Damon Estep
2006-Apr-18 09:48 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk
Looking for someone with a successful experience similar to this; I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface to asterisk, but over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the solution requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRI interface expecting NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providing PRI_Network signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point to point ESF/B8ZS T1? I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk or the remote PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 as a cross connect facility. If they were local to each other I would simply drop in a T1 crossover cable, but they are not :-) Thanks! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060418/7ec7f712/attachment.htm
In theory it should work, I have just written a proposal for someone that involves such a setup. in worst case I can always utilize the circuit as data, and use 2 asterisk boxes one on each end to convert it back to NI2. On 4/18/06, Damon Estep <damon@suburbanbroadband.net> wrote:> > > > Looking for someone with a successful experience similar to this; > > > > I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface to asterisk, but > over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the solution > requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. > > > > Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRI interface expecting > NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providing PRI_Network > signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point to point ESF/B8ZS > T1? > > > > I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk or the remote > PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 as a cross > connect facility. If they were local to each other I would simply drop in a > T1 crossover cable, but they are not J > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > >
Damon Estep
2006-Apr-18 11:49 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk
Yep, I agree, Just watch out for regulatory issues if you are in the USA, handing a CUSTOMER a TDM interface vs. a SIP/VoIP interface falls under a much different regulatory and jurisdictional set of rules... Have you talked to anyone that has confirmed an implementation like described works without issues? Damon> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C F > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:31 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX andasterisk> > In theory it should work, I have just written a proposal for someone > that involves such a setup. in worst case I can always utilize the > circuit as data, and use 2 asterisk boxes one on each end to convert > it back to NI2. > > On 4/18/06, Damon Estep <damon@suburbanbroadband.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > Looking for someone with a successful experience similar to this; > > > > > > > > I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface toasterisk,> but > > over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the > solution > > requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. > > > > > > > > Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRI interface > expecting > > NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providingPRI_Network> > signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point to point > ESF/B8ZS > > T1? > > > > > > > > I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk or the > remote > > PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 as across> > connect facility. If they were local to each other I would simplydrop> in a > > T1 crossover cable, but they are not J > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Jim Houser
2006-Apr-18 12:02 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk
I have our Avaya connected to Asterisk using NI D channel protocol over a standard ESF/B8ZS span. It works great. Pretty easy. On Asterisk's side I just had to tell it: in zapata.conf: [channels] switchtype=national signalling=pri_cpe group=1 channel => 1-23 in zaptel.conf: loadzone = us defaultzone = us span=1,0,0,esf,b8zs bchan=1-23 dchan=24 Jim _____ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Damon Estep Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:49 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk Looking for someone with a successful experience similar to this; I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface to asterisk, but over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the solution requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRI interface expecting NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providing PRI_Network signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point to point ESF/B8ZS T1? I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk or the remote PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 as a cross connect facility. If they were local to each other I would simply drop in a T1 crossover cable, but they are not :-) Thanks! This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender, or postmaster@trustamerifirst.com, immediately by return e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060418/3aa82e17/attachment.htm
Hi,
I am experimenting with receiving faxes in asterisk:
exten => in_fax,1,Macro(faxreceive)
exten => in_fax,2,system(tiff2ps -2eaz -w 8.5 -h 11 ${FAXFILE} | ps2pdf
- ${FAXFILE}.pdf)
exten => in_fax,3,system(cp ${FAXFILE}.pdf
/var/www/faxes/${CALLERID(number)}.pdf)
exten => in_fax,4,system(mime-construct --to mail@server --subject "Fax
from ${CALLERID(number)} ${CALLERID(name)}" --attachment
${CALLERID(number)}.pdf --type application/pdf --file ${FAXFILE}.pdf)
exten => in_fax,5,system(rm ${FAXFILE} ${FAXFILE}.pdf)
exten => in_fax,6,Hangup
That is an extension Freepbx made, with some extensions from me, because
FreePBX doesn't work well with mISDN... Wel, it receives faxes and it
saves them as an tif, it also converts them to a pdf file, but the other
commands aren't executed... why?
