Login

Pass

Log in

Join

Forgot passw ord?

NEWS FLASH: (/113) 2.11 Beta 1 Release is Out (/news/2012-11-05/2-11-beta-1-release-is-out) - I know a few of you w ere at our presentation at Astricon and may have gotte...

USB GSM Modem as a trunk (/forum/freepbx/general-help/usb-gsm-modem-asa-trunk)

Posted September 11th, 2012 by crogialli (tadpole)

Hey all, I've seen that Asterisk supports chan_dongle (http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-chandongle/ (http://code.google.com/p/asterisk-chan-dongle/) ) for using a Huawei usb gsm datacard as a GSM/SMS gateway. I wonder if anybody is using this with freepbx, and if it works. Just in case it is compatible, I just wonder how to configure the dongle as a trunk via the Freepbx GUI (Custom trunk? If yes, with what custom dialcodes?). Thanks in advance for any help Rgds Carlo __________________

Comment viewing options

Threaded list - expanded Date - oldest first 50 comments per page Save settings

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Hi Carlo! Chan_dongle works (/forum/freepbx/general-help/usbgsm-modem-as-a-trunk#comment-55076)

On September 27th, 2012 mapataca (tadpole) said:

Hi Carlo! Chan_dongle works with freepbx, you will need install asterisk-addons, asterisk-devel, get source of current freepbx asterisk release (1.8.15.0) and compile chan_dongle, Usage is via custom trunk: dongle/dongle0/$OUTNUM$

I forgot to mention, you (/forum/freepbx/general-help/usb-gsmmodem-as-a-trunk#comment-55077)

On September 27th, 2012 mapataca (tadpole) said:

I forgot to mention, you will need change context in dongle.conf from "default" to "fromtrunk"

how to route GSM trunk to IVR? (/forum/freepbx/generalhelp/usb-gsm-modem-as-a-trunk#comment-55224)

On October 2nd, 2012 masato (tadpole) said:

noob. could you tell me how to route GSM trunk to IVR? thank you in advance. solution: exten => s,1,Goto(from-trunk,${DID},1) but keypress not responding.

Thanks ! (/forum/freepbx/general-help/usb-gsm-modem-as-atrunk#comment-55225)
On October 2nd, 2012 crogialli (tadpole) said:

Thanks, Matapaca! I'm gonna try it as soon as I get proper dongle from ebay! Thank you very much Carlo

Thats Great Mapataca !! (/forum/freepbx/general-help/usb-gsmmodem-as-a-trunk#comment-55476)

On October 10th, 2012 orion15 (tadpole) said:

Hi Mapataca, Really pleased that you got Chan_dongle to work for you !!! I tried installing it after untaring (chan_dongle-1.1.r10 (/trac/changeset/10) .tgz) on my system built from the AsteriskNow2.0 iso file package which uses linux centOs 5, but I just couldn't get the dongle to work! I configured & installed the package with: # ./configure --with-asterisk=/usr/include # make # make install Note that the location for "asterisk.h" is "/usr/include" on my AsteriskNow2.0 install. Then copied the dongle.conf file to "/etc/asterisk/" Unfortunately, when I check for devices in "/dev/" there is no ttyUSB1 or ttyUSB0 !! I even tried commenting out the lines in dongle.conf for ";audio=dev/ttyUSB1" & ";data=dev/ttyUSB0" and instead entered the correct 15-digit imei & imsi numbers for my unlocked huawei E1550 from the "Etisalat" mobile provider. But still no device shows up when I run "*CLI> dongle show devices". Could you please help me on where I went wrong? Since you have your dongle up and running I'm sure I can't go wrong with your help !! Thank you in advance. Awaiting your reply.

Resources Distro Dow nload (/f reepbx-distro) Dow nloads (/download-f reepbx) Screenshots (/imagegalleries/screenshots)

Community Blogs & New s (/news) Technical Corner (/31) Recent Posts (/node) Forums (/f orums/v iewtopic.php)

Development Get Involved (/f reepbx-dev elopment) Dev Forum

(/f orums/f reepbx/dev elopment-0)

About Who w e are (/about) Privacy Policy (/priv acy -policy ) Trademark, Copyright, IP Policy
(/copy right-trademark-and-intellectualproperty -policy )

Join Us! Join the Community (/user/register) Forgot Passw ord (/user/password)

Bug/Feature Request
(/trac/newticket)

Documentation
(/support/documentation)

Roadmap (/trac/roadmap)

Meet Tango the Frog (/tango) Terms of Use (/terms-of -use)

Training (/open-telephony -trainingseminar)

Support (/support-and-prof essionalserv ices)

Store (https://store.f reepbx.com)