B410P User Manual
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1. DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequency Push button or touch tone dialing E1 The European equivalent of North American T1 transmits data at 2 048 Mbps up to 32 voice channels DSOs E3 The European equivalent of North American T3 transmits data at 34 368 Mbps up to 512 voice channels DSOs Equivalent to 16 E1 lines EMI Electromagnetic Interference Unwanted electrical noise present on a power line full duplex Data transmission in two directions simultaneously FXO Foreign Exchange Office Receives the ringing voltage from an FXS device Outside lines are connected to the FXO port on your B410P card Digium Inc Page 55 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms FXS Foreign Exchange Station Initiates and sends ringing voltage Phones are connected to the FXS ports on the B410P card G 711 A recommendation by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector ITU T for an algorithm designed to transmit and receive mulaw PCM voice and A law at a digital bit rate of 64 Kbps This algorithm is used for digital telephone sets on digital PBX G 723 1 A recommendation by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector ITU T for an algorithm designed to transmit and receive audio over telephone lines at 6 3 Kbps or 5 3 Kbps G 729a A recommendation by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector ITU T for an algorithm designed to transmit and receive audio over telephone lines at 8 Kbps H 323 A recommendation by the Telecom2. Digium Inc Page 8 Table Of Contents Configure the interface to Asterisk aa 38 Enabling Echo Cancellation cee eee 41 DIBA NAG dundee NG death GAN BANGKA SANGLAAN HA ADA 41 Test Configuration sania pini Dewan a amaa Da iia 41 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 1 27 4202 2a 8 eee eee GG RA eee eee KAG 44 Appendix A Pin Assignments 4 eee eee eee eee eens 49 Appendix B SPECITICATIONS a mna GANANG RE care ce aa R 50 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms 0 0 eee eee eee eee 52 Digium Inc Page 9 Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5 Figure 6 Figure 7 Digium Inc List of Figures Sample Card Application 12 B410P Card 2 18 NT and TE Mode Jumper Positions 19 NT Termination Switches 20 Jumpers Reserved for Future Use 21 Insert the Card 0 000020 cee eee eee 22 Example dmesg Output 2 36 Page 10 List of Tables Table A 1 RJ45 ISDN BRI S T Port Connector 49 Table B 2 Maximum Power Consumption 51 Digium Inc Page 11 Chapter 1 Overview The Digium B410P is a four port BRI line termination card compatible with Euro ISDN It is capable of serving as Terminal Equipment TE or as a Network Termination NT device When configured as an NT device it is the source of BRI lines as shown in Figure 1 The B410P can als
3. 06 web4xxp 0000300706 wcb4xxp 000070006 web4xxp 0000300306 03 0 0 0 0 Identified Wildcard B410P controller rev 1 at 00012c20 IRQ 217 VPM 0 1 init chip ver 33 VPM 1 1 init chip ver 33 Hardware echo cancellation enabled Port 1 TE mode Port 2 TE mode Port 3 TE mode Port 4 TE mode Did not do the highestorder stuff dahdi Registered tone zone 6 Spain web4xxp 0000300706 03 new card sync source port 3 Figure 7 Example dmesg Output Note Output as shown above may vary slightly Digium Inc Page 36 Chapter 3 Configuration 2 Run dahdi tool from the command line and see if the span turns green for each span you have connected dahdi tool Using mISDN 1 Load it by executing this command etc init d misdn init start 2 Make sure the driver successfully loaded lsmod grep hfcmulti 3 The hfcmulti driver should be listed Digium Inc Page 37 Chapter 3 Configuration Configure the interface to Asterisk Using DAHDI You will need to modify the chan dahdi conf file which is located in the etc asterisk directory in order to configure the essential features of your card This file is the configuration layer between DAHDI and Asterisk Echo Cancellation Echo Cancellation is enabled in chan_dahdi conf by preceding the channel variable with a variable called echocancel for example echocancel yes channel gt 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 Echo canc
4. Download the latest release version of Asterisk Substitute the version of Asterisk for the X X in the command below Asterisk is available for download from http downloads digium com pub telephony asterisk wget http downloads digium com pub telephony asterisk asterisk X X current tar gz 2 Expand the downloaded file compile its contents and install the application Substitute the version of Asterisk for the the X X and X X X in the command lines below tar zxvf asterisk X X current tar gz cd asterisk X X x configure make menuselect make Digium Inc Page 27 Chapter 2 Card Installation make install 3 If this is the first Asterisk installation on this system you should install the sample configuration files To do this run make samples Note Running this command will overwrite after making a backup copy any older Asterisk configuration files that you have in the etc asterisk directory If your installation has failed it may be because you are missing one or more of the build dependencies the kernel headers or the development tools Please contact your reseller where the card was purchased or call Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 for assistance Complete instructions for installing Asterisk are available at www asterisk org Digium Inc Page 28 Chapter 3 Configuration The B410P card should be installed and ready to configure This chapter will provide steps f
5. Page 2 Safety Certification and Agency Approvals Safety IEC 60950 1 2001 First Edition AS NZS 60950 Telecom AS ACIF S031 PTC 226 TBR3 TBR4 November 1995 as amended by TBR4 A1 December 1997 Emissions EN 55022 1998 Class B EN 55022 1998 Class B Radiated and Conducted EN 55024 1998 IEC 61000 Immunity EN55024 ITE EN61000 Telepermit Notes PTC General Warning The grant of a Telepermit for any item of terminal equipment indicates only that Telecom has accepted that the item complies with minimum conditions for connection to its network It indicates no endorsement of the product by Telecom nor does it provide any sort of warranty Above all it provides no assurance that any item will work correctly in all respects with another item of Telepermitted equipment of a different make Digium Inc Page 3 or model nor does it imply that any product is compatible with all of Telecom s network services The Digium B410P Quad BRI ISDN PCI Card has not been Telepermitted for use as an IP PSTN Gateway although in some people s minds the fact that it has a Telepermit is sufficient for all uses Therefore use Telepermitted IP telephones when connecting private networks to the PSTN through this Digium B410P Quad BRI ISDN PCI Card Loudness ratings to and from the PSTN must not be made to comply with Telecom s specifications by adjusting levels at the gateway Use of Telepermitted Interfaces for Connecting to the Telec
6. assignments are identified in Table A 1 Table A 1 RJ45 ISDN BRI S T Port Connector Pin TE NT 1 Unused Unused 2 Unused Unused Pind 3 Tx Rx 4 Rx Tx 5 Rx Tx ane 6 Tx Rx 7 Unused Unused 8 Unused Unused Digium Inc Page 49 Appendix B Specifications This appendix provides specifications required environmental conditions and maximum power consumption for the B410P card Physical Size 5 5 x 3 75 x 0 735 13 97 x 9 53 x 1 86 cm PCB size does not include the PCI bracket Weight 3 5 oz 109gm Interfaces Local Loop Access ISDN S T BRI RJ45 PCI Bus 3 3V or 5V bus slot half length slot minimum size 33MHz minimum bus speed compliant with PCI 2 2 or greater Environment Temperature 0 to 50 C 32 to 122 F operation 20 to 65 C 4 to 149 F storage Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing Digium Inc Page 50 Appendix B Specifications Hardware and Software Requirements 800 Mhz processor or better 64MB RAM Available 2 2 PCI Slot as described previously Table B 2 Maximum Power Consumption Model Power B410P 3 3V 2 5 Watts 5V 5 3 Watts Digium Inc Page 51 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms ANSI American National Standards Institute An organization which proposes and establishes standards for international communications asynchronous Not synchronized not timed to an outside clock sour
7. is plugged into Port 1 being the furthest span from the PCI bus The port numbers are noted on the PCI bracket Timing This determines how timing is handled by the card 0 Card provides its own timing 1 Receives timing from remote end 2 Receives secondary backup timing from remote end 3 Receives tertiary backup timing from remote end 4 Receives quaternary backup timing from remote end Only one span can be defined to take timing and it defines timing for the rest of the card s spans Digium Inc Page 31 Chapter 3 Configuration Line Build Out For most setups the line build out is 0 0 db CSU 0 133 feet DSX 1 133 266 feet DSX 1 266 399 feet DSX 1 399 533 feet DSX 1 533 655 feet DSX 1 7 5db CSU 15db CSU 22 5db CSU NI NB na bh W N ROS Framing BRI utilizes CCS framing Coding BRI utilizes AMI coding Yellow The optional yellow flag can be added at the end for transmitting a yellow alarm when no channels are open Digium Inc Page 32 Chapter 3 Configuration The following is a typical setup for a BRI span span gt 1 0 0 ccs ami 4 Specify the channel definitions The format is lt device gt lt channel list gt A list of valid devices are specified in the sample system conf file The following is a typical setup for BRI bchan 1 2 hardhdlc 3 The bchan device specifies the bearer channels B channels The hardhdlc device
8. software may be obtained from Digium s download server at http downloads digium com For an introduction to Asterisk Digium s telephony software including additional information on its configuration setup and features please refer to http www asterisk org For the latest information on setting up and configuring DAHDI drivers for your Digium hardware product please refer to the latest release of this manual which is available from the product specific documentation section at http www digium com Digium Inc Page 23 Chapter 2 Card Installation To install your B410P card you will need Full Linux kernel 2 6 15 or later source code Development libraries and headers for ncurses Development libraries and headers for zlib and openssl Development libraries and headers for newt GCC and standard software build tools It is recommended that you use the most recent version of the Asterisk DAHDI and libpri software for the best results If you have previously installed any of these Digium recommends that you upgrade to the latest current version of each Note The new method for configuring the B410P requires Asterisk 1 6 or later DAHDI and libpri 1 4 4 or later If you wish to use the old unsupported method which works with Asterisk 1 4 you will need to follow the installation procedure for mISDN and mISDNuser which is available at http www misdn org The configuration procedure for mISDN i
