chan_dongle full installation steps UPDATED

[Hamza Gad]

Hi everyone, I just created a full steps guide to install chan_dongle On Ubuntu 22 Asterisk 18 FreePBX 16 OS VERSION="22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)" Asterisk 18.19.0 FreePBX 16.0.33 I combined all the required files and sources Except OS in one tar file https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEt13Y6iALR6aRrM83UD497G_E43LQV0/view?usp=sharing you will find all of these steps in install.sh file inside the tar file it is recommended to copy paste the commands not to run the script, since it is not prepared for autoinstall Install OS ubuntu 18 and enable root on ssh access then follow the steps #bin/bash

#move all files using winscp to root directory

#server update packages and add repos then reboot

curl -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc 'https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc'

sh -c "echo 'deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/dbms/mariadb/repo/10.10/ubuntu jammy main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list"

LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

apt update

apt upgrade

reboot

#install packages

apt-get install unzip git gnupg2 curl libnewt-dev libssl-dev libncurses5-dev subversion libsqlite3-dev build-essential libjansson-dev libxml2-dev uuid-dev subversion apt-transport-https curl sox mpg123 unixodbc unixodbc-dev libmariadb3 libmariadb-dev

apt-get install apache2

apt-get install mariadb-server

apt-get install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-cgi php7.4-common php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-gd php7.4-mysql php7.4-bcmath php7.4-zip php7.4-xml php7.4-imap php7.4-json php7.4-snmp

apt-get install php-pear

apt-get install nodejs npm

apt-get install python3-certbot-apache

#asterisk build

tar zxf asterisk-18-current.tar.gz

cd asterisk-18.*/

./contrib/scripts/get_mp3_source.sh

./contrib/scripts/install_prereq install

./configure

make menuselect

# select app_macro module, format mp3

make -j2

make install install-headers

make samples

make config

ldconfig

groupadd asterisk

useradd -r -d /var/lib/asterisk -g asterisk asterisk

usermod -aG audio,dialout asterisk

chown -R asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk

chown -R asterisk.asterisk /var/{lib,log,spool}/asterisk

chown -R asterisk.asterisk /usr/lib/asterisk

#fix asterisk

cd

echo 'AST_USER="asterisk"' >> /etc/default/asterisk

echo 'AST_GROUP="asterisk"' >> /etc/default/asterisk

sed -i 's/;\[radius\]/[radius]/g' /etc/asterisk/cdr.conf

echo 'radiuscfg => /etc/radcli/radiusclient.conf' >> /etc/asterisk/cdr.conf

sed -i 's";radiuscfg => /usr/local/etc/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient.conf"radiuscfg => /etc/radcli/radiusclient.conf"g' /etc/asterisk/cel.conf

systemctl restart asterisk

#fix webserver

a2enmod rewrite

rm -rf /var/www/html

sed -i 's/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

sed -i 's/^\(User\|Group\).*/\1 asterisk/' /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\12000M/' /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini

sed -i 's/\(^upload_max_filesize = \).*/\12000M/' /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

sed -i 's/\(^memory_limit = \).*/\1512M/' /etc/php/7.4/apache2/php.ini

systemctl restart apache2

#freePBX install

tar -xvzf freepbx-16.0-latest.tgz

cd freepbx

./install -n

fwconsole ma downloadinstall certman

fwconsole ma install pm2

#install dongles driver

cd

echo 'KERNEL=="ttyUSB*", MODE="0666", OWNER="asterisk", GROUP="uucp"'>/etc/udev/rules.d/92-dongle.rules

echo 'rungroup = dialout'>>/etc/asterisk/asterisk.conf

mv dongle.conf /etc/asterisk/dongle.conf

chown asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk/dongle.conf

chmod 664 /etc/asterisk/dongle.conf

mv extensions_custom.conf /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf

chown asterisk.asterisk /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf

chmod 664 /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf

# build the driver

unzip asterisk-chan-dongle-master*

cd asterisk-chan-dongle-master/

autoupdate

aclocal

autoconf

automake -a

./bootstrap

./configure --with-astversion=18.19.0

make clean

make

make install

chmod 755 /usr/lib/asterisk/modules/chan_dongle.so

systemctl restart asterisk

#secure mysql database and add root password

mysql_secure_installation

#reboot

apt autoremove

reboot

#navigate through web page to server

# set admin username and password

[Hamza Gad]

mv *.txt /var/log/asterisk/

chmod 777 /var/log/asterisk/*.txt

chown asterisk:asterisk /var/log/asterisk/*.txt

[CW]

Thank you for preparing this tutorial! It helps me a lot since I find it difficult to identify up to date information for installing it.

[Twish Twirl]

https://www.aiavenue.net/

[Hamza Gad]

You are welcome any time, here is some updates since I can't modify the original message:
this is the alternative command for mariadb repo:

sh -c "echo 'deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/dbms/mariadb/repo/10.11/ubuntu jammy main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list"

also you may need to configure firewall and timezone, or just disable firewall for now:

timedatectl set-timezone Africa/Cairo

ufw disable

also you may want to install logrotate to help maintaining the logs:

make install install-headers install-logrotate

also you may require to remove modem-manager, so dongles should have a faster performance in the initialization stage:

apt-get remove modemmanager

but consider keeping it if u want to use socat to insert commands to dongles.

[Luther Valiente]

is this still working? im install ubuntu 22 on my mini pc.. trying this tutorial now!

