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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 19:17:02 +0200, christophe de coninck <asterisk@arrant-illusion.be> wrote:> I'm wondering, would it be possible to use a: > US Robotics 56K faxmodem V92 - Internal - PCI > to make phonecalls to normal telephones and receive them ?Do you know which chipset it uses?> or wich other brands/models do you recommend that are affordable and easy > to maintain in belgium/europeIt's got nothing to do with the brand of the modem. The chipset is what matters. The Zaptel wcfxo driver is specifically written for the Intel/Ambient MD3200 chipset. Nothing else will do. Of course, you can always write your own driver for a different chipset ;-)> because i cant find the intel IA92 cardFax modems using the MD3200 chip are gradually being phased out of production. These days, the Connexant chipset is far more common in fax modems.> or any of the wildcard's (wich are pretty expensive)Don't forget that you get both a "works with Asterisk/Zaptel" warranty and installation support. This means Digium will replace the card if it doesn't work with Asterisk and Zaptel. Other vendors will tell you that the modem is a modem is a modem and as long as it works with the winmodem drivers as a modem on Windoze, they won't accept that you have an issue. It also means that if you get stuck, you can call Digium free of charge (dial extension 500 in the demo of the sample extensions.conf for a free internet IAX peer-to-peer call to Digium) and have them help you get it working. They will even log into your asterisk box and build/install/configure the Zaptel drivers for you. Before this background, you may find that this is a good deal worth considering, even though it may look expensive at first sight, especially if you are doing this for the first time. rgds benjk -- Sunrise Telephone Systems, 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. NB: Spam filters in place. Messages unrelated to the * mailing lists may get trashed.
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On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:06:57 +0200, Christophe De Coninck <catchall@zarekk.be> wrote:> All i can find is this: > Protocols & Specifications [SNIP]None of that tells you anything about the chipset. You may want to contact the manufacturer and ask. But to be honest, I doubt that the USR modem uses the MD3200 chipset.> and I don't really see the use of investing more then 100$ for just > testing/playing with asterisk. If it really comes in handy I would buy a > wildcard or other good card.Fair enough. I didn't mean to lecture you. My point was only that support costs money and that "expensive" is always relative to your needs. I am not blaming anybody for buying cheap fax modems and use them as Zaptel FXO cards, but I am not blaming Digium either for their decision to bundle otherwise available electronics equipment with support. I think it is a fair value offer. Nobody is forced to take that offer, but the offer is there and it is good that it is there. rgds benjk -- Sunrise Telephone Systems, 9F Shibuya Daikyo Bldg., 1-13-5 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. NB: Spam filters in place. Messages unrelated to the * mailing lists may get trashed.