9. successful 4 Troubleshooting Explains resolutions to common problems and frequently asked questions pertaining to card installation and usage Pin Assignments Lists the connectors and pin assignments B Specifications Details card specifications Glossary and Defines terms related to this product Acronyms Digium Inc Page 5 Symbol Definitions Caution statements indicate a condition where damage to the unit or its configuration could occur if operational procedures are not followed To reduce the risk of damage or injury follow all steps or procedures as instructed gt The ESD symbol indicates electrostatic sensitive devices Observe precautions for handling devices Wear a properly grounded electrostatic discharge ESD wrist strap while handling the device AA The Electrical Hazard Symbol indicates a possibility of electrical shock when operating this unit in certain situations To reduce the risk of damage or injury follow all steps or procedures as instructed Digium Inc Page 6 Important Safety Instructions User Cautions Servicing Do not attempt to service this card unless specifically instructed to do so Do not attempt to remove the card from your equipment while power is present Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Water and Moisture Do not spill liquids on this unit Do not operate this equipment in a wet environment Heat Do not operate or store this product near heat s
10. Hardware echo cancellatioin does not require configuration for echotraining Be sure to set echotraining no in your misdn conf Digium Inc Page 40 Chapter 3 Configuration misdn conf context default echocancel yes echotraining no myoutsidelines msns ports 1 2 3 4 context default Enabling Echo Cancellation The B410P card is enhanced with built in echo cancellation It improves voice quality in environments where software echo cancellation is not sufficient The B410P reduces CPU overhead required for software echo cancellation freeing resources for other processes such as codec translation The B410P provides 64ms of echo cancellation simultaneously on all eight B channels Echo cancellation is enabled by setting echocancel yes in chan_dahdi conf if using mISDN set in misdn conf instead Test Configuration Verify the Asterisk interface is properly configured by placing a phone call First you will need to start Asterisk and then connect to the Asterisk Digium Inc Page 41 Chapter 3 Configuration CLI In order to call out over a specific port the Dial command is formatted as follows asterisk asterisk vvvr Using DAHDI Dial DAHDI 1 EXTEN Using mISDN Dial misdn 1 EXTEN If you would like to dial out over a group groups are defined by the categories or bracket enclosed titles within misdn conf simply use the group name appended to g like so Using DAHDI Dial DAHDI
11. ard Installation the command lines below tar zxvf libpri X X current tar gz cd libpri X X X X make make install 4 Download the latest DAHDI drivers with tools DAHDI is available for download from http downloads digium com pub telephony dahdi linux complete wget http downloads digium com pub telephony dahdi linux complete dahdi linux complete current tar gz 5 Expand the downloaded file compile its contents and install the drivers and tools Substitute the version of DAHDI for the X X X in the command lines below tar zxvf dahdi linux complete current tar gz cd dahdi linux complete X X X X xX x make make install o OH OH make config Note Executing make config will install an init script and symlinks which will allow you to start and stop DAHDI as a service Digium Inc Page 26 Chapter 2 Card Installation Installing Asterisk If you wish to use Asterisk with your new hardware you can follow the instructions below Note The new method for configuring the B410P requires Asterisk 1 6 or later DAHDI and libpri 1 4 4 or later If you wish to use the old unsupported method which works with Asterisk 1 4 you will need to follow the installation procedure for mISDN and mISDNuser which is available at http www misdn org The configuration procedure for mISDN is listed in Chapter 3 Configuration Please be aware that Digium does not provide support for mISDN 1
12. as four RJ45 ports and four status LEDs The ports are used for connecting Basic Rate ISDN BRI lines Each port can be configured as either TE or NT operation The ports are numbered in sequence from one to four The top port is Port 1 and the bottom port is Port 4 See Figure 2 on page 18 for appropriate identification of these ports Note It is important to identify the type of BRI line each port is configured for either TE or NT You will need this information during the Asterisk configuration Each RJ45 port is accompanied by a status LED The status LEDs can indicate the following m Green Card is in sync with the far end m Red Card is not seeing far end circuit is not up or cable is bad Digium Inc Page 17 Chapter 2 Card Installation Status LEDs Keyed for 3 3 or 5 volt PCI Figure 2 B410P Card Digium Inc Page 18 Chapter 2 Card Installation Selecting NT or TE Mode There is a 5 position jumper on the board for each port to select between NT and TE mode This must be set before installing the card Each of the four ports can be set for TE or NT mode independently This eliminates the need to use a crossover cable Place the jumper on the left side of the connector for NT mode or place it on the right side for TE mode as shown in Figure 3 The default setting is TE mode Notice in Figure 5 on page 21 there is an additional set of jumpers which is reserved for future use These jumpers ar
