asterisk users - Jun 2005 - chan_capi-cm-0.5 release announcement

Hi all,

I would like to announce the first release of the chan_capi
channel driver on sourceforge.net

The package is available for download with name 
  chan_capi-cm-0.5
and is the current CVS HEAD.

It is derived from the chan_capi-0.4.0PRE1 of kapejod.

The main changes are:
- complete rework
- fix race-conditions
- fix call state handling
- rework of debug/verbose messages
- added capiFax feature (provided by Frank Sautter)
- auto-config (compile and work with Asterisk CVS-HEAD and older versions)
- use with ELinOS cross-toolbox and project handling

For the versioning, I have decided to use the name extention 'cm' to
avoid
confusion with kapejod's version.
This first release is 0.5 (not 0.1) because the base is 0.4.0.
Only the major and the minor number will be used. The exception to have a 
third number (patch-version) will be added for fixup-patches only.

Feedback welcome.

Armin

PS: sorry for cross-posting.

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Armin Schindler schrieb:
> 
> > I would like to announce the first release of the chan_capi
> > channel driver on sourceforge.net
> > 
> > The package is available for download with name  chan_capi-cm-0.5
> > and is the current CVS HEAD.
> > 
> > It is derived from the chan_capi-0.4.0PRE1 of kapejod.
> > 
> > The main changes are:
> > - complete rework
> > - fix race-conditions
> > - fix call state handling
> > - rework of debug/verbose messages
> > - added capiFax feature (provided by Frank Sautter)
> > - auto-config (compile and work with Asterisk CVS-HEAD and older
versions)
> > - use with ELinOS cross-toolbox and project handling
> > 
> > 
> Very nice...! Does your CAPI channel handles busy/congestion correctly?
> chan_capi-0.3.5 does neither detect and report busy / unavailable messages
> from the PSTN nor does it handle busy() / congestion() commands and report
the
> proper state to an external caller...
Not yet, but this is actually the next thing on my list.

I will soon release a fixup version. I found two more bugs, a memory leak 
and voice-buffer-corruption on SMP systems.

Armin

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Armin Schindler schrieb:
> 
> > On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Armin Schindler schrieb:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > I would like to announce the first release of the chan_capi
> > > > channel driver on sourceforge.net
> > > > 
> > > > The package is available for download with name 
chan_capi-cm-0.5
> > > > and is the current CVS HEAD.
> > > > 
> > > > It is derived from the chan_capi-0.4.0PRE1 of kapejod.
> > > > 
> > > > The main changes are:
> > > > - complete rework
> > > > - fix race-conditions
> > > > - fix call state handling
> > > > - rework of debug/verbose messages
> > > > - added capiFax feature (provided by Frank Sautter)
> > > > - auto-config (compile and work with Asterisk CVS-HEAD and
older
> > > > versions)
> > > > - use with ELinOS cross-toolbox and project handling
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Very nice...! Does your CAPI channel handles busy/congestion
> > > correctly?
> > > chan_capi-0.3.5 does neither detect and report busy / unavailable
> > > messages
> > > from the PSTN nor does it handle busy() / congestion() commands
and
> > > report the
> > > proper state to an external caller...
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > Not yet, but this is actually the next thing on my list.
> > 
> > I will soon release a fixup version. I found two more bugs, a memory
leak
> > and voice-buffer-corruption on SMP systems.
> > 
> Cool! Is there a mailinglist or a forum for chan_capi-cm?
No, if necessary we can activate a mailinglist via sourceforge. But 
currently I activated the bug-tracker only.

Armin

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Armin Schindler schrieb:
> 
> > I would like to announce the first release of the chan_capi
> > channel driver on sourceforge.net
> > 
> > The package is available for download with name  chan_capi-cm-0.5
> > and is the current CVS HEAD.
> > 
> > It is derived from the chan_capi-0.4.0PRE1 of kapejod.
> > 
> > The main changes are:
> > - complete rework
> > - fix race-conditions
> > - fix call state handling
> > - rework of debug/verbose messages
> > - added capiFax feature (provided by Frank Sautter)
> > - auto-config (compile and work with Asterisk CVS-HEAD and older
versions)
> > - use with ELinOS cross-toolbox and project handling
> > 
> > 
> Very nice...! Does your CAPI channel handles busy/congestion correctly?
> chan_capi-0.3.5 does neither detect and report busy / unavailable messages
> from the PSTN nor does it handle busy() / congestion() commands and report
the
> proper state to an external caller...
I have added busy()/congestion() support to CVS HEAD now, can you please 
test if it works for you?

