Re: [Asterisk-Users] Advice on BT ISDN Services (UK)
On 26 Aug 2004, at 17:48, Nick Barnes wrote:
Benjamin asked:
I don't have a problem setting this up under Asterisk (that's
the fun part) but what I need is advice on what to ask for
from BT so I don't get the wrong lines / services and so that
it all works smoothly!
OK. You need one of the following:
Home Highway
Business Highway
ISDN2e
I can confirm that * works happily with all three - my office lines
are (for
various reasons, none of which apply any more!) on Business Highway.
Heh, good old BT. I've never tested voice over Business Highway, as
every BT engineer/support/sales person I've spoken to swore blind that
it wouldn't work - and in BT's eyes, if they say it won't work, it's
unsupported, therefore, if it breaks - you're on your own.
Also, I don't believe you can get the full range of 'BT Select
Services' or whatever they call them today on the Highway lines (things
like Call Deflection, and even caller id on the home highway lines, I
believe)
TBH, If the line is used for voice, and you don't want the other
analogue lines that come with highway, go for ISDN2e - it's a full ISDN
service, and you won't get moaned at when you use it for voice.
If you want sequential numbers, then you'll have to argue like mad to
get
them as MSNs (I managed to get a block of 5 sequential MSNs, but it
was hard
work!). DDIs are issued in blocks of 10 and are usually sequential.
DDI's are ALWAYS sequential - it's the main thing BT push about them -
and they'll also try and sell you DDI's based on that fact when you
want to order MSN's. Depening on the department/person you speak to,
you may/may not be able to get sequential MSN's, although BT state that
for seq. numbers you MUST have DDI's.
The other thing to watch out for when you order the lines is which
rental
option you take out. BT offer three different options ('start up',
'call
plan' and 'low start') each with different installation costs, rental
charges and call allowances - if you don't specify which one you want,
they'll pick one for you (and probably at random).
BE CAREFUL! The calling plans sound quite attractive, but irrespective
of what sales say - the call allowance ONLY covers local and national
calls, NOT non-geo, mobiles, or international calls. I've just had a
huge row with BT High Level Complaints (we deal with them so often now,
we just skip the standard complaints department and call them directly)
- the salespeople will tell you it covers every sort of call you make
on the line - they're talking out of their lower hole...
HTH,
Jon
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Re: [Asterisk-Users] Advice on BT ISDN Services (UK)
On 25 Aug 2004, at 12:23, Benjamin Johnson wrote: Hi all, I've been playing about with Asterisk for years now on and off, just SIP to SIP calls, using FWD and suchlike. I'm moving house at the beginning of September and have decided to build an Asterisk based system for my home office. I'm in the UK and wonder if anyone can give me advice on lines and hardware to use. Had planned to go with an ISDN2e line coupled with a BT Speedway ISDN card [1] from eBay for the PSTN side and Cisco 2940 and 2960G devices talking SIP for the internal phones. In addition to this I want to have extra numbers provided to me (MSN??) by BT and then set up Asterisk to handle calls differently depending on what number is called (i.e. work, home, fax). I don't have a problem setting this up under Asterisk (that's the fun part) but what I need is advice on what to ask for from BT so I don't get the wrong lines / services and so that it all works smoothly! You NEED a BT ISDN2e connection - the Highway stuff is a waste of space, and prolly won't work with voice. Call them up (You'll need to be a business, they don't seem to sell anything other than Highway to home users) and ask for an ISDN2e circuit, and tell them you want a bunch of MSN's (Multiple Subscriber Numbers, I think) and they should be able to sort it out. MAKE SURE you deal with Business sales, not Residential Sales. Other than that, it should be fairly painless. I've not used * with MSN's, only DDI's, but for DDI's you need a) lots of money and b) a p2p mode ISDN line, which I believe requires an active (rather than passive, as the speedways are) ISDN card. We tend to use active cards here at work, but I've used chan_capi with a BT speedway before, and it works just fine. I'm not sure that I have the configs laying about, but if you have any specific questions, feel free to fire them at me :) Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Advice on BT ISDN Services (UK)
On 25 Aug 2004, at 13:42, Benjamin Johnson wrote: Thanks for that Jon, can anyone confirm whether Asterisk can pick up which MSN has been dialed and route the call depending on this - or does this functionality only work for DDIs. If I have to use DDIs can anyone recommend and active ISDN card which works with Asterisk and is readily available in the UK. I'm sure that Asterisk will work with MSN's, just that I've never used them ;) Check out www.telappliant.com - they sell a load of very cool stuff that works with Asterisk. I've used the AVM B1 cards, and the Eicon Diva cards - the Eicon's are slightly better in my opinion (nicer to work with/have hardware echo canceller) - problem is, Active ISDN cards aren't cheap :( Sorry for the stupid questions, but I'm completely new to ISDN! ;-) Me too :) Jon Jon Fautley wrote: You NEED a BT ISDN2e connection - the Highway stuff is a waste of space, and prolly won't work with voice. Call them up (You'll need to be a business, they don't seem to sell anything other than Highway to home users) and ask for an ISDN2e circuit, and tell them you want a bunch of MSN's (Multiple Subscriber Numbers, I think) and they should be able to sort it out. MAKE SURE you deal with Business sales, not Residential Sales. Other than that, it should be