13. ce Transmission is controlled by start bits at the beginning and stop bits at the end of each character Asynchronous communications are often found in internet access and remote office applications attenuation The dissipation of a transmitted signal s power as it travels over a wire bandwidth The capacity to carry traffic Higher bandwidth indicates the ability to transfer more data in a given time period bit The smallest element of information in a digital system A bit can be either a zero or a one bps bits per second A measurement of transmission speed across a data connection Digium Inc Page 52 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms broadband Broadband transmission shares the bandwidth of a particular medium copper or fiber optic to integrate multiple signals The channels take up different frequencies on the cable integrating voice data and video over one line channel A generic term for an individual data stream Service providers can use multiplexing techniques to transmit multiple channels over a common medium Cat5 Category of Performance for wiring and cabling Cat 5 cabling support applications up to 100 MHz Cat5E Category of Performance for wiring and cabling Category 5 Enhanced wiring supports signal rates up to 100 MHz but adheres to stricter quality specifications CLEC competitive local exchange carrier A term for telephone companies established after the Telecommunications Act o
14. e not to be used at this time device is utilized in TE mode Take safety precautions when using the card in this manner A There is a risk of electrical shock due to lightning when this Note Be careful when changing the jumper position min NT Mode TE Mode H E EEJ JUMPER NO JUMPER This diagram illustrates the jumpers that control NT andTE modes for the B410P ports Figure 3 NT and TE Mode Jumper Positions Digium Inc Page 19 Chapter 2 Card Installation Terminating the NT Mode Line There are DIP switches for each port used to add a 100 ohm termination when the B410P is in NT mode This switch should only be turned on in those instances where a BRI is daisy chained and terminated on the B410P in NT mode See Figure 4 for a detailed illustration of this setting This switch must not be turned on in TE mode The default setting is Off Caution A Only qualified service personnel should continue with hardware installation and configuration of the B410P card Users should not attempt to perform these functions themselves ON NT Mode with 1000hm termination OFF 7 NT Mode without 1000hm termination OFF TE Mode without This diagram illustrates the DIP switches that control resistance 1000hm termination In TE mode the s
15. e or channel FDM frequency division multiplexing and TDM time division multiplexing are the two most common methods FDM separates signals by dividing the data onto different carrier frequencies and TDM separates signals by interleaving bits one after the other MUX multiplexer A device which transmits multiple signals over a single communications line or channel See multiplexing PBX private branch exchange A smaller version of a phone company s large central switching office Example Asterisk PCI peripheral component interconnect A standard bus used in most computers to connect peripheral devices POP point of presence The physical connection point between a network and a telephone network A POP is usually a network node serving as the equivalent of a CO to a network service provider or an interexchange carrier POTS plain old telephone service The public switched telephone network PSTN is the network of the world s public circuit switched telephone networks Originally a network Digium Inc Page 58 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms of fixed line analog telephone systems the PSTN is now almost entirely digital and now includes mobile as well as fixed telephones PPP point to point protocol Type of communications link that connects a single device to another single device such as a remote terminal to a host computer PSTN public switched telephone network A communications network which uses telephones to es
16. ellation is explicitly disabled by setting echocancel no Note Digium does not recommend that users set echo cancellation to no Digium Inc Page 38 Signalling Set the signalling option Chapter 3 Configuration Signalling Option Notes CPE side using Point to Point bri cpe CPE side using Point to Multipoint bri cpe ptmp NET side using Point to Point bri net NET side using Point to Multipoint bri net ptmp Requires libpri 1 4 11 or later Asterisk 1 8 or later and an externally powered ISDN phone See Asterisk 1 8 s sample chan dahdi conf for specific parameters and features Digium Inc Page 39 Chapter 3 Configuration Add these lines to the sample chan dahdi conf file signalling bri cpe switchtype euroisdn group 1 context incoming echocancel yes channel gt 1 2 4 5 7 8 10 11 Using mISDN Configure the interface to Asterisk by editing the following etc asterisk misdn conf The misdn conf file contains detailed comments documenting the options that are available and their meaning It is recommended that you carefully review the options to set them appropriately An example misdn conf is provided below Be sure to set the MSNS properly MSNS are like DIDs In order to accept all incoming DIDs set msns Also don t forget to specify a ports setting as well in your specified category within misdn conf
