I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an expensive setup and will definitely require two or more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due to PCI slot availability. I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones. However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers. Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper and more convenient)? Thank you for your suggestions. Vieri ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited
Carlo Taguinod
2006-Nov-30 02:23 UTC
[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
Take a look at Channel Banks On 11/30/06, Vieri <rentorbuy@yahoo.com> wrote:> > I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of > our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones > connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the > already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm > trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if > possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an > expensive setup and will definitely require two or > more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due > to PCI slot availability. > > I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS > uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones. > > However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards > which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers. > > Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper > and more convenient)? > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > Vieri >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20061130/4a12f62e/attachment.htm
Paco Brufal
2006-Nov-30 02:28 UTC
[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
On nov/30/2006, Vieri wrote:> Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper > and more convenient)?VoIP Gateways with 48 FXS ports. -- Paco Brufal <pbrufal@servitux.es> ServiTux Servicios Inform?ticos S.L. Tel. 966 160 600 / Fax. 966 160 601
Jon Schøpzinsky
2006-Nov-30 02:37 UTC
[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
I think It would be cheaper to use dedicated VoIP PSTN Gateways, such as audiocodes or similar (audiocodes is actually a bad example, as their not that cheap). But dedicated ATA hardware with 24 or more ports. Jon -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Vieri Sent: 30. november 2006 10:15 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an expensive setup and will definitely require two or more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due to PCI slot availability. I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones. However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers. Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper and more convenient)? Thank you for your suggestions. Vieri ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Or you could use a couple of these boxes: http://www.xorcom.com/astribank/features-32.html On 11/30/06, Vieri <rentorbuy@yahoo.com> wrote:> I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of > our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones > connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the > already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm > trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if > possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an > expensive setup and will definitely require two or > more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due > to PCI slot availability. > > I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS > uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones. > > However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards > which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers. > > Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper > and more convenient)? > > Thank you for your suggestions. > > Vieri > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >
Dovid B
2006-Nov-30 14:30 UTC
[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
You can get a basic VOIP phone for the same price that it will cost you for a FXS port. As far as wiring you can go with a bit more expensive phone and get a dual port with POE (if they have an existing computer network). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Vieri" <rentorbuy@yahoo.com> To: <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:15 AM Subject: [asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules I am trying to find out the best way to replace one of our hardware PBXs. It currently has 200+ analog phones connected to it. The idea is to take advantage of the already installed phone cables (big building) so I'm trying to avoid the use of ethernet adapters (if possible). However, I'm realizing that it's an expensive setup and will definitely require two or more cooperating Asterisk servers (cluster) mainly due to PCI slot availability. I am aware of the TDM2400P card. One could put 6 FXS uqad-modules and would serve 24 analog phones. However, I would need at least 9 of these PCI cards which could be placed in 2 or 3 servers. Is there another way of doing this (hopefully cheaper and more convenient)? Thank you for your suggestions. Vieri ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Angel Heart
2006-Dec-06 21:46 UTC
[asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules
Hi guys, We are using AudioCodes, but still looking an alternative a cheaper one for our expansion. We are currenly running 4x24-ports FXS VoIP Gateway with 2 Asterisk Server each server has Dual-Port Card interfaced with E1 PRI ISDN to PSTN and E1 MFC/R2 to PABX. Our E1 ISDNs to PSTN are already 30-day working, I am still working for the interconnection to MFC/R2 PABX and its been a month doing some trial and error thing. I was able to compiled those libraries but still getting some protocol error when calls are made. Once am able to make this run we'll push through with the expansion to our branch. Can this TDMoE able to call each other (phones) within a single 24-ports without pass-through Asterisk? Like calling each other within the branch. It will only pass through the Asterisk when a call made to an inter-branch or going to Main Office. Or in other word, can I use TDMoE without Asterisk? Regards. Angel ----- Original Message ---- From: Zoa <zoachien@securax.org> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion <asterisk-users@lists.digium.com> Sent: Friday, December 1, 2006 2:21:37 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] 200+ analog phones connected to FXS modules> > Interesting product, I didn't know about this one until just now. I've heard > that TDMoE is more trouble than it's worth, though, and may eventually be > phased out of Asterisk. Can anyone from Digium give some more information or > suggestions? > > -A. >I'm not from digium but am the proud owner of a preproduction sample of the spidermux, i also took it to Astricon Dallas. (they are already being produced but are not being sold yet). The TDMoE implementation in asterisk works, but is not used by a lot of people or hardware yet, so it needs some work (Especially to make it work with recent kernels). I know the spidermux people already have a bunch of patches ready to be released to fix the issues that exist now. I've never heard something about tdmoe being phased out of asterisk. Zoa.> _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users >_______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users ____________________________________________________________________________________ Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20061206/ed1d7dbd/attachment.htm