General Safety Instructions ..................4 Test Environme nts ....................... 5 Chapter 1 Ove rvie w ..................... 6 1.1 What is Asterisk ....................6 1.2 What is G400E ....................7 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ..................10 2.1 Power supply....................10 2.2 Slot compatibility .................... 11 2.3 Indication LEDs ....................
PC. 4. For avoiding personal injuries and damage to your computer and G400E card, make sure bracket of the card is secured to the PC ’s chassis ground by fastening the card with screws.
User Manual G400E 1.2 What is G400E G400E is a 4-channel (slots) PCI-E GSM card and works in the GSM network. One GSM module supports one SIM card. The 3rd generation module based on chan_extra driver for OpenVox GSM cards support 3G(WCDMA).
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SMS batch receiving/sending, AT command availability Support USSD Scalable: Extending the system by adding more modules Easy to use: It bases on chan_extra open source solution Configurable: Setting GSM network requirements through configuration files OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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Quad-Band GSM/GPRS 850/ 900/1800/1900 MHz Supports LEDs indicating network status DIGITAL audio quality(echo cancel) 1 SIM card per GSM channel Supports external antenna GSM data connections DTMF detection OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
User Manual G400E Chapter 2 Hardware Setup There are some points should be paid attention to setup G400E. 2.1 Power supply Please take particular attention to power supply connection. There are two alternatives allow users to select a power supply.
G400E 2.2 Slot compatibility G400E is compatible with PCI-E ×1 slot (slot 1) and × 2, × 4, × 8, × 16, while it is not fit for PCI slot (slot2, slot3, slot 4). You should confirm your slot type, and then insert G400E into a PCI-E slot. PCI and PCI-E slot are showed as following: ×1...
D9 flashes more quickly than D8. 2.4 GSM modules and SIM cards G400E supports 2G and 3G module, detail information about 3G modules please go to here. 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.
Power off your PC, remember unplug the AC power cable Place SIM cards for GSM modules Insert G400E into a PCI-E slot Select a power supply way as previously stated Fix the board by a screw ...
Region 0: Memory at dedf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K] Figure 6 Hardware detection If G400E is not recognized by the system, you have to power off and take out of the card, then try to insert it into another PCI-E slot. 3.2 Dependencies installation Some dependencies are crucial, if any of them is absent, the software installation process would not go through successfully.
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# yum install kernel-devel-`uname –r` While if there is no matched kernel-devel found, you should download matched RPM package to install it, or execute the following command to OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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After installed, please reboot your machine to apply the new kernel and install the dependencies. If the dependency has been installed, system indicates that nothing to do which means you could go to next one directly. Otherwise, the system will keep on installing it. OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
User Manual G400E 3.3 chan_extra, DAHDI and Asterisk installation Go to OpenVox official website to download chan_extra, the url link is: http://www.chan-extra.org/download/releases/ Download chan_extra to the directory /usr/src/ in generally, and then unzip it. #_wget_http://www.chan-extra.org/download/release s/chan_extra-1.XX.tar.gz # tar –xvzf chan_extra-1.XX.tar.gz Change to the directory chan_extra-1.XX (XX stands for chan_extra...
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Checking for libxml2-devel... [ OK ] Press [Enter] to continue... Figure 7 Depedencies detection G400E software installation is indicated by some wizard options, you should select the right option by your specific case. Now let’s introduce how to install the driver by source code.
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Here the default version dahdi-linux-complete-2.3.0.1+2.3.0 which are included in the installation package. If there are any other versions, the system will automatically look for and show the outcome.) -->n: dahdi-linux-complete-2.3.0.1+2.3.0.tar.gz [default] OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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(This option will download and install the latest dahdi_linux_complete version originally. While the latest version of dahdi_linux_complete is not support now, so it is recommended not to choose this option) -->q: skip the step (Skipping DAHDI installation directly) OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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-->n: asterisk-1.6.2.11.tar.gz [Default] (The system will download and install asterisk-1.6.2.11 which is included in the installation package automatically if selecting this option) -->m: Enter Asterisk directory path manually OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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Caution: If there is something wrong when compile DAHDI, please refer to HERE. With this link, the moderator introduces you a method how to patch. After patching and recompiling, if successfully done, you are going to install Asterisk. OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
The following figure shows dmesg outputs information ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:02.0[A] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 225 Found an OpenVox G400E: Version 1.0 opvxg4xx: slot 0 is Installed opvxg4xx: slot 1 is Installed opvxg4xx: slot 2 is Installed opvxg4xx: slot 3 is Installed opvxg4xx: Powering up all spans...
3.5 Dialplan edit Add dial plan in the file extension.conf. Users must make sure that the context "from-gsm" and "from-internal" are in extensions.conf, here a simple example is given: # vim /etc/asterisk/extension.conf OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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100, Asterisk will connect to 10000 through the first channel and similar functions with the last three calls. After edition, please run "asterisk -r" again, and then execute "reload" in the CLI. All above complete successfully, you are able to make calls. OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
User Manual G400E Chapter 4 References www.openvox.cn www.digium.com www.asterisk.org www.voip-info.org www.asteriskguru.com Tips Any questions during installation please consult in our forum or look up for answers from the following websites: Forum Wiki OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
- 40 ~ 125° C (Storage) Humidity: 10 ~ 90% NON-CONDENSING • Power consumption Maximum power consumption: 30W (four channels) • Hardware and software requirements RAM 128 + MB CPU +1000 MHZ Linux kernel 2.4.X or 2.6.X OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
GSM850MHz GSM900MHz DCS1800MHz PCS1900MHz 3G Modules 1. WCD100: SIM5215A It is a 2G/3G module, and its 2G function is used in worldwide while 3G function is commonly used in America. OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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It is a 2G/3G module, and its 2G function is used in worldwide while 3G function is commonly used in Europe. Support Frequency Band: GSM850MHz EGSM900MHz DCS1800MHz PCS1900MHz WCDMA900MHz WCDMA2100MHz OpenVox Communication Co. LTD. URL: www.openvox.cn http://ArtTel.ru...
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