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mdlbear ([personal profile] mdlbear) wrote2004-10-20 07:45 am
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theStarport calling...

Shortly after midnight I got the PSTN (that's Public Switched Telephone Network, for those not familiar with telco-speak) line working from Asterisk. It's still not exactly the way I want it, but at least it will make and answer calls. Next step is getting it to talk to a VoIP provider.

I need to get more sleep somehow.
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[identity profile] aerowolf.livejournal.com 2004-10-21 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Which of *'s supported PSTN interface equipment are you using?
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[personal profile] mdlbear 2004-10-21 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
(oops -- see next comment for answer)
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[personal profile] mdlbear 2004-10-21 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm using a Sipura SPA-3000 -- it's a little cheaper than the various Digium card-based solutions, and has the nice property of automatic failover to a direct connection between the FXO and FXS ports in case of either power failure or inability to connect to *

Unfortunately, having been designed as a smart, basically stand-alone device, it's pretty different from the stuff that * usually works with. And of course it needs its own web-based configuration, so there are lots of free variables to tweak. There's enough information, but just barely, on the various wiki and forum sites.
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