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-==========================
-GigaSet 307x Device Driver
-==========================
-
-1. Requirements
-=================
-
-1.1. Hardware
--------------
-
- This driver supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of
- ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB
- connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible:
-
- Bases:
- - Siemens Gigaset 3070/3075 isdn
- - Siemens Gigaset 4170/4175 isdn
- - Siemens Gigaset SX205/255
- - Siemens Gigaset SX353
- - T-Com Sinus 45 [AB] isdn
- - T-Com Sinus 721X[A] [SE]
- - Vox Chicago 390 ISDN (KPN Telecom)
-
- RS232 data boxes:
- - Siemens Gigaset M101 Data
- - T-Com Sinus 45 Data 1
-
- USB data boxes:
- - Siemens Gigaset M105 Data
- - Siemens Gigaset USB Adapter DECT
- - T-Com Sinus 45 Data 2
- - T-Com Sinus 721 data
- - Chicago 390 USB (KPN)
-
- See also http://www.erbze.info/sinus_gigaset.htm
- (archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20100717020421/http://www.erbze.info:80/sinus_gigaset.htm ) and
- http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/
-
- We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers
- with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.5.)
- If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know.
-
- Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of::
-
- lsusb
-
- at the command line contains one of the following::
-
- ID 0681:0001
- ID 0681:0002
- ID 0681:0009
- ID 0681:0021
- ID 0681:0022
-
-1.2. Software
--------------
-
- The driver works with the Kernel CAPI subsystem and can be used with any
- software which is able to use CAPI 2.0 for ISDN connections (voice or data).
-
- There are some user space tools available at
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/
- which provide access to additional device specific functions like SMS,
- phonebook or call journal.
-
-
-2. How to use the driver
-==========================
-
-2.1. Modules
-------------
-
- For the devices to work, the proper kernel modules have to be loaded.
- This normally happens automatically when the system detects the USB
- device (base, M105) or when the line discipline is attached (M101). It
- can also be triggered manually using the modprobe(8) command, for example
- for troubleshooting or to pass module parameters.
-
- The module ser_gigaset provides a serial line discipline N_GIGASET_M101
- which uses the regular serial port driver to access the device, and must
- therefore be attached to the serial device to which the M101 is connected.
- The ldattach(8) command (included in util-linux-ng release 2.14 or later)
- can be used for that purpose, for example::
-
- ldattach GIGASET_M101 /dev/ttyS1
-
- This will open the device file, attach the line discipline to it, and
- then sleep in the background, keeping the device open so that the line
- discipline remains active. To deactivate it, kill the daemon, for example
- with::
-
- killall ldattach
-
- before disconnecting the device. To have this happen automatically at
- system startup/shutdown on an LSB compatible system, create and activate
- an appropriate LSB startup script /etc/init.d/gigaset. (The init name
- 'gigaset' is officially assigned to this project by LANANA.)
- Alternatively, just add the 'ldattach' command line to /etc/rc.local.
-
- The modules accept the following parameters:
-
- =============== ========== ==========================================
- Module Parameter Meaning
-
- gigaset debug debug level (see section 3.2.)
-
- startmode initial operation mode (see section 2.5.):
- bas_gigaset ) 1=CAPI (default), 0=Unimodem
- ser_gigaset )
- usb_gigaset ) cidmode initial Call-ID mode setting (see section
- 2.5.): 1=on (default), 0=off
-
- =============== ========== ==========================================
-
- Depending on your distribution you may want to create a separate module
- configuration file like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset.conf for these.
-
-2.2. Device nodes for user space programs
------------------------------------------
-
- The device can be accessed from user space (eg. by the user space tools
- mentioned in 1.2.) through the device nodes:
-
- - /dev/ttyGS0 for M101 (RS232 data boxes)
- - /dev/ttyGU0 for M105 (USB data boxes)
- - /dev/ttyGB0 for the base driver (direct USB connection)
-
- If you connect more than one device of a type, they will get consecutive
- device nodes, eg. /dev/ttyGU1 for a second M105.
-
- You can also set a "default device" for the user space tools to use when
- no device node is given as parameter, by creating a symlink /dev/ttyG to
- one of them, eg.::
-
- ln -s /dev/ttyGB0 /dev/ttyG
-
- The devices accept the following device specific ioctl calls
- (defined in gigaset_dev.h):
-
- ``ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_REDIR, int *cmd);``
-
- If cmd==1, the device is set to be controlled exclusively through the
- character device node; access from the ISDN subsystem is blocked.
-
- If cmd==0, the device is set to be used from the ISDN subsystem and does
- not communicate through the character device node.
