asterisk users - Jun 2011 - How to configure unused BRI ports from a HA8 board ?

Hi,

I know this may sound a bit silly but, given some asterisk issue are still
open (see http://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-13176 for
instance), I'm wondering if there is a recommended way to configure an used
port from a Digium HA8 + B400M board.

At the moment, my console is full with messages such as :
[Jun 15 09:06:25] WARNING[2140]: chan_dahdi.c:3369 pri_find_dchan: No
D-channels available!  Using Primary channel 9 as D-channel anyway!
[Jun 15 09:06:25] WARNING[2141]: chan_dahdi.c:3369 pri_find_dchan: No
D-channels available!  Using Primary channel 12 as D-channel anyway!

These messages relate to ports 3 and 4 which are unused and unplugged.
I can connect those 2 ports to each other (using a straight RJ11-RJ11 cable
?) and tie them to an used DAHDI group but this wouldn't work for a single
port and I'm wondering if a smarter solution exists.

Suggestions ?

Regards
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On Wednesday 15 Jun 2011, Olivier wrote:
> At the moment, my console is full with messages such as :
> [Jun 15 09:06:25] WARNING[2140]: chan_dahdi.c:3369 pri_find_dchan: No
> D-channels available!  Using Primary channel 9 as D-channel anyway!
> [Jun 15 09:06:25] WARNING[2141]: chan_dahdi.c:3369 pri_find_dchan: No
> D-channels available!  Using Primary channel 12 as D-channel anyway!
>
> These messages relate to ports 3 and 4 which are unused and unplugged.
> I can connect those 2 ports to each other (using a straight RJ11-RJ11 cable
> ?) and tie them to an used DAHDI group but this wouldn't work for a
single
> port and I'm wondering if a smarter solution exists.
>
> Suggestions ?
Make sure the entries for these ports are commented out 
in /etc/dahdi/system.conf and /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf .  

-- 
AJS

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