asterisk users - Aug 2007 - TE207P Question

I need help on my zaptel.conf and Zapata.conf for a TE207P

I'd like Span 1 to receive a PRI from the phone company(US PRI).

I'd like Span 2 to interface with a Nortel Phone system as a PRI(acting as
the phone company)

Essentially my asterisk box is a man in the middle intercepting calls from the
PRI passing certain DID to the Nortel, also intercepting calls from the Nortel
passing them via IAX to other asterisk boxes as necessary.

Do I just need to make both PRI signaling?  See below:

/etc/zaptel.conf
span=1,1,0,esf,b8zs
bchan=1-23
dchan=24
span=2,1,0,esf,b8zs
bchan=25-47
dchan=48

/etc/asterisk/Zapata.conf
Group=1
Signaling=pri_cpe
Switchtype=national
Context=from-pri
Channel=1-23
Group=2
Context=from-nortel
Channel=25-47


Thanks for any help.


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On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 09:01:56AM -0500, Jeremy Mann
wrote:
> I need help on my zaptel.conf and Zapata.conf for a TE207P
> 
> I'd like Span 1 to receive a PRI from the phone company(US PRI).
> 
> I'd like Span 2 to interface with a Nortel Phone system as a PRI(acting
as the phone company)
> 
> Essentially my asterisk box is a man in the middle intercepting calls from
the PRI passing certain DID to the Nortel, also intercepting calls from the
Nortel passing them via IAX to other asterisk boxes as necessary.
> 
> Do I just need to make both PRI signaling?  See below:
> 
> /etc/zaptel.conf
> span=1,1,0,esf,b8zs
> bchan=1-23
> dchan=24
> span=2,1,0,esf,b8zs
> bchan=25-47
> dchan=48
> 
> /etc/asterisk/Zapata.conf
/etc/asterisk/zapata.conf

(non-capital Z)
> Group=1
> Signaling=pri_cpe
> Switchtype=national
> Context=from-pri
> Channel=1-23
> Group=2
signalling = pri_net
> Context=from-nortel
> Channel=25-47
Again here: parameter names should be in small caps.

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On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 09:01 -0500, Jeremy Mann wrote:
> I?d like Span 1 to receive a PRI from the phone company(US PRI).
> I?d like Span 2 to interface with a Nortel Phone system as a
> PRI(acting as the phone company)
[snip]
> Do I just need to make both PRI signaling?  See below:
Your config files are close to being correct, but you're missing one
little detail.  On the first span, you'll want to set your signalling
(yes, you have to spell it that way) in zapata.conf to pri_cpe, as
you're acting as the CPE (customer premises equipment) end of the PRI
connection.  On your second span, you want to set signalling=pri_net, so
that Asterisk acts as the network (telco) side of the PRI connection.

As an added note, you may want to change the timing setting on your
second span= line in zaptel.conf.  If you're acting as the telco, you
might want to send timing to your Nortel, depending on how the Nortel is
configured.  (The way you currently have your spans configured, you're
telling Zaptel to get it's timing from both the telco and the Nortel,
and the card can only sync to one timing source at a time.)


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