Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Tuesday 14 March 2006 08:46, Herman Webley wrote: > No, the switch wouldn't try to detect a disconnect. It would rely on the > smarts of PC servers. They would use linux HA heartbeat or similar. When > the secondary detects failure of the primary, it would take control of > the T1 line. > > Basi

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-14 Thread Herman Webley
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 08:16 -0500, Andrew Kohlsmith wrote: > I would far prefer to use something a little smarter: watch the actual > datastream and switch over if either the transmit or receive stream is > showing RAI or, depending on the level of smarts you want to build into it, > any oddball

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Monday 13 March 2006 18:47, Herman Webley wrote: > I started looking at the physical layer specs on the T1 interface. One > should be able to rig a (reliable) workable solution with a couple of > cheap transistors. The trick would then be to signal the device which T1 > card it should signal the

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-14 Thread Andrew Kohlsmith
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 15:15, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > you're right. they don't exist They don't? http://www.wti.com/abswitch.htm http://www.dataprobe.com/switch/sw_lineprot.html You could also make one with a pair of reasonable quality DPDT relays and a transistor driven off a serial or pa

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-13 Thread Herman Webley
On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 14:12 -0500, Matt wrote: > Kevin, > I just installed a TE210P. Since I see you work at Digium, presumably > you know what you are talking about. > > If what you saw is correct.. then what are the different blink 'codes'? I guess the different blink codes show the state of t

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-13 Thread Matt
Kevin, I just installed a TE210P. Since I see you work at Digium, presumably you know what you are talking about. If what you saw is correct.. then what are the different blink 'codes'? For instance.. if I bring ZAP up without a PRI cable connected it kind of dims up and then dims down. If I unl

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-04 Thread Matt Darnell
On 3/3/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a relay? There are ways to control relays using serial,parallel and usb ports. I'm sure someone makes a suitable relay for theneed.Mark Phillips wrote:> If one is committed to manual intervention why would one not move the > cable over

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-04 Thread Matt Darnell
On 3/3/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a relay? There are ways to control relays using serial,parallel and usb ports. I'm sure someone makes a suitable relay for theneed.Mark Phillips wrote:> If one is committed to manual intervention why would one not move the > cable over wh

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-04 Thread Matt Darnell
On 3/3/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How about using a relay? There are ways to control relays using serial,parallel and usb ports. I'm sure someone makes a suitable relay for theneed.Mark Phillips wrote:> If one is committed to manual intervention why would one not move the > cable over when

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-03 Thread Paul
How about using a relay? There are ways to control relays using serial, parallel and usb ports. I'm sure someone makes a suitable relay for the need. Mark Phillips wrote: > If one is committed to manual intervention why would one not move the > cable over when required? > > Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI > R

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-03 Thread Mark Phillips
If one is committed to manual intervention why would one not move the cable over when required? Mark, G7LTT/KC2ENI Randolph, NJ http://www.g7ltt.com Kevin P. Fleming wrote: Nate Carlson wrote: Does it do this when the cable is plugged in (IE, as long as the card has electricity, it'll term

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-02 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Nate Carlson wrote: > Does it do this when the cable is plugged in (IE, as long as the card > has electricity, it'll terminate), or when the driver's loaded? > > If it does it when you load the driver, it should be possible to just > load the driver when you want to go active.. It is done by the

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-03-01 Thread Nate Carlson
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Kevin P. Fleming wrote: None of the existing T1/E1 cards that work with Asterisk have the right line interfaces to be able to be connected to a span without affecting its normal operation (in other words, they all 'terminate' the span). This means you cannot connect the spa

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread asterisk-biz
On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Herman Webley wrote: Greeetings all, Where can I buy one of those T1 'y' cables that will allow me to connect two asterisk boxes (via PRI cards) to a single PRI for redundancy (just one actually uses the PRI, the other monitors the other server using linux HA). Or am I mistak

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Herman Webley
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 21:24 +0100, Remco Barende wrote: > Indeed, they don't. But have a look at the fail-over switch that > Junghanns.net is making. > > I haven't tried it but by the looks of it it is just a relatively simple > piece of hardware switching your pri over to another box in case of

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Herman Webley wrote: > Where can I buy one of those T1 'y' cables that will allow me to connect > two asterisk boxes (via PRI cards) to a single PRI for redundancy (just > one actually uses the PRI, the other monitors the other server using > linux HA). None of the existing T1/E1 cards that work

RE: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Bjorn Asmul
Discussion Subject: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable Greeetings all, Where can I buy one of those T1 'y' cables that will allow me to connect two asterisk boxes (via PRI cards) to a single PRI for redundancy (just one actually uses the PRI, the other monitors the other server using linux HA)

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Remco Barende
Indeed, they don't. But have a look at the fail-over switch that Junghanns.net is making. I haven't tried it but by the looks of it it is just a relatively simple piece of hardware switching your pri over to another box in case of failure. On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Bruce Ferrell wrote: you're r

Re: [asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Bruce Ferrell
you're right. they don't exist Herman Webley wrote: Greeetings all, Where can I buy one of those T1 'y' cables that will allow me to connect two asterisk boxes (via PRI cards) to a single PRI for redundancy (just one actually uses the PRI, the other monitors the other server using linux HA).

[asterisk-biz] T1 Y cable

2006-02-28 Thread Herman Webley
Greeetings all, Where can I buy one of those T1 'y' cables that will allow me to connect two asterisk boxes (via PRI cards) to a single PRI for redundancy (just one actually uses the PRI, the other monitors the other server using linux HA). Or am I mistaken and these connectors don't really exist