Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
2009/11/11 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:24:53PM +0100, Olivier wrote: 2009/11/10 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 06:06:12PM +0100, Olivier wrote: Hello, 1. How can specify in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters file that a port from a B410P board is to be disabled. There's currently no way to do that. It should be trivial to implment. The more difficult part of it would be how to define exactly what spans / channels to disable. But why do you need that? I don't really know why I thought I needed that feature but as some gateways implement this feature (the ability to enable or disable each port), I must have told myself I may have missed here. On a general point of view, as most Dahdi cards have a light showing nearby port status, it should ideally possible, to turn this light off when a port is disabled. But I must also add it doesn't seem very important to me to have this implemented. dahdi_genconf is an optional tool. Ideally it should need no configuration at all and generate configuration that Just Works (though the fact that it can do that indicates that the current defaults are broken). It should not be another configuration layer. If the configuration it has generated is not good enough, you can also manually edit it. Playing with comments (see bellow) doesn't help : file /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is filled with 4 ports data. pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE SPAN/3 TE # SPAN/4 TE Currently pri_termtype is the only directive in dahdi_genconf that uses this list syntax. I'm not very happy with it. I'm not exactly sure if there should be some sort of generic way of adding per-span (span? channel? how do you define a span?) definitions. Think of ssh_config. What about adding per-span section headers like Asterisk .conf files ? [span1] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [span2] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2 TE This implies you will know span numbers in advance. I would like better ways to specify configuration. Really ? I used this [span1] header as an example. Using any other string would be fine for me as what matters, if I'm not mistaken, is the group_lines number : [foo] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [bar] group_lines 2 I don't think we need to define any further what a span is, beside that rules that applied to the whole genconf_parameters (no more than 1 group_lines statement) should apply to each section. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.comjabber%3atzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:43:48PM +0100, Olivier wrote: 2009/11/11 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:24:53PM +0100, Olivier wrote: What about adding per-span section headers like Asterisk .conf files ? [span1] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [span2] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2 TE This implies you will know span numbers in advance. I would like better ways to specify configuration. Really ? I used this [span1] header as an example. Using any other string would be fine for me as what matters, if I'm not mistaken, is the group_lines number : [foo] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [bar] group_lines 2 How can you tell which spans / channels will use each section? -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
2009/11/12 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 01:43:48PM +0100, Olivier wrote: 2009/11/11 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:24:53PM +0100, Olivier wrote: What about adding per-span section headers like Asterisk .conf files ? [span1] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [span2] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2 TE This implies you will know span numbers in advance. I would like better ways to specify configuration. Really ? I used this [span1] header as an example. Using any other string would be fine for me as what matters, if I'm not mistaken, is the group_lines number : [foo] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [bar] group_lines 2 How can you tell which spans / channels will use each section? My understanding of Dahdi is that I mostly need a group number to use with Dial application : Dial(DAHDI/g1/0123456789). To get that dahdi-channels.conf file generated with dahdi_genconf, the only missing feature (if my understanding is correct) is to be able to group together a couple of ports so that I could either include in my diaplans, lines such as Dial(DAHDI/g1/0123456789) or Dial(DAHDI/g2/9876543210). So with a /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters like this ... [foo] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1TE [bar] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2TE ... I think we've got everything needed to generate a /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf file this : ; Span 1: B4/0/1 B4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1 (MASTER) AMI/CCS group=1,11 context=remote switchtype = euroisdn signalling = bri_cpe_ptmp channel = 1-2 context = default group = 63 ; Span 2: B4/0/2 B4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 2 AMI/CCS group=2,12 context=remote switchtype = euroisdn signalling = bri_cpe_ptmp channel = 4-5 context = default group = 63 So I don't understand where I would have to tell which spans / channels will use each section. The only purpose of sections within genconf_parameters is to set the scope of parameters like group_lines. Am I correct to think I can't today generate /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf files in which 2 groups of BRI ports are defined ? -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.comjabber%3atzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
2009/11/10 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 06:06:12PM +0100, Olivier wrote: Hello, 1. How can specify in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters file that a port from a B410P board is to be disabled. There's currently no way to do that. It should be trivial to implment. The more difficult part of it would be how to define exactly what spans / channels to disable. But why do you need that? I don't really know why I thought I needed that feature but as some gateways implement this feature (the ability to enable or disable each port), I must have told myself I may have missed here. On a general point of view, as most Dahdi cards have a light showing nearby port status, it should ideally possible, to turn this light off when a port is disabled. But I must also add it doesn't seem very important to me to have this implemented. Playing with comments (see bellow) doesn't help : file /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is filled with 4 ports data. pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE SPAN/3 TE # SPAN/4 TE Currently pri_termtype is the only directive in dahdi_genconf that uses this list syntax. I'm not very happy with it. I'm not exactly sure if there should be some sort of generic way of adding per-span (span? channel? how do you define a span?) definitions. Think of ssh_config. What about adding per-span section headers like Asterisk .conf files ? [span1] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [span2] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2 TE I don't think we need to define any further what a span is, beside that rules that applied to the whole genconf_parameters (no more than 1 group_lines statement) should apply to each section. 