fairly painless. I've not used * with MSN's, only DDI's, but for DDI's you need a) lots of money and b) a p2p mode ISDN line, which I believe requires an active (rather than passive, as the speedways are) ISDN card. We tend to use active cards here at work, but I've used chan_capi with a BT speedway before, and it works just fine. I'm not sure that I have the configs laying about, but if you have any specific questions, feel free to fire them at me :) Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Benjamin Johnson Director thinktech Ltd. - Appropriate security solutions for business. __ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email __ ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Jon Fautley 3a IT Limited - Open Source Answers t: 0870 881 5097 f: 01403 219079 w: www.3ait.co.uk e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] quadBRI and UK ISDN2e
Stephen Karrington wrote: Which brand of card did you get? The Junghanns.net quadBRI PCI Card. Just been back through BT order processing and told them to put Caller Display (as they call it) on the line, which they said they've done... getting fairly certain it's not a BT issue now :| Any help greatly appreciated, Thanks, Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Fritz ISDN PCI v2 and CAPI
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, First, here is my config: Kernel version 2.4.25 on a Fedora distro, Asterisk and a Fritz! Isdn PCI Card (v2). [SNIP] I've edited /etc/capi.conf and write 'hisax_fcpcipnp - - - - - -' in it. change this to: fcpci - - - - - - without the quotes, and all should be well. HTH, Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] quadBRI and UK ISDN2e
stan wrote: On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 12:37:43PM +0100, Jon Fautley wrote: Morning Asterikians, I've just got my nice shiny quadBRI card, and it seems to be working very well - except for one little issue - CallerID. The card is currently connected to an ISDN2e line in P2P mode, and an S0 adapter on our existing alcatel PBX. Is this an omnipcx? Jup, omnipcx 4400. The S0 connection recieves callerID and displays it correctly - the 2e line doesn't, and BT have said that CLID was enabled on the line two days ago. Does anyone have any pointers on this? I assume the callerid is also being displayed on the alcatel handsets? or is this just callerid generated on internal calls? The * box displays callerid in internal/external calls (the omnipcx is owned by a seperate company, we just didn't want to pay to call them (they're in the same building)) If it is then that should show the bt line is setup correctly. I have callerid working from a bt 2e line in ptp mode using zaphfc. So assuming the bri-stuff versions match the only difference would be the quadbri card. Not sure where that leads because I think/thought all the callerid stuff would be handled by libpri from a q.931 SETUP message on the d-channel and not be driver/card specific. I could only get my s0 box to operate in ptmp mode, so there would be change in the signalling line in zapata.conf, but then if you weren't changing that nothing tends to work rather than just callerid. I also note that you have to match the msn assigned to the s0 when dialling out through the omnipcx whereas bt doesn't seem to be as fussy, but again nothing todo with callerid. I had a slight configuration problem with the S0 adapter that resulted in nothing working, but that's all fixed now, you're right though, it's an all/nothing senario - either it all worked or none of it worked. I've just been onto BT again, and it seems they did have CLIP on the line for a few minutes, but then they removed it again and put COLP on, which they then told me was the same as CLIP... monkeys :( Wait... I take that back.. calling BT a bunch of monkeys is insulting to monkeys. They then proceeded to tell me that I didn't need to purchase a presentation number service (that allows us to display our non-geographic numberto people with CLIP rather than our geographic one)... I could just tell my switch to send whatever callerID I wanted and it'd get displayed... BT ISDN2e - the phreakers delight :) Thanks for all your help... slightly bitter and twisted about BT Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] quadBRI and UK ISDN2e
Morning Asterikians, I've just got my nice shiny quadBRI card, and it seems to be working very well - except for one little issue - CallerID. The card is currently connected to an ISDN2e line in P2P mode, and an S0 adapter on our existing alcatel PBX. The S0 connection recieves callerID and displays it correctly - the 2e line doesn't, and BT have said that CLID was enabled on the line two days ago. Does anyone have any pointers on this? My configuration is avaliable on request. Thanks, Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] quadBRI and UK ISDN2e
Linus Surguy wrote: I've just got my nice shiny quadBRI card, and it seems to be working very well - except for one little issue - CallerID. The card is currently connected to an ISDN2e line in P2P mode, and an S0 adapter on our existing alcatel PBX. The S0 connection recieves callerID and displays it correctly - the 2e line doesn't, and BT have said that CLID was enabled on the line two days ago. Does anyone have any pointers on this? Just a quick check, is it connected to 'real' ISDN2e or a Business Highway ISDN port? If the later, make sure that BT have turned caller display on the ISDN port and not on one of the analogue ports - this is a common mistake they make when taking your order. It's a real ISDN2e circuit. I can't see why it's picking up the CallerID from the S0 adapter (which is apparantly configured in the same way as an ISDN2e from BT, according to our comms supplier) and not from the real 2e. Thanks, Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] Graphical Interface to display Asterisk CDR / php / CSV too!
