Here is my question. We have a Asterisk PBX with an T400P Card. We have 2 T1's comming into this card from a Channel bank. So this gives us 48 Channels and 48 Extensions. Here's my issue: How and where do my extensions get punched down? Is there a 24 extension FXS Card with an Amphenol Interface on it? Or ? This is where I am getting lost. I am used to seeing the Extension Cards be handled by the PBX System I am not seeing how this is done with the Asterisk System. I hope this is making sence. Could someone please shed some lite on this subject. Thank you, Geoff
if i'm understanding, you can simply use an 24 port FXS channel bank and feed if from one of the left over ports on the t400p tns@cwkb.com wrote:>Here is my question. We have a Asterisk PBX with an T400P Card. We have >2 T1's comming into this card from a Channel bank. So this gives us 48 >Channels and 48 Extensions. > >Here's my issue: How and where do my extensions get punched down? Is >there a 24 extension FXS Card with an Amphenol Interface on it? Or ? >This is where I am getting lost. I am used to seeing the Extension Cards >be handled by the PBX System I am not seeing how this is done with the >Asterisk System. > >I hope this is making sence. Could someone please shed some lite on this >subject. > >Thank you, > >Geoff > >_______________________________________________ >Asterisk-Users mailing list >Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com >http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >
The channel bank should have your amphenol connector(s). You should consult your channel bank doc's for wiring requirements, as some manufacturers deviate from the standard 50-pin amphenol wiring. -wade> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of tns@cwkb.com > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 6:04 PM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Channel Bank FXS Questions > > > Here is my question. We have a Asterisk PBX with an T400P Card. We have > 2 T1's comming into this card from a Channel bank. So this gives us 48 > Channels and 48 Extensions. > > Here's my issue: How and where do my extensions get punched down? Is > there a 24 extension FXS Card with an Amphenol Interface on it? Or ? > This is where I am getting lost. I am used to seeing the Extension Cards > be handled by the PBX System I am not seeing how this is done with the > Asterisk System. > > I hope this is making sence. Could someone please shed some lite on this > subject. > > Thank you, > > Geoff > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
It depends on the make of channel bank. The ones I'm most familier with (tellabs/NT D3/D4), have amphenol connectors on the chassis and those connectors feed to the cards/modules through the channel bank backplane connectors. Cable from the bank to some kind of distribution point... Punchdown, wirewrap (yeah, wirewrap!) whatever and you're done. Ahh for the days of butterfly tools. :) Bruce Ferrell tns@cwkb.com wrote:> Here is my question. We have a Asterisk PBX with an T400P Card. We have > 2 T1's comming into this card from a Channel bank. So this gives us 48 > Channels and 48 Extensions. > > Here's my issue: How and where do my extensions get punched down? Is > there a 24 extension FXS Card with an Amphenol Interface on it? Or ? > This is where I am getting lost. I am used to seeing the Extension Cards > be handled by the PBX System I am not seeing how this is done with the > Asterisk System. > > I hope this is making sence. Could someone please shed some lite on this > subject. > > Thank you, > > Geoff > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >