It will go Green if a PROPER loopback plug is inserted. Pins 1 and 2 shorted to 4 ad 5
Pin 1 to 4 Pin 2 to 5 Leave the others open... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay R. Ashworth > Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 6:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Using a Loopback Plug for an RJ-45 > EthernetInterface for testing a Digium Card > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 05:50:46PM -0400, Jose P. Espinal wrote: > > Someone told me about using a Loopback plug for RJ-45 for testing if a > > Digium Card gave him 'green' Alarm (for testing if the card had been > > damaged by a strange voltage surge); would this have some bad side > effect? > > Well, it's actually probably an RJ-48X interface, but who's counting. > > If your question, though, is "would plugging a loopback-wired 8p8c modular > plug into the jack on the back of a T-1 card cause it any damage in > itself?", I can't imagine the answer would be "yes", no. > > If you loop it and it stays in Red alarm, it's probably broken. > > I can't speak to exactly what the alarm status stuff does if the port > you're looping expects to have a PRI plugged into it: I would expect > "Green, but no actual traffic", but I could be wrong, I'm a bit new on > that front. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- > Jay R. Ashworth Baylink > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Designer The Things I Think RFC > 2100 > Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com '87 > e24 > St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 > 1274 > > Those who cast the vote decide nothing. > Those who count the vote decide everything. > -- (Joseph Stalin) > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
