Sangoma Wanpipe VoiceTime: USB Voice Sync Tool
The Wanpipe VoiceTime device provides a reliable hardware clock to Zaptel/Asterisk system.
The VoiceTime USB stick replaces the Zaptel ztdummy kernel module.
Please note that Zaptel must be already installed on your system.
- Hardware Installation
- Download Drivers
- Installation & Operation (Zaptel)
- Installation & Operation (Dahdi)
- Debugging
NOTE: For best operation use a 2.6.25 or newer Linux kernel. The USB sub-system has changed drastically and earlier kernels are not as stable
Hardware Installation
Simply plug in the VoiceTime USB Sync tool into your Asterisk Server. And follow the installation instructions below.
Please note that hot plug functionality is not supported. Unload drivers before removing the VoiceTime USB.
Download Drivers
You will need to download the latest Wanpipe VoiceTime Driver
-> wanpipe-voicetime-1.0.9.tgz (2009-04-23)
-> ChangeLog
Installation Instructions for Zaptel and USB Voice Sync Tool
- Insert the USB Wanpipe VoiceTime Device into the Server USB Port.
- Make sure Zaptel has already been installed on your system
-> Download from www.asterisk.org
-> cd /usr/src
-> tar xfz zaptel-<ver>.tgz
-> cd zaptel-<ver>
-> ./configure
-> make
-> make install
-> make config
- Download the Wanpipe Voicetime Driver
- Untar and change directory
-> tar xfz wanpipe-voicetime-<ver>.tgz
-> cd wanpipe-voicetime-<ver>
- Build Wanpipe VoiceTime for Currently Running Zaptel Module
-> make ZAPDIR=/usr/src/zaptel-<ver>
ZAPDIR= location of zaptel source used to build and install zaptel
By default ZAPDIR=/usr/src/zaptel
- Install VoiceTime module into current system
-> make install
- Install bootup startup script for VoiceTime
-> make boot
The wanpipe_voicetime uses /etc/init.d/zaptel script. The zaptel startup script must be installed
eg: cd /usr/src/zaptel-<version>
make #build zaptel
make install #install zaptel modules
make config #install zaptel boot script
- Start Wanpipe VoiceTime using Zaptel Startup Script
-> /etc/init.d/zaptel start
- Confirm that VoiceTime Sync Tool is working
-> zttest
Installation Instructions for Dahdi and USB Voice Sync Tool
- Insert the USB Wanpipe VoiceTime Device into the Server USB Port.
- Make sure Dahdi has already been installed on your system
-> Download Dahdi-Linux and Dahdi-tools from www.asterisk.org
-> cd /usr/src
-> tar xfz dahdl-linux<ver>.tar.gz
-> cd dahdi-linux-<ver>
-> make
-> make install
- The wanpipe_voicetime uses /etc/init.d/dahdi script. The dahdi startup script must be installed
-> tar xfz dahd-tools-<ver>tar.gz
->./configure
->make
->make install
->make config
- Download the Wanpipe Voicetime Driver
- Untar and change directory
-> tar xfz wanpipe-voicetime-<ver>.tgz
-> cd wanpipe-voicetime-<ver>
- Build Wanpipe VoiceTime for Currently Running Zaptel Module
-> make DAHDI_DIR=/usr/src/dahdi-linux-<ver>
DAHDI_DIR= location of dahdi source used to build and install dahdi module
By default DAHDI_DIR=/usr/src/dahdi
Note: Make file will cache the DAHDI path so next time
one can recompile using just make.
- Install VoiceTime module into current system
-> make install
- Install bootup startup script for VoiceTime
-> make boot
- Start Wanpipe VoiceTime using Zaptel Startup Script
-> /etc/init.d/dahdi start
- Confirm that VoiceTime Sync Tool is working
-> dahdi_test
Debugging
1) First you should check is that the USB device is being detected by the PC, so you should see the following lines in the /var/log/messages when the device is unplugged and plugged in.
Unplugging will show something similar to the following:
Oct 6 22:57:30 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: USB disconnect, address 4
Plugging in the device will show something similar to the following:
Oct 6 22:57:34 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
Oct 6 22:57:35 localhost kernel: usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
If this does not show up then run the command "lspci | grep USB" and it will show something similar to the following. This indicates that your USB controller on the motherboard is enabled and recognized by your kernel. If you do not see any devices start by confirming that you have enabled the USB boards in your BIOS
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
2) Second, you should be able to run "cat /proc/zaptel/1" after running " /etc/init.d/zaptel start" and see the voice time device loaded, below is a sample output.
In case of Dahdi, use "cat /proc/dahdi/1" after running "/etc/init.d/dahdi start".
Span 1: WANVTIME/1 "WANVTIME/1 (source: wanpipe_voicetime) 1" (MASTER)
If you do not see this output then please check your /var/log/messages and insure you see the following 3 lines:
Oct 6 23:15:58 localhost kernel: wanpipe_voicetime: Loading WANPIPE USB Voice Sync Timer Driver - v1.0.3
Oct 6 23:15:58 localhost kernel: wanpipe_voicetime: Probing WANPIPE USB Voice Sync Timer Driver on 5...
Oct 6 23:15:58 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new driver wanpipe_voicetime
3) Once everything is showing up then run "asterisk -r" and then run the command "zap show status" (In case of dahdi use "dahdi show status") and this should be the same as the output below
zap show status
Description Alarms IRQ bpviol CRC4
WANVTIME/1 (source: wanpipe_voicetime) UNCONFIGUR 0 0 0
4) To test that the device is working properly run the Zaptel utility "zttest". In case of Dahdi use "dahdi_test" | 
