Hi list, Has anyone been able to get ISDN-BRI support to work reliably on Asterisk 1.4? If so, I'd love to know how you did it (hardware, distro, kernel, modules, versions, config files). I've tried to get it to work on a Debian etch system with an HFC-PCI card and the zaptel package (v1.4.7, also from xorcom.com), but with no luck: all three channels that are created when the zaphfc or vzaphfc module loads always change to an 'in use' state as soon as Asterisk starts up and so can't be used. I've received the exact same results on two different systems. Thanks, Jaap
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jaap Winius wrote:> Hi list, > > Has anyone been able to get ISDN-BRI support to work reliably on > Asterisk 1.4? If so, I'd love to know how you did it (hardware, > distro, kernel, modules, versions, config files). > > I've tried to get it to work on a Debian etch system with an HFC-PCI > card and the zaptel package (v1.4.7, also from xorcom.com), but with > no luck: all three channels that are created when the zaphfc or > vzaphfc module loads always change to an 'in use' state as soon as > Asterisk starts up and so can't be used. I've received the exact same > results on two different systems.I have the Digium b410p card installed and kind of working at a few sites. There is not much in the way of support, the hardware echo canceller doesn't work and mISDN seems a little immature. I've had a million times more success with analogue and PRI cards, and the new FXOtune from mattf looks like it should be really nice! - -- Kind Regards, Matt Riddell Director _______________________________________________ http://www.venturevoip.com (Great new VoIP end to end solution) http://www.venturevoip.com/news.php (Daily Asterisk News - html) http://www.venturevoip.com/newrssfeed.php (Daily Asterisk News - rss) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHhZQhDQNt8rg0Kp4RArwIAKDAhRvEGlPJnLabG+zSB5v7HoKkogCgtf/7 y8Ibn0xw4ZM5wWR1ImVhy3A=e0Ec -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Has anyone been able to get ISDN-BRI support to work reliably on > Asterisk 1.4? If so, I'd love to know how you did it (hardware, > distro, kernel, modules, versions, config files).Maybe your best bet is using bristuff, the bristuff-0.4.0 series are tests for asterisk 1.4, I haven't tested them out yet. ( http://junghanns.net/downloads/ ) mISDN however is the other option.. cheers
Hi Jaap, On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 04:23 +0100, Jaap Winius wrote:> Hi list, > > Has anyone been able to get ISDN-BRI support to work reliably on > Asterisk 1.4? If so, I'd love to know how you did it (hardware, > distro, kernel, modules, versions, config files). > > I've tried to get it to work on a Debian etch system with an HFC-PCI > card and the zaptel package (v1.4.7, also from xorcom.com), but with > no luck: all three channels that are created when the zaphfc or > vzaphfc module loads always change to an 'in use' state as soon as > Asterisk starts up and so can't be used. I've received the exact same > results on two different systems.Why don't you try installing Trixbox on one of those boxes? Afaik it supports HFC-S based cards. Regards, Patrick
Jaap Winius
2008-Jan-15 19:24 UTC
[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.4 and ISDN-BRI support -- Solution
Quoting Jaap Winius <jwinius at umrk.to>:> Has anyone been able to get ISDN-BRI support to work reliably on > Asterisk 1.4? If so, I'd love to know how you did it (hardware, distro, > kernel, modules, versions, config files).Thanks to the support I received here I now have a working system, so I thought I'd show my appreciation by posting my configuration here for anyone who's interested. Telco: KPN Telecom (Netherlands) ISDN hardware: HFC-S PCI card (Cologne chip). OS: Debian GNU/Linux stable (etch) Kernel: 2.6.18-5-k7 (for an AMD Athlon CPU) Relevant links in /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://updates.xorcom.com/rapid etch main