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ebay name chinaroby and his TDM400p

kardsen
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2009-07-14
Submitted by kardsen on Sun, 07/19/2009 - 12:20am.

Alright.

Let me first state that I am pretty new to linux and trixbox. I do work in the telecommunications field and am a little familiar with SIP/ Asterisk / Trixbox, ect.

I am in the process of setting up a SOHO pbx for my online business. I started out with IVM/AXON but soon realized that it would not do what I wanted so switched over to Trixbox....

Read for a while, got all my SIP connections working, IVR, voicemail, ect and have now turned my attention to outbound dialing via PSTN over 2 magic jacks (im going for minimal monthly cost)

I have been completely talked out of the X100p's since they seem to be so unreliable.

What I am documenting here is my experience with a smaller, sorta unknown TDM400p card from ebay seller

He seems to give more detail regarding his product than most, who all tend to point back to asterisk for any sort of help.
Within 30minutes of ordering I had a reply that my order had been packaged and was ready to ship Monday. I then contacted him via IM and had a short conversation.

He stated that I was being shipped a TDM410p card instead of a TDM400p card as that is all he carries now.... I have no clue if this is a marketing ploy but I'll be sure to post pictures, ect once I receive the card.

Since this is my first Asterisk/Trixbox install on my own it will be interesting to see how things go.
Keep you eyes peeled here for more info once I receive that card (should ship today hopefully since it's Monday in China)

.. Now if I could only figure out why I cannot past DTMF tones over google voice.........

‹ Promoting TrixBox CE on Gitex 2009 Click to dial from Excel ›

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joshpatten
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2007-01-20
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=tdm4
Sun, 07/19/2009 - 1:04am

http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=tdm410p&l=1

You have been initiated.

Also, what is your DTMF mode set to? If RFC2833 isn't working you could try inband.


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kardsen
Posts: 25
 Member Since:
2009-07-14
:) I've researched it like
Sun, 07/19/2009 - 3:37pm

:)

I've researched it like I said. And the only difference that I could find was the optional echo cancellation board port on the 410p over the 400p

But Thanks for the google link ;) Will definitely have to use lmgtfy.com in the future

Regarding the DTMF issues and the MODE. I should only change it to inband in the "Incoming Settings" on the trunks that have google voice calls forwarded to correct? As DTMF works fine as long as it's not a GV forwarded call.


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onecomms
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2006-10-26
Just a word of warning -
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 3:54am

Just a word of warning -

Most telephony cards on ebay that are sold from china are in fact counterfeit.

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rockbochs
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2006-12-10
Counterfeits of what?
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 6:06am

Counterfeits of what?

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joshpatten
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2007-01-20
rockbochs
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 8:28am
rockbochs wrote:
Counterfeits of what?

Do you remember the Cisco fiasco that happened not long ago where Cisco resellers were unknowingly selling counterfeit Cisco gear? It appears what happened in that case is the manufacturing plant kept on manufacturing "off the books" and selling the unauthorized gear to whoever would buy it. It might be the same case with these cards, who knows.


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jfinstrom
Posts: 2013
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2007-03-07
Chinaroby is a huge spammer.
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 9:05am

Chinaroby is a huge spammer. This may sound biased because of my company affiliation but I would never buy from him based solely on his interactions with this community.

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rockbochs
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2006-12-10
I do remember that, however
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 10:30am

I do remember that, however I'm not sure who they would be counterfeiting? The Digium design (as I understand it) is not proprietary, so anyone can utilize the same chipsets and build their own card. Is China Roby selling them as "Digum branded" cards?

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Creator of world class Linux/FreeBSD based appliances, including the popular PhoneBochs telephony appliance.

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kardsen
Posts: 25
 Member Since:
2009-07-14
Got the card today. Ordered
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 4:39pm

Got the card today. Ordered Sunday Morning received Thursday.