thanks for help
Damon Estep
2006-Apr-18 13:08 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk
Thanks! technically you have your asterisk connected to the avaya (not the other way), since your config below indicates that asterisk is doing CPE side signalling, which menas the avaya must be doing network side signalling. nevertheless, the end result is the same! ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com on behalf of Jim Houser Sent: Tue 4/18/2006 1:02 PM To: 'Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion' Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk I have our Avaya connected to Asterisk using NI D channel protocol over a standard ESF/B8ZS span. It works great. Pretty easy. On Asterisk's side I just had to tell it: in zapata.conf: [channels] switchtype=national signalling=pri_cpe group=1 channel => 1-23 in zaptel.conf: loadzone = us defaultzone = us span=1,0,0,esf,b8zs bchan=1-23 dchan=24 Jim ________________________________ From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Damon Estep Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:49 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk Looking for someone with a successful experience similar to this; I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface to asterisk, but over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the solution requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRI interface expecting NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providing PRI_Network signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point to point ESF/B8ZS T1? I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk or the remote PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 as a cross connect facility. If they were local to each other I would simply drop in a T1 crossover cable, but they are not :-) Thanks! This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender, or postmaster@trustamerifirst.com, immediately by return e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. Unless otherwise stated, opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the author and are not endorsed by the author's employer.
Damon Estep
2006-Apr-18 15:50 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and asterisk
I see, I misunderstood what you meant by "customer". It is not you at one end and the customer at the other, you are doing the work for a customer that owns both endpoints...> -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users- > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C F > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 3:02 PM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX andasterisk> > On 4/18/06, Damon Estep <damon@suburbanbroadband.net> wrote: > > Yep, > > > > I agree, > > > > Just watch out for regulatory issues if you are in the USA, handinga> > CUSTOMER a TDM interface vs. a SIP/VoIP interface falls under a much > > different regulatory and jurisdictional set of rules... > > regulatory issues only apply if I'm a provider, this is all for > implementing a private circuit. > > > > > Have you talked to anyone that has confirmed an implementation like > > described works without issues? > > not as a PRI, but I have done this with 2 Adit 600s like this: > Site A Definity 3G System <> Analog station cards <> Adit 600 FXO Card > and router card <> Private full T1 circuit to longdistance haul <> > Site B <> Adit 600 FXS Card and router card. > With the above config we got analog extensions of our Avaya system, > and a local network routed over the left over channells (IIRC we did > 12 data and 12 voice, all provisioned from the Adit 600s). > > > > > Damon > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com[mailto:asterisk-users-> > > bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of C F > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:31 PM > > > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > > > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] T1 to cross connect remote PBX and > > asterisk > > > > > > In theory it should work, I have just written a proposal forsomeone> > > that involves such a setup. in worst case I can always utilize the > > > circuit as data, and use 2 asterisk boxes one on each end toconvert> > > it back to NI2. > > > > > > On 4/18/06, Damon Estep <damon@suburbanbroadband.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking for someone with a successful experience similar tothis;> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a need to cross connect a 3COM NBX PBX PRI interface to > > asterisk, > > > but > > > > over a long distance. We do not need any IP connectivity and the > > > solution > > > > requires G.711u audio so there is no benefit to using IP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone here successfully cross connected any PBX PRIinterface> > > expecting > > > > NI2 PRI signaling B8ZS/ESF with an asterisk box providing > > PRI_Network > > > > signaling on a T1 interface card using a long haul point topoint> > > ESF/B8ZS > > > > T1? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I do not need the technical details on how to set up asterisk orthe> > > remote > > > > PBX, just need a sanity check on the idea of using the PTP T1 asa> > cross > > > > connect facility. If they were local to each other I wouldsimply> > drop > > > in a > > > > T1 crossover cable, but they are not J > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users