17. f 1996 deregulated the LECs CLECs compete with ILECs to offer local service See also LEC and ILEC Digium Inc Page 53 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms CO central office The CO houses local switching equipment All local access lines in a particular geographic area terminate at this facility which is usually owned and operated by an ILEC CPE customer premises equipment Terminal equipment which is connected to the telecommunications network and which resides within the home or office of the customer This includes telephones modems terminals routers and television set top boxes DAHDI Digium Asterisk Hardware Device Interface A telephony project dedicated to implementing a reasonable and affordable computer telephony platform into the world marketplace Also the collective name for the Digium provided drivers for Digium telephony interface products DSO Digital Signal Level 0 A voice grade channel of 64 Kbps The worldwide standard speed for digitizing voice conversation using PCM Pulse Code Modulation DS1 Digital Signal Level 1 1 544 Mbps in North America T1 and Japan J1 up to 24 voice channels DSOs 2 048 Mbps in Europe E1 up to 32 voice channels DSOs DS1 T1 E1 lines are part of the PSTN Digium Inc Page 54 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms DS3 Digital Signal Level 3 T3 in North America and Japan E3 in Europe Up to 672 voice channels DSOs DS3 T3 E3 lines are not part of the PSTN
18. g1 S EXTEN Digium Inc Page 42 Chapter 3 Configuration Using mISDN Dial misdn g myoutsidelines EXTEN Note More information can be obtained by contacting Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 or visiting the website at www digium com You may also contact your distributor or reseller from which the card was purchased for assistance Please be aware that Digium does not provide support for mISDN Digium Inc Page 43 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter provides frequently asked questions as identified from Digium Technical Support and possible resolutions Multiple resources are available to obtain more information about Asterisk and Digium products These resources are listed on page 48 What do the Status LED colors indicate m Green Card is in sync with the far end a Red Card is not seeing far end circuit is not up or cable is bad What type of cable do I need In all cases you can use a straight through standard RJ 45 Ethernet cable going from the NT unit to the B410P When you put the card in NT mode with the correct jumpers the pins will automatically swap as seen in the following example Pin 3 lt gt Pin 4 Pin 5 lt gt Pin 6 Digium Inc Page 44 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Which BRI protocol is used on the B410P The B410P supports the ETSI standard using CPE PTP Point to Point CPE PTMP Point to Multipoint NET PTP Point to Point and NET PTMP Point to Multipoin
19. isks before using this tool Digium Inc Page 46 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Check the current mode using this command hdparm vi dev IDE Device Use this command to set the drives into UDMA2 mode hdparm d 1 X udma2 c 3 dev IDE Device If you are still having problems contact your reseller from which the card was purchased or Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 Digium Inc Page 47 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Where can I find answers to additional questions There are several places to inquire for more information about Asterisk Digium products 1 Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 or Toll Free in the U S 1 877 344 4861 is available 7am 8pm Central Time GMT 6 Monday Friday 2 Asterisk users mailing list asterisk org lists digium com 3 IRC channel asterisk on irc freenode net Subscription Services Program Digium is dedicated to supporting your Asterisk system by offering full technical support through our Subscription Services Program Through this program you can be at ease knowing that your business will always have access to the Asterisk experts Pricing on Subscription Services may be obtained from your nearest reseller or you may call Digium Sales for referral to your nearest reseller at 1 256 428 6000 or e mail sales digium com Digium Inc Page 48 Appendix A Pin Assignments All four ports on the B410P bracket are 8 pin RJ45 ISDN BRI S T ports The pin
20. lum B410P User Manual 6071 00001 Rev B2 Digium Inc 445 Jan Davis Drive Huntsville AL 35806 United States TU m Main Number 1 256 428 6000 Tech Support 1 256 428 6161 U S Toll Free 1 877 344 4861 Sales 1 256 428 6262 www digium com www asterisk org www asterisknow org Digium Inc 2011 All rights reserved No part of this publication may be copied distributed transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language without the prior written permission of Digium Inc Digium Inc has made every effort to ensure that the instructions contained in this document are adequate and error free The manufacturer will if necessary explain issues which may not be covered by this documentation The manufacturer s liability for any errors in the documents is limited to the correction of errors and the aforementioned advisory services This document has been prepared for use by professional and properly trained personnel and the customer assumes full responsibility when using it Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks and Acrobat Reader is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Asterisk Digium Switchvox and AsteriskNOW are registered trademarks and Asterisk Business Edition AsteriskGUI and Asterisk Appliance are trademarks of Digium Inc Any other trademarks mentioned in the document are the property of their respective owners Digium Inc
