1 GigaSet 307x Device Driver
2 ==========================
8 This driver supports the connection of the Gigaset 307x/417x family of
9 ISDN DECT bases via Gigaset M101 Data, Gigaset M105 Data or direct USB
10 connection. The following devices are reported to be compatible:
13 Siemens Gigaset 3070/3075 isdn
14 Siemens Gigaset 4170/4175 isdn
15 Siemens Gigaset SX205/255
17 T-Com Sinus 45 [AB] isdn
18 T-Com Sinus 721X[A] [SE]
19 Vox Chicago 390 ISDN (KPN Telecom)
22 Siemens Gigaset M101 Data
26 Siemens Gigaset M105 Data
27 Siemens Gigaset USB Adapter DECT
32 See also http://www.erbze.info/sinus_gigaset.htm and
33 http://gigaset307x.sourceforge.net/
35 We had also reports from users of Gigaset M105 who could use the drivers
36 with SX 100 and CX 100 ISDN bases (only in unimodem mode, see section 2.5.)
37 If you have another device that works with our driver, please let us know.
39 Chances of getting an USB device to work are good if the output of
41 at the command line contains one of the following:
50 The driver works with the Kernel CAPI subsystem as well as the old
51 ISDN4Linux subsystem, so it can be used with any software which is able
52 to use CAPI 2.0 or ISDN4Linux for ISDN connections (voice or data).
54 There are some user space tools available at
55 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/
56 which provide access to additional device specific functions like SMS,
57 phonebook or call journal.
60 2. How to use the driver
64 For the devices to work, the proper kernel modules have to be loaded.
65 This normally happens automatically when the system detects the USB
66 device (base, M105) or when the line discipline is attached (M101). It
67 can also be triggered manually using the modprobe(8) command, for example
68 for troubleshooting or to pass module parameters.
70 The module ser_gigaset provides a serial line discipline N_GIGASET_M101
71 which uses the regular serial port driver to access the device, and must
72 therefore be attached to the serial device to which the M101 is connected.
73 The ldattach(8) command (included in util-linux-ng release 2.14 or later)
74 can be used for that purpose, for example:
75 ldattach GIGASET_M101 /dev/ttyS1
76 This will open the device file, attach the line discipline to it, and
77 then sleep in the background, keeping the device open so that the line
78 discipline remains active. To deactivate it, kill the daemon, for example
81 before disconnecting the device. To have this happen automatically at
82 system startup/shutdown on an LSB compatible system, create and activate
83 an appropriate LSB startup script /etc/init.d/gigaset. (The init name
84 'gigaset' is officially assigned to this project by LANANA.)
85 Alternatively, just add the 'ldattach' command line to /etc/rc.local.
87 The modules accept the following parameters:
89 Module Parameter Meaning
91 gigaset debug debug level (see section 3.2.)
93 startmode initial operation mode (see section 2.5.):
94 bas_gigaset ) 1=ISDN4linux/CAPI (default), 0=Unimodem
96 usb_gigaset ) cidmode initial Call-ID mode setting (see section
97 2.5.): 1=on (default), 0=off
99 Depending on your distribution you may want to create a separate module
100 configuration file /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset for these, or add them to a
101 custom file like /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
103 2.2. Device nodes for user space programs
104 ------------------------------------
105 The device can be accessed from user space (eg. by the user space tools
106 mentioned in 1.2.) through the device nodes:
108 - /dev/ttyGS0 for M101 (RS232 data boxes)
109 - /dev/ttyGU0 for M105 (USB data boxes)
110 - /dev/ttyGB0 for the base driver (direct USB connection)
112 If you connect more than one device of a type, they will get consecutive
113 device nodes, eg. /dev/ttyGU1 for a second M105.
115 You can also set a "default device" for the user space tools to use when
116 no device node is given as parameter, by creating a symlink /dev/ttyG to
119 ln -s /dev/ttyGB0 /dev/ttyG
121 The devices accept the following device specific ioctl calls
122 (defined in gigaset_dev.h):
124 ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_REDIR, int *cmd);
125 If cmd==1, the device is set to be controlled exclusively through the
126 character device node; access from the ISDN subsystem is blocked.
127 If cmd==0, the device is set to be used from the ISDN subsystem and does
128 not communicate through the character device node.
130 ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_CONFIG, int *cmd);
131 (ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset only)
132 If cmd==1, the device is set to adapter configuration mode where commands
133 are interpreted by the M10x DECT adapter itself instead of being
134 forwarded to the base station. In this mode, the device accepts the
135 commands described in Siemens document "AT-Kommando Alignment M10x Data"
136 for setting the operation mode, associating with a base station and
137 querying parameters like field strengh and signal quality.
138 Note that there is no ioctl command for leaving adapter configuration
139 mode and returning to regular operation. In order to leave adapter
140 configuration mode, write the command ATO to the device.