Below is a link to pictures of the card front and back.
http://www.icoulduseadollar.com/tdm410p/

Here is some output from the console.....

trixbox1*CLI> dahdi show status
Description Alarms IRQ bpviol CRC4 Fra Codi Options LBO
Wildcard TDM410P Board 1 OK 1 0 0 CAS Unk YEL 0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1)
trixbox1*CLI> dahdi show channels
Chan Extension Context Language MOH Interpret Blocked State
pseudo from-internal en default In Service
1 from-pstn en default In Service
2 from-pstn en default In Service
3 from-internal en default In Service
4 from-internal en default In Service
trixbox1*CLI> dahdi show regdump 3
TIP: -5.6400 Volts
RING: -54.1440 Volts
VBAT: -62.7920 Volts

trixbox1*CLI> dahdi show version
DAHDI Version: 2.2.0-rc4 Echo Canceller: MG2
trixbox1*CLI>


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kardsen
Posts: 25
 Member Since:
2009-07-14
Alright... So all tutorials
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 4:53pm

Alright...

So all tutorials I can find point to zaptel not dahdi..

Hopefully someone can answer a couple questions for me.
I'm using Trixbox Ce 2.8

ran the setup-pstn command and it found the card and installed, I rebooted the box.
What I would like to do is have both FXO cards as separate trunks.

using the dahdi-channels.conf shown below, what would I set the line
Zap Identifier (trunk name): ___
within the ZAP Trunk (DAHDI compatibility Mode) page on the web gui ?

Would this be left at g0 since the FXO ports have group=0 in the config?
or can I somehow set this to the indiviual channel?

Also with the FXS ports, I cannot seem to get dialtone. Do I just need to setup an zap extension using the proper channel # ?

within the Dahdi-channels.conf I have

; Autogenerated by /usr/sbin/dahdi_genconf on Thu Jul 23 17:43:43 2009
; If you edit this file and execute /usr/sbin/dahdi_genconf again,
; your manual changes will be LOST.
; Dahdi Channels Configurations (chan_dahdi.conf)
;
; This is not intended to be a complete chan_dahdi.conf. Rather, it is intended
; to be #include-d by /etc/chan_dahdi.conf that will include the global settings
;

; Span 1: WCTDM/0 "Wildcard TDM410P Board 1" (MASTER)
;;; line="1 WCTDM/0/0 FXSKS"
signalling=fxs_ks
callerid=asreceived
group=0
context=from-pstn
channel => 1
callerid=
group=
context=default

;;; line="2 WCTDM/0/1 FXSKS"
signalling=fxs_ks
callerid=asreceived
group=0
context=from-pstn
channel => 2
callerid=
group=
context=default

;;; line="3 WCTDM/0/2 FXOKS"
signalling=fxo_ks
callerid="Channel 3"
mailbox=4003
group=5
context=from-internal
channel => 3
callerid=
mailbox=
group=
context=default

;;; line="4 WCTDM/0/3 FXOKS"
signalling=fxo_ks
callerid="Channel 4"
mailbox=4004
group=5
context=from-internal
channel => 4
callerid=
mailbox=
group=
context=default


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kardsen
Posts: 25
 Member Since:
2009-07-14
grrr I'm an idiot. Plugged
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 5:13pm

grrr

I'm an idiot. Plugged in the phone cords opposite ports...
Getting DT now on internal extensions

outbound calls are working, inbound calls are working.. No echo.

actually the whole process was really simple which was shocking.

I will setup the other inside line and outside line later.


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AustinCS
Posts: 60
 Member Since:
2007-10-17
How is this card working for
Mon, 08/03/2009 - 5:21pm

How is that card working for you?


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kardsen
Posts: 25
 Member Since:
2009-07-14
Working good so far. a
Sat, 08/29/2009 - 12:02am

Working good so far. a couple random echo issues.. Maybe 1 call a month.

Amazing since my setup is.
Call Centric Toll Free incoming.

2 Magic Jack lines plugged in to the TDM controller for outgoing.


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