How to install chan-capi on Trixbox

Since Trixbox doesn't provide all needed files for chan-capi compiling by default, you can use a pre-compiled version as RPM.

Here is what to do:

• first, to be up to date, run

  • yum -y update

• download the chan-capi RPM package from ftp://ftp.melware.net/Trixbox (the asterisk version must match)

• install the package on your Trixbox system with e.g.:

  • rpm -Uhv chan_capi-1.0.0_1.2.14-1.i386.rpm

• create your /etc/asterisk/capi.conf

  • in /etc/asterisk-<version>_samples you can find an example

  • make sure to set correct ownership:

    • chown asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk/capi.conf

• configure your dial-plan for the capi device in /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf

• you may need to restart Asterisk:

  • amportal stop
    amportal start

• or just (re-)load chan_capi in Asterisk CLI:

  • unload chan_capi.so
    load chan_capi.so

If you want to use a Diva Server card with Trixbox, please see also TrixboxAndDivaServer.