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Transcoding Card CT200E - User Manual 

 

 

 

Version: 1.0    

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Asterisk compilation & Installation  

For using Asterisk for your application, follow the steps below. 

 

Download Asterisk version 1.4.43.  Expand the downloaded file, compile and 
install.  

 

#wget 
http://downloads.asterisk.org/pub/telephony/asterisk/re
leases/asterisk-1.4.43.tar.gz 
# tar -zxvf asterisk-1.4.43.tar.gz 
# cd asterisk-1.4.43/ 
# ./configure 
# make 
# make install 
# make samples 

 

Allo Transcoding Card Installation 

1.  Download the driver from allo web site depend on the OS architecture, 

http://www.allo.com/firmware/transcoding/allo-transco-64bit-driver.tar

 

 

 

2.  Copy the driver to /usr/src 

 

3.  Untar the file “tar xvf allo-transco-64bit-driver.tar” 

 

4.  Change the directory to allotc  and run 

“./network install”

,  this 

will install Broadcom driver(tg3) and once the installation is over reboot 
the machine to make the eth1 interface UP 

 

Note: In s

ome machines transcoding card eth interface may show as eth1 or eth2 

depend upon the number of network cards present in the server. Allo Transcoding 
card can be identified with MAC id "00:17:F7:XX:XX:XX"

 

 

 

5.  After reboot run 

“./install.sh <asterisk source path>”

 

from the same directory 

 

Note:

  If the asterisk source directory is not provided for ex: 

“./install”

  the 

process will continue with Trix-Box/Elastix Installation.  
Operating Systems Other than Trix-Box/Elastix should mention the asterisk 
source as said. 

For 

E.g.: 

“./install.sh /usr/src/asterisk-1.x.x.” 

and                                                                          

for OpenSuse use 

“./open_suse_install <asterisk source path>”

 

 

6.  The script will prompt you to enter the transcoding  card based on the 

MAC address 

 

E.g.: CHOOSE THE ETERNET DRIVER IN WHICH YOU HAVE HWaddr 
00:17:F7:00:00:00 Eg:

 

If transcoding card interface is eth2 select "2" 

 

7.  The script will prompt you to configure ip address for transcoding card, 

configure IP address different from your network.  

 

E.g.: CHOOSE DIFFERENT IP OTHER THAN YOUR NETWORK FOR TRANSCODING 
CARD Eg: 10.1.1.1: 

 

8.  Script will prompt you to select the transcoding card depending upon 

the MAC id (00:17:F7:XX:XX:XX) 

 

E.g.: Please select device to configure: [1-1] q: quit 1 

 
 

Summary of Contents for CT200E

Page 1: ...anual Version 1 0 Page 0 No part of this publication may be copied distributed transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any human or computer language without the prior...

Page 2: ...organized in the following manner Chapter Appendix Title Description 1 Overview Identifies the features of your card This chapter covers applications and uses of the CT200E Series in the real world 2...

Page 3: ...ion 4 Slot Compatibility 4 Hardware Installation 4 Software Installation 4 Installation Test Environment considered 5 Asterisk compilation Installation 6 Allo Transcoding Card Installation 6 Configura...

Page 4: ...PU power This CT200E card will add transcoding capability and provides excellent voice quality and transcoding capacity without affecting latency or using up precious host CPU resources The CT200E car...

Page 5: ...ur PCIe slot The CT200E will work in any PCI Express 1 x compliant slot Hardware Installation 1 Power down your computer and unplug it from its power source 2 Remove the bracket place holder and inser...

Page 6: ...devices detected by the PCI bus lspci Confirm the output lists a device with Allo com s PCI vendor ID which is BCM57761 The output will be similar to the following 02 00 0 Ethernet controller Broadcom...

Page 7: ...ow as eth1 or eth2 depend upon the number of network cards present in the server Allo Transcoding card can be identified with MAC id 00 17 F7 XX XX XX 5 After reboot run install sh asterisk source pat...

Page 8: ...hapter provides a step by step instruction to configure the CT200E transcoding card Configuring the System for Transcoding 1 Finally change the RTP IP address in the file allo_codec conf available in...

Page 9: ...on Format Columns g723 gsm ulaw alaw g726aal2 adpcm slin lpc10 g729 speex ilbc g726 g722 slin16 g723 4001 2 1 2001 1 gsm 3000 3000 2999 1999 3000 ulaw 1 4001 1 2001 1 alaw 1 4000 1 2000 1 g726aal2 adp...

Page 10: ...torage Humidity 10 to 90 non condensing Supported Codecs G 729a 8 0 Kbit G 723 1 5 3 Kbit and 6 3 Kbit u law a law Reference http www allo com http www linuxfoundation org collaborate workgroups netwo...

Page 11: ...ne lines at 8 Kbps iLBC internet Low Bitrate Codec A free speech codec used for voice over IP It is designed for narrow band speech with a payload bitrate of 13 33 kbps frame length 30ms and kbps fram...

Page 12: ...devices SIP Session Initiation Protocol An IETF standard for setting up sessions between one or more clients It is currently the leading signaling protocol for Voice over IP gradually replacing H 323...

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