asterisk users - Feb 2004 - Pictures of new multiport FXO/FXS from digum

Does the voicetronix card work with Asterisk?

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> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have heard that digium (mark) is going to introduce a new multiport
> FXO/FXS card next month. Does anyone have any details or some 
> pictures of
> the card. The latest I know about the card is that it will 
> have 16 ports and
> I wonder how these 16 ports will be connected to a PCI 
> interface using RJ11?
> 
> Any guess from the intelligent ones out there? Is there an external
> connector (from PCI card) going into a little box with bunch of RJ11?
The voicetronix openline12 (12 fxo/fxs) does it vi RJ45 ports -i.e.
4 lines per RJ45 which connects to some sort of breakout box to split
into 4
RJ11s.

Using standard connectors means you can do things like run 1 standard
cable
from rhe server to the wall or another office rather than 4.

Cheers,
Woody


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> Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Pictures of new multiport 
> FXO/FXS from digum
> 
> Does the voicetronix card work with Asterisk?
There is a channel driver (chan_vpb) distributed with asterisk, I don't know
how well it works, someone needs to do a report/review like Rich Adamson's
one on the Mediatrix.

The cards are about AU$2200 RRP I think.  There is an openswitch 6 which is
about half price and openline4 which is a bit different.

Cheers,
Woody
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> digum
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> > thisemailaddressisbogus@risehigh.com
> > Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2004 8:56
> > To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
> > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Pictures of new multiport FXO/FXS 
> from digum
> > 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have heard that digium (mark) is going to introduce a new 
> multiport
> > FXO/FXS card next month. Does anyone have any details or some 
> > pictures of
> > the card. The latest I know about the card is that it will 
> > have 16 ports and
> > I wonder how these 16 ports will be connected to a PCI 
> > interface using RJ11?
> > 
> > Any guess from the intelligent ones out there? Is there an external
> > connector (from PCI card) going into a little box with 
> bunch of RJ11?
> 
> The voicetronix openline12 (12 fxo/fxs) does it vi RJ45 ports -i.e.
> 4 lines per RJ45 which connects to some sort of breakout box to split
> into 4
> RJ11s.
> 
> Using standard connectors means you can do things like run 1 standard
> cable
> from rhe server to the wall or another office rather than 4.
> 
> Cheers,
> Woody
> 
> 
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> Does the voicetronix card work with Asterisk?
Yes, and no.

It works in that you are able to use it to make and receive calls - but to
say it works well would be an overstatement.

We are currently using the OpenLine4 card and are having problems dialing
(card dials too early ; doesn't support 'w' to delay dialing ; DTMF
isn't
recognised correctly from certain phones - namely Cisco 7960) , and also
have quality problems when using more than one line simultaneously.

For single port usage though, it's fine. If you don't yet have a card
then I
would suggest for the meantime looking elsewhere.

There may be nothing wrong with the Voicetronix hardware as such, but
clearly it's still got some compatibility issues with Asterisk.

Terence