asterisk users - May 2015 - Seeking advice about ISDN BRI Cards

Hi,
please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
please restore my faith in community support :)

(on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public forum)

Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is available...

My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...

My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11, 
already running with incoming SIP trunk(s); 
I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6 channels /
3 ports).

So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
(the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has PCI2.0
slots,
no PCIE)
(there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide is
somewhat, well...
 in the old kernel era...)

Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX - you're
welcome... :)

Kind Regards,
Lukasz

2015-05-26 12:17 GMT+02:00 Lukasz Sokol <el.es.cr at gmail.com>:
> Hi,
> please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
> please restore my faith in community support :)
>
> (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public forum)
>
> Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is
available...
>
> My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
> but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
>
> My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11,
> already running with incoming SIP trunk(s);
> I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels / 3
> ports).
>
> So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
> (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
> PCI2.0 slots,
> no PCIE)
>
I would suggest to also consider Digium Hx8  boards which exist in PCI
format.


[1] http://www.digium.com/en/products/telephony-cards/hybrid/h8

(there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide
is
> somewhat, well...
>  in the old kernel era...)
>
> Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX -
you're
> welcome... :)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Lukasz
>
>
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Checkout Beronet ISDN cards and Berofix Gateway (appliance or pci card)

Personally for my last installation I chose Berofix card which is rock
solid and reliable, yet easily configurable.

With berofix you don't need telephony drivers on the host system, the isdn
card is detected as a NIC and all configuration is done using a web
interface.

Then you configure FreePBX a new trunk to use the berofix IP and that's it!

This way the mISDN and other channel drivers' burden is skipped and works
very well for me so far!





On 26 May 2015 at 16:52, Olivier <oza.4h07 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 2015-05-26 12:17 GMT+02:00 Lukasz Sokol <el.es.cr at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>> please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
>> please restore my faith in community support :)
>>
>> (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public
>> forum)
>>
>> Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is
available...
>>
>> My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
>> but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
>>
>> My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11,
>> already running with incoming SIP trunk(s);
>> I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels /
>> 3 ports).
>>
>> So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
>> (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
>> PCI2.0 slots,
>> no PCIE)
>>
>
> I would suggest to also consider Digium Hx8  boards which exist in PCI
> format.
>
>
> [1] http://www.digium.com/en/products/telephony-cards/hybrid/h8
>
> (there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide is
>> somewhat, well...
>>  in the old kernel era...)
>>
>> Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX -
you're
>> welcome... :)
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>> Lukasz
>>
>>
>> --
>> _____________________________________________________________________
>> -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com --
>> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
>>                http://www.asterisk.org/hello
>>
>> asterisk-users mailing list
>> To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit:
>>    http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
>>
>
>
> --
> _____________________________________________________________________
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> New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs:
>                http://www.asterisk.org/hello
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On 26/05/15 14:52, Olivier wrote:
> 
> 
> 2015-05-26 12:17 GMT+02:00 Lukasz Sokol <el.es.cr at gmail.com
<mailto:el.es.cr at gmail.com>>:
> 
>     Hi,
>     please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
>     please restore my faith in community support :)
> 
>     (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public
forum)
> 
>     Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is
available...
> 
>     My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
>     but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
> 
>     My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11,
>     already running with incoming SIP trunk(s);
>     I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels / 3 ports).
> 
>     So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
>     (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
PCI2.0 slots,
>     no PCIE)
> 
> 
> I would suggest to also consider Digium Hx8  boards which exist in PCI
format.
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.digium.com/en/products/telephony-cards/hybrid/h8
Looked these up, looks interesting too, thanks.

Lukasz

Replying to myself :) thanks for all the suggestions, they are helpful.
but if someone, somewhere, whatever time zone you're in,
can bear to answer a few n00b questions, regarding any of the mentioned cards,
please email me :)
(in case gmane hid my email : el (dot) es (dot) cr (at) (the google mail
service)...)

Thanks in advance,
Lukasz


On 26/05/15 11:17, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
> Hi,
> please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
> please restore my faith in community support :)
> 
> (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public forum)
> 
> Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is
available...
> 
> My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
> but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
> 
> My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11, 
> already running with incoming SIP trunk(s); 
> I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels / 3 ports).
> 
> So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
> (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
PCI2.0 slots,
> no PCIE)
> (there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide is
somewhat, well...
>  in the old kernel era...)
> 
> Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX -
you're welcome... :)
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Lukasz
> 
>

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HI,

I'm happy with OpenVox BRI ISDN cards, using Dahdi.


Thanks,
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Le 26/05/2015 00:17, Lukasz Sokol a ?crit :
> Hi,
> please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
> please restore my faith in community support :)
> 
> (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public f
orum)
> 
> Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is available
...
> 
> My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
> but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
> 
> My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11, 
> already running with incoming SIP trunk(s); 
> I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels
 / 3 ports).
> 
> So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
> (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
 PCI2.0 slots,
> no PCIE)
> (there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide is 
somewhat, well...
>  in the old kernel era...)
> 
> Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX - you
're welcome... :)
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Lukasz
> 
> 
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Thank you all for valuable input,

another question: when do I actually need the echo cancellation 
(hardware / on board /on module ) ? 

Lukasz

On 26/05/15 11:17, Lukasz Sokol wrote:
> Hi,
> please whoever has some expertise in choice of BRI ISDN cards,
> please restore my faith in community support :)
> 
> (on private email I can probably explain more than fits for a public forum)
> 
> Most I'd like to ask is about what to choose, out of what is
available...
> 
> My locality is United Kingdom, lines from British Telecom (BT),
> but any advice / pointers (I googled around already) are welcome...
> 
> My system to fit this card into, is FreePBX Distro with Asterisk 11, 
> already running with incoming SIP trunk(s); 
> I wish to extend it to accept incoming 'landline' ISDN BRI (6
channels / 3 ports).
> 
> So far the interesting option(s) were Sangoma A500 and Digium B410P...
> (the appliance is adopted from an old desktop that still only ever has
PCI2.0 slots,
> no PCIE)
> (there are also OpenVOX's cards, although their installation guide is
somewhat, well...
>  in the old kernel era...)
> 
> Anyone who use(d) any of the above, not necessarily on a FreePBX -
you're welcome... :)
> 
> Kind Regards,
> Lukasz
> 
>

> Thank you all for valuable input,
>
> another question: when do I actually need the echo cancellation
> (hardware / on board /on module ) ?
>
It depends on your environment. If there are still analog devices in addition to
VoIP, I'd say
always, but Asterisk has a rudimentary echo canceller already on board. The
Telcos use echo
cancellers themselves, but it cannot hurt to have a hardware canceller on your
BRI card.

Nowadays I see more problems with reverberation in connection with cheap
speakerphones or simple
mics and speakers on PCs, but that's a different story.

jh