I would be very surprised if your modem is supported by Asterisk - but I suppose it's worth a try.
What does 'zap show status' and 'zap show channels' show in the Asterisk CLI? PaulH On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 21:13 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > I am new to asterisk. I need help getting started, if it's even worth > getting started. I say if it's worth getting started because I'm not > sure if my hardware will even work with asterisk. I have a US ROBOTICS > 56K V.90 PCI SOFT MODEM. I have standard twisted pair telephone wire. > I can't afford to alter my hardware. I know I won't be able to do any > sophistocated VoIP stuff. All I want is for asterisk to provide caller > ID information for my Gentoo box and to drop calls for certain phone > numbers I specify. Someone on the Gentoo list told me that for the > caller ID bit I should check my modem's manual to find out how; my modem > did not come with a manual. I've emerged asterisk on my Gentoo system, > as well as the zaptel driver package. I issued /etc/init.d/asterisk > start and confirmed with ps that it was running. I got a command > console with asterisk -r. I then called my home line that the computer > is plugged into from my cell phone. I heard my wife's cordless ringing > in the other room, and I heard some breaks on the phone line, but > nothing else. I let it ring ten times. What would I have to do to get > asterisk to realize that the PC is connected to the phone line? I know > it is because I can dial out with kppp. Also, I've been trying to > follow the AsteriskTFOT.pdf file. On page 79 it says to add a few lines > to /etc/zaptel.conf and then modprobe wctdm. I did that. I then > ran /sbin/ztcnf -vv to make sure everything was right. I got this: > > camille ~ # modprobe wctdm > camille ~ # /sbin/ztcfg -vv > > Zaptel Configuration > ====================== > > > Channel map: > > Channel 02: FXS Kewlstart (Default) (Slaves: 02) > > 1 channels configured. > > ZT_CHANCONFIG failed on channel 2: No such device or address (6) > > What does that mean? What device was it looking for? Please help! > -Michael Sullivan- > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
