status signaling-group x shows manual-out-of-service 1

[obukev]

Hi all,

I have implemented AsteriskNOW and connected the TE210P card to our Definity G3 system via a TN464F DS1 Circuit Pack(no 120A2 CSU....... yet..... didnt want to if I didnt have to).

I have configured Span 1 on the TE210P and have a green LED along with "OK" showing under Alarms when I run /sbin/./zttool on the Asterisk box.

I login to the Console for the PBX, and issue a status signaling-group 4 command and the returned information says
-----------------------------------------------------------
Group ID: 4
Type: facility associated signaling
Group State: out-of-service

Primary D-Channel

Link: Port:02E1524 Level 3 State: manual-out-of-service

Secondary D-Channel

Link: Port: Level 3 State: no-link
-----------------------------------------------------------

What am I missing? I find it odd that the card in the Asterisk box shows OK when the Primary D-Channel on the PBX show the link as "manual-out-of-service"

I have tried reseating the card, and I get the amber light on the third LED on the front of the TN464F board for a brief couple of seconds, then nothing.

I have searched endlessly, and followed instructions carefully, but this is my impass at the moment.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[4merAvaya]

Try 'release board 02E15'.

Kevin

 

[PBXadmin]

obukev,

You need to setup the following:
------------------------------------------------------
Data module
Data Extension: 496 Name:
Type: procr-intf COS: 1 Maintenance Extension: 498
Physical Channel: 04 COR: 1
ITC: restricted TN: 1
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Processor channel
Proc Interface Remote
Chan Appl. Link Chan Priority Proc Chan Machine-ID
2: isdn 4 h
------------------------------------------------------
Est PI Destination DTE/
Link Enable Conn Ext Prot Digits Brd DCE Identification
4: y y 496 ISDN 01B17


I hope this helps. If you need further information let us know.

 

[obukev]

As you can tell, I am learning this on the fly, which makes me hesitant to change anything without asking. This... like most... is a live system. I have dealt with computer users that know enough to be dangerous and "make changes" anyway. I dont want to do that. I am having trouble following your suggestion. Here is what I have so far.... included is the configuration for the TN464F Circuit Pack:

BTW... PBX is Avaya Definity G3si Ver. 6

I have figured out the next data extension to be 6070 with the maintenance extension as 6071. When I put in 04 as the entry for the Physical Channel, it says: "04" Physical channel previously assigned; please select another. I decided to enter 05 and then it tells me : Must install circuit pack before installing equipment, so I am kinda stuck.

the trunk group this applies to is trunk-group 2
------------------------------------------------------------
TRUNK GROUP

Group Number: 2 Group Type: isdn CDR Reports: y
Group Name: VoIP COR: 1 TN: 1 TAC: 891
Direction: two-way Outgoing Display: y
Dial Access: y Busy Threshold: 23 Night Service:
Queue Length: 23
Service Type: tie Auth Code? n TestCall ITC: rest
Far End Test Line No:
TestCall BCC: 4
TRUNK PARAMETERS
Codeset to Send Display: 0 Codeset to Send TCM.Lookahead: 6
Max Message Size to Send: 260 Charge Advice: none
Supplementary Service Proto: a Digit Handling:enbloc\enbloc

Trunk Hunt: descend
Connected to Toll?n STT Loss:normal DTT to DCO Loss:normal
Calling Number - Delete: Insert: Numbering Format:
Bit Rate: 1200 Synchronization: async Duplex: full
Disconnect Supervision - In?y Out?n
Answer Supervision Timeout: 0 (end Pg 1/10)

(pg 2/10)
TRUNK FEATURES
ACA Assignment? n Measured: none Wideband Support? n
Internal Alert? n Maintenance Tests? y
Data Restriction? n NCA-TSC Trunk Member:
Send Name: y Send Calling Number: y
Used for DCS? n Send Connected Number: y
Suppress # Outpulsing? n Numbering Format: public
Out Ch ID Encod: preferred UUI IE Treat: service-provider



Send UCID? n
Send Codeset 6/7 LAI IE? n (end pg 2/10
(pg 3-10/10 nothing configured)
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the signaling group is signaling-group 4
------------------------------------------------------------
SIGNALING GROUP

Group Number: 4
Associated Signaling? y Max number of NCA TSC: 0
Primary D-Channel: 02E1524 Max number of CA TSC: 0
Trunk Group for NCA TSC:
Trunk Group for Channel Selection: 2
Supplementary Service Protocol: a (end pg1/5)

(pg 2-5/5 nothing configured)
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ds1 circuit pack is set up on 02E15
------------------------------------------------------------
DS1 CIRCUIT PACK

Location: 02E15 Name: Asterisk
Bit Rate: 1.544 Line Coding: b8zs
Line Compensation: 1 Framing Mode: esf
Signaling Mode: isdn-pri
Connect: network
Country Protocol: 1
Protocol Version: b
Interface Companding: mulaw CRC? n
Idle Code: 11111111
DCP/Analog Bearer Capability: 3.1kHz


Slip Detection? n Near-end CSU Type: other
(end pg1\2)

