[Asterisk-Users] Problems with TDM400P card

[Anton Krall]

Which card do you recommend using instead of the tdm400p? 

|-----Original Message-----
|From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com 
|[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of 
|John Novack
|Sent: Viernes, 29 de Abril de 2005 09:19 a.m.
|To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
|Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Problems with TDM400P card
|
|Anton Krall wrote:
|> Zttool shows nothing inside thebox.
|I have had similar problems with a TDM400 and CERTAIN 
|Motherboards which are PCI 2.2 but the TDM400 is not seen, in 
|my case, AT ALL The one I have reports it as an E/F but the 
|silk-screen clearly says H, Digium contends there is no 
|problem with the card, the reporting of different version 
|numbers is a "known bug" but doesn't prevent the card from 
|working, and because I can place it in another machine and get 
|it working, they refuse to acknowledge there is any defect in 
|the board.
|
|Perhaps a different motherboard? That is Digium's answer.
|Just keep going through hardware that otherwise meets 
|published specs until you find one that works.
|
|I have to conclude that, due to Digiums refusal to acknowledge 
|there are problems with the design, ( and there are more I 
|won't bore you with ) and no willingness to address the issues 
|that have been raised on this list time and time again, that 
|the TDM400 should be considered a "card of last resort" when 
|absolutely nothing else will work.
|Seems their IAXy falls into that same classification.
|Can't say about their T1/E1 cards
|
|JMO
|
|John Novack
|
|
|> 
|> I tried removing the x100 cards, moving the tdm card around, 
|disabled 
|> all usb and unnecessary stuff still, kudzu when booting up shows the 
|> card and the card shows up on /etc/sysconfig/hwconf but I wonder why 
|> it shows 2 of these and I only have 1 tdm400p card with 1 module
|> 
|> class: MODEM
|> bus: PCI
|> detached: 1
|> driver: hisax
|> desc: "Tiger Jet Network Inc.|Intel 537"
|> vendorId: e159
|> deviceId: 0001
|> subVendorId: 8086
|> subDeviceId: 0003
|> pciType: 1
|> -
|> class: MODEM
|> bus: PCI
|> detached: 1
|> driver: hisax
|> desc: "Tiger Jet Network Inc.|Intel 537"
|> vendorId: e159
|> deviceId: 0001
|> subVendorId: 8086
|> subDeviceId: 0003
|> pciType: 1
|> 
|> Still, interrupts doesn't show the card
|> 
|> [root at conmutador root]# cat /proc/interrupts
|>            CPU0
|>   0:    3994353          XT-PIC  timer
|>   1:          2          XT-PIC  keyboard
|>   2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
|>   8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
|>  10:      95510          XT-PIC  eth0
|>  14:     129871          XT-PIC  ide0
|> NMI:          0
|> ERR:          0
|> 
|> And when trying to load the drvier
|> 
|> [root at conmutador root]# modprobe zaptel [root at conmutador root]# 
|> modprobe wctdm
|> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/wctdm.o: init_module: No such device
|> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
|> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
|>       You may find more information in syslog or the output 
|from dmesg
|> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/wctdm.o: insmod 
|> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/wctdm.o failed
|> /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/misc/wctdm.o: insmod wctdm failed You have new 
|> mail in /var/spool/mail/root
|> 
|> I tried using diff. modules with no luck.,..... Could be the 
|mobo itself?
|> 
|>  
|> 
|> |-----Original Message-----
|> |From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
|> |[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Rich 
|> |Adamson
|> |Sent: Viernes, 29 de Abril de 2005 08:59 a.m.
|> |To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
|> |Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Problems with TDM400P card
|> |
|> |> I have a problem getting a TDM400P card to go.
|> |> 
|> |> It has 4 FXS ports (green modules) and I get this error:
|> |> 
|> |> [root at conmutador root]# ztcfg -vvvvv
|> |> 
|> |> Zaptel Configuration
|> |> ======================
|> |> 
|> |> 
|> |> Channel map:
|> |> 
|> |> Channel 01: FXS Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 01) Channel 02: FXS 
|> |> Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 02) Channel 03: FXO Kewlstart 
|> |> (Default)
|> |> (Slaves: 03) Channel 04: FXO Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 
|> |04) Channel
|> |> 05: FXO Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 05) Channel 06: FXO Kewlstart
|> |> (Default) (Slaves: 06)
|> |> 
|> |> 6 channels configured.
|> |> 
|> |> ZT_CHANCONFIG failed on channel 3: Invalid argument (22) Did you 
|> |> forget that FXS interfaces are configured with FXO
|> |signalling and that
|> |> FXO interfaces use FXS signalling?
|> |> 
|> |> My zaptel.conf reads:
|> |> 
|> |> [root at conmutador root]# more /etc/zaptel.conf
|> |> fxsks=1
|> |> fxsks=2
|> |> fxoks=3-6
|> |> loadzone=us
|> |> defaultzone=us
|> |> 
|> |> And my rc.local loads:
|> |> 
|> |> /sbin/modprobe zaptel
|> |> /sbin/modprobe wcfxo
|> |> /sbin/modprobe wctdm
|> |> 
|> |> The 2 100p cards load perfectly but the TDM is not. 
|> |> 
|> |> Any ideas?
|> |
|> |What does zttool indicate?
|> |
|> |Have you tried moving the cards around in different slots?
|> |
|> |Any shared interrupt issues?
|> |
|> |Try loading wctdm before wcfxo.
|> |
|> |Try removing the x100p's and loading the TDM card only. Any issues?
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