[General] VoIP For Home Usage
Majed B.
majedb at gmail.com
Fri Aug 7 17:57:54 +03 2009
Ahmad,
If the card indicated a RED alarm when checking with the zap/dahdi
tools, it means it's unable to detect the voltage on the line. That's
when you try the cable trick.
To check the alarm status:
asterisk -rvvvvvvvvvv
pbx*CLI> dahdi show status
Description Alarms IRQ bpviol
CRC4 Fra Codi Options LBO
Wildcard TDM410P Board 1 OK 1 0 0
CAS Unk YEL 0 db (CSU)/0-133 feet (DSX-1)
If you have zaptel, then type: zap show status
I hope that makes it clearer a bit.
As on my end, I was able to define the channels (FINALLY) for asterisk
with dahdi! Seems like all I had to do is include dahdi-channels.conf
into chan_dahdi.conf
I can receive calls now, but I can't make any out, yet.
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alright. I got PBX in a Flash to finally dial out of the landline just
> now. Seems like all I was missing is including the config file that
> "genzaptelconf" generated.
>
> If you get a message when trying to dial out of the landline: "All
> circuits are busy now"
> Then login to the shell and type: asterisk -rvvvvvvvvvv (more v gets
> more verbose)
>
> Type: zap show channels
> You should see something like this:
> pbx*CLI> zap show channels
> Chan Extension Context Language MOH Interpret
> pseudo from-internal en default
> 1 from-zaptel en default
> 2 from-internal en default
> 3 from-internal en default
> 4 from-internal en default
>
> If you get the pseudo channel only, then it means your configuration
> isn't included in zapata.conf
>
> Simply type: nano /etc/zapata.conf
> Scroll down till you see this:
> ;Include genzaptelconf configs
> #include zapata-channels.conf
>
> Go above the semicolon line (comment) and add this:
> ;Include genzaptelconf configs
> #include zapata-auto.conf
>
> Save the file (CTRL+X, Y to agree, Enter to save) and run: amportal restart
> This will reload asterisk with the new settings.
>
> Login back to asterisk (asterisk -rvvvvvvvvvv) and type: zap show channels
> If all is good, quit and dial out. It should work now.
>
> After seeing this, I think I have a chance with Asterisk 1.6 again.
> I'll give it another quick shot and get back to you.
>
> * Note: I added two variables to zapata.conf
> busydetect=yes
> busycount=5
> This will detect a busy tone and automatically hangup.
>
> You can find more settings here:
> http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Asterisk+config+zapata.conf
> I found the solution to the inclusion of the config file here:
> http://www.trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/open-discussion/2-3-0-10-problem-when-installing-not-automatically-detecting-m
>
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On my tests today I saw that trixbox 2.8 does have support for OpenVox
>> cards. So what you have is just a misconfiguration somewhere.
>> (Hopefully).
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:39 AM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com> wrote:
>>> Nope, Just 1.6, I'm planning to try 1.4.
>>>
>>> Majed B. wrote:
>>>> Have you tried using Asterisk 1.4? Or just 1.6?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:32 AM, Majed B.<majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I have no clue at all about the values of these, but since the caller
>>>>> ID settings of UK worked here, try using those.
>>>>>
>>>>> You WILL get static if you don't attach a micro-filter (splitter) to
>>>>> the phone when attaching it to the FXO port, when the DSL modem is
>>>>> hooked. So, always use the micro-filter.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 3:21 AM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I will try that, thanks for the tips.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I cannot say kw settings did not work with asterisk 1.6 since the
>>>>>> problem might be with the line and the card.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I connect the line directly to the FXO module I always get busy tone.
>>>>>> If I use ADSL splitter, I get continuous Starting/Hangup in asterisk
>>>>>> CLI, and the line rings, and the call is answered, all I hear is phone
>>>>>> pickup, hangup every second.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> One thing I'm not sure of is the DMTF and MF settings, if you look at
>>>>>> the attached zonedata.c file in previous emails, last 4 variables in
>>>>>> Kuwait zone are:
>>>>>> .dtmf_high_level = -10,
>>>>>> .dtmf_low_level = -10,
>>>>>> .mfr1_level = -10,
>>>>>> .mfr2_level = -8,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These values were a guess. Do you have any idea on the values of these
>>>>>> variables for Kuwait?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Faisal AlAbhoul wrote:
>>>>>>> Some cards need 4-wires to be powered, by joining 4-wires (2-wires on
>>>>>>> each end) from the wall socket you'll end up powering the 4 lines in the
>>>>>>> RJ11 socket in your Vox card, i remember this being done in a forum and
>>>>>>> worked for some cards. its like flipping a coin but worth trying if all
>>>>>>> you need to do just change your wiring.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So the "kw" setting did not work with Asterisk 1.6 i take it?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --- On *Thu, 6/8/09, Majed B. /<majedb at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [General] VoIP For Home Usage
>>>>>>> To: "General OpenSource Discussion" <general at oskw.org>
>>>>>>> Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 10:34 PM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 2 gray cables mean you get 4 lines. (1 line for every 2 wires).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you connect an analog phone, do you get a tone? If not, you need to
>>>>>>> reverse the wires, otherwise your setup is fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm not sure about what Faisal suggested though for the 4 wires. All
>>>>>>> the RJ11 cables I have have 4 pins, but only 2 wires are connected,
>>>>>>> and it did work before with Asterisk 1.4.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Ahmad Al-Ibrahim<ahmad at koutbo6.com
>>>>>>> </mc/compose?to=ahmad at koutbo6.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> > Interesting, I checked the wall socket, there are 2 gray wires each of
>>>>>>> > them having 4 colored wires, and only 2 colored wires of each gray
>>>>>>> wires
>>>>>>> > are connected to the socket (2 red wires to the right, 2 blue wires to
>>>>>>> > the left) 4 other wires are not connected. 2 in each gray wires.
>>>>>>> I'm not
>>>>>>> > familiar with wiring. Now do I have to connect the others? IIRC the
>>>>>>> > others are not used/utilized.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Regards,
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Ahmad Al-Ibrahim
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