Digium TE131, User Manual

Page 1: ...TE130 Series TE131 TE132 TE133 TE134 User Manual 601 00022 Rev B...

Page 2: ...d 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...

Page 3: ...Compliance Information Compliance information for this product is available at http www digium com compliance Digium Inc Page 3...

Page 4: ...uses for the TE130 Series card in the real world 2 Card Installation Provides instructions for installing the card in your PC acquiring correct drivers and checking device compatibility 3 Configurati...

Page 5: ...es as instructed The ESD symbol indicates electrostatic sensitive devices Observe precautions for handling devices Wear a properly grounded electrostatic discharge ESD wrist strap while handling the d...

Page 6: ...tricity 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 not instructed to do so Refer servicing to qualified servic...

Page 7: ...a Telecommunications Compliance label This includes customer equipment previously labelled Permitted or Certified Caution Only connect regulatory equipment approved for use in your specific country to...

Page 8: ...e Call Center 17 Asterisk in the Network 17 Asterisk Everywhere 18 Chapter 2 Card Installation 19 Unpacking the Card 20 Shipment Inspection 21 Identifying Features 21 T1 E1 Selection 22 Slot Compatibi...

Page 9: ...Contents Configuring T1 E1 Lines 38 Testing Your Configuration 45 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting 46 Appendix A Pin Assignments 52 Appendix B Specifications 53 Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms 55 Digium In...

Page 10: ...ures Figure 1 Sample Legacy Phone Application 13 Figure 2 Sample IP Phone Application 14 Figure 3 TE133 Card 23 Figure 4 TE134 Card 24 Figure 5 Motherboard Slots 25 Figure 6 Insert the Card 27 Digium...

Page 11: ...List of Tables Table 1 Card Identifiers 30 Table A 1 RJ45 Telco Port Connector 52 Table B 2 Maximum Power Consumption 54 Digium Inc Page 11...

Page 12: ...J1 modes The TE133 and TE134 models include onboard DSP based G 168 complaint echo cancellation The TE131 and TE132 models rely on software based echo cancellation and unlike many other Digium card p...

Page 13: ...to connect your Asterisk machine to the PSTN world your channel bank or even another PBX This is accomplished via a T1 E1 interface The cards allow Asterisk software to connect to your network creati...

Page 14: ...Chapter 1 Overview 3 Figure 2 Sample IP Phone Application Digium Inc Page 14...

Page 15: ...g party Elimination of this echo is the responsibility of echo cancellation If not explicitly disabled in chan_dahdi conf the integrated hardware echo cancellation of the TE133 and TE134 models will a...

Page 16: ...aging routes enabling features and connecting callers with the outside world over IP analog POTS and digital T1 E1 J1 BRI connections Asterisk runs on a wide variety of Linux distributions It provides...

Page 17: ...y 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...

Page 18: ...ywhere 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 w...

Page 19: ...n page 21 T1 E1 Selection on page 22 Slot Compatibility on page 25 Hardware Installation on page 27 Software Installation on page 29 Installing Asterisk on page 33 Note The TE130 Series card installat...

Page 20: ...ing 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 T...

Page 21: ...s not pictured its connectors and LEDs are at the same location as the TE133 card Figure 4 on page 24 shows the TE134 card Although the TE132 card is not pictured its connectors and LEDs are at the sa...

Page 22: ...drivers are loaded This will set the mode for the span on the card T1 Mode Recommended Method Include the following in etc modprobe d dahdi conf options wcte13xp default_linemode t1 T1 Mode Alternate...

Page 23: ...Chapter 2 Card Installation Status LED Port 1 PCI Express Connector Figure 3 TE133 Card Digium Inc Page 23...

Page 24: ...nector Figure 4 TE134 Card Caution Only qualified service personnel should continue with hardware installation and configuration of the TE130 Series card Non qualified personnel should not attempt to...

Page 25: ...have on your motherboard identify them by comparing them to those shown in Figure 5 on page 25 Slot Number 0 AGP Pro Slot 1 64 bit 5 0 volt PCI Slot 2 64 bit 3 3 volt PCI Slot 3 32 bit 5 0 volt PCI S...

Page 26: ...e 5 these cards will fit into Slots 1 2 or 3 PCI slots but cannot fit into any of the other slots The TE131 and TE133 cards are keyed for a PCI Express 1 lane x1 slot and will work in any PCIe revisio...

Page 27: ...p to your wrist and open the case 3 Remove the bracket place holder and insert the card into a PCI or PCI Express slot See Figure 6 for an example of card installation Figure 6 Insert the Card 4 Repla...

Page 28: ...that this card is installed into must provide a suitable fire enclosure in accordance with IEC 60950 1 2005 For North America the end product must additionally comply with UL CSA 60950 1 clause 6 4 no...

Page 29: ...nd 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 man...

Page 30: ...is d161 The PCI device ID shown immediately after d161 will be populated with one of the identifiers listed in the table below Table 1 Card Identifiers Model Identifier TE131 TE133 800A TE132 TE134 8...

Page 31: ...low libpri is available for download from http downloads digium com pub telephony libpri wget http downloads digium com pub telephony libpri libpri X X current tar gz 4 Expand the downloaded file comp...

Page 32: ...ds digium com pub telephony dahdi linux complete dahdi linux complete current tar gz 6 Expand the downloaded file compile its contents and install the drivers and tools Substitute the version of DAHDI...

