diff --git a/libs/openzap/src/include/openzap.h b/libs/openzap/src/include/openzap.h
index b47acfdbbe..61981dd9fb 100644
--- a/libs/openzap/src/include/openzap.h
+++ b/libs/openzap/src/include/openzap.h
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ struct zap_channel {
 	zap_chan_type_t type;
 	zap_socket_t sockfd;
 	zap_channel_flag_t flags;
+	void *mod_data;
 	struct zap_software_interface *zint;
 };
 typedef struct zap_channel zap_channel_t;
@@ -189,8 +190,8 @@ struct zap_span {
 typedef struct zap_span zap_span_t;
 
 #define ZINT_CONFIGURE_ARGS (struct zap_software_interface *zint)
-#define ZINT_OPEN_ARGS (unsigned span_id, unsigned chan_id, zap_channel_t **zchan)
-#define ZINT_CLOSE_ARGS (zap_channel_t **zchan)
+#define ZINT_OPEN_ARGS (zap_channel_t *zchan)
+#define ZINT_CLOSE_ARGS (zap_channel_t *zchan)
 #define ZINT_SET_CODEC_ARGS (zap_channel_t *zchan, zap_codec_t codec)
 #define ZINT_SET_INTERVAL_ARGS (zap_channel_t *zchan, unsigned ms)
 #define ZINT_WAIT_ARGS (zap_channel_t *zchan, zap_wait_flag_t flags, unsigned to)
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ typedef zap_status_t (*zint_write_t) ZINT_WRITE_ARGS ;
 #define ZINT_WRITE_FUNCTION(name) zap_status_t name ZINT_WRITE_ARGS
 
 #define ZINT_CONFIGURE_MUZZLE assert(zint != NULL)
-#define ZINT_OPEN_MUZZLE assert(span_id != 0); assert(chan_id != 0); assert(zchan != NULL)
+#define ZINT_OPEN_MUZZLEE assert(zchan != NULL)
 #define ZINT_CLOSE_MUZZLE assert(zchan != NULL)
 #define ZINT_SET_CODEC_MUZZLE assert(zchan != NULL); assert(codec != 0)
 #define ZINT_SET_INTERVAL_MUZZLE assert(zchan != NULL); assert(ms != 0)
diff --git a/libs/openzap/src/openzap.c b/libs/openzap/src/openzap.c
index 4644444811..8f3383b759 100644
--- a/libs/openzap/src/openzap.c
+++ b/libs/openzap/src/openzap.c
@@ -189,35 +189,43 @@ zap_status_t zap_span_add_channel(zap_span_t *span, zap_socket_t sockfd, zap_cha
 zap_status_t zap_channel_open(const char *name, unsigned span_id, unsigned chan_id, zap_channel_t **zchan)
 {
 	zap_software_interface_t *zint = (zap_software_interface_t *) hashtable_search(globals.interface_hash, (char *)name);
+	zap_status_t status = ZAP_FAIL;
 
 	if (span_id < ZAP_MAX_SPANS_INTERFACE && chan_id < ZAP_MAX_CHANNELS_SPAN && zint) {
 		zap_channel_t *check;
 		check = &zint->spans[span_id].channels[chan_id];
 		if (zap_test_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_READY) && ! zap_test_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN)) {
-			zap_set_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN);
-			*zchan = check;
-			return ZAP_SUCCESS;
+			status = check->zint->open(check);
+			if (status == ZAP_SUCCESS) {
+				zap_set_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN);
+				*zchan = check;
+			}
+			return status;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return ZAP_FAIL;
+	return status;
 }
 
 zap_status_t zap_channel_close(zap_channel_t **zchan)
 {
 	zap_channel_t *check;
+	zap_status_t status = ZAP_FAIL;
+
 	*zchan = NULL;
-	
 	assert(zchan != NULL);
 	check = *zchan;
 	assert(check != NULL);
 	
