3.4.3. Using ztcfg and zttool

Two programs installed along with Zaptel are ztcfg and zttool. The ztcfg program is used to read the configuration in /etc/zaptel.conf to configure the hardware. The zttool program can be used to check the status of your installed hardware. For instance, if you are using a T1 card and there is no communication between the endpoints, you will see a red alarm. If everything is configured correctly and communication is possible, you should see an "OK." The zttool application is also useful for analog cards, because it tells you their current state (configured, off-hook, etc.). The use of these programs will be explored further in the next chapter.

[Warning] Warning

The libnewt libraries and its development packages (newt-devel on Red Hat-based distributions) must be installed for zttool to be compiled.

[Tip] Tip

The ztcfg and zttool applications, along with other useful utilities are located until the Utilities section of the Zaptel menuselect screen.