21. munication Standardization Sector ITU T for multimedia communications over packet based networks IAX Inter Asterisk eXchange The native VoIP protocol used by Asterisk It is an IETF standard used to enable VoIP connections between Asterisk servers and between servers and clients that also use the IAX protocol Digium Inc Page 56 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms i LBC internet Low Bitrate Codec A free speech codec used for voice over IP It is designed for narrow band speech with a payload bitrate of 13 33 kbps frame length 30ms and 15 2 kbps frame length 20 ms ILEC incumbent local exchange carrier The LECs that were the original carriers in the market prior to the entry of competition and therefore have the dominant position in the market interface A point of contact between two systems networks or devices ISO International Standards Organization LED light emitting diode Linux A robust feature packed open source operating system based on Unix that remains freely available on the internet It boasts dependability and offers a wide range of compatibility with hardware and software Asterisk is supported exclusively on Linux loopback A state in which the transmit signal is reversed back as the receive signal typically by a far end network element Digium Inc Page 57 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol multiplexing Transmitting multiple signals over a single lin
22. o improve voice quality in environments where software echo cancellation is not sufficient with hardware echo cancellation on board Note The B410P does not support North American BRI LEGACY PBX TE PORTS Figure 1 Sample Card Application Digium Inc Page 12 Chapter 1 Overview What is Asterisk Asterisk is the world s leading open source telephony engine and tool kit Offering flexibility unheard of in the world of proprietary communications Asterisk empowers developers and integrators to create advanced communication solutions for free Asterisk is released as open source under the GNU General Public License GPL and it is available for download free of charge Asterisk is the most popular open source software available with the Asterisk Community being the top influencer in VoIP Asterisk as a Switch PBX Asterisk can be configured as the core of an IP or hybrid PBX switching calls managing routes enabling features and connecting callers with the outside world over IP analog POTS and digital T1 E1 connections Asterisk runs on a wide variety of operating systems including Linux Mac OS X OpenBSD FreeBSD and Sun Solaris It provides all of the features you would expect from a PBX including many advanced features that are often associated with high end and high cost proprietary PBXs Asterisk s architecture is designed for maximum flexibility and supports Voice over IP in many protocols and can intero
23. om Network All interfaces connecting to the Telecom network from private IP voice and data networks must be covered by a Telepermit in the PTC220 range This Telepermit range shows that the interface complies with the technical requirements of the PTC220 specification available from the Telepermit website Echo Cancellation Echo cancellers are not normally required in the Telecom PSTN because geographic delays are acceptable where CPE return loss is maintained within Telepermit limits However those private networks making use of Voice over IP technology are required to provide echo cancellation for all voice calls The combined effect of audio VoIP conversion delay and IP routing delay can cause an echo cancellation time of 64 mS to be required Digium Inc Page 4 Introduction to B410P Documentation This manual contains product information for the B410P card Be sure to refer to any supplementary documents or release notes that were shipped with your equipment The manual is organized in the following manner Chapter 5 pal ko Title Description Appendix 1 Overview Identifies the features of your card This chapter covers applications and uses of the B410P in the real world 2 Card Installation Provides instructions for installing the card in your PC acquiring correct drivers and checking device compatibility 3 Configuration Provides steps for configuring and verifying the install of your B410P was
24. or configuring the card and verifying its setup The sample configurations are provided to assist you in familiarizing yourself with the flexibility of editing the configuration files to meet your specific needs The list of possible configurations is too expansive to cover in this user manual Most sections in this chapter include two sub sections The first sub section uses the new method for configuring the B410P with DAHDI The second sub section uses the old unsupported method for configuring the B410P with mISDN Please be aware that Digium does not provide support for mISDN Digium Inc Page 29 Chapter 3 Configuration Driver Configuration Using DAHDI 1 Begin by opening the system conf file from the etc dahdi directory 2 Specify the two letter country code for your loadzone and defaultzone This will preload tone zone data and specify a default tone zone for your interfaces The following is a typical setup for a telco in Spain loadzone es defaultzone es 3 Configure the Span Map For each BRI line you are using you will need to define a span The Span Map includes defining the span number timing line build out framing and coding Configuration details for each of these items is explained in this section span gt lt Number gt lt Timing gt lt Line Build Out gt lt Framing gt lt Coding gt Yellow Digium Inc Page 30 Chapter 3 Configuration Number This is the port the BRI line
