if you don't see any ss7 commands in the asterisk then the zaptel channel driver failed to load for any number reasons. To know exactly why it failed try starting asterisk by hand with full debugging e.g. asterisk -gcvvvvddddd and scroll up until you see chan_zap in the startup output Torrey On 7 December 2011 13:40, Vieri <rentorbuy at yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to configure SS7 for the first time on a system that I cannot currently upgrade (ie. I need to use zaptel and Asterisk 1.4): > > asterisk 1.4.31 > zaptel 1.4.12.1 > libpri 1.4.11.5 > libss7 1.0.1 > (installed from source) > > At system startup I'm getting: > > ERROR[15475] chan_dahdi.c: Unknown signalling method 'ss7' > > and the Asterisk CLI does not contain any "ss7" or "zap" commands. > > How can I make sure Asterisk is loading the SS7 library? > > According to libss7, I should place "signalling=ss7" in /etc/asterisk/zapata.conf. Is that right? > Do I need to recompile zaptel or asterisk AFTER I install libss7? > > Thanks > > Vieri > > -- > _____________________________________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > asterisk-ss7 mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > ? http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-ss7