ESF DATA LINK OPTIONS

Network Management Protocol: tabs
Send ANSI-T1.403 One-Second Performance Reports? n
Far-end CSU Address: b
(end pg2/2)
------------------------------------------------------------


attached to the cabinet is a CSU 120A2.... it came with a long grey cable that has CSU label on one end and Network label on the other. I have this cable (CSU end) plugged into the network port on the CSU... I have the other end (network end) plugged into a Cat 6 network jack that is a dedicated cable run to the T1 card in the Asterisk server. This T1 card is a Digium product made for Asterisk installations, and is model number TE210P... can be found at

http://www.digium.com

. The ethernet cable run terminates in the server room and at the PBX location with 568B cabling standards. The cable from the ethernet jack in the server room to the Asterisk server has a crossover connector inline that is pinned out as follows:

1-4
2-5
4-1
5-2

I know I posted alot, but I wanted to give you all of what I have done to hopefully answer any questions that may arise.

Thanks for all of your help.

 

[obukev]

I have figured out why I had problems adding the data module. The Definity G3s1 V6 PBX we have had only one processor interface installed. 1 port was used for audix and the other ports were used for ISDN trunk lines to AT&T. We bought a new TN765 V17 processor interface board and installed it and I was able to assign the next port or link to the data module setup described before.

All this considered, I am still having problems getting the Asterisk server to talk to the Definity. I will continue to work on this and plan on writing a white paper for publishing as soon as I get this thing working.

To be continued.....

 

[kwing112000]

You may need a T1 crossover cable to get them to talk. a lot of the time when you go grom CPE to CPE you need to flip the cable.
pins
1 to 4
2 to 5

 

[obukev]

I have the D-Channel up and working now.  It seems that with all of the configurations I have encountered online, the one step missing is adding the data module, processor configuration, and the link configuration.

I had problems adding them after everything else, so I started from scratch add rebuilt everything.  Below is the configuration I used for integrating our Avaya Definity G3si Ver 6 with AsteriskNOW Beta 6:

**Note**  This is ONLY the configuration for getting the D-Channel up between the Avaya PBX and the AsteriskNOW box....

All configurations will be posted, but this is the most critical piece, and I am using this to offer help to others as well as keep track of my own progress.

Equipment:
1 - TN464F DS1 Circuit Pack Board
1 - 120A2 CSU w/clip and Cable
1 - Cat6 ethernet cable terminated 568B on both ends
2 - Cat6 ethernet jumper cables
1 - T1 Crossover using RJ45 Jacks with the following pinout
Jack 1          Jack 2
------          ------
Pin 1    to     Pin 4
Pin 2    to     Pin 5
Pin 3    to     Pin 3
Pin 4    to     Pin 1
Pin 5    to     Pin 2
Pin 6    to     Pin 6
Pin 7    to     Pin 7
Pin 8    to     Pin 8

1 - Digium TE210P T1/E1 PCI card
1 - TN765 V17 Processor Interface Board

Avaya Definity G3si Ver 6 configuration (in order)

add trunk group next
------------------------------------------------------------
                        TRUNK GROUP 

Group Number: 2      Group Type: isdn      CDR Reports: y
  Group Name: VoIP          COR: 1      TN: 1      TAC: 891
   Direction: two-way     Outgoing Display: y
 Dial Access: y      Busy Threshold: 23    Night Service:
Queue Length: 23
Service Type: tie    Auth Code? n         TestCall ITC: rest
           Far End Test Line No:
TestCall BCC: 4
TRUNK PARAMETERS
 Codeset to Send Display: 0 Codeset to Send TCM.Lookahead: 6
Max Message Size to Send: 260 Charge Advice: none
Supplementary Service Proto: a  Digit Handling:enbloc\enbloc

    Trunk Hunt: descend
Connected to Toll?n  STT Loss:normal  DTT to DCO Loss:normal
Calling Number - Delete:   Insert:   Numbering Format:
   Bit Rate: 1200    Synchronization: async    Duplex: full
Disconnect Supervision - In?y  Out?n
Answer Supervision Timeout: 0   (end Pg 1/10)

(pg 2/10)
TRUNK FEATURES
ACA Assignment? n     Measured: none     Wideband Support? n
                Internal Alert? n       Maintenance Tests? y
              Data Restriction? n    NCA-TSC Trunk Member:
                     Send Name: y     Send Calling Number: y
  Used for DCS? n                   Send Connected Number: y
Suppress # Outpulsing? n       Numbering Format: public
Out Ch ID Encod: preferred    UUI IE Treat: service-provider



              Send UCID? n
Send Codeset 6/7 LAI IE? n  (end pg 2/10
(pg 3-10/10 nothing configured)
------------------------------------------------------------

add signaling-group next
------------------------------------------------------------
                      SIGNALING GROUP

Group Number: 4
    Associated Signaling? y         Max number of NCA TSC: 0
       Primary D-Channel: 02E1524    Max number of CA TSC: 0
                                  Trunk Group for NCA TSC:
Trunk Group for Channel Selection: 2
   Supplementary Service Protocol: a  (end pg1/5)

