Dial out delay. Sip -->FXO

Hardware:
Cisco 7960 (sip firmware)
SpoTel® TDM1600Pv2 (Version 2) 8 port FXO/FXS card
the PC is a dual core with an SSD (pretty sure it’s performance is not an issue)

I can dial from extension to extension instantly (IE 201, dial, ring)

However, when I dial to outside lines:

NNNNNNNNNN dial, proceeding (100) for about 2 seconds, then the counter on the phone gets to 6 seconds before it starts ringing.

Is this normal? is there anything I can do to improve the dialing out performance? I’ve got over my outbound routes, they all look pretty good.

I know on oldschool modems, there were variables you could set to improve the atdt dialing speed, does the same apply here? was it not something like ats11=50 ?

I just forced my staff to switch from an oldschool medridian PBX system, and so far all I’ve gotten is complaining.

They don’t like the line/hold/transfer system, but I’m sure they will get over it, but they also don’t like the delay in dialling out.

Hello:
Usually the phone will ring in 4-5 seconds. It is better to check the FXO setting and dahdi_test for the status.

[root@Asteriskserver ~]# dahdi_test
Opened pseudo dahdi interface, measuring accuracy…
99.990% 99.995% 99.991% 99.991% 99.992% 99.991% 99.991% 99.992%
99.992% 99.991% 99.992% 99.992% 99.991% 99.992% 99.992% 99.992%
99.992% 99.992% 99.992% 99.992% 99.992% 99.992% 99.993% 99.992%
99.992% 99.991% 99.993% 99.992% 99.993% 99.992% 99.992% 99.992%
99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.992% 99.993% 99.992% 99.993% 99.993%
99.992% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993%
99.994% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993% 99.993%
99.993% 99.994% 99.993% 99.993% 99.994% 99.994% 99.993% 99.994%
99.994% 99.994% 99.992% 99.995% 99.993% 99.994% 99.993% 99.994%
99.994% 99.994% 99.993% 99.994% 99.993% 99.994% 99.994% 99.994%
99.994% 99.995% 99.994% 99.994% 99.994% 99.994% 99.992% 99.995%
99.993% 99.995% 99.994% 99.994% 99.994% 99.994% 99.990% 99.999%
99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.994% 99.995% 99.995%
99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995%
99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% 99.995% ^C
— Results after 119 passes —
Best: 99.999% – Worst: 99.990% – Average: 99.993303%
Cummulative Accuracy (not per pass): 99.993

[root@Asteriskserver ~]# dahdi_hardware
pci:0000:01:06.0 wctdm24xxp+ d161:2400 Wildcard TDM2400P

[root@Asteriskserver ~]# dahdi_scan
[1]
active=yes
alarms=OK
description=Wildcard TDM2400P
name=WCTDM/0
manufacturer=Digium
devicetype=Wildcard TDM2400P
location=PCI Bus 01 Slot 07
basechan=1
totchans=24
irq=0
type=analog
port=1,FXO
port=2,FXO
port=3,FXO
port=4,FXO
port=5,FXO
port=6,FXO
port=7,FXS
port=8,FXS
port=9,none
port=10,none
port=11,none
port=12,none
port=13,none
port=14,none
port=15,none
port=16,none
port=17,none
port=18,none
port=19,none
port=20,none
port=21,none
port=22,none
port=23,none
port=24,none

Your problem is your “dialstrings” not being “closed”, if you dial something which is indeterminate then you will have to wait the default “timeout” (default is 5 seconds) until the call completes.

(I have no knowledge of SpoTel)n