asterisk users - Jan 2006 - Looking for Q.Sig success story

Hi all,
 
Did anyone had success with Q.Sig on * 1.2, especially with Alcatel 4400
(which seems to only support Q.Sig) ?

I am thinking about interconnecting 15 sites together with asterisk
(probably using IAX or SIP). I have a very heterogeneous environement
using both PRI and BRI, but my pilot will start with the Alcatel at the
central site.

Any help/example is most welcome.

BR, - Patrick -

On Jan 24, 2006, at 2:05 PM, Patrick Zwahlen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Did anyone had success with Q.Sig on * 1.2, especially with Alcatel 
> 4400
> (which seems to only support Q.Sig) ?
>
> I am thinking about interconnecting 15 sites together with asterisk
> (probably using IAX or SIP). I have a very heterogeneous environement
> using both PRI and BRI, but my pilot will start with the Alcatel at the
> central site.
>
> Any help/example is most welcome.
>
You should be able to make/receive calls just fine.  It's just we don't 
support some of the more cooler supplementary features (most of the 
reason people like to use Q.SIG) though.

Matthew Fredrickson

I'm currently using Asterisk in front of an Alcatel 4400 PBX: 
 PRI PSTN with DID --- Asterisk --- cross E1 cable --- Alcatel PBX
I have problems only with Advices Of Charge (AOC) from my telco, that are
not recognized and passed to Alcatel, breaking my billing application.
I'm planning to put another Asterisk server with same setup at another site
and connect them by a IAX trunk.

I will be very happy to exchange some experience.

Mimmus

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
> Patrick Zwahlen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:06 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Looking for Q.Sig success story 
> 
> Hi all,
>  
> Did anyone had success with Q.Sig on * 1.2, especially with 
> Alcatel 4400 (which seems to only support Q.Sig) ?
> 
> I am thinking about interconnecting 15 sites together with 
> asterisk (probably using IAX or SIP). I have a very 
> heterogeneous environement using both PRI and BRI, but my 
> pilot will start with the Alcatel at the central site.
> 
> Any help/example is most welcome.
> 
> BR, - Patrick -

> You should be able to make/receive calls just fine.  It's 
> just we don't support some of the more cooler supplementary 
> features (most of the reason people like to use Q.SIG) though.
Well, for the sake of my pilot phase, I basically need to have basic
call setup/teardown, as well as hold and transfers. Do you see any issue
here ?

Thanks for the quick reply. - Patrick -

> I'm currently using Asterisk in front of an Alcatel 4400 PBX: 
> PRI PSTN with DID --- Asterisk --- cross E1 cable --- 
> Alcatel PBX I have problems only with Advices Of Charge (AOC) 
> from my telco, that are not recognized and passed to Alcatel, 
> breaking my billing application.
> I'm planning to put another Asterisk server with same setup 
> at another site and connect them by a IAX trunk.
> 
> I will be very happy to exchange some experience.
Hi Mimmus, and thanks for the quick reply.

It is actually very good to hear that most of it works. The difference
in my project is that we'll keep the PSTN link on the Alcatel, and use
the asterisk only as a inter-site trunking solution. The reason is that
I have no Alcatel knowledge (will rely on other people), and I want to
be as un-intrusive as possible. If you don't mind, I would have some
additional questions:

1) Can you confirm that Q.Sig is the only option for me ?
2) What hardware are you using on the Asterisk (Digium ?)

Once my pilot starts I may come back to you for some examples and
advice, but this probably won't happen before a month or so.

Thanks a lot, and best regards. - Patrick -

Hi Mimmus,

I have just ordered a Sangoma A101, that I should receive pretty soon.
As you may remember, I will try to connect it to an Alcatel 4400, using
either EuroISDN or Q.Sig.

In order to save me some time and effort, would you mind sending me some
sample configuration, like the wanpipe and zaptel configs ?

Again, my first goal is to have basic call setup running in both
directions. My final goal is to interconnect heterogeneous legacy
systems using a VoIP cloud (based on Asterisk and IAX2).

Thanks in advance for any help you may provide. BR, - Patrick -
> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com 
> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Mimmus
> Sent: jeudi, 26. janvier 2006 11:36
> To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion'
> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Looking for Q.Sig success story 
> 
> > Hi Mimmus, and thanks for the quick reply.
> You are welcome.
> 
> > It is actually very good to hear that most of it works. The 
> difference 
> > in my project is that we'll keep the PSTN link on the 
> Alcatel, and use 
> > the asterisk only as a inter-site trunking solution. The reason is 
> > that I have no Alcatel knowledge (will rely on other people), and I 
> > want to be as un-intrusive as possible. If you don't mind, I would
> > have some additional questions:
> I have no knowledge of Alcatel too!
> I think that putting Asterisk in front of Alcatel is the best 
> way to offer * advanced features (voicemail, audioconference, 
> fax, ...) to all users.
> 
> > 1) Can you confirm that Q.Sig is the only option for me ?
> No idea!
> 
> > 2) What hardware are you using on the Asterisk (Digium ?)
> Tried both Digium TE410P and Sangoma A102. Better results 
> with latest one.
> 
> > Once my pilot starts I may come back to you for some examples and 
> > advice, but this probably won't happen before a month or so.
> No problem.
> 
> Bye
> Mimmus
> 
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