(pg 2-5/5 nothing configured)
------------------------------------------------------------
 
add DS1 02E15(Circuit Pack location could be different)
------------------------------------------------------------
                   DS1 CIRCUIT PACK

            Location: 02E15                 Name: Asterisk
            Bit Rate: 1.544          Line Coding: b8zs
   Line Compensation: 1             Framing Mode: esf
      Signaling Mode: isdn-pri
             Connect: line-side
                                Country Protocol: 1
                                Protocol Version: b
Interface Companding: mulaw                  CRC? n
           Idle Code: 11111111
                    DCP/Analog Bearer Capability: 3.1kHz


Slip Detection? n              Near-end CSU Type: other
                        Alarm When PRI Endpoint Detached?y
                   (end pg1\2)

ESF DATA LINK OPTIONS

                    Network Management Protocol: tabs
Send ANSI-T1.403 One-Second Performance Reports? n
                            Far-end CSU Address: b
                     (end pg2/2)
------------------------------------------------------------

add data-module 6070
------------------------------------------------------------
                       DATA MODULE

   Data Extension: 6070        Name: Asterisk VoIP
             Type: procr-intf   COS: 1    Maint. Ext: 6071
 Physical Channel: 05           COR: 1
              ITC: restricted    TN: 1

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*Note*
If you have other ISDN trunks configured, you should be able to use the next set of extensions for your Data Extension and your Maintenance Extension.  Any set of extensions will work, just dont use anything associated with your DID numbers... this is an assumption, so if there is a best practice for this, anyone is welcome to post it.

Also, regarding the Physical Channel, this is directly related to the number of Channels available via the TN765 processor interface.  You can run the following command:

list conf all

to get the configuration of the boards in your system.  As I noted before, we only had one (1) processor interface in the system and all were being used.  Something that might be a little confusing is how the assigned channels are listed via the above command in comparison with the number used to configure the Physical Channel in the data module. It goes like this.... each processor interface has 4 available channels and the command above will show you which channels are being used per installed board.  When you eventually get to the processor interface boards, you will see something similar to the following:

Board                                        Assigned Ports
Number   Board Type  Code  Vintage  u=unassigned t=tti p=psa
------------------------------------------------------------
01A    PROCR INTF 1  TN765 000017  01 02 03 04
01A    PROCR INTF 2  TN765 000017  01 u  u  u

You will notice that the first processor interface board has all four ports assigned... these represent Physical Channels 01 through 04.  This is where it may be a little confusing... even though processor interface 2 shows the first port assigned as 01, the Physical Channels are represented as 05 through 08.  Keep this in mind because the Physical Channel number is the same number used when configuring the processor channel and links.

OK.... moving on....

After the data module is configured issue the following command:

change communication-interface processor-channels
change comm proc  (for short)

my configuration looked similar to this:

------------------------------------------------------------
               PROCESSOR CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT
Proc           Interface                Remote
Chan   Appl.   Link   Chan   Priority   Proc Chan Machine-ID
  1:   audix     1      1        h        1    1
  2:   
  3:   isdn      2               h  *AT&T trunk
  4:   
  5:   isdn      3               h  *AT&T trunk
  6:
  7:   isdn      4               h  *AT&T trunk
  8:   
  9:   isdn      5               h  *Asterisk tie trunk
------------------------------------------------------------

next is the configuration of the link.  Issue the following command:

change communication-interface links
change comm link  (for short)

------------------------------------------------------------
                      INTERFACE LINKS

            Est   PI         Destination  DTE/
Link Enable Conn  Ext  Prot Digits   Brd  DCE Identification
 1:    y      y   6052 BX25 6051          DTE  audix
 2:    y      y   6030 ISDN         02E16      isdn 101 swbt
 3:    y      y   6032 ISDN         02E17      isdn 102 swbt
 4:    y      y   6034 ISDN         02E18      isdn 103 swbt
 5:    y      y   6070 ISDN         02E15      Asterisk VoIP
 6:    n      n        BX25               DTE
 7:    n      n        BX25               DTE
 8:    n      n        BX25               DTE
------------------------------------------------------------
I will continue tomorrow with the rest of the configuration.

 

[obukev]

I have run into another road block.... Uniform Dialing Plan is not enabled in system-parameters custermer-options. We are on version 6 and no one from avaya will touch it. It is included in Versions 9 and up, but would have had to been purchased as an option when Version 6 was. So... here is my findings.

I have since been trying to work around UDP to pass calls via this tie trunk to asterisk and vice versa. I have come very close, but I still need some guidance.

I have the TAC for the Asterisk tie trunk set at 891. If I pick up a phone that is on the Avaya PBX side, I can get to the VoIP phones in 2 ways.... 1) I can pick up the avaya phone and type the number 891... this gives me a dial tone, and then I can dial the extension to my VoIP phone and it will ring... 2) with the help of ars, I have been able to route through ars to get from my avaya phone to my VoIP phone, but the caveat to that is having to dial 9 before I dial the extension number. I have access to the aar forms, but not UDP.

Has anyone configured theirs to route calls via aar and/or ars without using Uniform Dialing Plan(UDP)?