[Asterisk-doc] docs other-hardware.xml,1.3,1.4

marlow asterisk-doc@lists.digium.com
Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:08:49 +0000


Comments:
Update of /cvsroot/asterisk/docs
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Modified Files:
	other-hardware.xml 
Log Message:


Added more thoroughly description of mISDN and chan_mISDN.
Index: other-hardware.xml
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--- other-hardware.xml	12 Jun 2004 04:08:43 -0000	1.4
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*** 31,48 ****
  			<para>
  				There are several ways of integrating ISDN channels in Asterisk. Out of the box Asterisk
! 				only supports isdn4linux (chan_modem_i4l), but there are 2 more powerful
  				3rd party channel modules available: chan_capi utilizes capi supported ISDN
! 				cards and zaphfc/qozap utilizes ISDN cards based on the HFC chipset. Both
! 				channel drivers are maintained by Klaus-Peter Junghanns 
! 				<ulink url="http://www.junghanns.net" type="http">(http://www.junghanns.net)</ulink>
! 				and released under the terms of the GPL.
  				</para>
  
  			<para>
  				Currently chan_capi and zapbri will be the channel drivers that are described
! 				the best here because chan_modem_i4l doesn't give the best results.
  				</para>
  
  			<sect2>
  				<title>chan_capi</title>
  				<para>
--- 31,55 ----
  			<para>
  				There are several ways of integrating ISDN channels in Asterisk. Out of the box Asterisk
! 				only supports isdn4linux (chan_modem_i4l), but there are several more powerful
  				3rd party channel modules available: chan_capi utilizes capi supported ISDN
! 				cards, zaphfc/qozap utilizes ISDN cards based on the HFC chipset, both
! 				channel drivers are maintained by Klaus-Peter Junghanns and released under the terms of the GPL.
! 				And last but not least there is chan_mISDN, which utilizes the new isdn4linux mISDN
! 				architecture. Also this 3rd party channel driver is released under the terms of the GPL.
  				</para>
  
  			<para>
  				Currently chan_capi and zapbri will be the channel drivers that are described
! 				the best here because chan_modem_i4l doesn't give the best results. chan_mISDN
! 				is quite new and the mISDN architecture in isdn4linux has mainly been developed
! 				against kernel 2.6, so not too much information there yet.
  				</para>
  
  			<sect2>
+ 				<title>chan_modem_i4l</title>
+ 				<para/>
+ 				</sect2>
+ 
+ 			<sect2>
  				<title>chan_capi</title>
  				<para>
***************
*** 52,56 ****
  					most likely it will.  Cards such as Eicon and AVM are known to work with
  					Asterisk. However it can be a bit tricky to get CAPI support working for
! 					different ISDN cards. Chan_capi only provides TE mode, you can only use it
  					for connecting your asterisk box to a ISDN line, not connect phones internally
  					to the ISDN card. 
--- 59,63 ----
  					most likely it will.  Cards such as Eicon and AVM are known to work with
  					Asterisk. However it can be a bit tricky to get CAPI support working for
! 					different ISDN cards. chan_capi only provides TE mode, you can only use it
  					for connecting your asterisk box to a ISDN line, not connect phones internally
  					to the ISDN card. 
***************
*** 58,71 ****
  
  				<para>
- 					In the past it was not possible to have a passive AVM Fritz card on a PTP
- 					mode ISDN line. You can now use the AVM Fritz card in P2P mode if you use
- 					the mISDN capi layer with chan_capi.  You don't have to rely on a
- 					kernel-tainting module anymore.  Of     course it makes sense to use an HFC-PCI
- 					card instead since it will provide your box with zaptel timing and echo
- 					cancelation.  The driver can be found at <ulink url="http://www.beronet.com/?PageID=3017"
- 					type="http">http://www.beronet.com/?PageID=3017</ulink>.
- 					</para>		
- 
- 				<para>
  					This is a list of those implemented in chan_capi: 
  					</para>
--- 65,68 ----
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*** 74,78 ****
  					<itemizedlist>
  						<listitem><para>ISDN connection handling (CID,DNID)</para></listitem>
! 						<listitem><para>multiple Controller support</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>digital audio support</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>DTMF detection/generation</para></listitem>
--- 71,75 ----
  					<itemizedlist>
  						<listitem><para>ISDN connection handling (CID,DNID)</para></listitem>
! 						<listitem><para>multiple controller support</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>digital audio support</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>DTMF detection/generation</para></listitem>
***************
*** 83,87 ****
  						<listitem><para>CD, HOLD, RETRIEVE, etc.</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>overlap sending (dialtone)</para></listitem>
! 						<listitem><para>DID on P2P</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>call progress (INFO_IND)</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>RX/TX gains</para></listitem>
--- 80,84 ----
  						<listitem><para>CD, HOLD, RETRIEVE, etc.</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>overlap sending (dialtone)</para></listitem>
! 						<listitem><para>DID on point-to-point (PTP)</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>call progress (INFO_IND)</para></listitem>
  						<listitem><para>RX/TX gains</para></listitem>
***************
*** 91,131 ****
  			
  				<para>
! 					The following links have good descriptions on how to get CAPI 
! 					support for several cards.
  					</para>
  
