[asterisk-users] allo.com gsm card with AsteriskNOW

[Brian]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 08:20:40 +0000
Nicolas Pham Van Huyen <nicolas at phamvanhuyen.com> wrote:

> 
> >Dear all,
> >
> >I'm searching someone who already installed allo.com gsm card 
> >with AsteriskNOW.
> >
> >I installed the hardware in my new server, but when running
> >dahdi_genconf always have the "no span" message.
> >I I tried to install the driver according to allo.com doc, but it
> >seems not up to date, and maybe done more specifically for an
> >appliance..
> >
> >>[root at localhost ~]# dahdi_genconf
> >>Empty configuration -- no spans
> >>Empty configuration -- no spans
> >>Empty configuration -- no spans
> >
> >Thanks for help
> >Nico
> 
>  
> David Duffett wrote :
> >Step 1 would be an 'lspci' on the Linux command line to see if the
> >Linux box recognises the card Step 2 would be to ensure that your
> >DAHDI version is new enough to work with the card
> 
> Yes , the card is present :
> >04:00.0 Bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device d44e (rev 01)
> 
> Jg wrote :
> >Don't they have a kernel module that communicates with the card on
> >one and with DAHDI on the other side? The first steps are probably
> >to check with lspci whether the card is detected and then make sure
> >the allo module is loaded.

It's also important to check for any variables needed to pass to the
module at load time: 'modinfo <module_name>' should return any
available options.

> 
> They have a package 
> http://www.allo.com/firmware/gsm-card/chan_allogsm-1.1.2_P2.tar.gz
> 
> with an installer inside (install.sh), but it is turned as full
> installer :
> - download and install  dahdi-linux-complete-2.5.0+2.5.0.tar.gz
> - seems makes some compilation for the driver 
> - finishes by proposing to install asterisk 
> 
> As I installed AsteriskNOW before, it makes no sense to install
> Asterisk again, I just need to install the driver
> 
> In the package I can found src folders, but I don't know how to use
> them to build the module manually. The installer seems building
> allog4c.ko file but it doesn't works installed by this script
> 
> I guess it is just a basic operation to know how to compile the
> module and load it every time the system boots Then how to configure
> the channels " chan_allogsm" ..
>

You'll need to install the basics like kernel headers and build
essentials to compile any modules for your running kernel. Once
properly compiled and loaded you should see lspci list which kernel
modules are used by others.
 
> Thanks for help :-)
> Nico
> 

Good luck HTH! ;)

Brian