Diva on trixbox howto

Summary

This article provides a quick overview of the main steps necessary to integrate Diva Media boards in a trixbox system.

What is trixbox?
trixbox (formerly Asterisk@home) is a CentOS-based Linux distribution that enables users to quickly set up an Asterisk PBX system with an integrated WebGUI to for configuring and maintaining the system.
For further information go through the trixbox documentation: trixbox.org

Steps

  1. Go to trixbox.org and download latest trixbox version.
    This is the current stable release based on Asterisk 1.6
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/asteriskathome/files/trixbox%20CE/trixbox-2.8.0.3.iso
    This is the current stable release based on Asterisk 1.4.
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/asteriskathome/files/trixbox%20CE/trixbox-2.6.2.3.iso

  2. Follow the trixbox installation instructions 

  3. Upon successful installation, log in to the trixbox system as root with the password entered during installation.
    Install asterisk-devel package
    for 1.4er version: yum install asterisk14-devel
    for 1.6er version: yum install asterisk16-devel

  4. Shutdown the machine to plug in the Diva card

  5. Download latest System Release

  6. Install Diva System Release for Linux

  7. During Build if prompted to install chan_capi, accept that

  8. If there are any issues during installation, follow guide-lines given by setup routine 

  9. When installation succeeds, make WebGui accessible by editing /usr/lib/opendiva/divas/httpd/login/login

10. Goto WebGui http://<IP of that machine>:10005 or http://locahost:10005

11. Under Configuration > Board Configuration > Configure the board's line parameters to match your local requirements

12. Under Configuration > CHAN_CAPI configuration > CHAN_CAPI > Select to use the board by CHAN CAPI and click 'Create capi.conf'

13. Under Configuration > System control > Start the System Release

14. Open /etc/asterisk/extensions.conf and insert

[isdn-in]
include => from-pstn

to enable incoming calls to be processed in an Incoming Route.

15. For outbound calls add a Custom Trunk with Custom Dial String CAPI/CntrX/$OUTBNUM$ with X = corresponding port in Diva CHAN CAPI config 

16. Restart asterisk

17. Start configuring trixbox

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