ISDN Tool Configuration

# Help to the configuration of ISDN Tool

## Contents

- General Configuration of ISDN Tool
- Setup of your ISDN Hardware

## General Configuration

This dialogue takes some general preferences as:
isdnctrl Path:

The path that leads to the `isdnctrl` binary (usually `/sbin/isdnctrl`, if this binary can't be found on your box you're probably missing the isdn4kutils package). You can easily browse through the directories to locate it.

ipppd Path:

The path that leads to the ipppd daemon (which is just a patched derivate of the common pppd for modems). If `ipppd` can't be found on your box it's likely not installed). This binary (which can be easily 'browsed', too) is usually located under `/sbin/ipppd`.

Prefix:

Please fill in the prefix of your area here (include a leading 0 in Germany).

MSN:

Please enter the multiple subscriber number for your PC here (in Germany ISDN comes with 3 MSN's).

Show Clock in Caption:

Decide whether online time should be displayed in window caption or not.

Disconnect on X Server Shutdown:

With this option enabled, ISDN Tool closes your ISDN connection whenever the X server is about to shutdown (usually with 'Logout' or the keys Ctrl-Alt-Backspace). Since the ISDN Tool control monitor dies when X is going down, you are not able to check whether the ISDN link is still up or not -- this could become expensive.

## Hardware Setup

If your adapter is Plug&Play (PnP) you can't bind the driver to the kernel, instead you'll have to load it as a module after the kernel has booted. In the current version of ISDN Tool only the so-called `HiSax module` is supplied; if your adapter is one of the below

- Teles 16.0
- Teles 8.0
- Creatix/Teles PnP
- AVM A1 (Fritz)
- Elsa Quickstep 1000

you can configure and load the `HiSax module` within ISDN Tool. modprobe Pfad:

The path that leads to the `modprobe` binary (we recommend the use of `modprobe` instead of `insmod` since the latter doesn't automagically load the linklevel module `isdn.o`). You can 'browse' through the directories to find it, although `modprobe` is usually installed under `/sbin/modprobe`.

ISDN Adapter Type:

Please choose the matching type for your adapter. If you can't find your adapter here, configuration and loading of the module is not possible with ISDN Tool.
See Troubleshootings and PnP.

I/O Base Addresses, Interrupt, Membase:

sorry, we're going into technical details now. In principle, there are 3 ways to determine the necessary parameters:
-- Manufacturer's manual
-- The output script generated by `pnpdump`
-- Boot Windows and check addresses/interrupt
If your card is PnP there's no chance to avoid installation of the isapnptools package (contains `pnpdump` and `isapnp`), so we recommend reading of the pnpdump output.
Some input areas are enabled/disabled depending of the adapter type, you only have to enter the corresponding values.

D Channel Protocol:

Please choose the D channel protocol supplied by your ISDN provider, in most cases this should be Euro-ISDN (instead of the old german 1TR6 or Leased Line).

###### This Document has been written on 01/05/1998 for ISDN Tool Version 0.2.4.