asterisk users - Feb 2006 - RE: Euro-ISDN

asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said: 
>chan_capi does not set the NT-mode. Your cards driver need to do that.
>E.g. for Eicon DIVA Server cards, you just set the '-x' option with
divactrl
>or set NT-mode in the config wizard.
>chan_capi does not (need) to know anything about what protocol the card is 
>doing. CAPI is independent here.
Ok.
>Anyway, if the card is set to NT mode, you should specify ntmode=yes
>in the capi.conf to tell chan_capi to handle the progress better
>(get progress tones).
Fine!

One last related subpoint: while Eicon Diva cards have their own setup
application, is there anything standard to control the basic setup of
generic HFC-S cards? (something similar to the ztconfig tool for analog cards)
>capi driver? I think you mean chan_capi? Yes it does support
>TE and NT mode, as well as DSS1, 1TR6, JAPAN, NI1, QSIG, 5ESS, and a lot 
>more protocols.
Yes, I meant actually the chan_capi module... Nice to know.
>The card and the cards driver need to support/provide this.
> 
>Armin
So in the end there a lot of reasons to go for a 'better' card.

Thanks alot for all this information!

Regards
Aldo

On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Aldo Bergamini wrote:
> asterisk-users-request@lists.digium.com is believed to have said: 
> 
> >chan_capi does not set the NT-mode. Your cards driver need to do that.
> >E.g. for Eicon DIVA Server cards, you just set the '-x' option
with divactrl
> >or set NT-mode in the config wizard.
> >chan_capi does not (need) to know anything about what protocol the card
is
> >doing. CAPI is independent here.
> 
> Ok.
> 
> >Anyway, if the card is set to NT mode, you should specify ntmode=yes
> >in the capi.conf to tell chan_capi to handle the progress better
> >(get progress tones).
> 
> Fine!
> 
> One last related subpoint: while Eicon Diva cards have their own setup
> application, is there anything standard to control the basic setup of
> generic HFC-S cards? (something similar to the ztconfig tool for analog
cards)
Sorry, I cannot answer that one. I don't know enough about these cards and 
their drivers.
 
> >capi driver? I think you mean chan_capi? Yes it does support
> >TE and NT mode, as well as DSS1, 1TR6, JAPAN, NI1, QSIG, 5ESS, and a
lot
> >more protocols.
> 
> Yes, I meant actually the chan_capi module... Nice to know.
> 
> >The card and the cards driver need to support/provide this.
> > 
> >Armin
> 
> So in the end there a lot of reasons to go for a 'better' card.
Yes, a lot reasons. But actually, it depends on what you need and what you
want to do.

Armin