---
name: "actctrl"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "isdnactivecards"
version: "1:3.12.2007-11-27-1+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/actctrl"
---

# actctrl(8)

configure IBM Active 2000 ISDN adaptor

## NAME

actctrl - configure IBM Active 2000 ISDN adaptor

## SYNOPSIS

**actctrl \[-d** *Driver-Id***\]** *action options* **...**

## DESCRIPTION

**actctrl** is used to setup the IBM Active 2000 ISDN device driver and for downloading the firmware into the ISDN card.

The use of *actctrl* makes sense, if you are using an IBM Active 2000 card only.

## OPTIONS

- **-d** *Driver-Id*

  selects the S0 interface named by *Driver-Id*. Driver-Ids are defined during driver initialisation. See **act2000**(4) for a description of the syntax to be used for modularized and monolithic driver versions. This option **must** be used to identify the S0 interface if more than one S0 interface is existent. If a single IBM Active 2000 is used, it may be omitted. If using more than one card, support for the other cards is enabled with the **add** action of actctrl. Ids may **not** start with **digits** or small **x**, because these values are misinterpreted as numeric parameters by **insmod**. For loading the module, always the newest **modutils** package should be used to avoid problems during load.

The following  *actions* may be given to **actctrl**.

- **add \[***bus***\[** *port***\[** *irq***\[** *id***\]\]\]\]**

  enables support for an additional card in the driver. *bus* is is an integer describing the bus-type of the card. Currently, the only value which is allowed here is **1** meaning ISA-bus. In the future, the values **2** (for MCA) and **3** (for PCMCIA) will be available. *port* is either an integer describing the base port, or the string **auto** which enables autoprobing. *irq* is either an integer describing the IRQ to use, the string **auto**, which enables grabbing of the next free IRQ or the string **none** which enables polled mode for this card. *id* is an arbitrary string for referencing the card at a later time.

- **dproto** *protocol* **\[***msn0***,***msn1***, ...** *msn9***\]**

  selects the D-channel protocol and defines MSN's if using Euro protocol. *protocol* may be either the string **1tr6** or the string **euro**. If selecting Euro protocol, a comma-separated list of up to 10 MSN's may be appended. For defining an empty entry in this list, use a dash.

- **load** *firmware*

  downloads the firmware into the card and starts operation. Usually the images are located in *'/lib/firmware/isdn'*. The firmware is named *bip1120.bpl*.

- **dump**

  is available if the program is configured using the **--enable-dump** option only. The contents of internal driver variables is dumped on stdout.

## FILES

- *'/lib/firmware/isdn'/bip1120.bpl*

  This is the image of the firmware designed for both the German 1TR6 protocol and Euro ISDN.

## BUGS

No bugs so far.

## AUTHOR

© 1997 by Fritz Elfert \<fritz@isdn4linux.de\>

## SEE ALSO

[**isdnctrl**(8)](/isdnctrl/8.md), **act2000**(4), [**isdnctrl**(4)](/isdnctrl/4.md), [**ttyI**(4)](/ttyI/4.md).