Areski wrote: Hello Asteriskien, I made a Graphical Interface in PHP to display Asterisk CDR. To see quickly all your stat by days and also to compare them. - Support mysql postgresql While not as pretty, I have a version that works from the CSV file that asterisk creates by default. Code is provided without warranty, if it breaks your machine/* installation, neither my employer nor I are responsible. If anyone wants to tidy this code up a bit, feel free. It was a hack I put together in an afternoon... It's a perl script - so stick it in a cgi-bin directory. The call recording stuff should be fairly easy to figure out (just requires you to create the recorded files in a certain way). Avaliable here: http://www.3ait.co.uk/~jon/ Thanks, Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] FWD registration faillures
Iain Stevenson wrote: Anyone else seeing SIP registration requests rejected by FWD? I don't seem to be able to register any longer - even though my SIP config remains the same. I wouldn't worry about it - FWD goes through phases of failed registrations. It's a very highly used service, and hence (imo) somewhat overloaded, especially since they did the free calls to the US/Canada over chrismas last year. Give it a few hours/days and it should spring back into life. Jon ___ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] Strange problem with call hangup on Budgetone 102 Phones
Hi,
I've got Asterisk configured and working (sort of)
with an Eicon Diva Server 2M ISDN card (connected to S0 bus of another PBX).
This * box is on a 'live', non-nat IP address.
I also have a couple of budgetone phones, one
behind NAT and one not. When I place an outgoing call, I get the following
messages:
-- Executing Dial("SIP/filbert-9876",
"CAPI/288:333") in new stack -- creating pipe for
PLCI=-1 sent CONNECT_REQ MN
=0x5 -- Called 288:333 -- Setting up
echo canceller (PLCI=0x201, function=1, options=2,
tail=64) sent FACILITY_REQ
(PLCI=0x201) -- CAPI[contr1/288]/0 answered
SIP/filbert-9876 -- Echo canceller successfully set up
(PLCI=0x201)WARNING[9226]: File chan_sip.c, Line 464 (retrans_pkt): Maximum
retries exceeded on call [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for seqno 102 (Request) -- CAPI
Hangingup sent DISCONNECT_B3_REQ
NCCI=0xa0201 sent DISCONNECT_REQ
PLCI=0x201 -- removed pipe for PLCI = 0x201 ==
Spawn extension (sip, 9333, 1) exited non-zero on
'SIP/filbert-9876'WARNING[9226]: File chan_sip.c, Line 464 (retrans_pkt):
Maximum retries exceeded on call [EMAIL PROTECTED]
for seqno 103 (Request)
I can hear the voicemail service (extn. 333) answer
correctly, but then after about 5 seconds i'll get the WARNING message and the
system will hangup.
Here's a snippet from my sip.conf
file:
---
[general]port = 5060bindaddr =
0.0.0.0
context =
sip-incomingsrvlookup=noqualify=yesdisallow=allallow=alawallow=ulaw
[filbert]type=friendhost=dynamicdtmfmode=infocontext=sipcallerid="Jon
Fautley"
200nat=yespickupgroup=1reinvite=nocanreinvite=nodisallow=allallow=ulaw
Any ideas?
Many thanks,
Jon
