[asterisk-users] DAHDI PRI error message

[Gareth Blades]

Scott Stingel wrote:
> Hello-
> 
> After configuring DAHDI and starting asterisk, I get the following 
> message continuously on the Asterisk console:
> 
>   WARNING[2057]: chan_dahdi.c:4158 pri_find_dchan: No D-channels 
> available!  Using Primary channel 16 as D-channel anyway!
> 
> My card is a D410P configured for E1, only the first span is configured, 
> and configuration snippets are as follows:
> 
>  From /etc/dahdi/system.conf:  (auto configured, first span only shown:)
> # Span 1: TE4/0/1 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1"
> span=1,1,0,ccs,hdb3,crc4
> # termtype: te
> bchan=1-15,17-31
> dchan=16
> echocanceller=mg2,1-15,17-31
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>  From /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf (included in chan_dahdi.conf):
> ; Span 1: TE4/0/1 "T4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1"
> group=0,11
> context=from-pstn
> switchtype = euroisdn
> signalling = pri_cpe
> channel => 1-15,17-31
> context = default
> group = 63
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> QUESTION:  Shouldn't asterisk pick up from dahdi.conf that the 
> signalling channel is 16?  Why the error message?
> 
> Thanks
> Scott
> 
> 
> 

The error means that when it tried using the D channel 16 it was not 
able to communicate. Probably a misconfiguration or you havent plugged 
the cable in yet.