R1T1 and RXT1 EC-Hardware Upgrade on trixbox CE 2.2

If you currently have a Rhino digital PCI card and are purchasing, or have the NEW Rhino Echo Cancellation Add-On Module, these are the steps that you must take to install the card to work properly with TrixBox 2.2, 2.2.3, and 2.2.4:

1 Install the EC module onto your R1T1, R2T1 and R4T1 Digital PCI card.
(If you have purchased the NEW R1T1 with on-board EC then please skip steps 6,7, and 8)

2 Turn on machine

3 Uninstall any current rhino drivers

  • yum remove -y rhino*

4 Contact Rhino Support for the appropriate Driver Package

The driver package with include the following:

  • H/W update for R1T1 R2T1 and R4T1 Digital Cards
  • All other standard drivers will be installed (R1T1 and RCBFX)

5 Unpack rhino-2.2.1.tbz2

  • wget ftp://ftp.rhinoequipment.com/Drivers/rhino-current.tbz2
  • tar -xjvf rhino-current.tbz2

6 Run the r1T1 or RXT1 H/W upgrade

Look for whatever file is applicable to the card you are installing

  • r1T1_to_37
  • rxt1_to_36

7 Turn off Server completely

  • init 0

8 Turn Server back on and login

9 Extract the zaptel sources (DO NOT COMPILE ZAPTEL)

Use the wget command and download the following zaptel file:

http://ftp.digium.com/pub/telephony/zaptel/releases/zaptel-1.2.1.17.1.tar.gz (trixbox 2.2 only)

Or whatever version of zaptel you are running, you can tell by typing:

modinfo zaptel

10 Run the Rhino install

  • ./usr/src/rhino-2.2.1-current/make install

11 Now Test out your new Echo Canceler!

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