| 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 as well as the old |
| ISDN4Linux subsystem, so it can be used with any software which is able |
| to use CAPI 2.0 or ISDN4Linux 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=ISDN4linux/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 |
| ---- |
| If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option |
| GIGASET_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. |
| |
| Legacy ISDN4Linux applications are supported via the capidrv |
| compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must be loaded |
| explicitly with the command |
| modprobe capidrv |
| if needed, and cannot be unloaded again without unloading the driver |
| first. (These are limitations of capidrv.) |
| |
| 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. |
| |
| 2.4. ISDN4Linux |
| ---------- |
| If the driver is compiled without CAPI support (native ISDN4Linux |
| variant), it registers the device with the legacy ISDN4Linux subsystem |
| after loading the module. It can then be used with ISDN4Linux |
| applications only. Most distributions provide some configuration utility |
| for setting up that subsystem. Otherwise you can use some HOWTOs like |
| http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html |
| |
| |
| 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 |
| --------------- |
| The called party number 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). |
| |
| This holds for both CAPI 2.0 and ISDN4Linux applications. 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. |
| |
