---
name: "capiinit"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "capiutils"
version: "1:3.25+dfsg1-10"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/capiinit"
---

# capiinit(8)

start or stop CAPI-capable ISDN cards

## NAME

capiinit - start or stop CAPI-capable ISDN cards

## SYNOPSIS

capiinit \[OPTIONS\] start \| stop \| show \| status \| prepare \| reload \| activate \| deactivate

capiinit \[OPTIONS\] activate\|deactivate  cardname

capiinit \[OPTIONS\] activate\|deactivate  driver \[cardname\]

## DESCRIPTION

**capiinit** is called with one of the following actions:

- **start**

  Load all modules and initialize all cards (loading the firmware), which are configured in */etc/capi.conf*.

- **stop**

  Reset all cards and unload modules.

- **show**

  Show the current configuration.

- **status**

  Show the current status.

- **prepare**

  Load all modules.

- **activate**

  Initialize all cards.

- **activate** *cardname*

  Initialize one card (i.e.: c4-ec00).

- **activate** *driver* \[*cardnumber*\]

  Initialize one card.

- **deactivate**

  Reset all cards.

- **deactivate** *cardname*

  Reset one card (i.e.: c4-ec00).

- **deactivate** *driver* \[*cardnumber*\]

  Reset one card.

- **reload**

  Reset all cards and initialize them again.

Firmware files are searched in this order in the following directories: */usr/share/isdn/\`uname -r\`*, */usr/share/isdn*, */usr/lib/isdn*, */lib/isdn*.

There is a sample config in /etc/capi.conf.

## OPTIONS

- **-c** *filename*, **--config** *filename*

  Use *filename* as config file (default is /etc/capi.conf).

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Save patch values for debugging purposes.

- **-s**, **--silent**

  Don't show status information.

## AUTHOR

Manpage written from C source by Paul Slootman \<paul@debian.org\>, updated by Matthias Klose \<m@klose.in-berlin.de\>.