2. How can specify groups in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters ? I would like to group SPAN/1 and SPAN/2 into group 1 and SPAN/3 into group 2. I was unsuccessful with : group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/3 TE 3. After a dahdi_genconf commande, generated /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is like this : ; Span 1: B4/0/1 B4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1 (MASTER) AMI/CCS group=5,11 context=remote switchtype = euroisdn signalling = bri_cpe_ptmp channel = 1-2 context = default group = 63 I can see 2 group= and context= lines. What is the difference between them ? Shall I care to have them both ? The second ones are not really needed. Unless you want to assume less of the configuration below. TODO: implement a [section] syntax there to care even less about such inclusion. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.comjabber%3atzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 08:24:53PM +0100, Olivier wrote: 2009/11/10 Tzafrir Cohen tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 06:06:12PM +0100, Olivier wrote: Hello, 1. How can specify in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters file that a port from a B410P board is to be disabled. There's currently no way to do that. It should be trivial to implment. The more difficult part of it would be how to define exactly what spans / channels to disable. But why do you need that? I don't really know why I thought I needed that feature but as some gateways implement this feature (the ability to enable or disable each port), I must have told myself I may have missed here. On a general point of view, as most Dahdi cards have a light showing nearby port status, it should ideally possible, to turn this light off when a port is disabled. But I must also add it doesn't seem very important to me to have this implemented. dahdi_genconf is an optional tool. Ideally it should need no configuration at all and generate configuration that Just Works (though the fact that it can do that indicates that the current defaults are broken). It should not be another configuration layer. If the configuration it has generated is not good enough, you can also manually edit it. Playing with comments (see bellow) doesn't help : file /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is filled with 4 ports data. pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE SPAN/3 TE # SPAN/4 TE Currently pri_termtype is the only directive in dahdi_genconf that uses this list syntax. I'm not very happy with it. I'm not exactly sure if there should be some sort of generic way of adding per-span (span? channel? how do you define a span?) definitions. Think of ssh_config. What about adding per-span section headers like Asterisk .conf files ? [span1] group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE [span2] group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/2 TE This implies you will know span numbers in advance. I would like better ways to specify configuration. I don't think we need to define any further what a span is, beside that rules that applied to the whole genconf_parameters (no more than 1 group_lines statement) should apply to each section. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
Hello, 1. How can specify in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters file that a port from a B410P board is to be disabled. Playing with comments (see bellow) doesn't help : file /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is filled with 4 ports data. pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE SPAN/3 TE # SPAN/4 TE 2. How can specify groups in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters ? I would like to group SPAN/1 and SPAN/2 into group 1 and SPAN/3 into group 2. I was unsuccessful with : group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/3 TE 3. After a dahdi_genconf commande, generated /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is like this : ; Span 1: B4/0/1 B4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1 (MASTER) AMI/CCS group=5,11 context=remote switchtype = euroisdn signalling = bri_cpe_ptmp channel = 1-2 context = default group = 63 I can see 2 group= and context= lines. What is the difference between them ? Shall I care to have them both ? Regards ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Questions about Dahdi's /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 06:06:12PM +0100, Olivier wrote: Hello, 1. How can specify in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters file that a port from a B410P board is to be disabled. There's currently no way to do that. It should be trivial to implment. The more difficult part of it would be how to define exactly what spans / channels to disable. But why do you need that? Playing with comments (see bellow) doesn't help : file /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is filled with 4 ports data. pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE SPAN/3 TE # SPAN/4 TE Currently pri_termtype is the only directive in dahdi_genconf that uses this list syntax. I'm not very happy with it. I'm not exactly sure if there should be some sort of generic way of adding per-span (span? channel? how do you define a span?) definitions. Think of ssh_config. 2. How can specify groups in /etc/dahdi/genconf_parameters ? I would like to group SPAN/1 and SPAN/2 into group 1 and SPAN/3 into group 2. I was unsuccessful with : group_lines 1 pri_termtype SPAN/1 TE SPAN/2 TE group_lines 2 pri_termtype SPAN/3 TE 3. After a dahdi_genconf commande, generated /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf is like this : ; Span 1: B4/0/1 B4XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1 (MASTER) AMI/CCS group=5,11 context=remote switchtype = euroisdn signalling = bri_cpe_ptmp channel = 1-2 context = default group = 63 I can see 2 group= and context= lines. What is the difference between them ? Shall I care to have them both ? The second ones are not really needed. Unless you want to assume less of the configuration below. TODO: implement a [section] syntax there to care even less about such inclusion. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com +972-50-7952406 mailto:tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com http://www.xorcom.com iax:gu...@local.xorcom.com/tzafrir ___ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
