Yealink Linux Kernel Driver

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Status
3. Compilation
4. Keyboard Features
5. LCD Features
6. Driver Usage
7. Sound Features

Introduction

This document describes the driver for Yealink phones and ATA adapter.

Status

Phone Models

• USB-P1K USB 1.1 hand phone with LCD, keypad and ringer
• USB-P1KH USB 1.1 hand phone with LCD, keypad and ringer
• USB-P4K USB 1.1 speaker phone desktop model
• USB-B2K USB 1.1 telbox, ATA adapter for PSTN
• USB-B3K USB 1.1 telbox, ATA adapter for PSTN
  (Caller-ID and PSTN-USB-bridge currently not supported)

Kernel Versions

Currently kernel versions >= 2.6.18 and <= 6.1 are supported.

References

For manufacturer documentation might still be found at http://www.yealink.com/ but due to the dated devices this may not be true anymore.

The original development branch can be found at:
https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/usbb2k-api/yealink-module/

The updated sources supporting the P1KH and B3G can be found at:
https://github.com/treitmayr/yealink-module

Matrix of Supported Features

Function	API	P1K(H)	P4K	B2K	B3G
audio playback	alsa	ok	ok	ok	ok
audio record	alsa	ok	ok	ok	ok
keyboard	input	ok	ok	ok	ok
hookflash	input		ok	ok	ok
PSTN ring	input			ok	ok
LCD		sysfs	ok	ok
LED		sysfs	ok
DIALTONE	sysfs		ok	ok	ok
RINGTONE	sysfs	ok		ok	ok
BACKLIGHT	sysfs		ok
SPEAKER		sysfs		ok
PSTN		sysfs			ok
LED (USB/PSTN)	sysfs			ok	ok
Caller-ID					wip
PSTN-USB-Bridge					wip

Notes:
P4K: Ring tones are implemented by switching on the SPEAKER and sending a ring tone pcm via the dsp interface.

Userspace Applications

Yeaphone

Warning: Yeaphone is outdated and not maintained anymore!

Thomas Reitmayr has released Yeaphone, a great addition to linphone, this will turn your P1K(H) into a full blown SIP phone. There are even packages for the Linksys NSLU2 for an energy efficient and fanless solution!

Check it out at https://www.devbase.at/past-projects/yeaphone.

Compilation

Using DKMS

The following commands will fetch, compile, and install the kernel module.

git clone https://github.com/treitmayr/yealink-module.git
version=$(grep -Po 'PACKAGE_VERSION=\K.*' yealink-module/dkms.conf)
sudo mv yealink-module /usr/src/yealink-$version
sudo dkms add yealink/$version
sudo dkms build yealink/$version
sudo dkms install --force yealink/$version
sudo dkms status | grep yealink

Note that this will replace the yealink kernel module shipped with your Linux distribution, but you may still be able to find the original file in one of the directories /var/lib/dkms/yealink/original_module/*/*/.

Using Plain make

In order to build the yealink.ko kernel module, just invoke

make

Note that it should not be necessary to install or build a full-blown Linux kernel source tree!

Troubleshooting

Q: The phone is working (displays version and accepts keypad input) but I cannot find the sysfs files.
A: The sysfs files are located on the particular usb endpoint. On most distributions you can do: find /sys/ -name get_icons for a hint.

Keyboard Features

Keyboard events are processes through the input layer. A user space application may issue the EVIOCGRAB ioctl() on the corresponding /dev/input/eventX device to prevent the key codes from the event device to go to the rest of the system.

The current mappings from scancode to input event are provided by the map_p1k_to_key, map_p4k_to_key, ... functions. See yealink.c for a description.

P1K Keyboard Layout

Physical USB-P1K Button Layout          Input Events

             up                             up
       IN           OUT                left,   right
            down                           down

     pickup   C    hangup         enter, backspace, escape
       1      2      3                    1, 2, 3
       4      5      6                    4, 5, 6,
       7      8      9                    7, 8, 9,
       *      0      #                    *, 0, #,

The "up" and "down" keys, are symbolized by arrows on the button. The "pickup" and "hangup" keys are symbolized by a green and red phone on the button.