[Luther Valiente]

i got an error after the input <make menu select>

root@serverpbx:~/asterisk-18.19.0# make menuselect
****
**** The configure script must be executed before running 'make'.
****               Please run "./configure".
****
Makefile:115: makeopts: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:368: makeopts] Error 1

[Hamza Gad]

Yes, this guide is still working
just ignore this line:

sh -c "echo 'deb https://ftp.yz.yamagata-u.ac.jp/pub/dbms/mariadb/repo/10.10/ubuntu jammy main' >>/etc/apt/sources.list"

Also, replace this line:

make install install-headers

with this one:

make install install-headers install-logrotate

and before restarting the asterisk hit this command:

sed -i 's/create 640 root root/create 640 asterisk asterisk/' /etc/logrotate.d/asterisk

Also, Consider disabling the firewall if you don't need it

ufw disable

Also, replace this line:

fwconsole ma install pm2

with this one:

fwconsole ma downloadinstall pm2 --force

Hit this command:
apt-get remove modemmanager before

apt autoremove

[Hamza Gad]

follow the steps please, one by one
in the asterisk build section you will find the necessary commands for success

On Thursday, August 22, 2024 at 1:51:36 PM UTC+3 Luther Valiente wrote:

[Akroomas]

[root@freepbx asterisk-chan-dongle-master]# automake -a
configure.ac:6: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:6: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:7: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:7: installing './missing'

[Hamza Gad]

Are you trying to install on FreePBX distro? 

[Ryan Fadriquela]

got the same error, any solution on this.
I'm running ubuntu 22 on RPi4.

[Hamza Gad]

Hi Ryan, I didn't try this on RPi
Which error do you mean?

[Ryan Fadriquela]

Hi Hamza, thanks for the reply, yes it works on RPi4. was able to install the dongle properly tested incoming call and received properly. just follow your instruction and did fine.. Thanks..

[Akroomas]

what the hell is this?!

On Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 4:06:55 PM UTC+2 Twish Twirl wrote:

[Akroomas]

no, installing the dongle files. I already have freepbx running

[Mustafa Munawar]

root@ubuntu2204:/home/ubuntu/asterisk-chan-dongle-master# automake -a
automake: error: no 'Makefile.am' found for any configure output
root@ubuntu2204:/home/ubuntu/asterisk-chan-dongle-master#
root@ubuntu2204:/home/ubuntu/asterisk-chan-dongle-master#

error when installing chandongle

os: ubuntu 24 LTS

freepbx: 16 

[Hamza Gad]

keep going
and check if it works in the end or not

[Mostafa Ashraf]

I followed the guide step by step and got everything working up to a certain point.

I'm running a VM inside Proxmox and have successfully passed through the USB modem to the VM. However, after completing the setup, I encountered the following issue in FreePBX with Asterisk 18.19.0:

Connected to Asterisk 18.19.0 currently running on freepbx (pid = 55833)
freepbx*CLI> dongle show devices
ID           Group State      RSSI Mode Submode Provider Name  Model      Firmware          IMEI             IMSI             Number
dongle1      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle2      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle3      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle4      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle5      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle6      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle7      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle8      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle9      0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
dongle10     0     Not connec 0    0    0       NONE                                                                          Unknown
freepbx*CLI>
freepbx*CLI>
    -- [dongle1] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB2...
    -- [dongle1] Dongle has connected, initializing...
    -- [dongle2] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB5...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB5: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle3] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB8...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB8: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle4] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB11...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB11: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle5] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB14...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB14: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle6] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB17...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB17: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle7] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB20...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB20: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle8] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB23...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB23: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle9] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB26...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB26: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle10] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB29...
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB29: No such file or directory
[2025-07-14 15:01:17] ERROR[57171]: at_response.c:363 at_response_error: [dongle1] Getting IMSI number failed
    -- [dongle1] Error initializing Dongle
    -- [dongle1] Dongle has disconnected
    -- [dongle1] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB2...
    -- [dongle1] Dongle has connected, initializing...
    -- [dongle2] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB5...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB5: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle3] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB8...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB8: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle4] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB11...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB11: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle5] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB14...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB14: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle6] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB17...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB17: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle7] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB20...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB20: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle8] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB23...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB23: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle9] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB26...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB26: No such file or directory
    -- [dongle10] Trying to connect on /dev/ttyUSB29...
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] WARNING[55910]: chan_dongle.c:222 opentty: unable to open /dev/ttyUSB29: No such file or directory
[2025-07-14 15:01:32] ERROR[57172]: at_response.c:363 at_response_error: [dongle1] Getting IMSI number failed
    -- [dongle1] Error initializing Dongle
    -- [dongle1] Dongle has disconnected

It continues to loop with the same behavior, repeatedly failing to open the USB ports and initialize the devices.

[Mohamed Tarek]

Dear Mostafa , 

You are not mounting the dongles correctly , make sure It mount the ttyusb to the dev at Linux and access them at Linux then restart server and it will be displayed at asterisk by it's IMEI 

Thanks

Br 

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[Musfiq]

try run below AT to set dongle to modem only.

enable modem function only

    AT^U2DIAG=0 

[Mohamed Tarek]

Hello all, 

I believe it's Linux ttyusb grants , as the logs is trying already to connect to modem but didn't find the mount directory or file , 

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[Musfiq]

simply configure the dongle to modem only, it will work. I'm running the same in proxmox without any issue