VoIP Cookbook: Briker's Zaptel Configuration
Zaptel is a collection of tools and drivers detecting hardware in the form of analog and digital telephony card installed on PCI or mini-PCI slot. The telephony card is used to connect the briker to Plain Old Telephony System (POTS) network or to analog telephone.
For example, connecting the briker to analog PBX requires analog telephony card. So does the briker when it is connected to Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN), connected through a telephone cable provided by telecommunication operator. The analog or digital card to be used, however, depends on the type of technology being used by the operator.
To configure Zaptel, first of all, log in through the console. As this installation requires root privileges, log in as a root by executing the following commands:
$ sudo su
Then run genzaptelconf command
# genzaptelconf
To check whether zaptel has successfully detected what it is looking for, do checking by executing the following command:
# ztcfg -vvv
Then restart zaptel, by executing the following command:
# /etc/init.d/zaptel restart