Re: [asterisk-users] Issue with Hamlet ISDN PCI card(Cologne Chipset)

2007-03-24 Thread Francesco Peeters (Asterisk)
On Sat, March 24, 2007 11:54, Mauro Zanin wrote:
 Hi everybody
 I have installed a TrixBox with Asterisk 1.2.14 and relative upgreaded
 software.
 I Bristuffed it with last version of bristuff to use a Hemlet PCI ISDN
 CARD
 in a normal Italian EUROISDN installation. The * works fine except for the
 ISDN CARD. It is always Channel D down, but if a Call comes in, it works
 perfectly for some time, both inbound and outbound. It prompts Channel D
 UP!
 If I disconnect the NT+ termination the Channel D goes down at once.
 Did I make something wrong?

Not really... It's a bristuff quirk... It doesn't gracefully handle the
forced D-channel down that most European ISDN operators implement.

That is why I switched to testing vISDN, but that has been stagnant for
over half a year without any fixes for a few very annoying bugs, because
the programmer dedicated all his time to rewriting the vGSM part...

I am now testing mISDN as someone on the vISDN list mentioned that it's
chan_misdn voice support had greatly improved...

The only way I can *somewhat* keep bristuff working without contacting the
ISDN carrier to turn on the D channel permanently is by initiation a 100ms
outbound call every minute using the manager interface...
(Yes, a very ugly kludge indeed, but I do not want permanent channel up,
as I want to be able to test everything in a normal environment, as I am
planning to install this in other location too once I have a stable,
reliable environment)

-- 
F Peeters
  PIII 450 - 1 GB - * 1.2 - BRIstuff 0.3.0 Pre 1 - Florz patch
  2 Sweex HFC-PCI modes=0 sync_slave=0 timer_card=0
  AMD Duron 1GHz - 1GB - * 1.2.1 - vISDN
  2 Sweex HFC-PCI cards
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RE : [asterisk-users] Issue with Hamlet ISDN PCI card(Cologne Chipset)

2007-03-24 Thread f6hqz-m
Hi David and the list,

It's normal  ;-)
Near all European BRI operators cut off the line between calls. So, you must
trieve the correct parameter avoiding to survey the line as for mISDN :
pmp_l1_check=no

I use mISDN without any issue with B410P.

I hope this help.

Best Regards,
Francois BERGERET,
France.

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On Sat, March 24, 2007 11:54, Mauro Zanin wrote:
 Hi everybody
 I have installed a TrixBox with Asterisk 1.2.14 and relative upgreaded 
 software. I Bristuffed it with last version of bristuff to use a 
 Hemlet PCI ISDN CARD
 in a normal Italian EUROISDN installation. The * works fine except for the
 ISDN CARD. It is always Channel D down, but if a Call comes in, it works
 perfectly for some time, both inbound and outbound. It prompts Channel D
 UP!
 If I disconnect the NT+ termination the Channel D goes down at once.
 Did I make something wrong?

Not really... It's a bristuff quirk... It doesn't gracefully handle the
forced D-channel down that most European ISDN operators implement.

That is why I switched to testing vISDN, but that has been stagnant for over
half a year without any fixes for a few very annoying bugs, because the
programmer dedicated all his time to rewriting the vGSM part...

I am now testing mISDN as someone on the vISDN list mentioned that it's
chan_misdn voice support had greatly improved...

The only way I can *somewhat* keep bristuff working without contacting the
ISDN carrier to turn on the D channel permanently is by initiation a 100ms
outbound call every minute using the manager interface... (Yes, a very ugly
kludge indeed, but I do not want permanent channel up, as I want to be able
to test everything in a normal environment, as I am planning to install this
in other location too once I have a stable, reliable environment)

-- 
F Peeters
  PIII 450 - 1 GB - * 1.2 - BRIstuff 0.3.0 Pre 1 - Florz patch
  2 Sweex HFC-PCI modes=0 sync_slave=0 timer_card=0
  AMD Duron 1GHz - 1GB - * 1.2.1 - vISDN
  2 Sweex HFC-PCI cards ___
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Re: [asterisk-users] Issue with Hamlet ISDN PCI card(Cologne Chipset)

2007-03-24 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 12:40:24PM +0100, Francesco Peeters (Asterisk) wrote:
 On Sat, March 24, 2007 11:54, Mauro Zanin wrote:
  Hi everybody
  I have installed a TrixBox with Asterisk 1.2.14 and relative upgreaded
  software.
  I Bristuffed it with last version of bristuff to use a Hemlet PCI ISDN
  CARD
  in a normal Italian EUROISDN installation. The * works fine except for the
  ISDN CARD. It is always Channel D down, but if a Call comes in, it works
  perfectly for some time, both inbound and outbound. It prompts Channel D
  UP!
  If I disconnect the NT+ termination the Channel D goes down at once.
  Did I make something wrong?
 
 Not really... It's a bristuff quirk... It doesn't gracefully handle the
 forced D-channel down that most European ISDN operators implement.

It's not a bristuff quirck. From my anecdotial knowledge, bristuff/vzaphfc 
seems to just work there. Maybe the zaphfc driver lacks the support for
setting the span up.

 
 That is why I switched to testing vISDN, but that has been stagnant for
 over half a year without any fixes for a few very annoying bugs, because
 the programmer dedicated all his time to rewriting the vGSM part...

I figure vzaphfc may share a bit of code with vISDN ...

zaphfc seems to be the least worked-on driver in bristuff. You should
really try vzaphfc instead.

(/me wonders if bristuff will ever get to z)

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