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GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual
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Version 2.0
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  • Page 1 GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 2 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment on the part of Allo.com. And does not assume any responsibility or make any warranty against errors. It may appear in this document and disclaims any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
  • Page 3: About This Manual

    Text in paragraphs without numbering represents ordinary information.  The Courier font indicates a command sequence, file type, URL, Folder/File name e.g. www.allo.com Support Information Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the document. If you have comments, questions, or ideas regarding the document contact online support: http://support.allo.com...
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Sample extensions.conf ......................23 Sample sip.conf .......................... 24 Checking GSM modules& SIP peers using asterisk CLI .............. 24 Limitations ............................26 Specifications ..........................26 Hardware and Software Requirements ..................27 Reference ............................27 Glossary and Acronyms ........................28 www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 5: Overview

    GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual Overview The GSM Series cards are PCI/PCIe base cards. The GSM Series cards are designed to handle the GSM calls with Asterisk. These are act as Gateway card which will interface with GSM based PSTN network with the Asterisk based IP network.
  • Page 6: Gsm Card Installation

    GSM Card Installation Unpacking the Card When you unpack your card, carefully inspect it for any damage if present please contact and report to Allo.com support. Shipment Inspection The following items are included in the shipment of the GSM card: ...
  • Page 7: Power Supply

    By Default Jumper settings will be 2&3, which use the power supply from the PCIe Bus. If GSM Modules are not registering properly to the network, if its recommend to use power from the SMPS. Figure 2: Power selection in Jumper Settings www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 8: Indication Leds

    Quick flash LED ON for ON; registered on the network, 200 ms, OFF for 600 ms communication in progress Very quick flash LED ON ON; software downloaded is either for 100ms, OFF for 200ms corrupted or non-compatible ("BAD SOFTWARE") www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 9: Gsm Modules And Sim Cards

    GSM module supports one SIM card and one antenna, please plug a SIM card into the back of a GSM module and activate it. For more details, please refer to figure 3 &4. Figure 4: GSM Modules www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 10: Introduction Of Gsm Module

     Monitors GSM signal strength by command and 4 LEDs.  Power consumption(MAX): 30W (4 channels)  Support external antenna Hardware Setup procedure  Power off your PC, remember unplug the AC power cable  Place SIM cards for GSM modules www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 11: Software Installation

    Hot swapping of SIM cards can not be done when card is powered ON. Software Installation Allo.com Digital cards hardware are only supported under Linux. It requires drivers and libraries which are not integrated with the Linux kernel.
  • Page 12: Installation Test Environment Considered

    After inserting the card into your PCIe slot, boot your machine to Linux and execute the following command to list the devices detected by the PCI bus: # Lspci -vvvvv Confirm the output lists a device with Allo.com’s PCIe vendor ID which is “ ”. The output will be d44f similar to the following: www.allo.com...
  • Page 13 GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual PCI card PCIe card d44f is GSM PCIe card ID The output of lspci may or may not state “Allo.com”. If it does not, this does not indicate a problem. www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 14: Dependencies Installation

    GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual The Allo.com card identifier should be listed as per the above screen shot provided. If a card identifier is not listed, then your machine is not PCI 2.2 (or higher), and the card will not work.
  • Page 15: Compiling & Installation Of Asterisk

    For 1.8.3 Asterisk #wget http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/releases/asteri sk-1.8.3.tar.gz 2. Expand the downloaded file, compile and install. Substitute the version of Asterisk for X.X in the command lines below. # tar -zxvf asterisk-X.X.X.tar.gz # cd asterisk-X.X.X/ # ./configure # make menuselect www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 16: Gsm Driver Installation

