[VoIP] Asterisk-Adtran dial rate

Kirt Stanfield kirtley.stanfield at comcast.net
Mon Jul 9 20:53:49 CDT 2007


Max,

I tried changing the PULSEMAKE and PULSEBREAK. It did seem to make some 
difference, I just have yet to home in on optimal values. IF these are 
in fact milliseconds it would seem that 60/40 would give 10 pps. It 
doesn't quite seem to work that way. In fact it seems to work better 
when I set to 40/60, the exact opposite of what I would think, but it 
still pulses at about 13pps. Gues I will try some simple math and ratio 
both up by 13/10 for the next try.

I do understand what you are saying about the PULSEAFTERTIME.
Any ideas?

Kirt

John Novack wrote:

>ikjtel wrote:
>  
>
>>Kirt
>>
>>The "PULSEAFTERTIME" is merely the interdigital delay
>>value.  You'll need to actually change the PULSEMAKE
>>and PULSEBREAK ones, which I believe are directly in
>>milliseconds.  
>>
>>Also, should have asked this last time, does the
>>Varian card use stock drivers, or does it include its
>>own proprietary drivers?
>>
>>  
>>    
>>
>Varion makes a patch to the stock zaptel drivers for the tor3 card.
>The earlier tor2 card substitutes one rbt file.
>govarion.com/tor3 has all the information.
>They supplied certain versions patched, and then, after mynag, a patch 
>file for any of the zaptel 1.2 releases, given that Digium kept on 
>making changes.
>
>  
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>>If absolutely necessary to prove whether the values
>>are getting overridden by unknown actors, a 'printk'
>>could be added to print out the actual values in
>>effect...
>>
>>Max
>>  
>>    
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>Beyond my pay grade!
>
>John Novack
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>>--- Kirt Stanfield <kirtley.stanfield at comcast.net>
>>wrote:
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>>>Max,
>>>
>>>I changed 'ZT_DEFAULT_PULSEAFTERTIME' to 900,
>>>rebuilt everything, and 
>>>rebooted. I see no change in the PPS. Also m/b has
>>>always dispalyed as 60/40
>>>
>>>So I suspect these are in fact being overidden
>>>somewhere.
>>>
>>>Kirt
>>>ikjtel wrote:
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>Replying on-list in the event that anyone else has
>>>>commentary to add.............
>>>>
>>>>I believe there may be two separate issues here. 
>>>>First, the parameters you mention should be
>>>>      
>>>>        
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>>>tweakable
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>>>>via zaptel.h, specifically
>>>>zaptel.h:#define        ZT_DEFAULT_PULSEMAKETIME 50
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>  
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>/* 50 ms of line closed when dial pulsing */
>>>>zaptel.h:#define        ZT_DEFAULT_PULSEBREAKTIME
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>50  
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>/* 50 ms of line open when dial pulsing */
>>>>zaptel.h:#define        ZT_DEFAULT_PULSEAFTERTIME
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>750 
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>/* 750ms between dial pulse digits */
>>>>
>>>>[Note, it is theoretically possible for user-space
>>>>(ztcfg) to override these, although I don't believe
>>>>this is currently implemented]
>>>>
>>>>[Note 2, I believe that these values are not
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>correct
>>>    
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>>>
>>>>for true Bell System dials, the ratio should be
>>>>      
>>>>        
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>>>~60/40
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>>>      
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>>>>not 50/50]
>>>>
>>>>The second issue is that several users have
>>>>      
>>>>        
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>>>reported
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>>>      
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>>>>erratic pulsing, which I have noticed too, just by
>>>>listening the problem is clearly audible.  Instead
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>of
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>hearing regularly spaced pulses you hear plainly
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>that
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>>>      
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>>>>the spacing is irregular.
>>>>
>>>>Try connecting a butt set (in monitor mode) to the
>>>>connection and listen to the outpulsing.   Best way
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>to
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>test this is to use a string of several 'zero'
>>>>digits...
>>>>
>>>>I recently was able to grab an FXO card for my
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>channel
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>bank.  When it shows up (and when I get it set up)
>>>>I'll try to duplicate the problem.  I have released
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>an
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>asterisk dial speed app that will also help
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>pinpoint
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>>>      
>>>
>>>>it.  See URL
>>>>
>>>>http://www.lightlink.com/mhp/dialtest/
>>>>
>>>>Max
>>>>
>>>>--- Kirt Stanfield <kirtley.stanfield at comcast.net>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Max,
>>>>>
>>>>>I hope all is well with you.
>>>>>
>>>>>Early this year I installed a Varian T1 card in my
>>>>>asterisk machine, and 
>>>>>connected it to an adtran channel bank. The
>>>>>        
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>channel
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>bank has 5 FXS cards 
>>>>>and 1 FXO card. The former is connected to ground
>>>>>start 2 way trunks on 
>>>>>my step switch. The latter is connected to the
>>>>>incoming selectors on my 
>>>>>step switch.
>>>>>
>>>>>In general the above configuration has performed
>>>>>well, with a tremendous 
>>>>>improvement in voice quality.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have however seen evidence of misdialing into
>>>>>        
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>the
>>>    
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>switch via the FXO 
>>>>>card. I finally wrote a php script to dial over
>>>>>        
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>and
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>>>
>>>>>over again, and from 
>>>>>that I have deduced that there is about a 5-10%
>>>>>misdial rate. I have now 
>>>>>place a Metro-Tel TPM32  'digit grabber' in the
>>>>>circuit. That indicates 
>>>>>that dialing is taking place at a rate of 13pps,
>>>>>instead of 10pps, which 
>>>>>I suspect is the reason why I am seeing the error
>>>>>rate that I am.
>>>>>
>>>>>So my question is - can you tell me any place(s)
>>>>>        
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>in
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>>>      
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>>>>>the asterisk or the 
>>>>>drivers that I could adjust so as to slow down the
>>>>>dial rate?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>Kirt
>>>>>
>>>>>
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