DAHDI

DAHDI is the replacement for Zaptel made by Digium. More information about this change can be found here and here (Interview with Kevin P. Fleming, site is in German but interview is in English).

Note: Because AstLinux is an embedded solution optimized for size, a full version of Perl is not included. This means that the DAHDI config tools (dahdi_cfg, dahdi_genconf, etc) will not work, and you must write your DAHDI config files manually, as detailed below.

(Read below if moving from an existing Zaptel install.)

This page explains the proper way to set up your DAHDI device on Astlinux systems. We assume at this point that you have a working Astlinux system and are able to retain password changes over a reboot (meaning that UnionFS is working properly).

Please read this next step very carefully:

• If you've used the web interface to configure your system, the configuration file to edit is /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/user.conf
• If you've ONLY used the CLI to create your configuration, you will have a single /mnt/kd/rc.conf file and NO /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d directory, so the configuration file to edit is /mnt/kd/rc.conf
• If the /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d directory exists, DO NOT use /mnt/kd/rc.conf

Never edit /etc/rc.conf directly!

Edit <configfile>.conf as determined above. Add or change DAHDIMODS to the correct value.

DAHDIMODS=wctdm #OLD Digium 400p (and clones)
DAHDIMODS=wctdm24xxp # NEW Digium cards 410p, etc
DAHDIMODS=rcbfx # Rhino 8 and 24 port analog cards

Create a system.conf file in /mnt/kd/dahdi. This will be used after rebooting. Create or edit a chan_dahdi.conf file in /mnt/kd/asterisk/.

These two files correspond to /etc/dahdi/system.conf, and /etc/asterisk/chan_dahdi.conf in a non-AstLinux Asterisk installation. Edit these files according to the DAHDI documentation.

(AstLinux 0.7 or higher)

Moving from Zaptel to DAHDI is pretty straightforward. The names of the files have changed and the channel names have changed. (NOTE that for Asterisk 1.4, you can use ZAP/X for your channel declarations, but this is deprecated, so you should move to DAHDI/X).

• zaptel.conf (/mnt/kd/zaptel.conf) is now called system.conf. Simply rename /mnt/kd/zaptel.conf to /mnt/kd/dahdi/system.conf.
• /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf should be renamed to chan_dahdi.conf
• Edit your dialplan and change Zap/XX references to DAHDI/XX
• Change ZAPMODS to DAHDIMODS in your /mnt/kd/rc.conf.d/user.conf file (or /mnt/kd/rc.conf)
• Reboot your system

DAHDI does not configure an echo cancellation method by default. If your DAHDI hardware does not have hardware echo cancellation, you will need to specify this in the system.conf file.

Valid echo cancellers are: mg2, kb1, sec2, and sec. Specify as follows:

echocanceller=mg2,1-8

This specifies use of the mg2 echo canceller on channels 1-8.