Open Source Drivers

Voicetronix is one of the few Computer Telephony hardware vendors with Open Source drivers. This is very important if you are developing under an Open Source operating system such as Linux. One reason is that Open Source operating systems like Linux are evolving very rapidly and unfortunately closed source drivers usually only work with a very narrow range of kernel versions. Another reason is that it guarantees the driver will always be supported and bugs can be fixed if required. [more detail]

• Install guides
  
  See the README files in the downloads for instructions
  

• API documentation
  
  Run 'make doc' in the vpb-driver source and see: src/libvpb/doc/doc_user/html/index.html
  

• Failover Box Manual
  
  Detailed information on the Failover Box including features, specifications, illustrated configurations, the serial interface programming command set and examples. .
  

• vpb-driver-4.2 (updated 4 Sep 2008) for all cards except OpenSwitch6
  
  • Support for Linux kernels up to 2.6.27
  • Support added for V2 OpenPRI cards
  • Works with CTServer-3.18
  • Debian package support (packages also available in Lenny and Sid)
  • Call tapping feature
  • OpenPCI requires firmware 14 or later - please contact Voicetronix if you require an upgrade
  • note: for OpenPCI Asterisk installations, use our Zaptel driver instead.
• vpb-driver-4.0 (updated 27 Dec 2006) for all cards
  
  • New Vtcore driver structure for the OpenPCI and OpenSwitch12
  • Re-organisation of API library (libvpb) & kernel
  • Support for Linux kernels up to 2.6.18
  • Works with CTServer-3.4
  • Updated vpbscan, vpbconf, VpbConfigurator
  • Last support for OpenSwitch6
• zaptel-1.4 driver for OpenPCI
  
• Use OpenPCI with chan_zap rather than chan_vpb under Asterisk
• Install this driver in place of the standard zaptel package
• Requires firmware 14 - please contact Voicetronix if you require an upgrade
• note for Debian users: starting with "lenny", our driver has been integrated into the zaptel Debian package
• note for Ubuntu users: starting with "hardy", our driver has been integrated into the zaptel Ubuntu package

• API Notes for vpb-driver-4.0 and later
  
  • vpb_open() : boards and channels start at 0.
    
    (vpb-driver-2.x : boards and channels numbering started at 1)

• CT Server a library for programming CT applications for Voicetronix cards.
  
  Perl-based interface, easy to use, powerful, and client/server architecture.
  Check out the samples or fire up OpenPBX!
  OpenPBX is a small office PBX.
  This CT Server package includes install documentation, samples, and the source code.
  
  

• CTServer 3.18 (9 Aug 2007) :
  
  • use with vpb-driver-4.2.x
    
• CTServer 3.4 (27 Oct 2006) :
  
  • use with vpb-driver-4.0
    

• Logger - Free Voice Logging Application with web based administration and real time monitoring. Build your own voice logger for a fraction of the price of commercial, closed source systems!
  

Logger v 1.4 for OpenPRI, OpenPCI (updated 31 Oct 2008). See the README and INSTALL files in the package for detailed information.

Web Interface v 3.0 (updated 25 Jun 2008). Installation instructions can be found in the logger-web README file.

Operations Manual (updated 25 Jun 2008).

• Asterisk - Open-Source PBX
  
  Voicetronix cards can be used with Asterisk using either vpb-driver with the chan_vpb channel module (for OpenLine or OpenSwitch cards), or our modified Zaptel (for OpenPCI cards). We recommend using Debian or Ubuntu, both of which now include our patches in the standard Zaptel package (starting with Debian lenny and Ubuntu hardy).
  
  For further documentation on all things Asterisk, please see voip-info.org.

• Windows Installer (8 Aug 2003) OpenLine cards only

• vpb-driver-2.4.3 (28 April 2005) OpenLine, OpenLog cards only.