On 1/26/2011 8:29 AM, Michal Bielicki wrote:
> Am 26.01.2011 um 04:09 schrieb Matthew Kitchin (usenet/public):
>
>> After talking with Tony, I unfortunately know I can't put a G729 freeswitch 
>> license in the version of freeswitch that runs in sipx 4.2.1. I got Verizon 
>> to up my bandwidth, so I can switch sipxbridge back to blocking G729. I 
>> can't really do this at my low bandwidth sites though.
> You can easily use a newer freeswitch version and get g729 licenses for it. 
> If you do not expect help at midnight CET I can easily help you set that up, 
> its pretty simple.
>
> cheers
> Michal
>
I have a test system where I can try this, so I would love some 
instructions on how to upgrade freeswitch and set this up.
I am up and running on G711 at my main site today, so my major crisis is 
resolved.
I sincerely appreciate your offer to help. If I can get some good 
experience with this, I will be more than happy to be a source of 
information for others that have the same issue.
>> Does anyone have any interest in investigating why the calls die during 
>> transfer, hold, etc. and why they behave differently with the different 
>> polycom firmwares? I will be glad to provide the data, logs, testing, and 
>> such. I'm just not too good at troubleshooting sip. If it doesn't interest 
>> anyone, I guess I'm stuck running G711 until the version that supports G729 
>> freeswitch licensing comes out. Thanks all.
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Matthew Kitchin (public/usenet)
>> To: Discussion list for users of sipXecs software
>> Subject: Codec/freeswitch problems
>> Sent: Jan 25, 2011 4:00 PM
>>
>> I'm running sipXconfig (4.2.1-018971 2010-08-17T02:20:18 build20),
>> sipxbridge, Verixon VOIP, Polycom 450s, 550s, and 1 650.
>>
>> It has been a rough week. I'll leave out some of the details as to how I
>> got where I am, and just describe the problem.
>> I have sipxbridge set to allow all codecs.
>> Phones are set to use G722, G729, and G711 in that order.
>> The goal is to have G722 for internal communication and G729 for calls
>> to the PSTN.
>> Verizon does not allow G722. They do support codec renegotiation during
>> a call.
>> I'm having a variety of problems that I believe may have something to do
>> with freeswitch (within sipx) not supporting G729.
>> I have different symptoms with different firmware.
>> 3.1.3c - Call drops when performing a blind transfer - destination phone
>> rings one time. Hold works fine.
>> 3.2.1b - Call cannot be retrieved from hold. Transfers do work.
>> 3.2.4 - Call drops when performing a blind transfer - destination phone
>> rings one time. Hold works fine.
>>
>> If I put the defaults back in sipxbridge to block G729, everything seems
>> fine.
>>
>> I upgraded to 4.2.1 from 4.0.4 a few months ago. We were going over our
>> allotted bandwidth and dropping calls. That was when I realized the new
>> default setting in sipxbridge blocked G729. We need to use G729, so I
>> blanked out that field. I'm guessing that is when the things above
>> started going wrong. I have no idea why the different firmwares behave
>> differently. I'm running 3.2.1b right now with unhappy users. I've got
>> an urgent request in to Verizon to up our bandwidth on this circuit, but
>> that can't be my long term solution.
>> I will be glad to provide wireshark or merged logs for any of these
>> scenarios. I tried sipx-trace, but I wasn't able to get a lot of info. I
>> have it on an isolated system, so the logs aren't full of unrelated stuff.
>> I've read through this:
>> http://wiki.sipfoundry.org/display/sipXecs/G729
>> and I have looked at some of the posts in the past few months about
>> G729. Would you assume this is a G729 issue? From what I've read, it
>> doesn't look like I have any options for licensing G729 for freeswitch
>> on sipx 4.2.1.
>> My brain is just about scrambled eggs right now.
>> I'm really looking for:
>> 1) basic thoughts on my issue if anyone can enlighten me
>> 2) a possible fix related to firmwares, in case there is something along
>> those lines that would help me
>> 3) long term solution for licensing g729 in freeswitch (assuming I am
>> correct in what the issue is)
>>
>> Thanks as always,
>> Matthew
>>
>>
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