25. ources such as radiators air ducts areas subject to direct intense sunlight or other products that produce heat Static Electricity To reduce the risk of damaging the unit or your equipment do not attempt to open the enclosure or gain access to areas where you are Mo not instructed to do so Refer servicing to qualified service personnel bee 5 Save these instructions for future reference Digium Inc Page 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 OVErVIeW 27203 28x30 eee Gees bene rE ee DAD et eee NAPAG 12 What is Asterisk 0c ee 13 Asterisk as a Switch PBX 0 0 0c ee 13 Asterisk asa Gateway cece ee 13 Asterisk in the Call Center 0 0 0 eee eee 14 Asterisk in the Network 0 0 00 cece eee 14 Asterisk Everywhere 0000 eee eee eae 14 Chapter 2 Card Installation 0 00 eee 15 Unpacking the Card 0 0 eee ee 16 Inspecting the Shipment 0 00 e eee eee eee 16 Identifying Communication Ports aaas aaaeeeaa 17 Selecting NT or TE Mode 0 00 cee ee eee 19 Terminating the NT Mode Line 00002 c ee eee 20 Installing the Hardware 0 0 c cece eee eee 21 Software Installation 0 0 0 0 eee ee 23 Installing Asterisk 0 0 e eee eee 27 Chapter 3 Configuration 262226 sa teeeeentude be ete BLK NGREAD ee 29 Driver Configuration 00 c eee eee 30 Testing Your Configuration 2 0 0 00 eee 36
26. perate with almost all standards based telephony equipment using relatively inexpensive hardware Asterisk as a Gateway It can also be built out as the heart of a media gateway bridging the legacy PSTN to the expanding world of IP telephony Asterisk s modular architecture allows it to convert between a wide range of communications protocols and media codecs Digium Inc Page 13 Chapter 1 Overview Asterisk as a Feature Media Server Need an IVR Asterisk s got you covered How about a conference bridge Yep It s in there What about an automated attendant Asterisk does that too How about a replacement for your aging legacy voicemail system Can do Unified messaging No problem Need a telephony interface for your web site Ok Asterisk in the Call Center Asterisk has been adopted by call centers around the world based on its flexibility Call center and contact center developers have built complete ACD systems based on Asterisk Asterisk has also added new life to existing call center solutions by adding remote IP agent capabilities advanced skills based routing predictive and bulk dialing and more Asterisk in the Network Internet Telephony Service Providers ITSPs competitive local exchange carriers CLECS and even first tier incumbents have discovered the power of open source communications with Asterisk Feature servers hosted services clusters voicemail systems pre paid calling solutions all based on Aste
27. risk have helped reduce costs and enabled flexibility Asterisk Everywhere Asterisk has become the basis for thousands of communications solutions If you need to communicate Asterisk is your answer For more information on Asterisk visit http www asterisk org or http www digium com Digium Inc Page 14 Chapter 2 Card Installation This chapter provides the following information Unpacking the Card on page 16 Inspecting the Shipment on page 16 Identifying Communication Ports on page 17 Selecting NT or TE Mode on page 19 Terminating the NT Mode Line on page 20 Installing the Hardware on page 21 Software Installation on page 23 Installing Asterisk on page 27 Digium Inc Page 15 Chapter 2 Card Installation Unpacking the Card When you unpack your card carefully inspect it for any damage that may have occurred in shipment If damage is suspected file a claim with the carrier and contact the reseller from which the card was purchased or contact Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 Keep the original shipping container to use for future shipment or proof of damage during shipment Note Only qualified service personnel should install the card Users should not attempt to perform this function themselves Inspecting the Shipment The following items are included in shipment of a B410P m B410P card Digium Inc Page 16 Chapter 2 Card Installation Identifying Communication Ports The B410P card h
28. s commonly used for telephony and data communications The wires are wrapped loosely around each other to minimize radio frequency interference or interference from other pairs in the same bundle Digium Inc Page 60 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms V volts VoIP Voice over IP Technology used for transmitting voice traffic over a data network using the Internet Protocol Digium Inc Page 61
29. s listed in Chapter 3 Configuration Please be aware that Digium does not provide support for mISDN After the machine has booted to Linux log in and execute the follow ing command to list the devices detected by the PCI bus lspci n Confirm that the output from Ispci lists a device with Digium s PCI vendor ID which is d161 The screen output should be similar to the following Digium Inc Page 24 Chapter 2 Card Installation 0000 01 0e 0 ISDN controller Unknown device d161 b410 rev 01 Note The output from Ispci may or may not state Unknown device If it does this does not indicate a problem The Digium B410P card identifier should be listed If a matching card identifier is not listed then your machine is not PCI 2 2 or higher and the card will not work with your motherboard 2 Download the latest version of libpri Substitute the version of libpri for the X X in the command line below libpri is available for download from http downloads asterisk org pub telephony libpri wget http downloads asterisk org pub telephony libpri libpri X X current tar gz Note There is no correlation between the versioning of libpri and Asterisk The libpri 1 4 branch will function with the Asterisk 1 6 and 1 8 branches 3 Expand the downloaded file compile its contents and install the libraries Substitute the version of libpri for the X X and X X X X in Digium Inc Page 25 Chapter 2 C