142 ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_BRKCHARS, unsigned char brkchars[6]);
144 Set the break characters on an M105's internal serial adapter to the six
145 bytes stored in brkchars[]. Unused bytes should be set to zero.
147 ioctl(int fd, GIGASET_VERSION, unsigned version[4]);
148 Retrieve version information from the driver. version[0] must be set to
150 - GIGVER_DRIVER: retrieve driver version
151 - GIGVER_COMPAT: retrieve interface compatibility version
152 - GIGVER_FWBASE: retrieve the firmware version of the base
153 Upon return, version[] is filled with the requested version information.
157 If the driver is compiled with CAPI support (kernel configuration option
158 GIGASET_CAPI) the devices will show up as CAPI controllers as soon as the
159 corresponding driver module is loaded, and can then be used with CAPI 2.0
160 kernel and user space applications. For user space access, the module
161 capi.ko must be loaded.
163 Legacy ISDN4Linux applications are supported via the capidrv
164 compatibility driver. The kernel module capidrv.ko must be loaded
165 explicitly with the command
167 if needed, and cannot be unloaded again without unloading the driver
168 first. (These are limitations of capidrv.)
170 Most distributions handle loading and unloading of the various CAPI
171 modules automatically via the command capiinit(1) from the capi4k-utils
172 package or a similar mechanism. Note that capiinit(1) cannot unload the
173 Gigaset drivers because it doesn't support more than one module per
178 If the driver is compiled without CAPI support (native ISDN4Linux
179 variant), it registers the device with the legacy ISDN4Linux subsystem
180 after loading the module. It can then be used with ISDN4Linux
181 applications only. Most distributions provide some configuration utility
182 for setting up that subsystem. Otherwise you can use some HOWTOs like
183 http://www.linuxhaven.de/dlhp/HOWTO/DE-ISDN-HOWTO-5.html
188 In this mode the device works like a modem connected to a serial port
189 (the /dev/ttyGU0, ... mentioned above) which understands the commands
200 <pause>+++<pause> change to command mode when connected
203 You can use some configuration tool of your distribution to configure this
204 "modem" or configure pppd/wvdial manually. There are some example ppp
205 configuration files and chat scripts in the gigaset-VERSION/ppp directory
206 in the driver packages from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x/.
207 Please note that the USB drivers are not able to change the state of the
208 control lines. This means you must use "Stupid Mode" if you are using
209 wvdial or you should use the nocrtscts option of pppd.
210 You must also assure that the ppp_async module is loaded with the parameter
211 flag_time=0. You can do this e.g. by adding a line like
213 options ppp_async flag_time=0
215 to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset
216 or /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
218 Unimodem mode is needed for making some devices [e.g. SX100] work which
219 do not support the regular Gigaset command set. If debug output (see
220 section 3.2.) shows something like this when dialing:
223 Connection State: 0, Response: -1
224 gigaset_process_response: resp_code -1 in ConState 0 !
226 then switching to unimodem mode may help.
228 If you have installed the command line tool gigacontr, you can enter
230 gigacontr --mode unimodem
231 You can switch back using
232 gigacontr --mode isdn
234 You can also put the driver directly into Unimodem mode when it's loaded,
235 by passing the module parameter startmode=0 to the hardware specific
237 modprobe usb_gigaset startmode=0
238 or by adding a line like
239 options usb_gigaset startmode=0
240 to an appropriate module configuration file, like /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset
241 or /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
243 2.6. Call-ID (CID) mode
245 Call-IDs are numbers used to tag commands to, and responses from, the
246 Gigaset base in order to support the simultaneous handling of multiple
247 ISDN calls. Their use can be enabled ("CID mode") or disabled ("Unimodem
248 mode"). Without Call-IDs (in Unimodem mode), only a very limited set of
249 functions is available. It allows outgoing data connections only, but
250 does not signal incoming calls or other base events.
252 DECT cordless data devices (M10x) permanently occupy the cordless
253 connection to the base while Call-IDs are activated. As the Gigaset
254 bases only support one DECT data connection at a time, this prevents
255 other DECT cordless data devices from accessing the base.
257 During active operation, the driver switches to the necessary mode
258 automatically. However, for the reasons above, the mode chosen when
259 the device is not in use (idle) can be selected by the user.
260 - If you want to receive incoming calls, you can use the default
262 - If you have several DECT data devices (M10x) which you want to use
263 in turn, select Unimodem mode by passing the parameter "cidmode=0" to
264 the appropriate driver module (ser_gigaset or usb_gigaset).
266 If you want both of these at once, you are out of luck.
268 You can also use the tty class parameter "cidmode" of the device to
269 change its CID mode while the driver is loaded, eg.
270 echo 0 > /sys/class/tty/ttyGU0/cidmode
274 The called party number provided by an application for dialing out must
275 be a public network number according to the local dialing plan, without
276 any dial prefix for getting an outside line.
