PRI card configuration

Verifications

Verify that the correct module is configured in /etc/dahdi/modules depending on the card you installed in your server.

If it wasn’t, do again the step Load the correct DAHDI modules

Warning

TE13x, TE23x, TE43x cards :

Generate DAHDI configuration

Issue the command:

dahdi_genconf

Warning

it will erase all existing configuration in /etc/dahdi/system.conf and /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf files !

Configure

DAHDI system.conf configuration

First step is to check /etc/dahdi/system.conf file:

  • check the span numbering,
  • if needed change the clock source,
  • usually (at least in France) you should remove the crc4

See detailed explanations of this file in the /etc/dahdi/system.conf section.

Below is an example for a typical french PRI line span:

# Span 1: TE2/0/1 "T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1" CCS/HDB3/CRC4 RED
span=1,1,0,ccs,hdb3
# termtype: te
bchan=1-15,17-31
dchan=16
echocanceller=mg2,1-15,17-31

Asterisk dahdi-channels.conf configuration

Then you have to modify the /etc/asterisk/dahdi-channels.conf file:

  • remove the unused lines like:

    context = default
    group = 63
    
  • change the context lines if needed,

  • the signalling should be one of:

    • pri_net
    • pri_cpe

Below is an example for a typical french PRI line span:

; Span 1: TE2/0/1 "T2XXP (PCI) Card 0 Span 1" CCS/HDB3/CRC4 RED
group = 0,11            ; belongs to group 0 and 11
context = from-extern   ; incoming call to this span will be sent in 'from-extern' context
switchtype = euroisdn
signalling = pri_cpe    ; use 'pri_cpe' signalling
channel => 1-15,17-31   ; the above configuration applies to channels 1 to 15 and 17 to 31

Next step

Now that you have configured your PRI card:

  1. you must check if you need to follow one of the Specific configuration sections below,
  2. then, if you have another type of card to configure, you can go back to the configure your card section,
  3. if you have configured all your card you have to configure the DAHDI interconnections in the web interface.

Specific configuration

Multiple PRI cards and sync cable

If you have several PRI cards in your server you should link them with a synchronization cable to share the exact same clock.

To do this, you need to:

Create /etc/modprobe.d/xivo-timingcable.conf file and insert the line:

options DAHDI_MODULE_NAME timingcable=1

Where DAHDI_MODULE_NAME is the DAHDI module name of your card (e.g. wct4xxp for a TE205P).