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PIKA channel driver for Asterisk®

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Getting Started WithPIKA channel driver for Asterisk®

Eric PretlacTechnical Support Engineer

Feb 06, 2008

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Agenda• What is a channel driver?• What is supported?

• Versions of trixbox, Asterisk• Which PIKA cards are supported?

• Installing PIKA with trixbox• How to download files• Step-by-step installation• Dialplan syntax

• Installing PIKA with “stock” Asterisk®

• How to download files• Step-by-step installation• Dialplan syntax

• Question & Answer

Terminology• What is a channel driver?

• According to www.asterisk.org• “Each call into Asterisk® must come in through a

channel driver that supports a technology like SIP, ZAP, IAX2 etc.”

• Program that allows PIKA cards to work with Asterisk®

PIKA Terminology• chan_pika_dsp

• low density analog (4 port fxo) card

• chan_pika • high density analog fxo/fxs cards• digital T1/E1 cards

Installing PIKA with

trixbox

PIKA support for trixbox• PIKA supports trixbox CE 2.2 & 2.4• PIKA hardware

• Low Density Analog (4 fxo)• High density Analog Trunk/ fxo • High density Analog Station/ fxs • Digital T1/E1 PCI/PCIe

PIKA Hardware for Asterisk®

Download the files• Download and install trixbox

• www.trixbox.org

• Download and install PIKA files• using “yum install”

• Installation instructions• www.pikatechnologies.com/asterisk

trixbox installationchan_pika_dsp

Installing chan_pika_dsp with trixbox1. Install the PIKA card2. # yum install pika-repo3. # yum install pika_aob_*4. # yum install chan_pika_dsp*

• installs and configures cards to a default usable state.

5. Change pika_dsp.conf --  the context must be from-pstn6. Use trixbox to configure your dialplan and extensions.

• FreePBX: Add Custom TRUNK with Custom Dial String • PIKA_DSP/g/0/$OUTNUM$

7. Restart asterisk or reboot machine.

Installing chan_pika with trixbox1. Install the PIKA card2. # yum install pika-repo3. # yum install pika_aoh_*4. # yum install chan_pika-3*5. # pikacf [Optional: to configure as E1 instead of T1]6. Change pika.conf --  the context must be from-pstn7. Use trixbox to configure your dialplan and extensions.

• FreePBX: Add Custom TRUNK with Custom Dial String• PIKA high density analog cards: PIKA/fxo/g0/$OUTNUM$• PIKA digital cards:  PIKA/digital/g0/$OUTNUM$

8. Restart asterisk or reboot machine

Installing PIKA with “stock” Asterisk

PIKA support for Asterisk®

• PIKA supports Asterisk 1.2 and 1.4• PIKA hardware

• Low Density Analog (4 fxo)• High density Analog Trunk/ fxo • High density Analog Station/ fxs • Digital T1/E1 PCI/PCIe

Before you begin…• gcc and glibc must be installed• Kernel source must be installed• Must disable SElinux• Any 32-bit distro using kernel 2.6+ • Must use the smp kernel (chan_pika)• PIKA scripts check all of this!

Download the files• Full instructions are in the INSTALL doc

• on our website (and in the download)

• Download Zaptel and Asterisk source• www.asterisk.org

• Download PIKA files• www.pikatechnologies.com/asterisk

Installing chan_pika_dsp

Installing chan_pika_dsp

1. Extract Asterisk source# tar -zxf asterisk-1.4.17.tar.gz -C /usr/src/

2. Extract Zaptel source# tar -zxf zaptel-1.4.7.tar.gz -C /usr/src• PIKA uses ztdummy module 

3. Extract PIKA channel driver source# tar -zxf chan_pika_dsp-3.0.3.tgz -C /usr/src/

chan_pika_dsp (cont’d)

4. Physically install the PIKA board

5. Install the PIKA board driver and SDK• # cd /usr/src/chan_pika_dsp-3.0.3• #./pikaaob-6.5.3.18-linux-installer

6. Log out and log back in• Debian & RedHat-based systems (CentOS)• Allows environment variables to be set

Installing chan_pika_dsp

7. Apply PIKA's patch to Asterisk # cd /usr/src/asterisk-1.4.4

# patch -p0 < ../chan_pika_dsp-3.0.3/patch-1.4.diff

• Asterisk 1.4.x use patch-1.4.diff• Asterisk 1.2.x use patch-1.2.diff

Installing chan_pika_dsp8. Build and install Zaptel

# cd /usr/src/zaptel# ./configure && make && make install

9. Build and install Asterisk # cd /usr/src/asterisk# ./configure && make && make install

10. Build and install chan_pika_dsp# cd /usr/src/chan_pika_dsp-3.0.3# ./configure && make && make install

11. Configure chan_pika_dsp• # make config

Using PIKA in Your Dialplan

12.Modify your dialplan (extensions.conf)• Dial(PIKA_DSP/t/1/6002/…)• Dial(PIKA_DSP/g/1/6002/…)• Dial(PIKA_DSP/b0/t/4/6002/…)

• Dialplan examples• website• PIKA manpage

Installing chan_pika

Installing chan_pika

1. Extract Asterisk source# tar -zxf asterisk-1.4.17.tar.gz -C /usr/src/

2. Extract Zaptel source# tar -zxf zaptel-1.4.7.tar.gz -C /usr/src/• PIKA uses ztdummy module 

3. Extract PIKA channel driver source# tar -zxf chan_pika-3.2.1.tgz -C /usr/src/

chan_pika (cont’d)

4. Physically install the PIKA board

5. Install the PIKA board driver and SDK# cd /usr/src/chan_pika-3.2.1

# ./pikaaoh-2.2.6-linux-installer

6. Activate licenses (Optional)• Only if you need extra channels (or PIKA FAX)• New boards include on-board licenses

Installing chan_pika (cont’d)7. Build and install Zaptel

#./configure && make && make install

8. Build and install Asterisk #./configure && make && make install

9. Build and install chan_pika# cd /usr/src/chan_pika-3.2.1# ./configure && make && make install

10.Configure chan_pika# make config

Using PIKA in Your Dialplan

11.Modify your dialplan (extensions.conf)• Dial(PIKA/digital/g0/6135911555)• Dial(PIKA/fxo/g1/6135911555)• Dial(PIKA/fxs/g1/102)

• Dialplan examples• website• PIKA manpage

Summary• What is a channel driver?• What is supported?

• trixbox CE 2.2 & 2.4• Asterisk 1.2 & 1.4• PIKA cards supported

• Installing PIKA with trixbox• How to download files• Step-by-step installation• Dialplan syntax

• Installing PIKA with “stock” Asterisk®

• How to download files• Step-by-step installation• Dialplan syntax

Question & Answer

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Contact Us• Support

• Mon-Fri 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST/EDT• Phone : +1-613-591-1555 • Dial “2” for Support• Skype: pikatechnologies • Email: support@pikatech.com

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