Hi Steven, My bad, you are of course correct regarding the CT1's -- my brain apparently skipped that detail when reading the problem. :-) Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Copeland [mailto:scopeland at pldi.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 09:22 > To: Peter Rocca; ascend-users at max.bungi.com > Cc: shawn everett > Subject: RE: (ASCEND) CT1 headaches > > > Peter, I'm going to disagree with you. You can only use Slot 0 if you are > using PRI and he is using CT1. > > Let me explain. In the PRI world, the D channel does all of the signaling > and call setup so it tells the max whether or not the incoming > call needs to > be routed to the digital control processor on the max for an ISDN > call or to > a modem for an analog call. The default setting to allow this is slot=0. > Now with a Channelized T-1 there is no D channel to tell the max how to > handle the call. You must tell your max what slot your modems > are on so it > can hand off the call to an analog modem. My suggestion (and the manuals) > would be to set all of the channels on the max to slot 3. I.e. "ch 1 > slot=3", "ch 2 slot=3" and so forth for all 24 channels on the > T-1. setting > as below. > > x Ch 1=Switched > x Ch 1 #= > x Ch 1 Slot=3 > x Ch 1 Prt/Grp=0 > x Ch 1 TrnkGrp=N/A > x Ch 2=Switched > x Ch 2 #= > x Ch 2 Slot=3 > > Now, if you are seeing the call hit the max and get an immediate busy > signal, then make sure that your Telco is not sending any CLI/ANI or any > digits across the T-1. If they are, you will still get the same busy > signal because the max doesn't know what to do with that information so it > returns a busy signal. It is an obscure statement in the users > manual that > drove me nuts for a month on a test machine before I finally found it. > > Steven Copeland > > Network Administrator > Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc. > http://www.pldi.net > http://www.pld.net > http:/www.ptci.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com > > [mailto:owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com]On Behalf Of Peter Rocca > > Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:20 AM > > To: ascend-users at max.bungi.com > > Subject: RE: (ASCEND) CT1 headaches > > > > > > > The CT1 is ESF/B8ZS wink-start, I get the line to come up and I > > > calls, it may be a call routing issue but for the life of me I > > > can not make sense of the documentation. > > > This is my profile now. > > > (slot 6 is a 16 port 56k modem card) > > > Is there any other config for the routing ???? > > > > If you're getting an 'assigned to port' and then disconnected > > then it sounds > > like a slot routing problem. > > > > We use slot 0 defined for all the line configs, that way it > will take any > > appropriate card and rotates the modems better, however if slot 6 is a > > 16-56K and you have a load that supports that card, then slot 6 > > should work > > too (for the first 16 channels) -- I'd suggest giving slot 0 a > try though, > > makes configuration a lot easier and also it enables you to > > handle a reduced > > load rather than being out of service if one of your modem cards die. > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com > > Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/ > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/