Topic: Telstra Onramp Home Hwy - ISDN

[Steven Thomson]

Help,

I've got a Onramp home highway (NT1 Plus) serial ISDN modem. How do I get E-Smith to initialise it. I've tried a few strings but it doesn't seem to do anything, I just get "Connect script failed".

Anyone got one of these working yet ?

[Craig]

Steven

Telstra's NT1 Plus II are a modem in themselves and require you to use the drivers on the CD.

But you can download a tool that will turn the NT1 Plus into a modem that you can dial from your SME box. Visit the http://www.opennw.com/Support/ and click on the NT1 that you have installed, then go to software and download the ConSet Configuration Application.

This will allow you to change the NT1 Plus to respond to AT commands from HyperTerminal and you get then get the NT1 to act like a analogue modem and get SME to dialup ISDN vial the serial port on you PC.

Hope this helps.

Regards
Craig

[Steven Thomson]

Great !
Thanks for the info....I will try it as soon as I can hook a windows box up to it to use the tool.
I almost decided to give up on e-smith.

[Craig]

Steven,

No worries..........don't give up though.

Admitably that is one of the areas that SME lets you down.

You could also buy an ISDN card from www.traverse.com.au They supply internal and external ISDN modems that also support DOV (data over voice) which gets you around Telstra's hourly charges for making and ISDN data call.

The external ISDN modem will not require any drivers as you can plug it into your COM port and treat it like a standard analogue modem on ttyS01.

If you canot get ADSL then SAT or ISDN is you only alternative. Telstra will be brining out some additions to their On-Ramp Home ISDN service where you can be online 24/7 on either 64k or 128K access. This is to give people who cannot get ADSL another alternative. You should check with your ISP to see if they are aware of it as Telstra will have to offer it as a wholesale product so ISP's can resell. ISP's will be able to offer you more downloads and options than what Telstra will. I also beleive that on Telstra's standard ISDN On-Ramp Express for business there will be a $16.00 per channell capping fee and no timed data calls which is good for businesses.

Checkout this site http://whirlpool.net.au/article.cfm/1166 for further info.

Regards
Craig

[Steven Thomson]

Yeah, My ISP is actually a mate of mine so I'm the guinea pig for the new
service for him

Telstra said it could take 2 weeks for my $16 cap to be turned on (
Typical!)

Is the ConSet application fairly self-explanitory or do I have t know what
I'm doing ?
I'm not going to screw up my NT1 am I ?
I really don't want to go away from e-smith, I have it customised
beautifully.

Thanks for the help.

[Steven Thomson]

Craig,

What exaclty do I do in the ConSet program to alter the Modem to work with e-smith. I got it connected and could see the options but I don't know what to do to set it as you described...to accept AT commands ??

Sorry...but I'm not at all experienced with modems/comms.

[Craig]

Steven,

I did this for a customer sometime ago and cannot remember all of the things I changed. Basically you need to change the modem so that it responds to AT commands from the serial port and use Hyperterm to check it for you.

I will try to get to the site I did and see if I canlook at the settings and let you know. I have an older NT1+ at home that I had in my last house I will have a look at that one and see if I can give you the step. From memory it wasn't that hard.

Regards
Craig

[Steven Thomson]

I managed to get Mandrake to dial first go 128k with Voice override, but E-Smith still won't play....I might try minicom on e-smith to talk to it..I think it's the equivalent of Hyperteminal.
I guess worst case is e-smith stays as web/fileserver and Mandrake becomes the gateway/dialup server.

[paul]

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/mailing-list/2003-08/247.html   found this gem.  I too am trying to connect an isdn (rs232)

[Steven Thomson]

Well, turns out my NT1 Plus (serial version) is faulty. No incoming ring sound when connected at 128K. So I'm getting a USB NT1 plus II on Wednesday....So thanks for the link, I just hope I can get USB running under e-smith !
Currently I am using XP connection sharing (insert scary music here)....

[Steven Thomson]

I finally have ISDN 128K dialing from e-smith.....I fiddled with the ConvSet application and ended up doing a Full Factory Reset and Presto it dialled 128 with Dynamic Voice Override on (drops a channel to receive or make calls).

Thanks to everyone for their great advice.

I love e-smith

[Anonymous]

Steven,

I am planning on getting an ISDN connection. (can't get DSL). Being a new connection, I suspect Telstra will provide me with NT1 Plus II device. Are you suggesting you got it connected to e-smith server using USB. If so, would be interested in a HowTo. If you connected using serial connection, would you not be limited to 115K (theoretical max of COM port) ?