deb-src http://updates.xorcom.com/rapid etch main Relevant installed debian packages: asterisk 1.4.14~dfsg-0.4849 asterisk-config 1.4.14~dfsg-0.4849 asterisk-doc 1.4.14~dfsg-0.4849 asterisk-sounds-main 1.4.14~dfsg-0.4849 zaptel 1.4.7.xpp.r5178-2 zaptel-firmware 1.4.7.xpp.r5178-2 zaptel-modules-2.6.18-5-k7 1.4.7.xpp.r5178-2+2.6.18.dfsg.1-17 * zaptel-source 1.4.7.xpp.r5178-2 *) Compiled from zaptel-source using the command "m-a a-i zaptel". Note: All of these packages are from xorcom.com. Debian etch provides v1.2 of the Asterisk and Zaptel packages, which I found to be too problematic. Relevant loaded modules: xpp 89088 0 vzaphfc 24984 3 zaptel 185956 10 xpp,vzaphfc firmware_class 10048 0 crc_ccitt 2560 1 zaptel Note: The zaptel-modules package includes both the older zaphfc and the newer vzaphfc modules. If "genzaptelconf -d" is run, both get loaded, which is confusing at best. Therefore, I opted to remove the older zaphfc module. I'm not sure the xpp and firmware_class modules are necessary either: they also get loaded, but don't seem to cause any trouble. Finally, I've found that the modules I do need don't work properly unless they get loaded with the "genzaptelconf -d" command. I guess that it loads them with some parameters. /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf: [trunkgroups] [channels] context=isdn-in language=en overlapdial=yes rxwink=300 usecallerid=yes hidecallerid=no callwaiting=yes usecallingpres=yes callwaitingcallerid=yes threewaycalling=yes transfer=yes canpark=yes cancallforward=yes callreturn=yes callerid=asreceived rxgain=4.5 txgain=-3 callgroup=1 pickupgroup=1 pridialplan=unknown prilocaldialplan=unknown nationalprefix=0 internationalprefix=00 echocancel=yes echotraining=100 echocancelwhenbridged=yes faxdetect=incoming immediate=no group=1 switchtype=euroisdn signalling=bri_cpe channel=>1-2 Note: I doubt all of these settings are absolutely necessary, but this works for me. Relevant parts of /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf: [globals] [general] [isdn-in] exten => isdn-in,1,Goto(0715134449,1) exten => 0031715134449,1,Goto(0715134449,1) exten => 0715134449,1,Dial(SIP/1000,30) exten => 0715134449,n,Hangup() [outgoing] exten => _003171.,1,Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN},,r) [internal] exten => 1000,1,Verbose(1|Extension 1000) exten => 1000,n,Dial(SIP/1000,30) exten => 1000,n,Hangup() [phones] include => internal include => outgoing Note: In the dial command, "Dial(Zap/g1/${EXTEN},,r)", "g1" corresponds to "group=1" in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf. /etc/asterisk/indications.conf: [general] country=nl [nl] description = Netherlands ringcadence = 1000,4000 dial = 425 busy = 425/500,0/500 ring = 425/1000,0/4000 congestion = 425/250,0/250 callwaiting = 425/500,0/9500 dialrecall = 425/500,0/50 record = 1400/500,0/15000 info = 950/330,1400/330,1800/330,0/1000 stutter = 425/500,0/50 Some diagnostic information: # cat /proc/zaptel/* Span 1: ZTHFC1 "HFC-S PCI A Zaptel Driver card 0 [TE]" (MASTER) AMI/CCS 1 ZTHFC1/0/1 Clear (In use) 2 ZTHFC1/0/2 Clear (In use) 3 ZTHFC1/0/3 HDLCFCS (In use) Note: These channels are "(In use)" because Asterisk is using them. # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 218203798 IO-APIC-edge timer 6: 3 IO-APIC-edge floppy 8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc 9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi 15: 129 IO-APIC-edge ide1 169: 95059844 IO-APIC-level skge 177: 10547626 IO-APIC-level libata 185: 0 IO-APIC-level uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, ... 193: 3923488639 IO-APIC-level vzaphfc 201: 0 IO-APIC-level via82cxxx NMI: 0 LOC: 218195472 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 # asterisk -rx 'zap show channels' Chan Extension Context Language MOH Interpret pseudo isdn-in en default 1 isdn-in en default 2 isdn-in en default # asterisk -rx 'pri show spans' PRI span 1/0: Provisioned, Up, Active Comments welcome. Cheers, Jaap