    Please view the Change Log, the file describes chan_allogsm support the version of asterisk and Dahdi. Download the ALLO GSM driver from www.allo.com website to /usr/src directory, the URL link is http://www.allo.com/firmware/gsm-card/chan_allogsm-1.1.2_P2.tar.gz # wget http://www.allo.com/firmware/gsm-card/chan_allogsm-1.1.2_P2.tar.gz...
  • Page 17 Now let’s introduce how to install the driver by source code. Please choose the system of you are using: ############################################################### AlloGSM Installation Script v1.1.1_1 ############################################################## 1) Source code install 2) Trixbox-dahdi install 3) Elastix-dahdi install www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 18 If there are any other versions, the system will automatically look for and show the outcome.) -->n: dahdi-linux-complete-2.5.0+2.5.0.tar.gz [Default] (If you want the system to download and install the default version dahdi-linux-complete- 2.5.0+2.5.0 automatically, you should type "n") -->m: Enter dahdi_linux_complete dir path www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 19 Please select working Asterisk directory [1-3, n, m, d, q]: 1 -->1: /usr/src/asterisk-XXXX (This option means the available Asterisk version which allows you to type the corresponding number to install. Besides the default version, there may be other versions your system has installed.) www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 20 5. You can check the GSM Module loading status using dmesg You can find the similar dmesg logs, if the GSM modules installed properly IRQ 21/allog4c: IRQF_DISABLED is not guaranteed on shared IRQs Card 0 AlloG4C: Slot 0 is Installed Card 0 AlloG4C: Slot 1 is Installed www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 21: Sample Configuration

    ; Span 1: allog4c/0/1 "AlloGSM A4G GSM/CDMA PCI Card 0" AMI/CCS group=11 context=from-gsm exten= “mobile No of the SIM”; This option is must for inbound call routing signalling = gsm debugat=on tty=off ;pin=1234 channel => 1 context = default group = 63 www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 22 = default group = 63 ; Span 4: allog4c/0/4 "AlloGSM A4G GSM/CDMA PCI Card 0" AMI/CCS group=14 context=from-gsm exten= “mobile No of the SIM”; This option is must for inbound call routing signalling = gsm debugat=on tty=off www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 23: Sample Extensions.conf

    1 for span 1 and 3 for span 2 ,5 for span 3 and 7 for the span 4. [out_gsm_gsmout] exten => _11.,1, ,Dial(AGSM/1/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _11.,2,Hangup exten => _12.,1, ,Dial(AGSM/3/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _12.,2,Hangup exten => _13.,1, Dial(AGSM/5/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _13.,2,Hangup exten => _14.,1, Dial(AGSM/7/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _14.,2,Hangup [gsm-incoming] exten=s,1,Dial(SIP/4000,80,Ttr) exten=s,n,Hangup() www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 24: Sample Sip.conf

    D-channel: 4 Status: Power on, Provisioned, Up, Active, Standard Type: CPE Switchtype: Sierra WAVECOM Q2687RD Manufacturer: Sierra Wireless Model Name: SL6087 Product Model IMEI: 359193032151920 Revision: 01211260959.SL6087 621200 112612 09:59 Network Name: airtel Network Status: Registered (Home network) www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 25 Where port is the gsm port, command is “at+csq” for checking signal strength. Similarly we have many at commands which we can give as commands. (at commands are generic gsm at commands which can be searched in the internet) Check the IP extensions registration status using the following command, www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 26: Limitations

    0 offline] *CLI> Limitations Allo.com GSM Gateway card comes with some of limitations, which are listed below; 1. Gateway card are only using G711 a law codec. Specifications This chapter provides specifications, required environmental conditions for the GSM Gateway Series cards.
  • Page 27: Hardware And Software Requirements

    GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual Hardware and Software Requirements 400 Mhz Pentium III or better 512 MB RAM Available PCI-E Slot (as described previously) Linux 2.6 kernel Reference http://allo.com http://www.asterisk.org http://www.voip-info.org www.allo.com Version 2.0...
  • Page 28: Glossary And Acronyms

    Either of these materials can suffer permanent damage when subjected to high voltages; as a result, there are now a number of antistatic devices that help prevent static build www.allo.com Version 2.0...
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