Calls thru Nortel BCM

[Nortelguy]

ok got a fresh install of Slack 12.1 AST + Vicidial. We (Vici guys + I) are trying to place the calls from the Asterisk to the Nortel VIA TI cards. Linux box has a Sangoma 101D and the nortel is using the Nortel T1 interface card. We couldn't get the Asterisk to place a call through the Nortel using PRI_CPE and PRINET modes. The call would fail right away with reason code 21 right away. However, the Asterisk was able to get a trunk on the Nortel using EM_WINK. It wasn't able to pass any digits to the Nortel from what I can see in the BCM Manager(Tool used to watch live call activity). Im open to any suggestions ..

One alternative here is to just directly connect my other PRI to the Asterisk and just route live callers to the BCM via SIP. But thats teh EZ way out!

Here is a brief clip from the logs:
Oct 5 17:25:19 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Executing AGI("SIP/cc100-08284538", "agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log") in new stack
Oct 5 17:25:19 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- AGI Script agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log completed, returning 0
Oct 5 17:25:19 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Executing Dial("SIP/cc100-08284538", "Zap/g1/93058888202||To") in new stack
Oct 5 17:25:19 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Requested transfer capability: 0x00 - SPEECH
Oct 5 17:25:19 DEBUG[9174] channel.c: Avoiding initial deadlock for 'Zap/1-1'
Oct 5 17:25:19 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Called g1/93058888202
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9216] manager.c: Manager received command 'Command'
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9180] logger.c: -- Channel 0/1, span 1 got hangup, cause 21
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Zap/1-1 is circuit-busy
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Set option AUDIO MODE, value: ON(1) on Zap/1-1
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Hangup: channel: 1 index = 0, normal = 14, callwait = -1, thirdcall = -1
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Already hungup... Calling hangup once, and clearing call
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: disabled echo cancellation on channel 1
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Set option TDD MODE, value: OFF(0) on Zap/1-1
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Updated conferencing on 1, with 0 conference users
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: Set option AUDIO MODE, value: OFF(0) on Zap/1-1
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_zap.c: disabled echo cancellation on channel 1
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Hungup 'Zap/1-1'
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: == Everyone is busy/congested at this time (1:0/1/0)
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] app_dial.c: Exiting with DIALSTATUS=CONGESTION.
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Executing Hangup("SIP/cc100-08284538", "") in new stack
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: == Spawn extension (default, 913058888202, 3) exited non-zero on 'SIP/cc100-08284538'
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- Executing DeadAGI("SIP/cc100-08284538", "agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log--HVcauses--PRI-----NODEBUG-----21-----CONGESTION----------") in new stack
Oct 5 17:25:20 VERBOSE[9941] logger.c: -- AGI Script agi://127.0.0.1:4577/call_log--HVcauses ... ---------- completed, returning 0
Oct 5 17:25:20 DEBUG[9941] chan_sip.c: update_call_counter(cc100) - decrement call limit counter

[mflorell]

What switchtype were you using?(NI2, 5ESS, DMS100, etc...)

Any reason you don't just get rid of the Nortel?

[Nortelguy]

What switchtype were you using?(NI2, 5ESS, DMS100, etc...)

Any reason you don't just get rid of the Nortel?

Matt, I think you just commited blasphemy I would love to drop the Nortel but we have such an investment in the system. Plus its one of the first systems I was taught on and I am very comfortable using it.

We tried NI2, and DMS100 .. I searched around the net and see other people are having the same problem and it was solved with NI2. Doesn't seem so in our cause .. I am going to bring the Nortel up to version 3.7 since its at 3.6 now .. I am going to put the project on pause in the mean time.

Let me ask you something about zapata.conf .. Why is there two spots for signaling type ? One at the top and one at the bottom .. Actually three there is even a seperate spot for EW_W ..

[mflorell]

I would not call it blasphemous, we have replaced several Nortel systems with VICIDIAL/Asteirsk and the clients are very happy with the results

Have you done any PRI debugging within Asterisk? Sometimes that can give you a clue as to what is going on.

As for zapata.conf, you would have to ask the guys at Digium that write and maintain zaptel as to why their configuration options seem redundant and sometimes don't make sense(that have actually changed option names in minor releases for no good reason before as well).

[Op3r]

have you tried to plug in the nortel interface cable to the e1 card and just run genzaptelconf?