Installing a digium TE121 PRI card on trixbox

bzbee
Posts: 8
Member Since:
2009-02-05

Hello all,
I'v recently purchaced a TE121 PRI card.
I was told that If I install trixbox with the card installed in the system that the card would be configured automaticly.
I now find myself very confused when nothing is working.
My provider says the the Dchan is not syncing.

when I started reading about installing the digium card I saw that it is really a VERY painfull task.
do I really need to compile a linux kernal ?, do I really need to compile the libpri drivers from digium?, and ofcouse I need a full linux dev system for this to work.

am I missing somthing ?, should the card be auto configured when I install trixbox or not ?
I'm really frustrated right now, any help from any one with experience would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks alot,
Zion.



SkykingOH
Posts: 9541
Member Since:
2007-12-17
Install card in server
  1. Install card in server
  2. Install trixbox CE
  3. Enter command 'setup-pstn'
  4. Read how to documents in wiki before posting

Install Zaptel from source is a pain, the reason for the project is to provide precompiled RPM's in our repo.

--

Scott

aka "Skyking"



yuval38
Posts: 24
Member Since:
2006-10-21
No need to work hard

Zion,
Please see Kerry Garrison replies at http://trixbox.org/forums/trixbox-forums/help/2-2-4-zaptel-module...
There is no need to compile anymore nothing - that why TrixBox is made for.
Try as the reply above.
Also try as Kerry offers : try to move the card to other slot
Use the commands I've sent you to check the status

Best regards
Yuval , SmartBase



bzbee
Posts: 8
Member Since:
2009-02-05
moving the card.

Hi Yuval,

Nice to see you here :)
and thanks for your reply.

moving the card would be hard as I only have 1 PCI-e slot in this machine.
anyways, I installed Trixbox again just to be sure.

here is a print of the 2 commands that you send me.

/root$ lspci
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51G [GeForce 6100] (rev a2)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 RAID bus controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
02:00.0 PCI bridge: Texas Instruments XIO2000(A)/XIO2200(A) PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge (rev 03)
03:08.0 Ethernet controller: Digium, Inc. Unknown device 8000 (rev 11)

/root$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0
0: 4204302 IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 435 IO-APIC-edge i8042
6: 5 IO-APIC-edge floppy
7: 3 IO-APIC-edge parport0
8: 1 IO-APIC-edge rtc
9: 0 IO-APIC-level acpi
12: 105 IO-APIC-edge i8042
14: 37332 IO-APIC-edge ide0
50: 8355678 IO-APIC-level wcte12xp0
209: 139 IO-APIC-level ehci_hcd:usb1, HDA Intel
217: 0 IO-APIC-level ohci_hcd:usb2
225: 26952 IO-APIC-level sata_nv
233: 422281 IO-APIC-level eth0
NMI: 0
LOC: 4204259
ERR: 1
MIS: 0

I can see the card on the lspci, i'm not sure what to look for in the interrupts though this "wcte12xp0" seems like it belongs to the card.

any help would be appriciated.
Zion.



SkykingOH
Posts: 9541
Member Since:
2007-12-17
You are not telling us

You are not telling us anything. What version of trix?

What version of Zaptel?
What version of Zaptel-modules
What version of Kernel?

The card is supported by the latest zap in the repository.

--

Scott

aka "Skyking"



bzbee
Posts: 8
Member Since:
2009-02-05
versions

Hi Scott,
Thank you for your help, here is the info:
I'v installed Trixbox from scratch & run setup-pstn

================================
latest trixbox release: trixbox CE 2.6.2 (Stable)
Zaptel Version: 1.4.11
Asterisk version: 1.4.21.2-2 RPM
Kernel Version: 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 (SMP)
Zaptel-modules: lib\modules\2.6.18-53.1.4.el5
================================

I just need to verify now that the card is installed correctly.

Zion.



SkykingOH
Posts: 9541
Member Since:
2007-12-17
You mention you are

You mention you are frustrated, this is where I get frustrated.

Quote:
I just need to verify now that the card is installed correctly.

Have you read any of the how to guides for using Zap? The command from the CLI is 'pri show spans' you can also test with zttool from the shell.

--

Scott

aka "Skyking"



bzbee
Posts: 8
Member Since:
2009-02-05
working perfect now !

Hello, Scott & Yuval.

Thanks alot for your input.
As I told Scott I'v installed Trixbox latest version from scratch & ran setup-pstn.
I checked with the zttool & "zap show status", everything seems to be up and running.

I'v conntacted my telco company this morning and now they can see the DChan up.

Thanks alot for you help, the "SureTeq's" wiki is very handy indeed.

Zion.



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