I easily get confused when try to undertstand FXO & FXS ports. Is it possible to use an ATA to connect to a TDM400 card. If so, would I use FXO modules or FXS modules ? My goal is to connect my asterisk server to Vonage (via the ATA they send me) so I can use thier standard plan and do with out the Softphone account feature that only allows a few hundred minutes talk time. Thank you, Steve
Steve Maroney wrote:>I easily get confused when try to undertstand FXO & FXS ports. >Is it possible to use an ATA to connect to a TDM400 card. If >so, would I use FXO modules or FXS modules ? > > >Use an FXO module. It's always the opposite, the ATA provides 2 FXS ports. So, it will only allow FXO devices to connect.
Steve Maroney wrote:> I easily get confused when try to undertstand FXO & FXS ports. > Is it possible to use an ATA to connect to a TDM400 card. If > so, would I use FXO modules or FXS modules ? > > My goal is to connect my asterisk server to Vonage (via the ATA they > send me) so I can use thier standard plan and do with out the Softphone > account feature that only allows a few hundred minutes talk time.Be wary. There have been some discussions on this list that suggest that some ATAs will not provide the proper disconnect supervision that the TDM400P FXOs require (and your telco will provide). For example, I have found that the using the FXS on the DLINK ATA provided for Primus TalkBroadBand will not work reliably when connected to a TDM400P FXO. I can't comment specifically on Vonage's ATA ... Cheers