[asterisk-users] Asterisk 1.6.1 and dahdichanname = no

[Remco Barendse]

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:

> Remco Barendse wrote:
>> I am using FreePBX with Asterisk 1.4 and i wanted to upgrade to Asterisk
>> 1.6.1.
>>
>> As FreePBX only supports ZAP naming i set dahdichanname = no in my
>> asterisk.conf.
>>
>> However, after installation the console was still merrily chattering about
>> incoming calls on DAHDI channels and nothing happened because all the
>> ZAP stuff was ignored.
>>
>> Are all Asterisk versions (1.6.0, 1.6.1 as well as the soon to be released
>> 1.6.2) able to deal with dahdichanname = no ?
>>
>> If yes, where could i be going wrong?
>
> No. Only Asterisk 1.4.x releases support 'dahdichanname'; 1.6.x releases
> require DAHDI, and will only support DAHDI channel names. If you saw any
> documentation to the contrary please point it out so we can get it fixed.

Thanks for your reply! Strictly speaking, i didn't. I found some posts on 
a forum that FreePBX works with Asterisk 1.6.x so i just assumed that it 
would work.

My bad, thanks for clearing it up!