Re: [Asterisk-Users] Power Over Ethernet for *any* ethernet switch (or hub); product idea

2004-01-21 Thread Clif Jones
Follow this link for some more info. Maxim IC just released a couple of chips that handle the details of 802.3af for you. http://www.maxim-ic.com/view_press_release.cfm/release_id/925 Matteo Brancaleoni wrote: Hi. The POEI simply connects the four ethernet signals on each of its inputs

[Asterisk-Users] Using TDM400P for autodial

2004-01-25 Thread Clif Jones
I have tried to get my TDM400P card to automatically dial a number or run an application when I pick up the phone without much luck. After reviewing the email archives, config files and source to chan_zap.c it appeared that all I had to do was set immediate=yes in the zapata.conf file and have a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Using TDM400P for autodial

2004-01-27 Thread Clif Jones
Lesher wrote: On Sunday 25 January 2004 18:17, Clif Jones wrote: I have tried to get my TDM400P card to automatically dial a number or run an application when I pick up the phone without much luck. After reviewing the email archives, config files and source to chan_zap.c it appeared that all I had

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Using TDM400P for autodial

2004-01-27 Thread Clif Jones
to. Nice little surprise. I will try restarting asterisk. Wonder what else under /etc/asterisk doesn't get reloaded upon the reload command??? Tilghman Lesher wrote: On Sunday 25 January 2004 18:17, Clif Jones wrote: I have tried to get my TDM400P card to automatically dial a number or run

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Re: retrans_pkt: Maximum retries exceeded on call

2004-01-31 Thread Clif Jones
I noticed this too and it is a pain to look at. I saw it because some of my SIP phones were turned off and the NOTIFY's for no voicemail reached maximum re-transmissions. Duh! Nobody was there to answer it. I didn't check to see what the log level was but if it only shows up on -vvv console

Re: [Asterisk-Users] SUBSCRIBE in chan_sip - anyone?

2004-02-01 Thread Clif Jones
I haven't taken the time to reverse engineer this on * but subscribe is used in SIP for serveral things: 1. Message Waiting Indicator (MWI). Asterisk seems to send out a NOTIFY even with no SUBSCRIBE though. :) 2. SIMPLE (SIP Instant Message Presence Leverage Extensions). The

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Compiling while * is running

2004-02-02 Thread Clif Jones
It was actually a good question. When I learned Unix internals, the shared libs and executables where busy when loaded because of swap-in/swap-out requirements. Swap space was used to store the core memory for the apps, and the app itself was memory mapped when needed. That is why you

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Still looking for small fxo sip gateway

2004-02-03 Thread Clif Jones
Comments below. Rich Adamson wrote: I've been looking around for a small external sip fxo gateway, sending emails to possible vendors, etc, and can not seem to come up with anything that fits. Suggestions anyone? (No channel bank T1 card suggestions, please. I've also just completed an eval of

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Mediatrix sip fxo gateway workaround?

2004-02-04 Thread Clif Jones
Rich, If the Mediatrix uses the Caller-ID field to select which channel to use, then you really have no choice but to do that. As you pointed out, the Caller-ID info is not (and cannot) be passed to the PSTN line. Rich Adamson wrote: Possible Mediatrix 1204 fxo sip gateway workaround Need

Re: Fw: [Asterisk-Users] Possible Sip logic bug?

2004-02-05 Thread Clif Jones
Rich, Try it again after executing: sip debug and give us the actual SIP messages. The devil is usually in the details. Rich Adamson wrote: Anyone have comments on this? Really could use some suggestions or ideas why this is happening. Thanks. Rich Anyone

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 bug in 6.1 evident in Asterisk

2004-02-05 Thread Clif Jones
No they do not. I am managing an installation running 7960 SIP release 6.0 and the phones are on about 4 different subnets. Half of these are on remote VPN connections at people's homes. Chris Clifton wrote: So do the 7960's have to be on the same subnet as the * box ? This seems like a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 bug in 6.1 evident in Asterisk

2004-02-05 Thread Clif Jones
: Clif Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Cisco 7960 bug in 6.1 evident in Asterisk No they do not. I am managing an installation running 7960 SIP release 6.0 and the phones are on about 4 different subnets. Half

Re: Fw: [Asterisk-Users] Possible Sip logic bug?

