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ismaeleitor at gmx.es
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 Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:41 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Digium E1 card stops working til disconnect |
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| Hi there, In one of my asterisk installation, there is a Digium E1 pri card connected. The asterisk and card are working properly. The problem we have is that when a storm occurs in the area, the card stops working, and E1 lines connected not rise, even restart the machine. If however if you turn off the machine, disconnect the power cord, reattach it and turn on the machine again, E1 pri card correctly recognizes the E1 lines and the PBX starts to function properly. This only happens when there are storms in the area. Why is it necessary to disconnect the power cord for the card to work after a storm? How I can identify where the problem is? How I can fix it? Thanks in advance, Ismaeleitor. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:32 am Post subject: [asterisk-users] Digium E1 card stops working til disconnect |
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On Thursday 10 Jul 2014, Ismael Gil wrote:
| Quote: | Hi there,
In one of my asterisk installation, there is a Digium E1 pri card
connected. The asterisk and card are working properly.
The problem we have is that when a storm occurs in the area, the card
stops working, and E1 lines connected not rise, even restart the machine.
If however if you turn off the machine, disconnect the power cord,
reattach it and turn on the machine again, E1 pri card correctly
recognizes the E1 lines and the PBX starts to function properly. This only
happens when there are storms in the area.
Why is it necessary to disconnect the power cord for the card to work
after a storm? How I can identify where the problem is?
How I can fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Ismaeleitor
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It's a phenomenon called "latch-up", which occurs when extreme voltages are
applied to the inputs of CMOS logic ICs.
A parasitic PNPN structure -- which is unavoidably present at each pin --
ordinarily provides some measure of static protection, by acting as diodes to
clamp the voltage on any pin to the power rails; but it can also act like a
PNP and NPN transistor in a sort of deadly embrace, where each one is holding
the other in conduction.
If enough current flows into or out of an input pin under fault conditions, one
of these transistors can turn on, which will cause the other transistor also
to turn on; and the input can become clamped hard against one or other power
rail. This situation will persist as long as any current is flowing through
the transistors, which in practice means until the supply is disconnected
(or, in extremis, until the device overheats and melts down).
See also Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latchup
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