve Totaro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:14:57AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Felipe Trevisan
200 extensions, take 100 PAP2 and you´re set. The trouble would be configuring them all. ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 03:00:03PM -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:14:57AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html Trouble is, you'll need 7 32-port units to cover your needs and I'm not

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-07 Thread Steve Totaro
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 03:00:03PM -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 02:14:57AM +0200, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: http://www.voipon.co.uk/xorcom-astribank32-32-fxs-channel-bank-p-530.html

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Drew Gibson
Chris Bagnall wrote: Greetings list, I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets. I've not really had any experience with large channel banks in the past (since most of our deployments are strictly IP-only

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 03:21:47PM -, Chris Bagnall wrote: I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets. I've not really had any experience with large channel banks in the past (since most of our deployments

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 10:38:36AM -0500, Drew Gibson wrote: www.citel.com I used them a few years back in a pilot install with legacy Nortel phones and it worked well. I gather they have grown tremendously from there. I'm in North America, don't know how well they support UK stuff. Citel

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Steve Totaro
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 10:38:36AM -0500, Drew Gibson wrote: www.citel.com I used them a few years back in a pilot install with legacy Nortel phones and it worked well. I gather they have grown tremendously from

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Lee, John (Sydney)
I have been told to use Rhino Channel Bank but I am yet to set it up and I appreciate if someone can show me some doco of using Rhino on an E1/T1 with TE410. Thanks. I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets.

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread James Finstrom
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What kind of information are you looking for? configuration or? If you look in our manuals our cards and the Digium cards configure the same in zaptel and zapata. Lee, John (Sydney) wrote: I have been told to use Rhino Channel Bank but I am yet to

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Gordon Henderson
I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets. I've not really had any experience with large channel banks in the past (since most of our deployments are strictly IP-only to the desk), so I'm at a loss as to

Re: [asterisk-users] FXS channel banks

2008-03-06 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 11:50:43PM +, Gordon Henderson wrote: I've been asked to provide a system for 200 extensions, most of which will be existing analogue POTS handsets, not IP handsets. I've not really had any experience with large channel banks in the past (since most of our

Re: RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread Tele Cost Price Reducer
as of now, 8 ports for 8 phones. there will be soon a 16 ports version (within April) On 3/25/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How many phones lines ? -Message d'origine-De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] De la part de Curt ShafferEnvoyé: vendredi 24 mars

RE: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread Curt Shaffer
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks How many phones lines ? -Message d'origine- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Curt Shaffer Envoyé: vendredi 24 mars 2006 03:17 À: asterisk-users

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread Chris Mason (Lists)
Title: Message Curt Shaffer wrote: As of now we are probably looking in the 36 range. We would like to utilize this as a first step to migrating to a VoIP system. To save cost. I would buy a couple of used Adtran 750's, they are cheap and readily

RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread f6hqz-m
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RE : RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread f6hqz-m
2 x TDM2460E (with hardware echocan module) or TDM2460B (wo/echocan) = 48 phones lines, no T1 cards, no channel banks level adjustments troubles, direct Zap channels and simple switching. Probably the best choice and price :-) Best Regards, Francois BERGERET, France. A very happy TDM2400 user

RE: RE : RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-25 Thread Steve Totaro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:27 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE : RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks 2 x TDM2460E (with hardware echocan module) or TDM2460B

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-24 Thread Tele Cost Price Reducer
i would suggest Astribank-8 of XorCom. it is a dedicated Asterisk compliant solution. you can look at : www.xorcom.com. On 3/24/06, Curt Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone out there using FXS channel banks to connect analog phones to Asterisk? If so do you have brand recommendations?

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-24 Thread Chris Mason (Lists)
Tele Cost Price Reducer wrote: i would suggest Astribank-8 of XorCom. it is a dedicated Asterisk compliant solution. you can look at : www.xorcom.com. Looks interesting, shame they don't have a FXO version. -- Chris Mason NetConcepts (264) 497-5670 Fax: (264) 497-8463 Int: (305)

RE : [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-24 Thread f6hqz-m
Title: Message How many phones lines ? -Message d'origine-De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Curt ShafferEnvoyé: vendredi 24 mars 2006 03:17À: asterisk-users@lists.digium.comObjet: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks Is anyone out

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-23 Thread C F
Carrier Access Adit 600 On 3/23/06, Curt Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone out there using FXS channel banks to connect analog phones to Asterisk? If so do you have brand recommendations? Thanks Curt ___ --Bandwidth and

Re: [Asterisk-Users] FXS channel banks

2006-03-23 Thread Angelito Manansala
rhino channel bankOn 3/23/06, C F [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Carrier Access Adit 600On 3/23/06, Curt Shaffer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is anyone out there using FXS channel banks to connect analog phones to Asterisk? If so do you have brand recommendations? Thanks Curt