asterisk users - Mar 2005 - CAPI/Dialing out

Philip Hofstetter wrote:
> capi.conf:
[..]
>
>
> [interfaces]
> msn=0442607572
> incomingmsn=*
> controller=1
> softdtmf=1
> accountcode> context=demo
> devices=2
>
> extension.conf:
> [ch-fest-netz]
> exten => _0[1-9].,1,Dial(CAPI/0442607572:b${EXTEN},30)

Are you sure 044260xxx is your MSN? In germany the MSN is your phone 
number without the local area code.

rgds
pos

Hi,

after having read so much about Asterisk, I went on and tried out to 
create a little sample-setup.

I'm using a Fritz Card USB with the AVM Capi Driver and two X-Lite 
Softphones.

Dialing between the softphones makes no problem.

Calling the MSN fron an external phone also works. I'm getting to the 
asterisk demo-voicebox which works flawlessly.

Now may next step has been to enable dialing out with the softphones. 
This does not work as expected.

I can dial out and the hard phone on the other end actually rings. When 
I answer it, I can hear nothing. Noting appears on the Asterisk console, 
X-Lite still talks about trying to connect.

Now if I hang up the real phone, the state remains unchanged on the side 
of Asterisk. Both the D and B1-LEDs remain on.

Only after I hang up in the Softphone, more begins to happen in the log: 
First it tells that the call was answered, then it talks about the 
hangig up-process.

This is how a call looks:

-- Executing Dial("SIP/12346-457f",
"CAPI/0442607572:b012669095|30") in
new stack
-- creating pipe for PLCI=-1
    > sent CONNECT_REQ MN =0x4
-- Called 0442607572:b012669095
-- CAPI[contr1/0442607572]/0 answered SIP/12346-457f  <---------------
-- CAPI Hangingup
    > sent DISCONNECT_B3_REQ NCCI=0x10101
    > sent DISCONNECT_REQ PLCI=0x101

I've marked the interesting line.

After begining to dial, the lines until "Called 044..." appear. Then 
nothing happens besides the real phone actually ringing. Even if I 
answer it, nothing happens in Asterisk or in X-Lite.

Then, when I hang up in X-Lite, the rest of above lines is printed.

If I don't answer the real phone, the line marked above is not printed. 
The rest is the same.

So it's like Asterisk not getting a signal from the CAPI-layer that the 
phone on the other side was actually answered.

What do I have to tweak? Which file do you actually need to help me? 
I've included capi.conf and the relevant parts of extension.conf below 
(as copied and pasted from various tutorials out there).

I'd gladly appriciate any help.

Philip

capi.conf:
[general]
nationalprefix=0
internationalprefix=00
rxgain=0.8
txgain=0.8

[interfaces]
msn=0442607572
incomingmsn=*
controller=1
softdtmf=1
accountcodecontext=demo
devices=2

extension.conf:
[ch-fest-netz]
exten => _0[1-9].,1,Dial(CAPI/0442607572:b${EXTEN},30)
exten => _0[1-9].,2,Hangup

[theflintstones]
include => ch-fest-netz
exten => _[123456789]XXXX,1,NoOp("call for "${EXTEN})
exten => _[123456789]XXXX,2,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},60,tr)
exten => _[123456789]XXXX,3,Congestion

Philip Hofstetter wrote:
> msn=0442607572
> incomingmsn=*
There's already been a suggestion to drop your area code. That may or 
may not work in Germany as I don't know how MSNs are presented. In 
Holland I had to have

msn=201234567

Where the number would normally be quoted as 0201234567, ie dropping the 0.

This gets corrected on called id from /etc/asterisk/capi.conf's 
[general] section which reads as follows:

[general]
nationalprefix=0
internationalprefix=00
...

Dunno if this will work for you but it all works fine for me.

cw

Hi,

Philip Hofstetter wrote:
> Now may next step has been to enable dialing out with the softphones.
> This does not work as expected.
I was able to fix this problems by downgrading from kernel 2.6.11 to 
2.6.10. There must be a CAPI-Problem hidden somewhere.

Last saturday was so much fun for me, trying out all the stuff that can 
be done with asterisk.

Thanks to all for this wonderful program!

Philip