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1.1. Hardware
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- This release supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of
+ This driver supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of
ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB
connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible:
- 307x/417x:
- Gigaset SX255isdn
- Gigaset SX353isdn
- Sinus 45 [AB] isdn (Deutsche Telekom)
- Sinus 721X/XA
+
+ Bases:
+ Siemens Gigaset 3070/3075 isdn
+ Siemens Gigaset 4170/4175 isdn
+ Siemens Gigaset SX205/255
+ Siemens Gigaset SX353
+ T-Com Sinus 45 [AB] isdn
+ T-Com Sinus 721X[A] [SE]
Vox Chicago 390 ISDN (KPN Telecom)
- M101:
- Sinus 45 Data 1 (Telekom)
- M105:
- Gigaset USB Adapter DECT
- Sinus 45 Data 2 (Telekom)
- Sinus 721 data
+
+ RS232 data boxes:
+ Siemens Gigaset M101 Data
+ T-Com Sinus 45 Data 1
+
+ USB data boxes:
+ Siemens Gigaset M105 Data
+ Siemens Gigaset USB Adapter DECT
+ T-Com Sinus 45 Data 2
+ T-Com Sinus 721 data
Chicago 390 USB (KPN)
+
See also http://www.erbze.info/sinus_gigaset.htm and
http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/
We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers
- with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.4.)
+ with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.5.)
If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know.
- For example, Gigaset SX205isdn/Sinus 721 X SE and Gigaset SX303isdn bases
- are just versions without answering machine of models known to work, so
- they should work just as well; but so far we are lacking positive reports
- on these.
Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of
lsusb
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The driver works with ISDN4linux and so can be used with any software
which is able to use ISDN4linux for ISDN connections (voice or data).
- CAPI4Linux support is planned but not yet available.
+ Experimental Kernel CAPI support is available as a compilation option.
There are some user space tools available at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/
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2.1. Modules
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- To get the device working, you have to load the proper kernel module. You
- can do this using
- modprobe modulename
- where modulename is usb_gigaset (M105) or bas_gigaset (direct USB
- connection to the base).
+ For the devices to work, the proper kernel modules have to be loaded.
+ This normally happens automatically when the system detects the USB
+ device (base, M105) or when the line discipline is attached (M101). It
+ can also be triggered manually using the modprobe(8) command, for example
+ for troubleshooting or to pass module parameters.
+
+ The module ser_gigaset provides a serial line discipline N_GIGASET_M101
+ which uses the regular serial port driver to access the device, and must
+ therefore be attached to the serial device to which the M101 is connected.
+ The ldattach(8) command (included in util-linux-ng release 2.14 or later)
+ can be used for that purpose, for example:
+ ldattach GIGASET_M101 /dev/ttyS1
+ This will open the device file, attach the line discipline to it, and
+ then sleep in the background, keeping the device open so that the line
+ discipline remains active. To deactivate it, kill the daemon, for example
+ with
+ killall ldattach
+ before disconnecting the device. To have this happen automatically at
+ system startup/shutdown on an LSB compatible system, create and activate
+ an appropriate LSB startup script /etc/init.d/gigaset. (The init name
+ 'gigaset' is officially assigned to this project by LANANA.)
+ Alternatively, just add the 'ldattach' command line to /etc/rc.local.
+
+ The modules accept the following parameters:
+
+ Module Parameter Meaning
+
+ gigaset debug debug level (see section 3.2.)
+
+ startmode initial operation mode (see section 2.5.):
+ bas_gigaset ) 1=ISDN4linux/CAPI (default), 0=Unimodem
+ ser_gigaset )
+ usb_gigaset ) cidmode initial Call-ID mode setting (see section
+ 2.5.): 1=on (default), 0=off
+
+ Depending on your distribution you may want to create a separate module
+ configuration file /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset for these, or add them to a
+ custom file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
2.2. Device nodes for user space programs
------------------------------------
The device can be accessed from user space (eg. by the user space tools
mentioned in 1.2.) through the device nodes:
+ - /dev/ttyGS0 for M101 (RS232 data boxes)
- /dev/ttyGU0 for M105 (USB data boxes)
- /dev/ttyGB0 for the base driver (direct USB connection)
- You can also select a "default device" which is used by the frontends when
+ If you connect more than one device of a type, they will get consecutive
+ device nodes, eg. /dev/ttyGU1 for a second M105.
