Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Lawrence Katz via VoiceOps
Hi Matt, > I don't think a butt set and a tape recorder would be > sufficient to record the audio which is about all I could > possibly scratch up without spending money. It's been a while since I've had to deal with POTS issues like you're describing, but getting a recording off a buttset into

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jeff Brower via VoiceOps
"In 1987, Telecom was created ..." :-) They should "but it was not yet useful for anything", haha Quoting Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps : On 2/13/23 19:47, Pete Mundy via VoiceOps wrote: Also a comment on the side to Matt - I commend you for your persistence and tenacity. It's been a

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Brandon Martin via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 17:46, Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps wrote: You wrote this here, but elsewhere what you wrote seems to suggest the symptoms seem more "random" than this (sometimes all digits are correctly decoded and passed on, sometimes different digits or different numbers of digits are missing,

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 19:47, Pete Mundy via VoiceOps wrote: Also a comment on the side to Matt - I commend you for your persistence and tenacity. It's been a fascinating thread on which to lurk and if I were in the US I'd want to be your customer. It sounds like your alarm guy might have come from New

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Pete Mundy via VoiceOps
Jheeze, what an event ya poor bugger Paul! Granted I operate in an entirely different country, but when my school looses either or both of their dual fire monitoring channels (IP & cellular), the monitoring company calls my cellphone to let me know. The alarm does not trip! Heh :) Also a

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
>https://supportcommunity.adtran.com/t5/General/How-to-Perform-a-DSP-capture/ta-p/27456 >Unfortunately, it sounds like it might not capture DSP input unless it is a >call actually already in progress, and (if the doc is to be believed) is going >from IP/RTP to TDM and/or analog, or

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps
https://supportcommunity.adtran.com/t5/General/How-to-Perform-a-DSP-capture/ta-p/27456 Unfortunately, it sounds like it might not capture DSP input unless it is a call actually already in progress, and (if the doc is to be believed) is going from IP/RTP to TDM and/or analog, or vice-versa.

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps
Matthew Yaklin wrote: > I have not considered that. I work remotely with all of this gear and I would > have to guide a tech to do such a thing. I don't think a butt set and a tape > recorder would be sufficient to record the audio which is about all I could > possibly scratch up without

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 14:35, Peter Beckman via VoiceOps wrote: On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps wrote: What I am seeing is that the DMS was collecting the digits properly before the cutover. Yet our migrated to setup is having trouble. We see missing digits in most cases or other

Re: [VoiceOps] [External] Re: Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
I think you are on the right track to escalate this with Adtran. They should hopefully appreciate the opportunity to discover the root cause and fix this. It seems pretty clear it is something with the Adtran hardware or firmware that can solve this problem. Are all your Adtran on the same

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps wrote: > What I am seeing is that the DMS was collecting the digits properly > before the cutover. Yet our migrated to setup is having trouble. We > see missing digits in most cases or other oddities. It does appear the > alarm panels are

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Nathan Anderson via VoiceOps
Matthew Yaklin wrote: > An example would be the fire alarm panel should dial 877-386-4923. Yet we > collect the digits on the Metaswitch as 877-38923. That is it. The 6 and 4 > are missing ...and then later wrote... > [...] and no matter what we tried those two digits in my previous example

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Peter Beckman via VoiceOps
On Mon, 13 Feb 2023, Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps wrote: What I am seeing is that the DMS was collecting the digits properly before the cutover. Yet our migrated to setup is having trouble. We see missing digits in most cases or other oddities. It does appear the alarm panels are dialing within

Re: [VoiceOps] [External] Re: Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Brandon Svec via VoiceOps
I think you are on the right track to escalate this with Adtran. They should hopefully appreciate the opportunity to discover the root cause and fix this. It seems pretty clear it is something with the Adtran hardware or firmware that can solve this problem. Are all your Adtran on the same

Re: [VoiceOps] [External] Re: Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Hunter Fuller via VoiceOps
OK, that makes sense. PLAR is more useful for elevator phones I think, but perhaps as a stopgap while they migrate to cellular or whatever, it might be useful to you as well. Given all the trials and tribulations you have outlined, I'd be considering declining to continue providing service to

Re: [VoiceOps] [External] Re: Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
>But if the issue is always at dial time, and never at reporting time, it seems >like a PLAR would indeed solve it...? Sorry Hunter. I should have googled what a PLAR was. I am not used to that acronym. Basically, a hotline. Pick up the line it dials a specific number. I was thinking

