OK folks, I'm trying to help get another remote Asterisk box up and running. The system currently has a single FXO card, but it doesn't seem to be working, my guess is because the inbound line is CENTREX. Knowing nothing about Centrex, can someone tell me if I'm right, and need an FXS card? Thanks, Tim -->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << >> tps@buoy.com >< (631) 399-2910 (888) 924-3728 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
If you plug a plain analog phone to the line, then you need an FXO card in it's place. Centrex usually means that you have hired a virtual PBX system. That in itself doesn't mean FXS/FXO/T1/E1, a Centrex could be shipped to you in many diferent ways. Marcelo Pacheco Em Seg 01 Nov 2004 18:34, Tim Sailer escreveu:> OK folks, > I'm trying to help get another remote Asterisk box up and running. > The system currently has a single FXO card, but it doesn't seem to > be working, my guess is because the inbound line is CENTREX. Knowing > nothing about Centrex, can someone tell me if I'm right, and need an > FXS card? > > Thanks, > Tim
Centrex is a type of line and I do not believe there is a compatible card for *. FXS isn't going to cut it. Centrex is a digital type line. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Tim Sailer Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 1:35 PM To: Asterisk Users Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Centrex OK folks, I'm trying to help get another remote Asterisk box up and running. The system currently has a single FXO card, but it doesn't seem to be working, my guess is because the inbound line is CENTREX. Knowing nothing about Centrex, can someone tell me if I'm right, and need an FXS card? Thanks, Tim -->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >> Tim Sailer >< Coastal Internet, Inc. << >> Network and Systems Operations >< PO Box 726 << >> http://www.buoy.com >< Moriches, NY 11955 << >> tps@buoy.com >< (631) 399-2910 (888) 924-3728 << >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<_______________________________________________ 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
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 15:34:47 -0500, Tim Sailer <tps@buoy.com> wrote:> OK folks, > I'm trying to help get another remote Asterisk box up and running. > The system currently has a single FXO card, but it doesn't seem to > be working, my guess is because the inbound line is CENTREX. Knowing > nothing about Centrex, can someone tell me if I'm right, and need an > FXS card?Tim, Have you messed around with your txgain & rx gain in zapata.conf? Also, make sure your distinictive ring isn't enabled... I'm betting it's a configuration issue. -Bryan
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 Tim Sailer wrote:> OK folks, > I'm trying to help get another remote Asterisk box up and running. > The system currently has a single FXO card, but it doesn't seem to > be working, my guess is because the inbound line is CENTREX. Knowing > nothing about Centrex, can someone tell me if I'm right, and need an > FXS card?Centrex in its most common form is physically the same as a loop start POTS line. If you can plug a plain old phone into it, get dial tone, and make and receive calls an FXO card will work. You'll need to set the dialplan to input a leading 9 to call out to the PSTN from the Centrex line, and you can also build a dialplan to call other Centrex stations of the business with typically three or four digits. Generally these inter-office calls are free of message unit charges. If a regular phone rings but the Asterisk doesn't detect ringing, try swapping the two wires of the line, also make sure that the Asterisk has a good ground. Some ringing circuits are fussy that way. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Administration - jay@west.net WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323 WB6RDV NetLojix Communications, Inc. - http://www.netlojix.com/