Page 33: ...elow 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...

Page 34: ...sterisk 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 th...

Page 35: ...figurations for PRI channel bank and E M wink These sample configurations are provided to assist you in familiarizing yourself with the flexibility of editing the configuration files to meet your spec...

Page 36: ...g Q SIG Echocancel Echo Cancellation is enabled in chan_dahdi conf by preceding the channel variable with a variable called echocancel and a value of yes for example echocancel yes channel 1 23 By def...

Page 37: ...p 1 context incoming channel 1 23 E1 PRI signalling pri_cpe switchtype euroisdn context incoming channel 1 15 17 31 You can also configure a T1 channel bank of phones signalling fxo_ks group 1 context...

Page 38: ...he US loadzone us defaultzone us 3 Configure the SPAN Map You will need to define a span The SPAN map includes defining the SPAN number timing line build out framing and coding Configuration details f...

Page 39: ...card to use as timing Since only one source of timing is valid per card this value defines a priority that determines which span recovers a clock in the case that multiple are defined 1 is the highes...

Page 40: ...the end for transmitting a yellow alarm when no channels are open The following is a typical setup for a telco in the US span 1 1 0 esf b8zs In Europe span 1 1 0 ccs hdb3 4 Specify the channel definit...

Page 41: ...de timing to the channel bank and fxoks is set for 24 stations Set chan_dahdi conf to mirror the configuration with signalling fxo_ks and define it for channels 1 24 etc dahdi system conf loadzone us...

Page 42: ...h wink while chan_dahdi conf mirrors the configuration Feat_D is a type of E M with wink that accepts DID but there are many E M options E M_W E M Feat_B etc etc dahdi system conf loadzone us defaultz...

Page 43: ...In the chan_dahdi conf file define pri_cpe as the signalling type to act as the client side Define the switch type you are connecting to as national You will then have 23 voice channels for Asterisk...

Page 44: ...dahdi system conf loadzone es defaultzone es span 1 1 0 ccs hdb bchan 1 15 17 31 dchan 16 etc asterisk chan_dahdi conf group 1 echocancel yes signalling pri_cpe switchtype euroisdn context incoming ch...

Page 45: ...is wcte13xp Users in all countries except Australia should use the following modprobe command modprobe wcte13xp dahdi_cfg vv 2 Run dahdi_tool from the command line and see if the span turns green for...

Page 46: ...sync with the far end Yellow Card is synchronizing or is receiving a red alarm from the far end Use a software tool such as dahdi_tool to get a textual description of the state of the card Red Card i...

Page 47: ...ng distance international but another does not Check your pridialplan option and verify that you are dialing using the method your telco is expecting I am having trouble receiving DID information over...

Page 48: ...k cable A loopback cable is a cable that has pin 1 going to pin 4 and pin 2 going to pin 5 Plug the cable into the span and wait for its LED to turn green 2 Stop Asterisk and edit system conf by remov...

Page 49: ...o run the test This runs a pattern looptest for 60 seconds If you receive any failures it is possible you have a bad card and will need to call Digium Technical Support at 1 256 428 6161 How can I ena...

Page 50: ...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 su...

Page 51: ...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 Subscrip...

Page 52: ...on the TE130 Series card bracket is an 8 pin RJ45 port The pin assignments are identified in Table A 1 Table A 1 RJ45 Telco Port Connector Pin Description Pin 8 Pin 1 1 Rx 2 Rx 3 Not used 4 Tx 5 Tx 6...

Page 53: ...does not include the PCI bracket Weight 2 oz 57g Interfaces Local Loop Access E1 T1 J1 PRI RJ45 TE132 TE134 PCI Bus 3 3V or 5V bus slot half length slot minimum size 33MHz minimum bus speed compliant...

Page 54: ...tware Requirements 800 Mhz Pentium III or better 64MB RAM Available PCI TE132 TE134 or PCI E TE131 TE133 Slot Table B 2 Maximum Power Consumption Model Power TE131 TE133 3 3V 12V 1 75 W 750 mW TE132 T...

Page 55: ...ndards for international communications asynchronous Not synchronized not timed to an outside clock source Transmission is controlled by start bits at the beginning and stop bits at the end of each ch...

Page 56: ...e 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 Cat5 Categ...

Page 57: ...cal 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...

Page 58: ...T1 E1 lines are part of the PSTN DS3 Digital Signal Level 3 T3 in North America and Japan E3 in Europe Up to 672 voice channels DS0s DS3 T3 E3 lines are not part of the PSTN DTMF Dual Tone Multi Frequ...

Page 59: ...ector ITU T for an algorithm designed to transmit and receive mulaw PCM voice and A law at a digital bit rate of 64 kbps G 723 1 A recommendation by the Telecommunication Standardization Sector ITU T...

Page 60: ...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 20ms ILEC Incumbent...

Page 61: ...eive signal typically by a far end network element MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol multiplexing Transmitting multiple signals over a single line or channel FDM frequency division multiplexing and...

Page 62: ...onnection 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 Tel...

Page 63: ...ed to two endpoints PTT Post Telegraph and Telephone The government agencies in many countries that traditionally operated and monopolized the public postal telegraph and telephone services QoS Qualit...

Page 64: ...ata 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...

Page 65: ...the physical appearance of the contact areas on the jack plug twisted pair Two copper wires commonly used for telephony and data communications The wires are wrapped loosely around each other to minim...