Hi, My Asterisk box has sat happily doing its job for years now and never had any real issues.. Unfortunately a lightning storm the other night appears to have damaged the TDM400P (1 FXS and 1 FXO port).. Since this system was put together there seem to heave been a lot of developments in the hardware that can be used with Asterisk.. The main players appear to be Digium (obviously), Sangoma and Openvox.. Now I am not wanting to start a war because I know everyone has their preferences when it comes to these type of things.. My question is simply will the other cards "just work" like the TDM400P did?? Will I have to build extra drivers?? am I going to have headaches trying to get the non digium cards working?? I am still running really old versions of Asterisk and Zaptel so I am sure I am going to have to upgrade the whole system now, unless I just get another TDM400P.. :) Thanks for any input..
On Saturday 09 August 2008 05:16:18 WipeOut wrote:> My Asterisk box has sat happily doing its job for years now and never > had any real issues.. Unfortunately a lightning storm the other night > appears to have damaged the TDM400P (1 FXS and 1 FXO port).. > > Since this system was put together there seem to heave been a lot of > developments in the hardware that can be used with Asterisk.. > > The main players appear to be Digium (obviously), Sangoma and Openvox.. > > Now I am not wanting to start a war because I know everyone has their > preferences when it comes to these type of things.. > > My question is simply will the other cards "just work" like the TDM400P > did?? Will I have to build extra drivers?? am I going to have headaches > trying to get the non digium cards working?? > > I am still running really old versions of Asterisk and Zaptel so I am > sure I am going to have to upgrade the whole system now, unless I just > get another TDM400P.. :)You might want to read the whitepaper on this: http://www.russellbryant.net/blog/2008/07/11/whitepaper-high-quality-analog-interface-cards-for-use-with-asterisk/ -- Tilghman
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:16 AM, WipeOut <wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:> Hi, > > My Asterisk box has sat happily doing its job for years now and never > had any real issues.. Unfortunately a lightning storm the other night > appears to have damaged the TDM400P (1 FXS and 1 FXO port).. > > Since this system was put together there seem to heave been a lot of > developments in the hardware that can be used with Asterisk.. > > The main players appear to be Digium (obviously), Sangoma and Openvox.. > > Now I am not wanting to start a war because I know everyone has their > preferences when it comes to these type of things.. > > My question is simply will the other cards "just work" like the TDM400P > did?? Will I have to build extra drivers?? am I going to have headaches > trying to get the non digium cards working?? > > I am still running really old versions of Asterisk and Zaptel so I am > sure I am going to have to upgrade the whole system now, unless I just > get another TDM400P.. :) > > Thanks for any input.. >I believe that if you just want a plug and play replacement for your dead board then OpenVox would be it unless you want a used Digium card. Sangoma, I believe, has a lifetime warranty, I don't think Digium does, nor OpenVox. Thanks, Steve Totaro