278 Internal calls can be made by providing an internal extension number
279 prefixed with "**" (two asterisks) as the called party number. So to dial
280 eg. the first registered DECT handset, give "**11" as the called party
281 number. Dialing "***" (three asterisks) calls all extensions
282 simultaneously (global call).
284 This holds for both CAPI 2.0 and ISDN4Linux applications. Unimodem mode
285 does not support internal calls.
287 2.8. Unregistered Wireless Devices (M101/M105)
288 -----------------------------------------
289 The main purpose of the ser_gigaset and usb_gigaset drivers is to allow
290 the M101 and M105 wireless devices to be used as ISDN devices for ISDN
291 connections through a Gigaset base. Therefore they assume that the device
292 is registered to a DECT base.
294 If the M101/M105 device is not registered to a base, initialization of
295 the device fails, and a corresponding error message is logged by the
296 driver. In that situation, a restricted set of functions is available
297 which includes, in particular, those necessary for registering the device
298 to a base or for switching it between Fixed Part and Portable Part
299 modes. See the gigacontr(8) manpage for details.
303 3.1. Solutions to frequently reported problems
304 -----------------------------------------
306 You have a slow provider and isdn4linux gives up dialing too early.
308 Load the isdn module using the dialtimeout option. You can do this e.g.
309 by adding a line like
311 options isdn dialtimeout=15
313 to /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset, /etc/modprobe.conf.local or a similar file.
316 The isdnlog program emits error messages or just doesn't work.
318 Isdnlog supports only the HiSax driver. Do not attempt to use it with
319 other drivers such as Gigaset.
322 You have two or more DECT data adapters (M101/M105) and only the
323 first one you turn on works.
325 Select Unimodem mode for all DECT data adapters. (see section 2.5.)
329 usb_gigaset 3-2:1.0: Could not initialize the device.
330 appear in your syslog.
332 Check whether your M10x wireless device is correctly registered to the
333 Gigaset base. (see section 2.7.)
335 3.2. Telling the driver to provide more information
336 ----------------------------------------------
337 Building the driver with the "Gigaset debugging" kernel configuration
338 option (CONFIG_GIGASET_DEBUG) gives it the ability to produce additional
339 information useful for debugging.
341 You can control the amount of debugging information the driver produces by
342 writing an appropriate value to /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug, e.g.
343 echo 0 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
344 switches off debugging output completely,
345 echo 0x302020 > /sys/module/gigaset/parameters/debug
346 enables a reasonable set of debugging output messages. These values are
347 bit patterns where every bit controls a certain type of debugging output.
348 See the constants DEBUG_* in the source file gigaset.h for details.
350 The initial value can be set using the debug parameter when loading the
351 module "gigaset", e.g. by adding a line
352 options gigaset debug=0
353 to your module configuration file, eg. /etc/modprobe.d/gigaset or
354 /etc/modprobe.conf.local.
356 Generated debugging information can be found
357 - as output of the command
359 - in system log files written by your syslog daemon, usually
360 in /var/log/, e.g. /var/log/messages.
362 3.3. Reporting problems and bugs
363 ---------------------------
364 If you can't solve problems with the driver on your own, feel free to
365 use one of the forums, bug trackers, or mailing lists on
366 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x
367 or write an electronic mail to the maintainers.
369 Try to provide as much information as possible, such as
371 - kernel version (uname -r)
372 - gcc version (gcc --version)
373 - hardware architecture (uname -m, ...)
374 - type and firmware version of your device (base and wireless module,
376 - output of "lsusb -v" (if using an USB device)
378 - relevant system log messages (it would help if you activate debug
379 output as described in 3.2.)
381 For help with general configuration problems not specific to our driver,
382 such as isdn4linux and network configuration issues, please refer to the
383 appropriate forums and newsgroups.
385 3.4. Reporting problem solutions
386 ---------------------------
387 If you solved a problem with our drivers, wrote startup scripts for your
388 distribution, ... feel free to contact us (using one of the places
389 mentioned in 3.3.). We'd like to add scripts, hints, documentation
390 to the driver and/or the project web page.
393 4. Links, other software
394 ---------------------
395 - Sourceforge project developing this driver and associated tools
396 http://sourceforge.net/projects/gigaset307x
397 - Yahoo! Group on the Siemens Gigaset family of devices
398 http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/Siemens-Gigaset
399 - Siemens Gigaset/T-Sinus compatibility table
400 http://www.erbze.info/sinus_gigaset.htm
408 for his help with isdn4linux
410 for his base driver code
412 for his kernel 2.6 patches
414 for his work and logs to get unimodem mode working
416 for his logs and patches to get cx 100 working
418 for his generous donation of one M105 and two M101 cordless adapters
420 for his generous donation of a M34 device
422 and all the other people who sent logs and other information.