[General] VoIP For Home Usage

[Majed B.]

Have you tried using Asterisk 1.4? Or just 1.6?

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no clue at all about the values of these, but since the caller
> ID settings of UK worked here, try using those.
>
> You WILL get static if you don't attach a micro-filter (splitter) to
> the phone when attaching it to the FXO port, when the DSL modem is
> hooked. So, always use the micro-filter.
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com> wrote:
>> I will try that, thanks for the tips.
>>
>> I cannot say kw settings did not work with asterisk 1.6 since the
>> problem might be with the line and the card.
>>
>> If I connect the line directly to the FXO module I always get busy tone.
>> If I use ADSL splitter, I get continuous Starting/Hangup in asterisk
>> CLI, and the line rings, and the call is answered, all I hear is phone
>> pickup, hangup every second.
>>
>> One thing I'm not sure of is the DMTF and MF settings, if you look at
>> the attached zonedata.c file in previous emails, last 4 variables in
>> Kuwait zone are:
>>          .dtmf_high_level = -10,
>>          .dtmf_low_level = -10,
>>          .mfr1_level = -10,
>>          .mfr2_level = -8,
>>
>> These values were a guess. Do you have any idea on the values of these
>> variables for Kuwait?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>>
>> Faisal AlAbhoul wrote:
>>>
>>> Some cards need 4-wires to be powered, by joining 4-wires (2-wires on
>>> each end) from the wall socket you'll end up powering the 4 lines in the
>>> RJ11 socket in your Vox card, i remember this being done in a forum and
>>> worked for some cards. its like flipping a coin but worth trying if all
>>> you need to do just change your wiring.
>>>
>>> So the "kw" setting did not work with Asterisk 1.6 i take it?
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu, 6/8/09, Majed B. /<majedb at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     From: Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com>
>>>     Subject: Re: [General] VoIP For Home Usage
>>>     To: "General OpenSource Discussion" <general at oskw.org>
>>>     Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 10:34 PM
>>>
>>>     2 gray cables mean you get 4 lines. (1 line for every 2 wires).
>>>
>>>     If you connect an analog phone, do you get a tone? If not, you need to
>>>     reverse the wires, otherwise your setup is fine.
>>>
>>>     I'm not sure about what Faisal suggested though for the 4 wires. All
>>>     the RJ11 cables I have have 4 pins, but only 2 wires are connected,
>>>     and it did work before with Asterisk 1.4.
>>>
>>>     On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com
>>>     </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>> wrote:
>>>     > Interesting, I checked the wall socket, there are 2 gray wires each of
>>>     > them having 4 colored wires, and only 2 colored wires of each gray
>>>     wires
>>>     > are connected to the socket (2 red wires to the right, 2 blue wires to
>>>     > the left) 4 other wires are not connected. 2 in each gray wires.
>>>     I'm not
>>>     > familiar with wiring. Now do I have to connect the others? IIRC the
>>>     > others are not used/utilized.
>>>     >
>>>     > Regards,
>>>     >
>>>     > Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
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>>>            Majed B.
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