Re: [VoiceOps] [External] Re: Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Hunter Fuller via VoiceOps
But if the issue is always at dial time, and never at reporting time, it seems like a PLAR would indeed solve it...? -- Hunter Fuller (they) Router Jockey VBH M-1C +1 256 824 5331 Office of Information Technology The University of Alabama in Huntsville Network Engineering On Mon, Feb 13, 2023

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
>Ok this is a bodge... but if it always dials the same number, and its dialing >it has an issue with, set it up as a PLAR line? As soon as goes to dial just >dial the number for it, and leave it to send or not send which ever digits of >the number it wants? Its not perfect, the customer

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 13:20, Matthew Yaklin wrote: > - ADTRAN went straight to examining the dialing-plan in the TA5000 when I > shared my config with them for those exact reasons. We both agreed since > digits were missing in the middle in many cases this was probably not a > dialing-plan issue or

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Richard Goodyear via VoiceOps
Ok this is a bodge... but if it always dials the same number, and its dialing it has an issue with, set it up as a PLAR line? As soon as goes to dial just dial the number for it, and leave it to send or not send which ever digits of the number it wants? Its not perfect, the customer needs to

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 13:20, Matthew Yaklin wrote: - ADTRAN went straight to examining the dialing-plan in the TA5000 when I shared my config with them for those exact reasons. We both agreed since digits were missing in the middle in many cases this was probably not a dialing-plan issue or

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
> I wouldn't be surprised if you were seeing it try to dial DTMF, then pulse, > then DTMF again if the call didn't cut through very quickly. - ADTRAN went straight to examining the dialing-plan in the TA5000 when I shared my config with them for those exact reasons. We both agreed since

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
> --- The issue is that when the alarm panel dials the INVITE from the TA5k > does not contain the correct digits dialed. A couple of digits are missing > for example. Sometimes a call does manage to squeak through properly. If the > digits do get to the Metaswitch properly the call completes

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Paul Timmins via VoiceOps
I wouldn't be surprised if you were seeing it try to dial DTMF, then pulse, then DTMF again if the call didn't cut through very quickly. I saw this with some fire panels that I was connected to once upon a time - they'd dial 7 digits, the adtran was configured to cut through on 10 digits or to

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 11:48, Matthew Yaklin wrote: --- The issue is that when the alarm panel dials the INVITE from the TA5k does not contain the correct digits dialed. A couple of digits are missing for example. Sometimes a call does manage to squeak through properly. If the digits do get to the

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
If the DTMF digits used to set up the call are failing, then there's likely something out of spec with the DTMF encoders in the alarm panels, frequency or twist. Or something different in the call setup like a leading 9 for a PBX that no longer exists. What does the sending Adtran show for

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
Jay beat me too it. Force G.711 and set packetization to 10ms if you can. Also, try in-band audio. Some older alarm panels don't work well with NTE 101. Adtran's don't always pickup every DTMF tone which can result in missing or doubled DTMF tones. --- The problem is happening before SIP is

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 11:15, Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps wrote: > Hello All, > > I guess I have an old school question for the list. The question is we are > having trouble with alarm panels dialing and our gear collecting the DTMF > digits properly. Only from a company ran by a single alarm panel guy

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Michael Bolton via VoiceOps
Jay beat me too it. Force G.711 and set packetization to 10ms if you can. Also, try in-band audio. Some older alarm panels don't work well with NTE 101. Adtran's don't always pickup every DTMF tone which can result in missing or doubled DTMF tones. At the end of the day, I would urge the

Re: [VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Jay Hennigan via VoiceOps
On 2/13/23 11:15, Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps wrote: Hello All, I guess I have an old school question for the list. The question is we are having trouble with alarm panels dialing and our gear collecting the DTMF digits properly. Only from a company ran by a single alarm panel guy who is not

[VoiceOps] Alarm panels and how they dial DTMF digits - pots migration from DMS to Metaswitch issue

2023-02-13 Thread Matthew Yaklin via VoiceOps
Hello All, I guess I have an old school question for the list. The question is we are having trouble with alarm panels dialing and our gear collecting the DTMF digits properly. Only from a company ran by a single alarm panel guy who is not terribly helpful. At least 7 different sites are