2004-02-05 Thread Clif Jones
Rich, It is very important (at least to me) to have the whole SIP call flow. That is, I must see the initial INVITE come from the originating phone all the way to the last message. I can only speculate at this point but it appears that the second leg (destination) may never have ACK'd the

[Asterisk-Users] Having problems with RTP packets and Hold

2004-02-10 Thread Clif Jones
I'm having some problems with a SIP FXO gateway working with Asterisk when a call that involves the gateway is put on hold. This gateway was working up to a firmware upgrade but I believe it may have been working for the wrong reasons. Here is what happens: 1. User calls in from PSTN to SIP

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Can't connect KPhone to asterisk

2004-02-11 Thread Clif Jones
A typical response from the SIP UAS if no intersecting media types are found is: 415 Unsupported Media Type Some user agents also add a warning header to tell you that it couldn't find a usable CODEC. Maciek Kaminski wrote: Regovich, Timothy wrote: Not ACK'ing an invite can be problematic for

[Fwd: [Asterisk-Users] Having problems with RTP packets and Hold]

2004-02-10 Thread Clif Jones
If anyone is familiar with the SIP SDP handling routines I would appreciate some insight. The following problem that I found using Asterisk appears to be improper handling of a call put on hold when there is no music on hold: [FXO gateway] [Asterisk]

Re: [Fwd: [Asterisk-Users] Having problems with RTP packets and H old]

2004-02-10 Thread Clif Jones
still be considered active, regardless of the RTP that may or may not be happening. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clif Jones Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 1:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; asterisk users Subject: [Fwd: [Asterisk-Users

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Pingtel Phones?

2004-02-16 Thread Clif Jones
I have 3 Pingtel phones and have tested them since they were prototypes. I have had no lockups or weird problems with them on Asterisk. I will says this about them though: These phones are BIG on features and extensibility through Java at the cost of quality. It doesn't take a lot of work to

[Asterisk-Users] FXO gateways on Asterisk

2004-02-17 Thread Clif Jones
I have been struggling with several mediocre SIP FXO gateways on Asterisk for the past 6 months and have found that each one has at least one major problem with it. I am looking for any success stories using 1 to 4 port SIP FXO gateways on Asterisk. I need for them to support RFC2833 DTMF

Re: [Serusers] Re: [Asterisk-Users] INFO/DTMF retransmissions in * not absorbed?

2004-02-24 Thread Clif Jones
Gee, maybe I'm missing something, but the spec does not say that. The RFC actually says that when you send a final response, you are required to store that final response for 64*T1 seconds and retransmit the final response each time you receive the retransmitted request. (T1 = 500ms)

Re: [Asterisk-Users] RFC 2833 / Timestamp

2004-02-24 Thread Clif Jones
I wasted a lot of time on this issue with an Audiocodes FXO gateway I am currently exploring possible workarounds. Of course, I would really like to see a patch on the asterisk-cvs mail list. :) Gerard O'Rourke wrote: Hi, We are using Asterisk for a h323 / SIP converter. We are having

Re: [Asterisk-Users] RTP connection broken

2004-03-02 Thread Clif Jones
Ahhh, you must have upgraded to firmware version 4.2. I had the same problem because I didn't find the new parameter that they added in this release for broken RTP connections. Here is how I fixed it: BROKENCONNECTIONEVENTTIMEOUT = 36 This makes the gateway drop the connection after an

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 3com NBX phones

2004-03-04 Thread Clif Jones
I know a little history on the 3com SIP phones... We have about a dozen of them where I work. I'm not familiar with the NBX100 model number but the ones we have are labeled: P/N: 655005001. The first ones didn't support SIP out of the box and had to be upgraded with a new flash image. I can't

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 3com NBX phones

2004-03-05 Thread Clif Jones
The IR device is a 3rd-party piece of hardware from Extended System (now owned by iFoundry). The SIP phone looks like all of the other 3com IP phones that I have seen and turning it over with the front of the phone facing up the connectors go from left to right as follows: 1. Handset connector

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 3com NBX phones

2004-03-11 Thread Clif Jones
and Asterisk attempts to use XML. I took pictures of the main board but forgot to bring them in to work. If anyone wants any detailed info on the unit, let me know in the next couple of days before I re-assemble the device. Clif Jones wrote: The IR device is a 3rd-party piece of hardware from Extended

