i4b(4)

NAME

i4b - isdn4bsd call control ISDN driver

SYNOPSIS

device "i4b"

DESCRIPTION

The i4b device driver is used by the isdnd(8) daemon to ex

change messages
with the isdn4bsd kernel part for the purpose of call estab

lishment, control and disconnection and to access various control and

status informations. The i4b device can only be opened by a single pro

cess and is not
meant to be used by user programs.

The messages and message parameters are documented in the

include file
/usr/include/machine/i4b_ioctl.h.

The most important available ioctl's are:

I4B_CDID_REQ

Request a unique Call Description IDentifier

(cdid) which
identifies uniquely a single interaction of

the local D
channel with the exchange.

I4B_CONNECT_REQ

Actively request a call setup to a remote ISDN

subscriber.

I4B_CONNECT_RESP

Respond to an incoming call, either accept,

reject or
ignore it.

I4B_DISCONNECT_REQ

Actively terminate a connection.

I4B_CTRL_INFO_REQ

Request information about an installed ISDN

controller
card.

I4B_DIALOUT_RESP

Give information about call setup to driver

who requested
dialing out.

I4B_TIMEOUT_UPD

Update the kernels timeout value(s) in case of

dynamically
calculated shorthold mode timing changes.

I4B_UPDOWN_IND

Inform the kernel userland drivers about in

terface soft
up/down status changes.

I4B_CTRL_DOWNLOAD

Download firmware to active card(s).

I4B_ACTIVE_DIAGNOSTIC

Return diagnostic information from active

cards.

Status and event messages available from the kernel are:

MSG_CONNECT_IND

An incoming call from a remote ISDN user is

indicated.

MSG_CONNECT_ACTIVE_IND

After an incoming call has been accepted lo

cally or an outgoing call has been accepted by a remote, the

exchange signaled an active connection and the correspond

ing B-channel
is switched through.

MSG_DISCONNECT_IND

A call was terminated.

MSG_DIALOUT_IND

A userland interface driver requests the dae

mon to dial out
(typically a network interface when a packet

arrives in its
send queue).

MSG_IDLE_TIMEOUT_IND

A call was terminated by the isdn4bsd kernel

driver because
a B-channel idle timeout occurred.

MSG_ACCT_IND

Accounting information from a network driver.

MSG_CHARGING_IND

Charging information from the kernel.

SEE ALSO

isdnd(8)

AUTHORS

The i4b device driver and this manpage were written by Hell

muth Michaelis
<hm@FreeBSD.org>.

BSD July 28, 2002

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