ASTERISK 1.6 And SYNWAY DRIVER INSTALLATION GUIDE

This topic is very interesting to me because of ,have started my carrier with telecom sector ,that had lot of interesting  stuff and idea with ASTERISK technology..
That time i was keen interested to work asterisk server........after 2 + year i left  due to some of my personnel reason.. Today i am going to share my  first document to you which i wrote Feb-2011.
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ASTERISK 1.6 INSTALLTION:-

Before you do the installation make sure that Linux enterprise edition 4,0 or 5.0 is

installed on your machine. If yes then follow the steps:

• STEP 1: Open terminal and run he following commands . the command will

create the folder where the asterisk setups would be placed.

mkdir -p /usr/src/asterisk

cd /usr/src/asterisk

•STEP 2: Copy the following asterisk setups files in the above mentioned location.

asterisk-1.6.0.10.tar.gz

asterisk-addons-1.6.0.2.tar.gz

dahdi-linux-complete-2.1.0.4+2.1.0.2.tar.gz

dahdi-tools-2.2.0.tar.gz

libpri-1.4.10.1.tar.gz

SynAST-1.3.0.0_en.tar.gz

•STEP 3: On the terminal change the director to the folder where you placed the

setups by running

cd /usr/src/asterisk

then tun the following command to untar the setups

tar -zxf asterisk-1.6.0.10.tar.gz

tar -zxf asterisk-addons-1.6.0.2.tar.gz

tar -zxf dahdi-linux-complete-2.1.0.4+2.1.0.2.tar.gz

tar -zxf dahdi-tools-2.2.0.tar.gz

tar -zxf libpri-1.4.10.1.tar.gz

tar -zxf SynAST-1.3.0.0_en.tar.gz

You'll end up with four tar files and four directories in the directory '/usr/src/asterisk'.

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• STEP4 : Go ahead with the installations now:

• Libpri (optional)

If you are using E1 cards you need to install LIBPRI. If you do want to use LIBPRI,

make sure you compile and install it before you compile Asterisk. Replace 'VERSION'

with the correct details.

cd /usr/src/asterisk/libpri-VERSION

make clean

make

make install

•DAHDI

cd /usr/src/asterisk/dahdi-linux-complete-VERSION

make all

make install

make config

Edit /etc/dahdi/modules, /etc/dahdi/system.conf and /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf for

your site.

Set DAHDI to start automatically and then start it.

chkconfig dahdi on

service dahdi start

•Asterisk

cd /usr/src/asterisk/asterisk-VERSION

make clean

./configure

Choose which options to install (audio files, voicemail storage, codecs etc.)

make menuselect

make

make install

Install sample files in /etc/asterisk, install docs/manpages and set to start on boot.

make samples

make progdocs

make config

chkconfig asterisk on

Check Asterisk starts properly:

asterisk -vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvc

stop now

If not, you've probably not been following these instructions carefully! Assuming it does

start properly, you probably want to start it in the background:

service asterisk start

•Asterisk-addons

cd /usr/src/asterisk/asterisk-addons-VERSION

make clean

./configure

make menuselect

Choose what you do and don't want. Unless you really need oh323, deselect it as it

can be the cause of compilation woes.

make

make install

Install sample files in /etc/asterisk

make samples

SYNWAY DAHDI DRIVER INSTALLATION

First of all ensure that the card is properly fixed in the PCI slot and has been

tighten and its LED should glow. Then check, if its in the OS PCI devices list or not.

Execute the following command for the purpose:

# lspci |grep ob

It will show the card as marked red in the snap shot below :-

With asterisk asterisk-1.6.0.10 dahdi version dahdi-linux-complete-

2.1.0.4+2.1.0.2.tar.gz and synway driver SynAST-1.3.0.0 is used. To proceed with the

installation place the all the setups in the below mentioned directory:

/usr/src/asterisk

To start with the installation first untar the driver file using the below mentioned

commands

[root@localhost ~]# Cd /usr/src/asterisk

[root@localhost ~]# tar –zxvf SynAST-1.3.0.0.tar.gz

it would create a folder named SynAST-1.3.0.0 in the same directory.

Now follow the below mentioned steps to install the driver and have a look on the

snap shot for the better clarity:

[root@localhost ~]# cd /usr/src/asterisk/SynAST-1.3.0.0

[root@localhost SynAST-1.3.0.0]# cd for_dahdi

[root@localhost for_dahdi]# ./Setup install

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SynAST Ver1.3.0.0 Installation Script

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Install SynAST AST package now!

You must install libpri and asterisk before this.

Would you like to install SynAST AST package now? (y/n) y

Please enter working dahdi directory [q](exit install) : /usr/src/asterisk/dahdi-linuxcomplete-

2.1.0.4+2.1.0.2

SELECT TEJ MODE [t, e, j] : e

SELECT TEJXAPCI [75, 120]ohm : 120

SELECT TEJ201E [75, 120]ohm : 120

----------------------------------------------------------

Start to compile driver now......

If the driver installation executed in the manner as mentioned above then your driver

has been installed and you can check it with the following command:

# lsmod |grep dahdi

It will result in the following output:

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SS-2 Syndriver check snap shot

Now you have to do the PRI configuration:

To generate the default configuration you can run the following command:

[root@localhost for_dahdi]# ./ astcfg_dahdi

it will generate the following configuration files with the default settings:

/etc/dahdi/system.conf

/etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf

For our ISDN setup the files configuration should be as mentioned below:

/etc/dahdi/system.conf:

#*****************SynAST Ver1.3.0.0*****************

loadzone=us

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defaultzone=us

span=1,1,0,ccs,hdb3

bchan=1-15,17-31

dchan=16

span=2,2,0,ccs,hdb3

bchan=32-46,48-62

dchan=47

span=3,3,0,ccs,hdb3

bchan=63-77,79-93

dchan=78

span=4,4,0,ccs,hdb3

bchan=94-108,110-124

dchan=109

/etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf:

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SS-4 chan_dahdi.conf

Keep backup of the files which are with the default settings in the corresponding

directory and then place the new files with the same names , having the above

mentioned configurations.

Now check with the following command for the spawned channels :

Dahdi_cfg –vv

It will show120 channels to configure.

Now can go ahead with the call testing on differect PRIs. Follow the below mentioned

procedure to carryout the testing:

Restart Asterisk to ensure that the drivers and te others configuration have been

loaded and ready to work. in case of any wrong configuration asterisk would

not start.

Stop asterisk first with the command:

CLI> stop now

then restart it by :

#asterisk -vccc

Nudge all PRIs in the slots on the Synway card and check for the Leds. All

should glow, as soon as you plug the PRI.

then make a file named test. call to make the test call: it should be as pasted

below:

Channel: DAHDI/111/09557456660

Callerid: 9557456660

MaxRetries: 1

RetryTime: 300

WaitTime: 45

Context: text

Extension: 30565900

Priority: 1

 

Put the number in the test.call on which you want to take the test call ,save the

file and paste in the following directory

/var/spool/asterisk/outgoing

Asterisk will pick the file , call on your number and play he demo application.

Repeat the process for the all the PRIs, by charging the channel numer in the

test.call.

Channel: DAHDI/111/09557456660

Here 111 is the channel number and thus its nexus is with the fourth PRI.

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