30. specifies the delta channel D channel Note Unlike Digium s Digital E1 cards the device for the delta channel must be specified as hardhdlc instead of dchan The B410P will not function properly if dchan is specified Digium Inc Page 33 Chapter 3 Configuration The following is a typical system conf setup for BRI loadzone es defaultzone es span 1 1 0 ccs ami bchan 1 2 hardhdlc 3 span 2 0 0 ccs ami bchan 4 5 hardhdlc 6 span 3 0 0 ccs ami bchan 7 8 hardhdlc 9 span 4 0 0 ccs ami bchan 10 11 hardhdlic 12 Digium Inc Page 34 Chapter 3 Configuration Using mISDN 1 Execute the following etc init d misdn init config 2 Edit the following appropriately it is self documented etc misdn init conf Digium Inc Page 35 Chapter 3 Configuration Testing Your Configuration Using DAHDI 1 Load DAHDI drivers into the kernel using the modprobe utility The appropriate driver for the B410P cards is wcb4xxp Execute the following commands modprobe wcb4xxp dahdi cfg vv dmesg dahdi Telephony Interface Registered on major 196 dahdi Version 2 1 0 4 web4xxp 0000300306 03 probe called for b4xx PCI Enabling device 0000 00 06 0 0000 gt 0003 ACPI PCI Interrupt 0000 00 06 0 A gt GSI 17 level low gt IRQ 217 web4xxp 0000 00706 07 web4xxp 000030030603 web4xxp 000030070607 webdxxp 0000700706 02 web4xxp 0000300706 web4xxp 0000 00
31. t Will the B410P power an ISDN phone No the B410P will not provide power to an ISDN phone An externally powered ISDN phone must be used when configured for NET PTMP I can t receive DID calls even though I have it enabled in extensions conf Make sure the ports are set to the correct jumper setting and that the chan dahdi conf if using mISDN then check misdn init conf reflects this setting Phone calls will not work without this being correct How can I enable more features To view all of the options available to add to your dial plan type the following commands from within Asterisk CLI gt core show applications CLI gt core show functions Digium Inc Page 45 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Digium also offers services to help configure and add features you might need Contact Digium Technical Support 1 256 428 6161 for more information Common Fixes for all cards 1 Check to see if the X Window System e g X Org Server is running by entering the following ps aux grep X If the X Window System is running stop the application since it may cause a conflict with Asterisk 2 Check to see if your PATA IDE hard drives are running with DMA levels set Advance user can perform an hdparm on your hard drive interface Use hdparm with caution as the man page states that hard drive corruption can occur when using incorrect settings Please review the man page for hdparm and make sure you understand the r
32. tablish connections between two points Also referred to as the dial network Qos quality of service A measure of telephone service as specified by the Public Service Commission RJ11 A six pin jack typically used for connecting telephones modems and fax machines in residential and business settings to PBX or the local telephone CO SIP Session Initiation Protocol An IETF standard for setting up sessions between one or more clients It is currently the leading signaling protocol for Voice over IP gradually replacing H 323 Digium Inc Page 59 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms T1 A dedicated digital carrier facility which transmits up to 24 voice channels DS0s and transmits data at 1 544 Mbps Commonly used to carry traffic to and from private business networks and ISPs T3 A dedicated digital carrier facility which consists of 28 T1 lines and transmits data at 44 736 Mbps Equivalent to 672 voice channels DSOs TDM time division multiplexer A device that supports simultaneous transmission of multiple data streams into a single high speed data stream TDM separates signals by interleaving bits one after the other telco A generic name which refers to the telephone companies throughout the world including RBOCs LECs and PTTs tip and ring The standard termination on the two conductors of a telephone circuit named after the physical appearance of the contact areas on the jack plug twisted pair Two copper wire
33. witches are to remain off In NT mode the switches may be turned on when 1000hm resistance is required Figure 4 NT Termination Switches Digium Inc Page 20 Chapter 2 Card Installation NOT USED Reserved for future use Default OPEN This diagram illustrates jumpers that are reserved for future use Figure 5 Jumpers Reserved for Future Use Installing the Hardware 1 Now that you are acquainted with your card power down your computer and unplug it from its power source Attach a static strap to your wrist and open the case Check the NT or TE mode jumper setting to ensure it matches your equipment configuration Remove the bracket place holder and insert the card into a PCI slot See Figure 6 Digium Inc Page 21 Chapter 2 Card Installation Figure 6 Insert the Card 5 Replace the cover to your computer 6 Plug all ISDN equipment cables into the RJ45 ports as needed 7 Power on your computer Digium Inc Page 22 Chapter 2 Card Installation Software Installation Digium hardware requires drivers and libraries that are not integrated with the Linux kernel Digium hardware is only supported under Linux Digium recommends CentOS Debian Red Hat and Ubuntu distributions of Linux However many other distributions are supported by Digium Technical Support Digium s software including drivers and application
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