-
- ``ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_CONFIG, int *cmd);``
-
- (ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset only)
-
- If cmd==1, the device is set to adapter configuration mode where commands
- are interpreted by the M10x DECT adapter itself instead of being
- forwarded to the base station. In this mode, the device accepts the
- commands described in Siemens document "AT-Kommando Alignment M10x Data"
- for setting the operation mode, associating with a base station and
- querying parameters like field strengh and signal quality.
-
- Note that there is no ioctl command for leaving adapter configuration
- mode and returning to regular operation. In order to leave adapter
- configuration mode, write the command ATO to the device.
-
- ``ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_BRKCHARS, unsigned char brkchars[6]);``
-
- (usb_gigaset only)
-
- Set the break characters on an M105's internal serial adapter to the six
- bytes stored in brkchars[]. Unused bytes should be set to zero.
-
- ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_VERSION, unsigned version[4]);
- Retrieve version information from the driver. version[0] must be set to
- one of:
-
- - GIGVER_DRIVER: retrieve driver version
- - GIGVER_COMPAT: retrieve interface compatibility version
- - GIGVER_FWBASE: retrieve the firmware version of the base
-
- Upon return, version[] is filled with the requested version information.
-
-2.3. CAPI
----------
-
- The devices will show up as CAPI controllers as soon as the
- corresponding driver module is loaded, and can then be used with
- CAPI 2.0 kernel and user space applications. For user space access,
- the module capi.ko must be loaded.
-
- Most distributions handle loading and unloading of the various CAPI
- modules automatically via the command capiinit(1) from the capi4k-utils
- package or a similar mechanism. Note that capiinit(1) cannot unload the
- Gigaset drivers because it doesn't support more than one module per
- driver.
-
-2.5. Unimodem mode
-------------------
-
- In this mode the device works like a modem connected to a serial port
- (the /dev/ttyGU0, ... mentioned above) which understands the commands::
-
- ATZ init, reset
- => OK or ERROR
- ATD
- ATDT dial
- => OK, CONNECT,
- BUSY,
- NO DIAL TONE,
- NO CARRIER,
- NO ANSWER
- <pause>+++<pause> change to command mode when connected
- ATH hangup
-
- You can use some configuration tool of your distribution to configure this
- "modem" or configure pppd/wvdial manually. There are some example ppp
- configuration files and chat scripts in the gigaset-VERSION/ppp directory
- in the driver packages from https://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/.
- Please note that the USB drivers are not able to change the state of the
- control lines. This means you must use "Stupid Mode" if you are using
- wvdial or you should use the nocrtscts option of pppd.
- You must also assure that the ppp_async module is loaded with the parameter
- flag_time=0. You can do this e.g. by adding a line like::
-
- options ppp_async flag_time=0
-
- to an appropriate module configuration file, like::
-
- /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset.conf.
-
- Unimodem mode is needed for making some devices [e.g. SX100] work which
- do not support the regular Gigaset command set. If debug output (see
- section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing::
-
- CMD Received: ERROR
- Available Params: 0
- Connection State: 0, Response: -1
- gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 !
- Timeout occurred
-
- then switching to unimodem mode may help.
-
- If you have installed the command line tool gigacontr, you can enter
- unimodem mode using::
-
- gigacontr --mode unimodem
-
- You can switch back using::
-
- gigacontr --mode isdn
-
- You can also put the driver directly into Unimodem mode when it's loaded,
- by passing the module parameter startmode=0 to the hardware specific
- module, e.g.::
-
- modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0
-
- or by adding a line like::
-
- options usb_gigaset startmode=0
-
- to an appropriate module configuration file, like::
-
- /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset.conf
-
-2.6. Call-ID (CID) mode
------------------------
-
- Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the
- Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple
- ISDN calls. Their use can be enabled ("CID mode") or disabled ("Unimodem
- mode"). Without Call-IDs (in Unimodem mode), only a very limited set of
- functions is available. It allows outgoing data connections only, but
- does not signal incoming calls or other base events.
-
- DECT cordless data devices (M10x) permanently occupy the cordless
- connection to the base while Call-IDs are activated. As the Gigaset
- bases only support one DECT data connection at a time, this prevents
- other DECT cordless data devices from accessing the base.
-
- During active operation, the driver switches to the necessary mode
- automatically. However, for the reasons above, the mode chosen when
- the device is not in use (idle) can be selected by the user.
-
- - If you want to receive incoming calls, you can use the default
- settings (CID mode).
- - If you have several DECT data devices (M10x) which you want to use
- in turn, select Unimodem mode by passing the parameter "cidmode=0" to
- the appropriate driver module (ser_gigaset or usb_gigaset).
-
- If you want both of these at once, you are out of luck.
-
- You can also use the tty class parameter "cidmode" of the device to
- change its CID mode while the driver is loaded, eg.::
-
- echo 0 > /sys/class/tty/ttyGU0/cidmode
-
-2.7. Dialing Numbers
---------------------
-provided by an application for dialing out must
- be a public network number according to the local dialing plan, without
- any dial prefix for getting an outside line.
