Astribank 2 Drivers for trixbox CE

The new Astribank models, known as ‘Astribank 2’, may require a DAHDI/Zaptel upgrade. When appropriate software packages are installed, it is possible to use combinations of the old (Astribank) and the new (Astribank 2) devices connected to the same Asterisk server.

Following are instructions for upgrading and/or configuring packages for the various trixbox CE versions:

 trixbox CE 2.8

 trixbox CE 2.6.2.3

 trixbox CE 2.6.2.2

 trixbox CE < 2.6.2.2

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trixbox CE 2.8

This version fully supports Astribank 2 devices. There is no need to upgrade DAHDI packages. If necessary, configure the DAHDI channels as described in the “How to Configure DAHDI Channels” page.

trixbox CE 2.6.2.3

This version fully supports Astribank 2 devices. There is no need to upgrade Zaptel packages. If necessary, configure the Zaptel channels as described in the “How to Configure Zaptel Channels” page.

Please note that the detect_zap script described in that section puts FXO and PRI channels to the /etc/asterisk/zapata-channels.conf. Please make sure that that file is referred from the /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf file by using the 'include' instruction. 

trixbox CE 2.6.2.2

There are two ways to provide Astribank 2 support for users of trixbox CE 2.6.2.2:

1. You can upgrade your trixbox CE to version 2.6.2.3. After upgrade, you will need to reset the Astribank devices as described in the “How to Reset the Astribank 2 Device when Zaptel is Used” page.
2. Download and install Zaptel packages provided by Xorcom. The binary packages and source RPM are available for downloading from http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/trixbox/astribank2.

You can install the binary packages as follows:
cd /tmp
wget http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/trixbox/astribank2/ zaptel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm
wget http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/trixbox/astribank2/ zaptel-modules-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm
wget http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/trixbox/astribank2/ zaptel-devel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm
rpm -Uvh zaptel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm \
zaptel-modules-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm\
zaptel-devel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm

Reset the Astribank devices as described in the “How to Reset Astribank 2 Device When Zaptel is Used” section of the "Zaptel Notes" page.

If necessary, configure the Zaptel channels as described in the “How to Configure Zaptel Channels” section of the "Zaptel Notes" page.

Please note that the detect_zap script described in that section puts FXO and PRI channels to the /etc/asterisk/zapata-channels.conf. Please make sure that that file is referred from the /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf file by using the 'include' instruction.

trixbox CE < 2.6.2.2

You can download the Zaptel source RPM package and build the binary packages as follows:

1. Install some pre-requisites:
   yum install rpm-build newt-devel ncurses-devel libusb-devel kernel-devel gcc
2. Download the source RPM package:
   cd /tmp
   wget
   http://updates.xorcom.com/astribank/trixbox/astribank2/zaptel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.src.rpm
3. Build the Zaptel packages:
   rpmbuild --rebuild --target i686 \
   zaptel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.src.rpm
4. Install the binary RPM packages:
   cd /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/i686
   rpm -Uvh zaptel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm \
   zaptel-modules-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.2.6.18_92.1.18.el5.i686.rpm\
   zaptel-devel-1.4.12.9.svn.r4649-1.i686.rpm
5. Reset the Astribank devices as described in the “How to Reset Astribank 2 Device When Zaptel is Used” section of the "Zaptel Notes" page.
6. If necessary, configure the Zaptel channels as described in the “How to Configure Zaptel Channels” section of the "Zaptel Notes" page.
   Please note that the detect_zap script described in that section puts FXO and PRI channels to the /etc/asterisk/zapata-channels.conf. Please make sure that that file is referred from the /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf file by using the 'include' instruction.