asterisk users - Jan 2005 - Unable to Specify Channel 1 - no such device or address

When trying to start asterisk with a four-port FXS/FXO card I get the following
error: "Unable to Specify Channel 1 - no such device or address"
(Channel 1 should be the first FXO port). I looked in the asterisk-users mailing
list archive and found one person who had this problem but did not find an
answer. I am using the sample configuration file lines provided by Digium. lsmod
says my wcfxo and zaptel modules are loaded Ok, apparently. What could be wrong
or where should I look.
Gene Naden, MA , MD
Programmer Analyst
GlobalTeldata II, LLC
4646 N. Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 878-3161 x 223
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When trying to start asterisk with a four-port FXS/FXO card I get the 
following error: "Unable to Specify Channel 1 - no such device or
address"
(Channel 1 should be the first FXO port). I looked in the asterisk-users 
mailing list archive and found one person who had this problem but did not 
find an answer. I am using the sample configuration file lines provided by 
Digium. lsmod says my wcfxo and zaptel modules are loaded Ok, apparently. 
What could be wrong or where should I look.
Gene Naden, MA , MD

Gene,

Having just been through the same problem recently I can tell you with a 
fair amount of certainty that your motherboard is not PCI spec 2.2 
compliant.

Double check your motherboard specs.

This was my problem.

Hope that helps.

Tom Walsh
http://www.freevsi.com/

Gene Naden wrote:
> When trying to start asterisk with a four-port FXS/FXO card I get the 
> following error: "Unable to Specify Channel 1 - no such device or 
> address" (Channel 1 should be the first FXO port). I looked in the 
> asterisk-users mailing list archive and found one person who had this 
> problem but did not find an answer. I am using the sample configuration 
> file lines provided by Digium. lsmod says my wcfxo and zaptel modules 
> are loaded Ok, apparently. What could be wrong or where should I look.
As it says in the README in the Zaptel source directory, wcfxo is not 
the correct driver for your card.

Gene Naden wrote:
> When trying to start asterisk with a four-port FXS/FXO card I get the 
> following error: "Unable to Specify Channel 1 - no such device or 
> address" (Channel 1 should be the first FXO port). I looked in the 
> asterisk-users mailing list archive and found one person who had this 
> problem but did not find an answer. I am using the sample configuration 
> file lines provided by Digium. lsmod says my wcfxo and zaptel modules 
> are loaded Ok, apparently. What could be wrong or where should I look.
> Gene Naden, MA , MD
> Programmer Analyst
> GlobalTeldata II, LLC
> 4646 N. Ravenswood
> Chicago, IL 60640
> (773) 878-3161 x 223
Gene,

	That usually happens because the kernel modules are not loaded - "No 
such device".  If you are using CVS make sure that wctdm & wcfxo are 
loaded, while with stable use wcfxs & wcfxo.  What is your TDM model 
number/module configuration?

	What does ztcfg -vvv say after doing this?

--
Kristian Kielhofner

Direct from the source (1.0.x)

Here is a list of what module to use with what hardware

Module Name     Hardware
tor2            T400P - Quad Span T1 Card
                 E400P - Quad Span E1 Card

wct4xxp         TE405P - Quad Span T1/E1 Card (5v version)
                 TE410P - Quad Span T1/E1 Card (3.3v version)

wct1xxp         T100P - Single Span T1 Card
                 E100P - Single Span E1 Card

wcfxo           X100P - Single port FXO interface
                 X101P - Single port FXO interface

wcfxs           TDM400P - Modular FXS/FXO interface (1-4 ports)

wcusb or        S100U - Single port FXS USB Interface
wcfxsusb

torisa          Old Tormenta1 ISA Card

ztdummy         UHCI USB Zaptel Timing Only Interface