Allo.com GSM Series User Manual

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  • Page 2 Safety: Emissions: Immunity: FCC Part 15: Introduction to GSM Card Series Documentation This manual contains product information for the GSM Series cards. The manual is organized in the following manner: Chapter/Appendix Title Description Identifies the features of your card. This...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Overview ......................4 Features ......................... 4 Card Installation ..................... 5 Unpacking the Card ....................5 Shipment Inspection ..................... 5 Hardware Installation: ................... 5 Indication LEDs: ....................6 GSM modules and SIM cards ................7 Introduction of GSM Module: ................8 Features: ...........................
  • Page 4: Overview

    GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual – Version 1.0 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 the Gateway card which will interface with GSM based PSTN network with the Asterisk based IP network.
  • Page 5: Card Installation

    Software 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 6: Indication Leds

    ON; registered on the network, LED ON for 200 ms, OFF communication in progress for 600 ms Very quick flash ON; software downloaded is LED ON for 100ms, OFF either for 200ms corrupted or non-compatible ("BAD SOFTWARE") WWW.ALLO.COM Page 6...
  • Page 7: Gsm Modules And Sim Cards

    900/1800/850/1900. One 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:3 GSM Modules WWW.ALLO.COM Page 7...
  • Page 8: Introduction Of Gsm Module

    • GSM data connections • DIGITAL audio quality • Monitors GSM signal strength by command and 4 LEDs. • Power consumption(MAX): 30W (4 channels) • Support external antenna Target Applications: • GSM connectivity for PBX • Mobile PBX WWW.ALLO.COM Page 8...
  • Page 9: Hardware Setup Procedure

    Once power is on, you must not attempt to install or take down the board. After hard ware setup, it is time to install software. Hot swapping of SIM cards can not be done when card is powered ON. WWW.ALLO.COM Page 9...
  • Page 10: Software Installation

    GSM Digital Telephony Card User Manual – Version 1.0 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. Recommended Linux distribution: CentOS or Ubuntu Drivers and application software may be obtained from Allo.com’s download...
  • Page 11 04:00.0 Bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. Device d44e (rev 01)03:00.0 Bridge: PLX Technology, Inc. PCI9030 32-bit 33MHz PCI <-> IOBus Bridge (rev 01) Note: The output of lspci may or may not state “Allo.com”. If it does not, this does not indicate a problem.
  • Page 12: Dependencies Installation

    • openssl • openssl-devel • gnutls-devel • flex • • gcc-c++ Execute the following command to install the above mentioned packages on cent os: # yum install bison bison-devel zlib zlib-devel openssl openssl-devel gnutls-devel flex gcc gcc-c++ WWW.ALLO.COM Page 12...
  • Page 13: Compiling & Installation Of Asterisk

    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 # make # make install # make samples WWW.ALLO.COM Page 13...
  • Page 14: Gsm Driver Installation

    GSM Driver Installation To install the Linux support files, use the following steps: 1. Download the gsm driver from the link http://www.allo.com/firmware/gsm-card/allo_gsm_DEC_19_13.tar 2. Copy the tar file to /usr/src 3. Extract the file using “tar –xvf allo_gsm.tar” 4. Change the prompt to allo_gsm directory “cd allo_gsm”...
  • Page 15: Sample Configuration

    => _11.,1, ,Dial(GSM/1/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _11.,2,Hangup exten => _12.,1, ,Dial(GSM/2/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _12.,2,Hangup exten => _13.,1, Dial(GSM/3/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _13.,2,Hangup exten => _14.,1, Dial(GSM/4/${EXTEN:2}) exten => _14.,2,Hangup [gsm-incoming] exten=s,1,Dial(SIP/4000,80,Ttr) exten=s,n,Hangup() Sample sip.conf [4000] type=friend nat=yes host=dynamic allow=all WWW.ALLO.COM Page 15...
  • Page 16: Checking Gsm Modules & Sip Peers Using Asterisk Cli

    “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) WWW.ALLO.COM Page 16...
  • Page 17: Limitations

    4 sip peers [Monitored: 0 online, 0 offline Unmonitored: 4 online, 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 18: Hardware And Software Requirements

    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 Glossary and Acronyms a-law Mainly used in European telephone networks for the conversion between analog and digital signals in PCM applications.
  • Page 19 MODEM. The dial up and wireless MODEMs (devices that involve machine to machine communication) need AT commands to interact with a computer. These include the Hayes command set as a subset, along with other extended AT commands. WWW.ALLO.COM Page 19...
  • Page 20 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 up. Thank you for choosing ALLO. WWW.ALLO.COM Page 20...

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