Hookflash

The B2K, B3K, and P4K generate KEY_PHONE up and down events when the phone taken off- or on-hook.

PSTN Ring

The B2K and B3K report each individual ringtone on the PSTN line with KEY_P down (start of tone) and up (end of tone) events.

LCD Features

The models P1K(H) and P4K feature an LCD which is divided and organized as a 3 line display:

    |[]   [][]   [][]   [][]   in   |[][]
    |[] M [][] D [][] : [][]   out  |[][]
                              store

    NEW REP         SU MO TU WE TH FR SA

    [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
    [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

Line 1  Format (see below)  : 18.e8.M8.88...188
        Icon names          :   M  D  :  IN OUT STORE
Line 2  Format              : .........
        Icon name           : NEW REP SU MO TU WE TH FR SA
Line 3  Format              : 888888888888

Format description

From a user space perspective the world is separated in "digits" and "icons". A digit can have a character set, an icon can only be ON or OFF.

• Generic format specifiers

  • 8 - Generic 7 segment digit with individual addressable segments

• Reduced capability 7 segm digit, when segments are hard wired together.

  • 1 - 2 segment digit only able to produce a 1.
  • e - Most significant day of the month digit, able to produce at least 1 2 3.
  • M - Most significant minute digit, able to produce at least 0 1 2 3 4 5.

• Icons or pictograms:

  • . - For example like AM, PM, SU, a 'dot' .. or other single segment elements.

Driver Usage

Overview

sysfs interface

For userland the following interfaces are available using the sysfs interface:

sysfs entry	access	description
line1	read/write	LCD line 1
line2	read/write	LCD line 2
line3	read/write	LCD line 3
get_icons	read	returns a set of available icons
hide_icon	write	hide the element by writing the icon name
show_icon	write	display the element by writing the icon name
map_seg7	read/write	the 7 segments char set, common for all Yealink phones. (see map_to_7segment.h)
ringtone	write	upload binary representation of a ringtone for P1K(H) models, see yealink.c.
model	read	returns the detected phone model

Module parameters**

None.

lineX

Reading /sys/../lineX will return the format string with its current value`

Example:

cat ./line3
888888888888
Linux Rocks!

Writing to /sys/../lineX will set the corresponding LCD line.

• Excess characters are ignored.
• If less characters are written than allowed, the remaining digits are unchanged.
• The tab '\t'and '\n' char does not overwrite the original content.
• Writing a space to an icon will always hide its content.

Example:

date +"%m.%e.%k:%M"  | sed 's/^0/ /' > ./line1

This will update the LCD with the current date & time.

get_icons

Reading will return all available icon names for the detected model and its current settings:

cat ./get_icons
on M
on D
on :
   IN
   OUT
   STORE
   NEW
   REP
   SU
   MO
   TU
   WE
   TH
   FR
   SA
   LED
   RINGTONE

show/hide_icons

Writing to these files will update the state of the icon. Only one icon at a time can be updated.

If an icon is also on a ./lineX the corresponding value is updated with the first letter of the icon.

Example - light up the store icon:

echo -n "STORE" > ./show_icon

cat ./line1
18.e8.M8.88...188
             S

Example - sound the ring tone for 10 seconds:

  echo -n RINGTONE > /sys/..../show_icon
  sleep 10
  echo -n RINGTONE > /sys/..../hide_icon

model

This file can be read to print the current phone model.

Example - show the current phone model:

cat ./model
P1K

Sound Features

Sound is supported by the generic ALSA driver snd_usb_audio.

One 16-bit channel with sample and playback rates of 8000 Hz is the practical limit of the devices.

Example - recording test:

arecord -v -d 10 -r 8000 -f S16_LE -t wav  foobar.wav

Example - playback test:

aplay foobar.wav

Credits & Acknowledgments

See yealink.c.