Configuring Voice Ports
Configuring Digital Voice Ports
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Cisco IOS Voice, Video, and Fax Configuration Guide
Figure 16 T1 Controller Configuration on Cisco 2600 or 3600 Series Routers
Voice port controller configuration includes setting the parameters described in the following sections:
• Framing Formats on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
• Clock Sources on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
• Line Coding on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
• DS0 Groups on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
Another controller command that might be needed, cablelength, is discussed in the Cisco IOS Interface
Command Reference, Release 12.2.
Framing Formats on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
The framing format parameter describes the way that bits are robbed from specific frames to be used for
signaling purposes. The controller must be configured to use the same framing format as the line from
the PBX or CO that connects to the voice port you are configuring.
Digital T1 lines use super frame (SF) or extended super frame (ESF) framing formats. SF provides
two-state, continuous supervision signaling, in which bit values of 0 are used to represent on-hook and
bit values of 1 are used to represent off-hook. ESF robs four bits instead of two, yet has little impact on
voice quality. ESF is required for 64-kbps operation on DS0 and is recommended for Primary Rate
Interface (PRI) configurations.
E1 lines can be configured for cyclic redundancy check (CRC4) or no cyclic redundancy check, with an
optional argument for E1 lines in Australia.
Clock Sources on Digital T1/E1 Voice Ports
Digital T1/E1 interfaces use timers called clocks to ensure that voice packets are delivered and
assembled properly. All interfaces handling the same packets must be configured to use the same source
of timing so that packets are not lost or delivered late. The timing source that is configured can be
external (from the line) or internal to the router’s digital interface.
V V
Network module slot 1
VWIC slot 0
T1
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controller t1 1/0
framing esf
clock source line
linecode b8zs
Configures T1
controller 1/0
Creates DS0 group, or
logical voice port, 1/0:1
by grouping 12
time slots together
ds0-group 1 timeslots 1-12 type e&m-wink-start
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