asterisk users - Jun 2003 - PRI questions

We are in the prossess of ordering a ISDN (PRI) line from Verizon.  There 
are a couple of questions on the application that I don't understand. 
I'm
still a newbie here but we're taking the big plunge.  If someone could 
give me some direction here I would be greatly appreciative.  The  
questions on their app that I don't understand are:
1.) The Verizon Co will outpulse 10 digits to the PBX, is this 
satisfactory?

2.)DNLS Digit Dialing - Prefix and Delete - (if yes, what will it be?)

It's also asking for the PBX manufacturer / system model number and the 
PBX software / release.  Should I just fill in Asterisk and the realease 
for these questions?

Lastly, they wish to know if it is custom or national ISDN and if its 
national - if it is 1,2,3.  How do I determine this?  
Thanks for any and all help.
AJ

On Sat, 2003-06-07 at 19:14, firedude@shorelinuxsolutions.com
wrote:
> We are in the prossess of ordering a ISDN (PRI) line from Verizon.  There 
> are a couple of questions on the application that I don't understand. 
I'm
> still a newbie here but we're taking the big plunge.  If someone could 
> give me some direction here I would be greatly appreciative.  The  
> questions on their app that I don't understand are:
> 1.) The Verizon Co will outpulse 10 digits to the PBX, is this 
> satisfactory?
See my other comment, but 10 digits is what you want. "outpulse" is a
interesting way of putting it. Of course I went through some interesting
times dealing with our telco in getting them to use terminology that was
appropriate to the circuit we where ordering. 
> 2.)DNLS Digit Dialing - Prefix and Delete - (if yes, what will it be?)
not sure on this one. 
> It's also asking for the PBX manufacturer / system model number and the
> PBX software / release.  Should I just fill in Asterisk and the realease 
> for these questions?
May want to include your T1 card model number(T100P,T400P) too so if
they want to check up on the FCC cert they can easily.
> Lastly, they wish to know if it is custom or national ISDN and if its 
> national - if it is 1,2,3.  How do I determine this?  
> Thanks for any and all help.
If you look in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf you will see the options. Looks
like you need national, but I don't know what version.

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>

We have successfully set up * and can make calls and leave/check
voicemails... Except in one case.  I have set up Gnophone, and I've
configured it to use our new * server. I can make outgoing calls, and I
can navigate menus and check voice mail.  However, if I ever try to
leave a voicemail for another extension, I hear the greeting, but as
soon as the greeting is over there is a pause and it hangs up.  The *
logs show:

  == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/voicemail.conf': Found
    -- Playing 'vm-theperson'
    -- Playing 'digits/1'
    -- Playing 'digits/0'
    -- Playing 'digits/3'
    -- Playing 'vm-isunavail'
    -- Playing 'vm-intro'
    -- Playing 'beep'
    -- Recording to /var/spool/asterisk/vm/103/INBOX/msg0000
WARNING[1209214400]: File app_voicemail.c, Line 707 (leave_voicemail):
No audio available on IAX[sirkus@sirkus]/1??
    -- User hung up

It says the user hung up, but I (as the user) did not. Gnophone may
have, but it seems odd that I can do all the other functions (including
outgoing calls) but I can't leave a message.
Any ideas?

Thanks.

On Sat, 7 Jun 2003, Steven Critchfield wrote:
> See my other comment, but 10 digits is what you want. "outpulse"
is a
> interesting way of putting it.
This term is really a holdover from in-band signaling days, even before
DTMF, when trunks used loop pulsing for specifying digit strings.

C.

> 1.) The Verizon Co will outpulse 10 digits to the PBX, is this
> satisfactory?
That's fine.
> 2.)DNLS Digit Dialing - Prefix and Delete - (if yes, what will it be?)
Don't think it matters.
> It's also asking for the PBX manufacturer / system model number and the
> PBX software / release.  Should I just fill in Asterisk and the realease
> for these questions?
Hrm, I suppose so :)
> Lastly, they wish to know if it is custom or national ISDN and if its
> national - if it is 1,2,3.  How do I determine this?
> Thanks for any and all help.
National 2.

Mark