On Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:08:29 -0700, Todd Hodgen wrote:
> I think Mike is misunderstanding and mixing up protocols here.

I've always admitted I just get by on this stuff, I'm no voice/telco engineer, 
it's just one of the many things I need to have a basic understanding of. 
Indeed, I sometimes don't know the proper terminology.

> He states
> his calls are coming in over a PRI.  They are digital trunks, utilizing
> qsig or some other standard ISDN protocol, ran over PCM and terminates to
> your Mediant.

Everything is coming in over a full data T1. 
The T1 runs into an Adtran 908C Total Access unit.
That unit outputs a PCM connection to the mediant.
I never see SIP from their network. I only see SIP from my mediant to my 
network.
It's silly but they are sending Voice/Fax using SIP, then convert to PCM into 
the mediant which I then convert back into SIP for use on the LAN.  
They don't provide end to end SIP in which case I would not have needed the 
mediant, which is what I thought when that connection was going in, til the 
last minute and by then it was too late.

Let's see if I can draw something up.

Internet Connection
 |
Provider---Metaswitch for Voice/Fax services using SIP
 |
 T1 Circuit
 |
Customer
 |
Adtran Router---PRI-Mediant
 |
Lan Switch


>They need to be
> converted to t.38 for sipxecs, which I assume your gateway is capable of
> doing (Licensing?).

I don't know if this device has that licensing, if it's needed. Does have 
plenty of T.38 options though.

> Set Mediant to support T.38, and sipXecs will recognize the call if set to
> the correct alias for the extension you want it sent to.  It will convert
> T.30 to T.38.

I could give it a try and see what happens. 

> Here is a good article to read -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.38_ITU-
> T_recommendation

Came across that a while ago while looking around for more info, thanks.

> Mike, I would encourage you to read this article so you can speak with your
> service provider at a higher level and understand what is being setup on
> their end.

I've always spent time reading up on the things I'm working on. I wish I could 
have better knowledge of all of this but it's not something I do daily so the 
overly technical aspect of things end up being more confusing. I've learned a 
heck of a lot more about phone systems than I ever thought I would though and 
it's from taking on such projects and the good people behind them.


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