[Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Ben Brown
Preparing to order a T1 (not PRI) for our asterisk box. The telco has offered me several options that I am not sure of. Which would be best for use with asterisk? The box has the Digium card in it, BTW. 1. Dial Tone - No, Yes - Precise, Yes - SCC 2. Framing - SF, ESF 3. Line Coding - AMI, B8ZS

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Michael D Schelin
Go T1 with PRI signaling. Farming and line coding is for all T1's. We use ESF (extended super frame) B8ZS ( I forget B8ZS stands for but it's a newer line coding) . If you have it avaible to you, Signaling type should be PRI. The rest of your numbers 4-7 are in the PRI signaling. No sound dif

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Ben Brown
So the only difference with PRI is caller ID? What I am trying to determine is if the PRI has enough advantages to give up the voice channel used by the D channel. For what I am doing, caller ID is not necessarily that important for my application. Is a non-PRI T1 significantly harder to confi

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Michael D Schelin
Is a non-PRI T1 significantly harder to configure with Asterisk? I don't think so. I moved to SS7 signaling and convert down to other formats. I've used CAS signaling for years and it has worked just fine. But not with Asterisk. Remember That CAS signaling is an inband format and requires mo

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Peter Svensson
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Ben Brown wrote: > So the only difference with PRI is caller ID? What I am trying to > determine is if the PRI has enough advantages to give up the voice > channel used by the D channel. For what I am doing, caller ID is not > necessarily that important for my application.

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Kevin P. Fleming
Peter Svensson wrote: The PRI signalling is more robust than any of the alternatives (except SS7). Call setup is faster, you can get DID, caller id and much better error reporting from the pstn. You will also have far fewer instances of 'glare' using CCS instead of CAS. __

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Ben Brown
Thanks for the replys. I'm convinced. PRI it is. Peter Svensson wrote: On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Ben Brown wrote: So the only difference with PRI is caller ID? What I am trying to determine is if the PRI has enough advantages to give up the voice channel used by the D channel. For w

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-05 Thread Ben Brown
Any Particular recommendations on PRI protocol? I can chose from 4ESS, 5ESS, and NI1 Thanks for all your help! BEN Ben Brown wrote: Thanks for the replys. I'm convinced. PRI it is. Peter Svensson wrote: On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Ben Brown wrote: So the only differen

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-06 Thread Peter Svensson
On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Ben Brown wrote: > Any Particular recommendations on PRI protocol? I can chose from 4ESS, 5ESS, > and NI1 This is not a direct answer to your question since I am mostly familiar with EuroISDN. Most PSTN providers in America seem to charge extra for every single feature on a

Re: [Asterisk-Users] Channalized T1 and PRI with Asterisk

2005-09-08 Thread Michael D Schelin
Ben, That is the correct choice for an Asterisk box. good luck. Ben Brown wrote: Thanks for the replys. I'm convinced. PRI it is. Peter Svensson wrote: On Mon, 5 Sep 2005, Ben Brown wrote: So the only difference with PRI is caller ID? What I am trying to determ