+
+ You can also set a "default device" for the user space tools to use when
no device node is given as parameter, by creating a symlink /dev/ttyG to
one of them, eg.:
- ln -s /dev/ttyGB0 /dev/ttyG
+ ln -s /dev/ttyGB0 /dev/ttyG
+
+ The devices accept the following device specific ioctl calls
+ (defined in gigaset_dev.h):
+
+ ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_REDIR, int *cmd);
+ If cmd==1, the device is set to be controlled exclusively through the
+ character device node; access from the ISDN subsystem is blocked.
+ If cmd==0, the device is set to be used from the ISDN subsystem and does
+ not communicate through the character device node.
+
+ ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_CONFIG, int *cmd);
+ (ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset only)
+ If cmd==1, the device is set to adapter configuration mode where commands
+ are interpreted by the M10x DECT adapter itself instead of being
+ forwarded to the base station. In this mode, the device accepts the
+ commands described in Siemens document "AT-Kommando Alignment M10x Data"
+ for setting the operation mode, associating with a base station and
+ querying parameters like field strengh and signal quality.
+ Note that there is no ioctl command for leaving adapter configuration
+ mode and returning to regular operation. In order to leave adapter
+ configuration mode, write the command ATO to the device.
+
+ ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_BRKCHARS, unsigned char brkchars[6]);
+ (usb_gigaset only)
+ Set the break characters on an M105's internal serial adapter to the six
+ bytes stored in brkchars[]. Unused bytes should be set to zero.
+
+ ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_VERSION, unsigned version[4]);
+ Retrieve version information from the driver. version[0] must be set to
+ one of:
+ - GIGVER_DRIVER: retrieve driver version
+ - GIGVER_COMPAT: retrieve interface compatibility version
+ - GIGVER_FWBASE: retrieve the firmware version of the base
+ Upon return, version[] is filled with the requested version information.
2.3. ISDN4linux
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This is the "normal" mode of operation. After loading the module you can
- set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card.
- Your distribution should provide some configuration utility.
- If not, you can use some HOWTOs like
+ set up the ISDN system just as you'd do with any ISDN card supported by
+ the ISDN4Linux subsystem. Most distributions provide some configuration
+ utility. If not, you can use some HOWTOs like
http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html
- If this doesn't work, because you have some recent device like SX100 where
+ If this doesn't work, because you have some device like SX100 where
debug output (see section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing
CMD Received: ERROR
Available Params: 0
Connection State: 0, Response: -1
gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 !
Timeout occurred
- you might need to use unimodem mode:
-
-2.4. Unimodem mode
+ you probably need to use unimodem mode. (see section 2.5.)
+
+2.4. CAPI
+ ----
+ If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option
+ GIGASET_CAPI, experimental) it can also be used with CAPI 2.0 kernel and
+ user space applications. For user space access, the module capi.ko must
+ be loaded. The capiinit command (included in the capi4k-utils package)
+ does this for you.
+
+ The CAPI variant of the driver supports legacy ISDN4Linux applications
+ via the capidrv compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must
+ be loaded explicitly with the command
+ modprobe capidrv
+ if needed, and cannot be unloaded again without unloading the driver
+ first. (These are limitations of capidrv.)
+
+ The note about unimodem mode in the preceding section applies here, too.
+
+2.5. Unimodem mode
-------------
This is needed for some devices [e.g. SX100] as they have problems with
the "normal" commands.
You can switch back using
gigacontr --mode isdn
- You can also load the driver using e.g.
- modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0
- to prevent the driver from starting in "isdn4linux mode".
+ You can also put the driver directly into Unimodem mode when it's loaded,
+ by passing the module parameter startmode=0 to the hardware specific
+ module, e.g.
+ modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0
+ or by adding a line like
+ options usb_gigaset startmode=0
+ to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset
+ or /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
In this mode the device works like a modem connected to a serial port
(the /dev/ttyGU0, ... mentioned above) which understands the commands
configuration files and chat scripts in the gigaset-VERSION/ppp directory
in the driver packages from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/.
Please note that the USB drivers are not able to change the state of the
- control lines (the M105 driver can be configured to use some undocumented
- control requests, if you really need the control lines, though). This means
- you must use "Stupid Mode" if you are using wvdial or you should use the
- nocrtscts option of pppd.
+ control lines. This means you must use "Stupid Mode" if you are using
+ wvdial or you should use the nocrtscts option of pppd.
You must also assure that the ppp_async module is loaded with the parameter
flag_time=0. You can do this e.g. by adding a line like
options ppp_async flag_time=0
- to /etc/modprobe.conf. If your distribution has some local module
- configuration file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local,
- using that should be preferred.
+ to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset
+ or /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
-2.5. Call-ID (CID) mode
+2.6. Call-ID (CID) mode
------------------
Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the
Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple
settings (CID mode).
- If you have several DECT data devices (M10x) which you want to use
in turn, select Unimodem mode by passing the parameter "cidmode=0" to
- the driver ("modprobe usb_gigaset cidmode=0" or modprobe.conf).
+ the appropriate driver module (ser_gigaset or usb_gigaset).
If you want both of these at once, you are out of luck.
- You can also use /sys/class/tty/ttyGxy/cidmode for changing the CID mode
- setting (ttyGxy is ttyGU0 or ttyGB0).
+ You can also use the tty class parameter "cidmode" of the device to
+ change its CID mode while the driver is loaded, eg.
+ echo 0 > /sys/class/tty/ttyGU0/cidmode
+2.7. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105)
+ -----------------------------------------
+ The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow
+ the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN
+ connections through a Gigaset base. Therefore they assume that the device
+ is registered to a DECT base.
+
+ If the M101/M105 device is not registered to a base, initialization of
+ the device fails, and a corresponding error message is logged by the
+ driver. In that situation, a restricted set of functions is available
+ which includes, in particular, those necessary for registering the device
+ to a base or for switching it between Fixed Part and Portable Part
+ modes. See the gigacontr(8) manpage for details.
3. Troubleshooting
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options isdn dialtimeout=15
- to /etc/modprobe.conf. If your distribution has some local module
- configuration file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local,
- using that should be preferred.
+ to /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset, /etc/modprobe.conf.local or a similar file.
Problem:
- Your isdn script aborts with a message about isdnlog.
+ The isdnlog program emits error messages or just doesn't work.
Solution:
- Try deactivating (or commenting out) isdnlog. This driver does not
- support it.
+ Isdnlog supports only the HiSax driver. Do not attempt to use it with
+ other drivers such as Gigaset.
Problem:
You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the
first one you turn on works.
Solution:
- Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.4.)
+ Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.5.)
+
+ Problem:
+ Messages like this:
+ usb_gigaset 3-2:1.0: Could not initialize the device.
+ appear in your syslog.
+ Solution:
+ Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the
+ Gigaset base. (see section 2.7.)
3.2. Telling the driver to provide more information
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writing an appropriate value to /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug, e.g.
echo 0 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
switches off debugging output completely,
- echo 0x10a020 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
- enables the standard set of debugging output messages. These values are
+ echo 0x302020 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
+ enables a reasonable set of debugging output messages. These values are
bit patterns where every bit controls a certain type of debugging output.
See the constants DEBUG_* in the source file gigaset.h for details.
The initial value can be set using the debug parameter when loading the
module "gigaset", e.g. by adding a line
options gigaset debug=0
- to /etc/modprobe.conf, ...
+ to your module configuration file, eg. /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset or
+ /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
Generated debugging information can be found
- as output of the command
git://ftp.safe.ca / safe / jmp / linux-2.6 / blobdiff