[Asterisk-Users] Zapata required?

[Michiel Betel]

Steve,

No you don't need the zap drivers if you are not using zap-based 
hardware. You might want to use the ztdummy driver though as a timing 
source for conferencing.
Since the asterisk zaptel  support is in a loadable module you can 
instruct Asterisk *not* to use it by specifiing
    noload =>  chan_zap.so
in  /etc/asterisk/modules.conf

Steven Kokinos wrote:

> Hello-
>  
> As part of the asterisk build/installation instructions it mentions 
> that the zaptel drivers should be built and configured first. My 
> question is whether they are required at all, in the case of a system 
> with no hardware cards at all (as is the situation in my case).
>  
> With them loaded I continually get the following message on my console 
> (server not asterisk):
>  
> Zapata Telephony Interface Registered on major 196
> No ISA tormenta card found at d0000
> Zapata Telephony Interface Unloaded
>  
> which seems logical given that I don't have any zap hardware. how 
> would i go about unloading this module and/or does it need to be 
> compiled at all in this case?
>  
> Regards,
>  
> -Steve