! 				<para>
! 					For a "Eicon Diva" visit:
! 					</para>
! 			
! 				<para>
! 					<simplelist>
! 						<member><ulink url="http://www.melware.de/de/index.html" type="http">http://www.melware.de/de/index.html</ulink></member>
! 						<member><ulink url="http://isdn4linux.org/~armin/divas/" type="http">http://isdn4linux.org/~armin/divas/</ulink></member>
! 						<member><ulink url="http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/WAN/cn4linux.htm" type="http">http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/WAN/cn4linux.htm</ulink></member>
! 						</simplelist>
! 					</para>
  			
! 				<para>
! 					For AVM cards visit:
! 					</para>
  			
! 				<para>
! 					<ulink url="http://www.avm.de" type="http">http://www.avm.de</ulink>
! 					</para>
  			
! 				<para>
! 					For AVM-Fritz! cards: 
! 					</para>
  			
! 				<para>
! 					<ulink url="ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzcrd.pci/linux/suse.82/" type="http">ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzcrd.pci/linux/suse.82/</ulink> (not only for SuSE)
! 					<ulink url="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2000/10/Capi/capi.html" type="http">http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2000/10/Capi/capi.html</ulink> (German article on getting capi to work with AVM Fritz!)
! 					</para>
  
! 				<para>
! 					chan_capi can be downloaded at:
! 					<ulink url="http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk/" type="http">http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk/</ulink>.
! 					</para>
  
  				</sect2>
--- 88,133 ----
  			
  				<para>
! 					chan_capi can be downloaded at:
! 					<ulink url="http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk/" type="http">http://www.junghanns.net/asterisk/</ulink>.
  					</para>
  
! 				<sect3>
! 					<title>Eicon Diva</title>
  			
! 					<para>
! 						<simplelist>
! 							<member><ulink url="http://www.melware.de/de/index.html" type="http">http://www.melware.de/de/index.html</ulink></member>
! 							<member><ulink url="http://isdn4linux.org/~armin/divas/" type="http">http://isdn4linux.org/~armin/divas/</ulink></member>
! 							<member><ulink url="http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/WAN/cn4linux.htm" type="http">http://www.eicon.com/worldwide/products/WAN/cn4linux.htm</ulink></member>
! 							</simplelist>
! 						</para>
! 					</sect3>
  			
! 				<sect3>
! 					<title>AVM Fritz!</title>
  			
! 					<para>
! 						<ulink url="http://www.avm.de" type="http">http://www.avm.de</ulink>
! 						</para>
  			
! 					<para>
! 						The AVM Fritz! card is quite interesting, since it's the only passive ISDN card where the manufacturer
! 						did mind to write CAPI support (binary though). This driver unfortunatly has one limitation: 
! 						point-to-point (PTP) mode does not work.
! 						</para>
  
! 					<para>
! 						With the introduction of the isdn4linux new mISDN architecture and it's capi layer, that problem is fixed.
! 						chan_capi supports PTP on the AVM Fritz! card in that case and you even get rid of having a tainted
! 						kernel, at least for this module.
! 						</para>
! 
! 					<para>
! 						<simplelist>
! 							<member><ulink url="ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzcrd.pci/linux/suse.82/" type="http">ftp://ftp.avm.de/cardware/fritzcrd.pci/linux/suse.82/</ulink> (not only for SuSE)</member>
! 							<member><ulink url="http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2000/10/Capi/capi.html" type="http">http://www.linux-magazin.de/Artikel/ausgabe/2000/10/Capi/capi.html</ulink> (German article on getting capi to work with AVM Fritz!)</member>
! 							</simplelist>
! 						</para>
! 					</sect3>
  
  				</sect2>
***************
*** 140,143 ****
--- 142,161 ----
  					
  				<para>
+ 					Features at a glance: 
+ 					</para>
+ 
+ 				<para>
+ 					<itemizedlist>
+ 						<listitem><para>TE and NT mode</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>PTP and PMP mode</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>DTMF detection</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>integration into asterisk as full zap channel driver</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>caller name display on alphanumeric isdn phones</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>text messages</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>call parking</para></listitem>
+ 						</itemizedlist>
+ 					</para>
+ 			
+ 				<para>
  					The qozap driver is for 4 port (quadBRI) and 8 port (octoBRI) ISDN cards that are also designed and sold by it's
  					developer. These cards can provide power and termination on the port for NT mode and do offer an internal PCM bus,
***************
*** 166,169 ****
--- 184,211 ----
  				</sect2>
  
+ 			<sect2>
+ 				<title>chan_mISDN</title>
+ 
+ 				<para>
+ 					Features at a glance: 
+ 					</para>
+ 
+ 				<para>
+ 					<itemizedlist>
+ 						<listitem><para>TE and NT mode (NT mode is currently only supported on HFC based cards)</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>PTP and PMP mode</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>DTMF detection</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>display text messages on isdn phones with alphanumeric dislay</para></listitem>
+ 						<listitem><para>utilizes new isdn4linux mISDN architecture in *</para></listitem>
+ 						</itemizedlist>
+ 					</para>
+ 			
+ 				<para>
+ 					chan_mISDN can be downloaded at:
+ 					<ulink url="http://www.beronet.com/?PageID=3017" type="http">http://www.beronet.com/?PageID=3017</ulink>.
+ 					</para>
+ 
+ 				</sect2>
+ 
  				<sect2>
  					<title>Other Cards (LineJack/PhoneJack/VoiceTronix/Dialogic)</title>