FOOD FOR THOUGHT Conversion From PIAF Green question

[AndyInNYC]

I'm presently running PIAF Green:
PIAF 2.0.6.5
FreePBX 2.11.0.38
Asterisk 11.10.0
Dahdi 2.9.0
Centos 6.5

I have a Digium card with hardware EC installed in the Intel based machine it runs on (and continue to need this).

The system has been running smoothly since I installed it, but I presently have need for Avantfax 3.3.5 (versus the 3.3.3 installed). My upgrade process continues to bork the machine (causing me to reinstall from backup - no problem).

What present PC-based version of PIAF includes DAHDI, supports my hardware, and installs 3.3.5?
If multiple, which version is closest in look/feel to what I'm running?

I'm going to continue to attempt the upgrade (and not reinstall all the upgrades which make the system so convenient), but if I fail I'd like to know what to look at. Anything I GAIN through a new install feature-wise?

Thanks for the thoughts on this.


Andrew

 

[AndyInNYC]

I tried to install 13-13 'Whole Enchilada', but found that Dahdi wouldn't work right.
The system does not correctly see my TDM800P with EC and won't load the correct firmware.

I reinstalled dahdi from source, but it still fails to see any channels on my board/configure the board.

I'd hate to think my need for dahdi (which is still supported/my board is still supported) leaves me stranded to PIAF Green.

Any thoughts on getting the board correctly identified in software?

Sigh.

Andrew

 

[wardmundy]

The problem is apparently an unsupported Linux kernel in later releases of CentOS. This is really a DAHDI problem if I'm not mistaken (which is entirely possible since I've never relied upon it).

 

[AndyInNYC]

Ward,

Could you elaborate on your comment?

Or another thought, is there a Centos (or Ubuntu or other?) version of linux which you think is supported other than the 6.1 suggested on which 13-13 will install?

Thanks.

Andrew

 

[AndyInNYC]

I got a response on another forum.

If it is to be believed, Digium removed support for the TDM800P in 3.0.0 of Dahdi. I'll have to use 2.9x

That will be my *next* waste of a day.

Andrew

 

[AndyInNYC]

Ward,

I installed 2.9.2 for Dahdi, and it compiles correctly.
When I go to recompile asterisk (13.24.1) and go into 'make menuselect', under Channel Drivers, chan_dahdi is unavailable.

Details state that 'Depends on' ==> dahdi (E), timezone (E)

Any thoughts on how to get dahdi compiled into asterisk?


Andrew

 

[AndyInNYC]

I reran ./configure and make distclean - worked partially.
Asterisk compile now fails on pjsip 'stuff'.

I downloaded pjsip 2.8 and compiled it - no problem

Asterisk still fails to compile.

Any thoughts?

Andrew