[asterisk-users] Trouble phoning via HUAWEI E169

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 13/09/12 11:16, Olivier wrote:
>
>
> 2012/9/13 Benedikt Schöffmann <benedikt.schoeffmann at gmail.com
> <mailto:benedikt.schoeffmann at gmail.com>>
>
>     Hi there,
>
>     I'm setting up a Asterisk network and I ran into  some problems ...
>     as you might have guessed :)
>
>     The set up is like this:
>     Internal Communication in the company should be handled through
>     softphones over an asterisk server (works).
>     Outbound Communication should be handled through a HUAWEI E169
>     stick, accessed by the chan_dongle project.
>     http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-chan-dongle/
>
>     When I call internal numbers, everything works fine, but when I try
>     to access outside, I get the following error:
>       == Using SIP RTP CoS mark 5
>          -- Executing [06766770031 at internal:1]
>     Answer("SIP/1001-00000023", "") in new stack
>          -- Executing [06766770031 at internal:2] Dial("SIP/1001-00000023",
>     "dongle0/r1/06766770031,20,r") in new stack
>     [Sep 13 11:33:31] WARNING[9835]: channel.c:5603 ast_request: No
>     channel type registered for 'dongle0'
>     [Sep 13 11:33:31] WARNING[9835]: app_dial.c:2218 dial_exec_full:
>     Unable to create channel of type 'dongle0' (cause 66 - Channel not
>     implemented)
>        == Everyone is busy/congested at this time (1:0/0/1)
>          -- Executing [06766770031 at internal:3]
>     Hangup("SIP/1001-00000023", "") in new stack
>        == Spawn extension (internal, 06766770031, 3) exited non-zero on
>     'SIP/1001-00000023'
>
>      From googling my way around, I know this type of error normally
>     relates to a module not being loaded, but chan_dongle.so shows up
>     when I type a "module show". I've been fiddling around with this for
>     days and frankly I don't really know where the problem could lie.
>
>     Below are excerpts from sip.conf and extensions.conf
>
>     SIP.conf
>     <code>
>     [general]
>     bindport = 5060
>     bindaddr = 192.168.61.25
>     tcpbindaddr = 192.168.61.25
>     tcpenable = yes
>     context = internal
>     transport = udp
>     disallow = all
>     allow = gsm
>     allow = ulaw
>     allow = alaw
>
>     [dongle0]
>     type=friend
>     context=internal
>     audio=/dev/ttyUSB1
>     data=/dev/ttyUSB2
>     imei=359638011610601
>     imsi=232018830482446
>     transport=udp
>     disallow = all
>     allow = gsm
>     allow = ulaw
>     allow = alaw
>
>     [1000]
>     type=friend
>     callerid = "Benny" <1000>
>     secret=1000
>     host=dynamic
>     canreinvite=no
>     dtmfmode=rfc2833
>     mailbox=1000
>     disallow=all
>     allow=gsm
>     allow=ulaw
>     allow=alaw
>     transport=udp
>     context=internal
>
>     [1001]
>     type=friend
>     callerid = "Timme" <1001>
>     secret=1001
>     host=dynamic
>     canreinvite=no
>     dtmfmode=rfc2833
>     mailbox=1001
>     disallow=all
>     allow=gsm
>     allow=ulaw
>     allow=alaw
>     </code>
>
>     Extensions.conf
>     <code>
>     [internal]
>     ; for 4-digit numbers, assume it's a SIP number in our own context
>     ; call it
>     exten => _XXXX,1,Answer()
>     exten => _XXXX,n,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN},20,r)
>     exten => _XXXX,n,Hangup
>
>     ; else
>     ; for a number starting with zero try to call via Dongle
>     exten => _0X.,1,Answer()
>     exten => _0X.,n,Dial(dongle0/r1/${EXTEN},20,r)
>     exten => _0x.,n,Hangup
>
>     </code>
>
>     Please shed some light on this .....
>
>     Kind regards,
>     Benedikt
>
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>
> I've never tried chan_dongle, but to me, the Dial statement is incorrect.
> Maybe the following would be better:
>
> exten => _0X.,n,Dial(dongle/dongle0/r1/${EXTEN},20,r)
>
>

Looking at the chan_dongle documentation, it looks like you need to have 
a dongle.conf in /etc/asterisk. Do you have it and does it contain the 
right stuff? It looks like some of the stuff you've added to the 
sip.conf should really go in dongle.conf, at least according to this page:

http://wiki.e1550.mobi/doku.php?id=configuration

Actually, I'm not sure you should have any settings connected with the 
dongle in sip.conf - as SIP and dongle are different channel types and 
use different configuration files.

According to the examples on the same page, your Dial string should not 
include the name of the device, but the channel type, more like:

exten => _0X.,n,Dial(Dongle/r1/${EXTEN},20,r)


Also, what do you get when you run in Asterisk CLI:


dongle show devices

That should give you idea if the dongle is setup correctly in dongle.conf.

Hope the above helps,

Sebastian