[Asterisk-Users] SIP Channels

2003-09-29 Thread Clif Jones
I am a fairly new user of Asterisk and I am generally impressed with its features. I have some questions about the SIP channel support: 1. I have noticed that even when there are no active calls, there is a list of active SIP channels. This appears to be a bug. Has anyone seen this? 2. If

[Asterisk-Users] Feature ver 1/2 Questions

2003-10-01 Thread Clif Jones
I have setup Asterisk to work with a SIP gateway, some SIP phones and the Digium FXS/FXO development card combo on another * box with pretty good results so far. Here are a couple of questions that I have that wasn't obvious from the documentation: Voicemail vs Voicemail2 - What is the major

[Asterisk-Users] Codec problems??? (Was: SIP i.e. Is something broken?)

2003-10-01 Thread Clif Jones
I was looking at some fixes in the replies to the chan_sip.c problems and I am wondering if I am seeing the same thing in the earlier file version. I just checked to see that my chan_sip.c is version 1.179 when I did my checkout so I never had the later versions. The problem that I am seeing is

[Asterisk-Users] Re: Audiocodes gateway and asterisk

2003-10-01 Thread Clif Jones
Ernest, There is a beta load that you can get from the Audiocodes dealer which is working for us. We are using their 4-port MP-104 SIP gateway and the only problems we have with it are: 1. Outgoing calls go out to the lines in a round-robin fashion. You can put any number of the lines in

[Asterisk-Users] Priority Voicemail

2003-10-06 Thread Clif Jones
I am relatively new at Asterisk but have a 2-machine system running with the developer kit (FXS/FXO cards), some Cisco SIP 7960's and a Audiocodes MP-104 SIP gateway. I would like to fix a couple of the voicemail boxes so someone can press some numbers such as 911 and get sent to a priority

[Asterisk-Users] Music On Hold distorted

2003-10-08 Thread Clif Jones
I have searching the forums here on how to get Music On Hold working and I have been able to get * to accept a command for MusicOnHold and for Meetme after loading the ztdummy module. I used the default config for /etc/zaptel.conf since I saw no guidance on this. My problem now is that when I

[Asterisk-Users] QOS Question

2003-10-14 Thread Clif Jones
I have 2 PBX linked together with IAX using the GSM codec. This link is over a T1 that is shared with other traffic. I know that it is problematic using ethernet to control QOS so I would like to hear some practical solutions from other users. ___

[Asterisk-Users] MOH problems

2003-10-22 Thread Clif Jones
I am trying to music on hold but I am having all sorts of problems with it. I am running RH9 and the latest version of Asterisk as of yesterday. Here is what I did to test it: 1. I manually deleted the mpg123 softlink to mpg321. 2. I downloaded mpg123-0.59r-1.n0i.src.rpm, compiled and installed

[Asterisk-Users] Re: MOH problems

2003-10-23 Thread Clif Jones
For anyone running RH9 with a recent version of *, if you are using music on hold I would be interested in what version you installed or compiled. The version described below is not working properly and leaves core files in the mohmp3 directory for me. :( Clif Jones wrote: I am trying

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Call pickup (*8) on SIP devices.

2003-10-23 Thread Clif Jones
Here are some ideas for anyone with some extra time on there hands. SIP phones on call pickup either use a special REGISTER or you can place a call with the magic extension and have the switch hang up on you and immediately call you back. With the second option, you could dial *8, Asterisk could

[Asterisk-Users] Out Of Band DTMF and SIP

2003-10-30 Thread Clif Jones
I am currently using Asterisk with G.711 codecs and in-band DTMF for several Cisco 7960's and an Audiocodes GW. When allowing out-of-band DTMF, I could use voicemail menus and anything else on Asterisk that required DTMF but I could not get the DTMF relayed out of the GW. Has anyone verified

[Asterisk-Users] Out Of Band DTMF and SIP

2003-10-31 Thread Clif Jones
I am currently using Asterisk with G.711 codecs and in-band DTMF for several Cisco 7960's and an Audiocodes GW. When allowing out-of-band DTMF, I could use voicemail menus and anything else on Asterisk that required DTMF but I could not get the DTMF relayed out of the GW. Has anyone verified

