Tim Sharp
2006-Oct-18 07:28 UTC
[asterisk-users] CAPI channel not available but nobody is usingthe system
Armin, I am running 1.2.7.1 with an Eicon T1 board version 2 on Debian 2.4 I don't know the details on chan-capi / CAPI drivers. We did the install April of this year. How can I tell what I have? Thank you for your time. Tim -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Armin Schindler Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:24 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] CAPI channel not available but nobody is usingthe system On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Tim Sharp wrote:> I have 23 CAPI channels defined and normally multiple channels are in use > during the day for outbound calling. The problem is that every 3 or 4 > months one of the channels becomes unavailable and then no calls can come > in or go out on any of these channels. CAPI INFO shows "Contr1: 23 B > channels total, 22 B channels free." To fix the problem I reboot the > asterisk server. First, is there a better way to reset the channels than > rebooting?It depends where the problem really has its origin. If just asterisk (chan-capi) has a wrong channel count, it would be enough to unload chan-capi. Maybe asterisk itself need to be restarted. But if the real problem comes from the CAPI/ISDN driver, you need to reload these drivers. Which version of asterisk/chan-capi do you use? What ISDN hardware / CAPI driver do you use?> Second, is there a way to bypass the unavailable channel in the dialplan?No.> Third, what is causing the problem and can I prevent it?chan-capi counts the active channels when the CONNECT/DISCONNECT message of b-channels are indicated. If one of these messages are missing (it's a bug in the CAPI driver if that happens) the count is wrong. Armin _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Armin Schindler
2006-Oct-18 13:13 UTC
[asterisk-users] CAPI channel not available but nobody is usingthe system
On Wed, 18 Oct 2006, Tim Sharp wrote:> Armin, > I am running 1.2.7.1 with an Eicon T1 board version 2 on Debian 2.4 > I don't know the details on chan-capi / CAPI drivers. We did the install April of this year. > How can I tell what I have?The divas driver version can be found in the syslog messages when the driver is loaded. I recommend to use the new V3 driver (ftp.melware.net). When you start asterisk (with verbosity 5) you can see the chan-capi messages including its version. It's an too old version if it is from April, please update, same ftp-server. Armin> Thank you for your time. > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of Armin > Schindler > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:24 AM > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion > Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] CAPI channel not available but nobody is > usingthe system > > > On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Tim Sharp wrote: > > I have 23 CAPI channels defined and normally multiple channels are in use > > during the day for outbound calling. The problem is that every 3 or 4 > > months one of the channels becomes unavailable and then no calls can come > > in or go out on any of these channels. CAPI INFO shows "Contr1: 23 B > > channels total, 22 B channels free." To fix the problem I reboot the > > asterisk server. First, is there a better way to reset the channels than > > rebooting? > > It depends where the problem really has its origin. > If just asterisk (chan-capi) has a wrong channel count, it would be enough > to unload chan-capi. Maybe asterisk itself need to be restarted. > But if the real problem comes from the CAPI/ISDN driver, you need to reload > these drivers. > > Which version of asterisk/chan-capi do you use? What ISDN hardware / CAPI > driver do you use? > > > Second, is there a way to bypass the unavailable channel in the dialplan? > > No. > > > Third, what is causing the problem and can I prevent it? > > chan-capi counts the active channels when the CONNECT/DISCONNECT message > of b-channels are indicated. If one of these messages are missing (it's a > bug in the CAPI driver if that happens) the count is wrong. > > > Armin > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >