Hello gurus! I've given up on crappy passive ISDN cards and am heading into the wild world of real, Active Super Dooper Server boards. I have a choice of two Eicon Diva Server cards: Eicon Diva Server 4BRI Eicon Diva Server V-4BRI The V-4BRI is actually cheaper, but I'm guessing its for voice only (which isn't a problem, going into an Asterisk box). Do these cards play nicely with Linux (2.6 kernel) and Asterisk? Any tips/tricks/pitfalls? Any input appreciated Thanks, Avi -- National Manager - Special Projects < Melbourne . Sydney . Canberra . Hobart . London /> 2/340 Gore Street T: +61 (0) 3 9486 0411 Fitzroy, Victoria F: +61 (0) 3 9486 0611 3202 W: http://www.squiz.net/ .....>> Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net ...../>
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005, Avi Miller wrote:> Hello gurus! > > I've given up on crappy passive ISDN cards and am heading into the wild > world of real, Active Super Dooper Server boards. I have a choice of two > Eicon Diva Server cards: > > Eicon Diva Server 4BRI > Eicon Diva Server V-4BRI > > The V-4BRI is actually cheaper, but I'm guessing its for voice only (which > isn't a problem, going into an Asterisk box). Do these cards play nicely > with Linux (2.6 kernel) and Asterisk? Any tips/tricks/pitfalls?Actually the V-4BRI should be more expensive than the 4BRI. The 'V' does mean Voice, but this card has more Voice-features besides the standard 4BRI DSP features (I think it's G.723). But this does not matter when using with Asterisk and chan_capi currently. Both cards support RTP, which can be used to bridge a call directly to a SIP phone where the Diva card is doing all the necessary stuff (codecs, jitter, echo-cancel). But this feature is not yet implemented into chan_capi yet (due to lack of time and the Asterisk API does not really help). Anyway, for Asterisk you can use both cards with the same features. Armin
Vlasis Hatzistavrou - asterisk mailing list account
2005-Nov-18 09:13 UTC
[Asterisk-Users] Eicon Diva Server query
Avi Miller wrote:>Hello gurus! > >I've given up on crappy passive ISDN cards and am heading into the wild >world of real, Active Super Dooper Server boards. I have a choice of two >Eicon Diva Server cards: > >Eicon Diva Server 4BRI >Eicon Diva Server V-4BRI > > >Hello, We've been using an Eicon Diva Server 4BRI with a RH 9 installation (kernel 2.4.20-8). It works great in both TE and NT mode. I assume that it will work equally great with a 2.6 kernel... Best regard, Vlasis Hatzistavrou.
Yes, you can use the Eicon Diva Range with 2.6 Kernels See this page to see how to get an Eicon Diva working with Asterisk. http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Eicon+Diva+CAPI+ISDN -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Vlasis Hatzistavrou - asterisk mailing list account Sent: 18 November 2005 16:13 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Eicon Diva Server query Avi Miller wrote:>Hello gurus! > >I've given up on crappy passive ISDN cards and am heading into the wild >world of real, Active Super Dooper Server boards. I have a choice of two >Eicon Diva Server cards: > >Eicon Diva Server 4BRI >Eicon Diva Server V-4BRI > > >Hello, We've been using an Eicon Diva Server 4BRI with a RH 9 installation (kernel 2.4.20-8). It works great in both TE and NT mode. I assume that it will work equally great with a 2.6 kernel... Best regard, Vlasis Hatzistavrou. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
I would go with chan-capi-cm, as well as loading up the eicon drivers first for the base drivers and utility set. I have a few installations as such that are working flawlessly, and Armin has done great work on the driver. Regards, Greg -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Avi Miller Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 3:52 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Eicon Diva Server query David Waugh wrote:> Yes, you can use the Eicon Diva Range with 2.6 KernelsAnother question, considering the card should arrive tomorrow and I'd like to try my hand at setting it up this weekend: Do I need to BRIstuff Asterisk to get the Eicon Diva V-4BRI to work, or should I just need chan_capi-cm? Thanks, Avi -- National Manager - Special Projects < Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart / London /> Walter Turnbull Bldg T: +61 (0) 2 6233 0607 44 Sydney Ave, F: +61 (0) 2 6233 0696 Forrest, W: http://www.squiz.net/ ACT 2603 .....>> Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net ...../> _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Hi Avi, I added a bit the Asterisk wiki to explain hopefully more clearly how to get it installed. Please have a look at: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Eicon+Diva+CAPI+ISDN Any feedback appreciated. After you have installed the Diva Server drivers, please install the chan_capi_cm channel. Cheers David -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Avi Miller Sent: 23 November 2005 20:52 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Eicon Diva Server query David Waugh wrote:> Yes, you can use the Eicon Diva Range with 2.6 KernelsAnother question, considering the card should arrive tomorrow and I'd like to try my hand at setting it up this weekend: Do I need to BRIstuff Asterisk to get the Eicon Diva V-4BRI to work, or should I just need chan_capi-cm? Thanks, Avi -- National Manager - Special Projects < Sydney / Melbourne / Canberra / Hobart / London /> Walter Turnbull Bldg T: +61 (0) 2 6233 0607 44 Sydney Ave, F: +61 (0) 2 6233 0696 Forrest, W: http://www.squiz.net/ ACT 2603 .....>> Open Source - Own it - Squiz.net ...../> _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Hello again. With the Diva Server 4BRI card - remember that these are in effect 4 CAPI controllers. Eg CAPI controller 1, controller 2, Controller 3 and Controller 4. Therefore you should have 4 sections in your CAPI conf as follows. ; CAPI config ; ; general nationalprefix=0 internationalprefix=00 rxgain=0.8 txgain=0.8 ; If you are in Europe use alaw. Use ulaw otherwise alaw=yes V4BRI-1 ;Define CAPI Controller 1 of V-4BRI-8M ;mode=immediate isdnmode=DID ntmode=yes; incomingmsn=* controller=1 softdtmf=0 accountcode= context=isdn callgroup=1 devices=2 echocancel=yes V4BRI-2 ;Define CAPI Controller 2 of V-4BRI-8M ;mode=immediate isdnmode=DID ntmode=yes; incomingmsn=* controller=3 softdtmf=0 accountcode= context=isdn callgroup=1 devices=2 echocancel=yes V4BRI-3 ;Define CAPI Controller 2 of V-4BRI-8M ;mode=immediate isdnmode=DID ntmode=yes; incomingmsn=* controller=3 softdtmf=0 accountcode= context=isdn callgroup=1 devices=2 echocancel=yes V4BRI-4 ;Define CAPI Controller 3 of V-4BRI-8M ;mode=immediate isdnmode=DID ntmode=yes; incomingmsn=* controller=4 softdtmf=0 accountcode= context=isdn callgroup=1 devices=2 echocancel=yes
Hi Erik, You'll have to excuse my ignorance here. But why is this? I don't have isdn4linux and capi4linux installed but do have isdn4k-utils-devel-3.2-13.p1.1 isdn4k-utils-3.2-13.p1.1 installed. Is this for the capi20.h needed for chan_capi to compile? thanks David