Xorcom Astribank PRI Quick Start Manual
Xorcom USA
2012 W. Lone Cactus Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85027 USA
Tel: 1-866-XORCOM1
info.usa@xorcom.com
www.xorcom.com
Xorcom Ltd.
Teradyon, POB 60
D.N. Misgav 20179, Israel
Tel: +972-4-9951999
info@xorcom.com
Continuous yellow
Indicates that the port is configured as NT
Two fast green blinks
Indicates that E1/T1 layer 1 is active
Single yellow blink
Indicates that ISDN PRI layer 2 is active
1)
Astribank PRI - Quick Start Guide
Port PINs Layout
The Astribank PRI unit has two
RJ-45 sockets for each PRI
port. Both sockets are
permanently active and can be
used with any configuration
parameters.
The lower socket provides typical E1/T1 TE (CPE) side wiring:
Rx pins: 1, 2
Tx pins: 4, 5
The upper socket provides typical E1/T1 NT (Network) side-wiring:
Rx - pins 4, 5
Tx - pins 1, 2
Port LED Indicators
The green LED of the lower socket indicates the line status when the port is
configured as TE. The yellow LED of the upper socket shows the line status when the
port is configured as NT.
Table 1: Port Status LEDs
1)
More precisely, this indicates that there is some Layer 2 messages exchange.
Sometimes it doesn't mean that the Layer 2 connection has been established.
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Xorcom USA
2012 W. Lone Cactus Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85027 USA
Tel: 1-866-XORCOM1
info.usa@xorcom.com
www.xorcom.com
Xorcom Ltd.
Teradyon, POB 60
D.N. Misgav 20179, Israel
Tel: +972-4-9951999
info@xorcom.com
Port Parameter
Configuration File
Configuration Parameter
E1/T1 selection
Zaptel Init Configuration File
1)
XPP_PRI_SETUP
NT/TE selection
a) Zaptel Init Configuration File
1)
b) zapata.conf
XPP_PRI_SETUP
Clock source, framing
type and line encoding
zaptel.conf
span (see Asterisk
documentation)
Configuring an Astribank PRI
Each Astribank PRI port may be configured to work as E1 or T1, TE or NT by changing
the Astribank driver and Asterisk parameters. No jumpers or DIP switches need to be
changed. The following table shows where each Astribank ISDN PRI port parameter is
configured.
Table 2: Astribank ISDN PRI Port Parameter Configuration
1)
The Zaptel Init Configuration File is either:
/etc/default/zaptel (on Debian, Ubuntu, etc.)
/etc/sysconfig/zaptel (on RedHat, CentOS etc).
The information defined in this file is used by Zaptel and some Zaptel utilities. For
example, the “genzaptelconf” utility uses information from XPP_PRI_SETUP for
automatic Asterisk and Zaptel configuration building. Also, the Astribank PRI driver
initializes the ports for E1 or T1 functionality according to the XPP_PRI_SETUP
parameter.
If the XPP_PRI_SETUP parameter is not defined, then each PRI port is assumed to be
of default type E1 TE (CPE).
Format of the XPP_PRI_SETUP
The format of the XPP_PRI_SETUP parameter is as follows:
XPP_PRI_SETUP='<port_address=port_type> <port_address=port_type>'
The <port_address> and the <port_type> are explained in the following sections.
Port Address
The <port_address> may be represented by using either the Astribank XPP protocol
logical XBUS number or the physical USB connector number.
When using the logical XBUS numbers in the <port_address> expression, use the
following syntax:
NUM/XBUS-mm/XPD-nn
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