[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail storage question

2003-10-31 Thread Clif Jones
Is there an option to configure Voicemail2 to NOT store the voicemail messages on the disk once they have been emailed to one's mail server. It can be a pain for some to receive voicemail via email and then go to Asterisk just to clean out the voicemail you just heard.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk behind LinkSys NAT Routing

2003-11-04 Thread Clif Jones
This looks to me like the approach that Pingtel took for NAT. I think it is a good option to have but having STUN as an additional option is really what we want. You can find an implementation of a STUN library and apps at www.vovida.org. The External IP approach has some flaws and can be a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Outband DTMF on i4l modem

2003-11-05 Thread Clif Jones
Best of luck on getting an answer, I have posted several times with the same question. Unfortunately my time to reverse engineer this problem right now is low but my temporary solution's cons are pushing me to jump into the code and fix the problem. As a workaround you can set your Cisco phones

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Reasons why I shouldn't use Asterisk?

2003-11-05 Thread Clif Jones
This company seems to think pros outweigh the cons for Asterisk: www.voicepulse.com /. reported today that VoicePulse uses a variation of Asterisk to run their Broadband Phone Service. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/05/1319251mode=threadtid=126 Steven Critchfield wrote: On Wed,

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Semi OT: WiSIP and WEP

2004-03-25 Thread Clif Jones
Are you saying that the clicking only occurs when 128-bit WEP is enabled? If this is the only thing causing it (not network congestion), my guess would be that the same processor doing the encryption is also trying to drive the voice codec. We have this same problem on our handheld devices

[Asterisk-Users] Questions about alarm reporting in Asterisk

2004-04-21 Thread Clif Jones
I am currently helping a friend build an Asterisk PBX that spans several cities using anything from T1s to DSL connections to link remote SIP phones, IAX gateways, etc. to a central Asterisk PBX server that serves up voicemail, features, etc. The biggest problem that I have had with this system

[Asterisk-Users] PSTN line tests

2004-05-07 Thread Clif Jones
Has anyone found any good online resources for performing transmission tests for POTS lines? There is plenty of info on this list about adjusting gains on X100 cards, etc. but I am looking for test procedures using test sets. I'm talking about tests for echo loss, distortion, etc. Thanks in

Re: [Asterisk-Users] 3Com NBX phones

2003-11-18 Thread Clif Jones
We still have a few of the 3com phones in use at our company but we do not support them with our SIP products. The 3com phone was meant to be a PBX feature phone as you stated and as a result the flash ROM and RAM was not beefy enough to support the SIP protocol as it matured. The last ROM

[Asterisk-Users] Crashed Asterisk

2003-11-25 Thread Clif Jones
I have finally crashed Asterisk for the first time and I'm wondering if anyone has seen this. This is a configuration with SIP endpoints and an IAX2 channel to another Asterisk PBX. The main PBX dropped a core file after a SEGV (signal 11 ) with the following trace: #0 0x42079133 in strchr ()

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Crashed Asterisk

2003-11-25 Thread Clif Jones
Also I have found that safe_asterisk needs to have something like sleep 5 following the echo Restarting Asterisk If not, asterisk will immediately exit with return code 1 after restarting. Clif Jones wrote: I have finally crashed Asterisk for the first time and I'm wondering if anyone

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Crashed Asterisk

2003-11-26 Thread Clif Jones
Thanks for the truly useful feedback. I'm having a real hard time with the FAQ pages listing RH 8 9 FIRST in the list of Linux distros that Asterisk compiles and runs on and having any bugs (oh I mean RH problems) discarded. It would be much more help to have responses such as yours or to

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Crashed Asterisk

2003-11-26 Thread Clif Jones
Thanks for the quick feedback! I don't have a lot of free time to play with Asterisk right now but a friend of mine wanted me to get it working on Red Hat for him which resulted in the RH problems/questions. Personally, I prefer Debian which suites my needs for embedded projects and hacked up

[Asterisk-Users] Message Waiting Indicator Bugs?

2003-12-01 Thread Clif Jones
I have had several cases where the message waiting indicator was stuck in the on state with Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Here are the two cases: 1. Single extension that mapped to a single voice mailbox. Restarting Asterisk or getting a new voicemail then clearing it fixed the problem. 2. Three

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Message Waiting Indicator Bugs?