Thanks,
Armin

Have you planned to integrate some echo cancel feature ?


Armin Schindler ha scritto:
>Hi all,
>
>I would like to announce the first release of the chan_capi
>channel driver on sourceforge.net
>
>The package is available for download with name 
>  chan_capi-cm-0.5
>and is the current CVS HEAD.
>
>It is derived from the chan_capi-0.4.0PRE1 of kapejod.
>
>The main changes are:
>- complete rework
>- fix race-conditions
>- fix call state handling
>- rework of debug/verbose messages
>- added capiFax feature (provided by Frank Sautter)
>- auto-config (compile and work with Asterisk CVS-HEAD and older versions)
>- use with ELinOS cross-toolbox and project handling
>
>For the versioning, I have decided to use the name extention 'cm' to
avoid
>confusion with kapejod's version.
>This first release is 0.5 (not 0.1) because the base is 0.4.0.
>Only the major and the minor number will be used. The exception to have a 
>third number (patch-version) will be added for fixup-patches only.
>
>Feedback welcome.
>
>Armin
>
>PS: sorry for cross-posting.
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> Have you planned to integrate some echo cancel feature ?
Besides the Eicon-CAPI feature there is an "echosquelch" in the
driver.

Elmar

Sergio Chersovani wrote:
>> As far as I know the Eicon Diva Server cards are the only cards 
>> supporting
>> echo cancel via onboard DSPs.
>>  
>>
> AVM active cards do not support it?
No.
Avm active cards are basically multi fritz boards running the same 
firmware onboard instead of  charging pc cpu.
They are surely more stable than fritz cards, but offer the same 
features (even with more channels).

Thanks Armin. This was a good hint. In this part of the debug you can see the
callerID provided from my internal phone. You are right, that the 
included name
was the problem.
Now I added a line SetCallerID(12345) before Dial(CAPI...) to my 
extensions.conf
and everything works fine.
(12345 has to be a valid MSN, or you have the same problem as before)

Quoting Armin Schindler <armin@melware.de>:
> CallingPartyNumber              = <00 a0 22>Jens<22 2c>
<3c>12345<3e>
>

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Armin Schindler schrieb:
> 
> > I have added busy()/congestion() support to CVS HEAD now, can you
please
> > 
> > test if it works for you?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> Works perfectly well! Also CallingPres(32) does work! The only thing I
wonder
> about is a delay. 
I know there is a delay. Currently the calling party is 'alerted' every
time
by default and this is not correct for calls which shall not be accepted.
> Is CLIP no screening (submitting a user provided number) supported by
> chan_capi_cm?
No, not yet.

Armin

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Stefan Gofferje wrote:
> Stefan Gofferje schrieb:
> 
> > Armin Schindler schrieb:
> > 
> > > I have added busy()/congestion() support to CVS HEAD now, can you
> > > please
> > > 
> > > test if it works for you?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > Works perfectly well! Also CallingPres(32) does work! The only thing I
> > wonder about is a delay. I put a
> > 
> > exten => <msn>,1,Congestion
> > 
> > in my dialplan. When you dial <msn> from external you first hear
about
> > two rings, then get Congestion. Strange...
> > Funny thing: If you dial the number from a mobile, the mobile will
show
> > "Network congested" ("Netz derzeit belegt") in the
display. *LOL*
> > Is CLIP no screening (submitting a user provided number) supported by
> > chan_capi_cm?
> > 
> I did some more testing.. On incoming calls, the caller hears the called
party
> very much chopped. On outgoing calls, the called party hears nothing.
> 
> Using *1.0.7 bristuffed...
I cannot reproduce this here. Does it happen with plain 1.0.7 as well ?

Armin