.TH "FXSTEST" "8" "9 June 2007" "asterisk" "System Manager's Manuals: Asterisk"

.SH NAME
fxstest \- Simple tests for DAHDI FXS adapters
.SH SYNOPSIS

.B fxstest /dev/dahdi/\fIN comand\fR

.SH DESCRIPTION
fxstest can be used to issue one of a number simple tests to FXS
adapters (analog adapters intended to connect phones). 

.SH OPTIONS
All of those tests operate on a single dahdi channel which has to be an
FXS port, and must not be in use by Asterisk or any other program.

The command has two mandatory parameters.
The first parameter is the device file to operate on. It is typically
/dev/dahdi/NN , a device file under /dev/dahdi .

The second parameter is the name of the command to run on that channel:

.I stats
.RS
Reports voltages
.RE

.I regdump
.RS
Dumps ProSLIC registers
.RE

.I tones
.RS
Plays a series of tones
.RE

.I polarity
.RS
Requests channel to reverse polarity.
.RE

.I ring
.RS
Rings phone
.RE

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
dahdi_tool(8), dahdi_cfg(8), dahdi_monitor(8), asterisk(8).
.SH BUGS
Does not allow testing channels beyond 249. Should support opening
channels through /dev/dahdi/channel .
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
This manual page was written by Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen@xorcom.com> .
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document 
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any 
later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP