Management just approved purchase of a Digium T100P and a T1 card for our Merlin Legend Switch. I will appreciate comments from anyone performing this installation before: - Which T1 card did you use in the Merlin Legend? - Did you require any special interface? (CSU/DSU, etc) - Any items to watch during installation. Also we will need to remove one of our old analog Trunk cards to accomodate the new T1 interface in the switch. This switch already has two T1 cards in it. I don't know much about restriction in the Merlin Legend Switch, but our phone tech told me some horror stories about taking a card out of the switch. I know this is OT and we will probably have our switch part supplier to take care of that but I will appreciate any comments. Thanks in advance
Spectro, I have a T100P connected to my Merlin Magix and it works like a champ. I am using an older T1 card (one pulled from a Merlin Legend) without any problems. The card is a "100D 1 T1 Trunk" blade. I have my system configured as a PRI (23B+D). The T100P is configured to signal with pri_net and to provide timing. I used the 5ESS protocol, but I suppose any of the PRI variants supported by both devices would work. I do not have (or need) any CSU/DSU equipment in between the two devices. I simply built a crossover T1 cable (warning - not the same as an Ethernet cross-over cable) and connected the two devices. The card and the switch synched up and worked immediately. The hardest part was programming the ARS table to properly make use of the connection. As for the insertion of the new card -- I had to do a "board renumber" and it did mess with the dial plan on the switch a bit. Stations did not change, but the trunk numbering did. (This may be specific to my installation -- Magix/Legend are a field unto themselves.) Good luck with the install. My number is below if you have additional questions. Thanks, Steve Steven Sokol Owner/Manager Sokol & Associates, LLC Phone: 816.822.1807 IaxTel: 700.613.9004 Web: http://www.sokol-associates.com ASK ME ABOUT AstriCon 2004! http://www.astricon.net/> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of spectro > Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:25 AM > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk T100P to Merlin Legend > > Management just approved purchase of a Digium T100P and a T1 card for > our Merlin Legend Switch. I will appreciate comments from anyone > performing this installation before: > > - Which T1 card did you use in the Merlin Legend? > - Did you require any special interface? (CSU/DSU, etc) > - Any items to watch during installation. > > Also we will need to remove one of our old analog Trunk cards to > accomodate the new T1 interface in the switch. This switch already has > two T1 cards in it. I don't know much about restriction in the Merlin > Legend Switch, but our phone tech told me some horror stories about > taking a card out of the switch. I know this is OT and we will > probably have our switch part supplier to take care of that but I will > appreciate any comments. > > Thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I HAVE simalr setup PRI from Central OFFICE --> T100P-->Asterisk---T100P-->Panasonic PBX 576 I keep getting Alarms on the T100P interfacing the PBX. Do you have any suggestions? I can't make calls across into the PBX. Michael
I am running into issues with this same setup and would like to update the wiki with information on connecting an avaya legend to an asterisk server via a T100P. Please post your experiences with the legend and asterisk so we can compile a great list of step by step instructions for the wiki. Some questions I have pertain to the protocol used between the MLPBX and the T100P card. We are running ML Release 7.0 with a 100D DS1 Card (hardware 1B, firmware 90) and a Cross Over Cable (1,2,4,5 -> 4,5,1,2) to the T100P. We have selected the Legend-Ntwk type on the ML side. Should we be running something like 5ESS rather than legend-ntwk? Again, if anyone has semi-detailed to detailed instructions for the ML Legend or ML Magix please post them so we can update the wiki. Sterling. >Spectro, > >I have a T100P connected to my Merlin Magix and it works like a champ. I am >using an older T1 card (one pulled from a Merlin Legend) without any >problems. The card is a "100D 1 T1 Trunk" blade. > >I have my system configured as a PRI (23B+D). The T100P is configured to >signal with pri_net and to provide timing. I used the 5ESS protocol, but I >suppose any of the PRI variants supported by both devices would work. > >I do not have (or need) any CSU/DSU equipment in between the two devices. I >simply built a crossover T1 cable (warning - not the same as an Ethernet >cross-over cable) and connected the two devices. The card and the switch >synched up and worked immediately. > >The hardest part was programming the ARS table to properly make use of the >connection. > >As for the insertion of the new card -- I had to do a "board renumber" and >it did mess with the dial plan on the switch a bit. Stations did not >change, but the trunk numbering did. (This may be specific to my >installation -- Magix/Legend are a field unto themselves.) > >Good luck with the install. My number is below if you have additional >questions. > >Thanks, > >Steve > >Steven Sokol >Owner/Manager >Sokol & Associates, LLC > >Phone: 816.822.1807 >IaxTel: 700.613.9004 >Web: http://www.sokol-associates.com >ASK ME ABOUT AstriCon 2004! >http://www.astricon.net/ > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: asterisk-users-admin at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk- users- >> admin at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of spectro >> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:25 AM >> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com >> Subject: [Asterisk-Users] asterisk T100P to Merlin Legend >> >> Management just approved purchase of a Digium T100P and a T1 card for >> our Merlin Legend Switch. I will appreciate comments from anyone >> performing this installation before: >> >> - Which T1 card did you use in the Merlin Legend? >> - Did you require any special interface? (CSU/DSU, etc) >> - Any items to watch during installation. >> >> Also we will need to remove one of our old analog Trunk cards to >> accomodate the new T1 interface in the switch. This switch already has >> two T1 cards in it. I don't know much about restriction in the Merlin >> Legend Switch, but our phone tech told me some horror stories about >> taking a card out of the switch. I know this is OT and we will >> probably have our switch part supplier to take care of that but I will >> appreciate any comments. >> >> Thanks in advance >> _______________________________________________ >> Asterisk-Users mailing list >> Asterisk-Users at lists.digium.com >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: >> http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users