2003-12-02 Thread Clif Jones
No takers? Should I submit a bug report then? I didn't find any open bugs on stuck MWI. Clif Jones wrote: I have had several cases where the message waiting indicator was stuck in the on state with Cisco 7960 SIP phones. Here are the two cases: 1. Single extension that mapped to a single

Re: [Asterisk-Users] ArtDio equipment, anyone tested?

2003-12-02 Thread Clif Jones
I would stay away. I have evaluated these units and returned them. I determined that this unit or one from them that fits this description was actually a unit that you put between your phone and your phone line (1 FXS 1 FXO claim) and hook to the ethernet. This unit would connect the FXS

[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail2 and outgoint announcement

2003-12-09 Thread Clif Jones
I have just added rules for working hours and have noticed some problems with outgoing announcement using Voicemail2 and SIP. For normal working hours, I basically use the example macro-stdext and outside of working hours I have a macro that has the first command as Voicemail2. If someone calls

[Asterisk-Users] Dialing area question

2003-12-11 Thread Clif Jones
I am wanting to perform toll bypass using multiple gateways for outgoing calls. For example, if I call from location A to location B and I have a gateway in location B I obviously want to use location B's gateway to make it a local call. I understand how to get the local prefixes from NANPA but my

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Dialing area question

2003-12-12 Thread Clif Jones
that helps, MATT--- -Original Message- From: Clif Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 11:21 PM To: asterisk users Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Dialing area question I am wanting to perform toll bypass using multiple gateways for outgoing calls. For example, if I call from

[Asterisk-Users] G729 question

2003-12-18 Thread Clif Jones
I am thinking about using the G729 codecs on my endpoint devices and purchasing some G729 licenses for Asterisk but I have several questions: 1. Which G729 codec is sold by Digium for Asterisk, G729, G729A, B...I? 2. If I have G729A on one end and G729B on the other, are they compatible? I have

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G729 question

2003-12-18 Thread Clif Jones
Found it. Anyone interested can look in RFC3551 RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control. You can piece together that G.729, G.729a G.729b will play together and the other annexes will not due to bandwidth differences. Clif Jones wrote: I am thinking about using

Re: [Asterisk-Users] G729 question

2003-12-19 Thread Clif Jones
-through feature then I guess you are fine. I have SIP users going to h.323 g/w and I need g.729. So now I have it in pass-through mode, I think that requires less CPU overhead and I do not have to mess with licenses. Cheers SW Message: 5 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:59:06 -0500 From: Clif Jones

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Asterisk SIP Packet Time (20ms)

2003-12-23 Thread Clif Jones
Interesting. For the record, the MultiTech MVP-130 comes with a default setting of 60ms packets on all of its supported codecs. I changed the packet sizes to 20ms because I had never heard of anyone using such large sample sizes. Andres wrote: On Monday 22 December 2003 19:58, Rich Adamson

[asterisk-users] Problems with automon

2006-10-03 Thread Clif Jones
I have been trying to get automon working on Asterisk 1.2.12.1 and I am having some problems. I have searched the list archives and have not found my answer either. This system is setup for SIP to SIP calls with G.729 codecs. I believe that I have the config files setup (*1 enabled in

Re: [asterisk-users] Problems with automon

2006-10-03 Thread Clif Jones
Thanks for the response. Answers inline.. -Original Message- From: Michael Neuhauser [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 3, 2006 10:37 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion asterisk-users@lists.digium.com, Clif Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [asterisk-users

[Asterisk-Users] Questions about PRI lines for modem banks and Asterisk

2004-09-11 Thread Clif Jones
I have a friend with a PRI coming into a modem bank that is receiving 56K modem calls and some ISDN data calls. He wants to dump his analog office phone lines and use some of the capacity on the PRI. I have been digging through the mail archives and Wiki site on this subject but the

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Questions about PRI lines for modem banks and Asterisk

2004-09-12 Thread Clif Jones
are able to do this because this would suggest that the quad-span card would offer more advantages in this setup than just expansion capabilities. Peter Svensson wrote: On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Clif Jones wrote: I have a friend with a PRI coming into a modem bank that is receiving 56K modem calls