Far South Networks Com.X10 Quick Start Manual - page 5
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Configuration
The ComX has been pre&configured with each Comma iTA device sold with the unit
3%etc%commaconf4 including the MAC address and IP address configuration of each unit
The Dahdi and mISDN configuration files have also been pre&configured to match the configuration of
the Comma units
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The comma manager Dahdi mISDN Asterisk and Comma&GUI start automatically on system start&up
NOTE$ The Comma iTA unit is reconfigured from the information on the server on every power&up or reset
Firmware upgrades made available on the ComX server thus become active on the next Comma iTA
restart
Identifying connected Comma iTAs
From the GUI select the Hardware panel A Scan of the network will list additional devices
2.
Alternatively from the server type the following$
comma-ls -v
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Connected Comma iTA devices will be identified by their MAC addresses and IP addresses if
connected correctly and the hardware configuration and software versions will be listed
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If IP addresses are not listed the unit may be connected in the wrong order Connect the units to
different ComX Ethernet ports The units# MAC addresses can be viewed with their interface
configuration in %etc%commaconf in order to determine the correct connection order
Logging and Diagnostics
From the Comma&GUI select the Monitoring menu for an extensive monitoring suite
2.
The command line interface of the Comma iTA may be accessed from the Comma Manager directory
by typing$
comma-console
3.
A log is maintained while the Comma Manager is running typically found at %var%log%commalog$
less /var/log/comma.log
4.
The ComX server system log keeps a record of system warnings and errors and can be viewed as
follows$
less /var/log/syslog
5.
The Asterisk PBX server command line can be accessed from the server as follows$
sudo asterisk -vvvr