 	if (zap_test_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN)) {
-		zap_clear_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN);
-		return ZAP_SUCCESS;
+		status = check->zint->close(check);
+		if (status == ZAP_SUCCESS) {
+			zap_clear_flag(check, ZAP_CHANNEL_OPEN);
+			*zchan = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 	
-	return ZAP_FAIL;
+	return status;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/libs/openzap/src/zap_wanpipe.c b/libs/openzap/src/zap_wanpipe.c
index d76b802988..a165afea70 100644
--- a/libs/openzap/src/zap_wanpipe.c
+++ b/libs/openzap/src/zap_wanpipe.c
@@ -74,58 +74,6 @@ typedef unsigned __int32 u_int32_t;
 
 static zap_software_interface_t wanpipe_interface;
 
-struct wanpipe_channel {
-	struct zap_channel zchan;
-	int x;
-};
-
-
-
-unsigned wp_open_lapd(zap_span_t *span, const char *name)
-{
-	struct wan_sockaddr_ll  sa;
-	zap_socket_t sock = -1;
-
-	errno = 0;
-	sock = socket(AF_WANPIPE, SOCK_RAW, 0);
-	memset(&sa,0,sizeof(struct wan_sockaddr_ll));
-
-	zap_log(ZAP_LOG_DEBUG, "attempting to open lapd device socket %s\n", name);
-
-	if( sock < 0 ) {
-		zap_log(ZAP_LOG_ERROR, "socket error!\n");
-		return 0;
-	} 
-
-	zap_copy_string(sa.sll_device, name, sizeof(sa.sll_device));
-	zap_copy_string(sa.sll_card, "wanpipe1", sizeof(sa.sll_card));
-
-	sa.sll_protocol = htons(PVC_PROT);
-	sa.sll_family = AF_WANPIPE;
-
-	if(bind(sock, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, sizeof(struct wan_sockaddr_ll)) < 0){
-		zap_log(ZAP_LOG_ERROR, "socket bind error!\n");
-        return 0;
-	}
-
-	{
-		unsigned customer_id;
-		int err = ioctl(sock,SIOC_AFT_CUSTOMER_ID,&customer_id);
-		if (err){
-			perror("Customer ID: ");
-		}else{
-			printf("Customer ID 0x%X\n",customer_id);
-			return 1;
-		}
-
-
-	}
-
-	
-	return 0;
-}
-
-
 static zap_socket_t wp_open_device(int span, int chan) 
 {
    	char fname[256];
@@ -186,26 +134,6 @@ static unsigned wp_configure_channel(zap_config_t *cfg, const char *str, zap_spa
 
 	assert(str != NULL);
 	
-	if (type == ZAP_CHAN_TYPE_DQ921) {
-		char *flag, *name;
-		
-		flag = str;
-		if ((name = strchr(flag, ':'))) {
-			name++;
-		} else {
-			name = flag;
-			flag = NULL;
-		}
-
-		if (flag) {
-			if (strstr(flag, "q931")) {
-				type = ZAP_CHAN_TYPE_DQ931;
-				configured += wp_open_lapd(span, name);
-				return configured;
-			}
-
-		}
-	}
 
 	mydata = strdup(str);
 	assert(mydata != NULL);
@@ -315,7 +243,14 @@ static ZINT_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION(wanpipe_configure)
 				if (d) {
 					zap_log(ZAP_LOG_WARNING, "ignoring extra d-channel\n");
 				} else {
-					configured += wp_configure_channel(&cfg, val, span, ZAP_CHAN_TYPE_DQ921);
+					zap_chan_type_t qtype;
+					if (!strncasecmp(val, "lapd:", 5)) {
+						qtype = ZAP_CHAN_TYPE_DQ931;
+						val += 5;
+					} else {
+						qtype = ZAP_CHAN_TYPE_DQ921;
+					}
+					configured += wp_configure_channel(&cfg, val, span, qtype);
 					d++;
 				}
 			}