-
- Internal calls can be made by providing an internal extension number
- prefixed with ``**`` (two asterisks) as the called party number. So to dial
- eg. the first registered DECT handset, give ``**11`` as the called party
- number. Dialing ``***`` (three asterisks) calls all extensions
- simultaneously (global call).
-
- Unimodem mode does not support internal calls.
-
-2.8. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105)
-----------------------------------------------
-
- The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow
- the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN
- connections through a Gigaset base. Therefore they assume that the device
- is registered to a DECT base.
-
- If the M101/M105 device is not registered to a base, initialization of
- the device fails, and a corresponding error message is logged by the
- driver. In that situation, a restricted set of functions is available
- which includes, in particular, those necessary for registering the device
- to a base or for switching it between Fixed Part and Portable Part
- modes. See the gigacontr(8) manpage for details.
-
-3. Troubleshooting
-====================
-
-3.1. Solutions to frequently reported problems
-----------------------------------------------
-
- Problem:
- You have a slow provider and isdn4linux gives up dialing too early.
- Solution:
- Load the isdn module using the dialtimeout option. You can do this e.g.
- by adding a line like::
-
- options isdn dialtimeout=15
-
- to /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset.conf or a similar file.
-
- Problem:
- The isdnlog program emits error messages or just doesn't work.
- Solution:
- Isdnlog supports only the HiSax driver. Do not attempt to use it with
- other drivers such as Gigaset.
-
- Problem:
- You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the
- first one you turn on works.
- Solution:
- Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.5.)
-
- Problem:
- Messages like this::
-
- usb_gigaset 3-2:1.0: Could not initialize the device.
-
- appear in your syslog.
- Solution:
- Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the
- Gigaset base. (see section 2.7.)
-
-3.2. Telling the driver to provide more information
----------------------------------------------------
- Building the driver with the "Gigaset debugging" kernel configuration
- option (CONFIG_GIGASET_DEBUG) gives it the ability to produce additional
- information useful for debugging.
-
- You can control the amount of debugging information the driver produces by
- writing an appropriate value to /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug,
- e.g.::
-
- echo 0 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
-
- switches off debugging output completely,
-
- ::
-
- echo 0x302020 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
-
- enables a reasonable set of debugging output messages. These values are
- bit patterns where every bit controls a certain type of debugging output.
- See the constants DEBUG_* in the source file gigaset.h for details.
-
- The initial value can be set using the debug parameter when loading the
- module "gigaset", e.g. by adding a line::
-
- options gigaset debug=0
-
- to your module configuration file, eg. /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset.conf
-
- Generated debugging information can be found
- - as output of the command::
-
- dmesg
-
- - in system log files written by your syslog daemon, usually
- in /var/log/, e.g. /var/log/messages.
-
-3.3. Reporting problems and bugs
---------------------------------
- If you can't solve problems with the driver on your own, feel free to
- use one of the forums, bug trackers, or mailing lists on
-
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x
-
- or write an electronic mail to the maintainers.
-
- Try to provide as much information as possible, such as
-
- - distribution
- - kernel version (uname -r)
- - gcc version (gcc --version)
- - hardware architecture (uname -m, ...)
- - type and firmware version of your device (base and wireless module,
- if any)
- - output of "lsusb -v" (if using an USB device)
- - error messages
- - relevant system log messages (it would help if you activate debug
- output as described in 3.2.)
-
- For help with general configuration problems not specific to our driver,
- such as isdn4linux and network configuration issues, please refer to the
- appropriate forums and newsgroups.
-
-3.4. Reporting problem solutions
---------------------------------
- If you solved a problem with our drivers, wrote startup scripts for your
- distribution, ... feel free to contact us (using one of the places
- mentioned in 3.3.). We'd like to add scripts, hints, documentation
- to the driver and/or the project web page.
-
-
-4. Links, other software
-==========================
-
- - Sourceforge project developing this driver and associated tools
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x
- - Yahoo! Group on the Siemens Gigaset family of devices
- https://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/Siemens-Gigaset
- - Siemens Gigaset/T-Sinus compatibility table
- http://www.erbze.info/sinus_gigaset.htm
- (archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20100717020421/http://www.erbze.info:80/sinus_gigaset.htm )
-
-
-5. Credits
-============
-
- Thanks to
-
- Karsten Keil
- for his help with isdn4linux
- Deti Fliegl
- for his base driver code
- Dennis Dietrich
- for his kernel 2.6 patches
- Andreas Rummel
- for his work and logs to get unimodem mode working
- Andreas Degert
- for his logs and patches to get cx 100 working
- Dietrich Feist
- for his generous donation of one M105 and two M101 cordless adapters
- Christoph Schweers
- for his generous donation of a M34 device
-
- and all the other people who sent logs and other information.