asterisk users - Mar 2004 - about voice conference system. I need suggests

Hi all,

 

   I am trying to deploy a conference system. There are 16 fxs ports, 16 fxo
ports and 32 conference resource(device) with conference management system.
It should support max to 16 parts in a conference and max to 8 conferences.
And I only have 1 week to do that.

   I want to use Dialogic boards: 1 D160sc + 1 MSC160sc + 1 DCB320sc. I
choice Dialogic because of I have wrote codes on Dialogic hardware. I have
wrote codes use Globecall under Dialogic Linux release 5.1. And I never
found those hardware like Quicknet, Zaptel, LineJack, Pika, VoiceTronix,
etc. in my country. These hardware should spend my time to choice, buy and
study.  In my country, people usually use Dialogic, NMS and audiocodes.

   I find three open source softwares from Google: GNU Bayonne, GNUCOMM and
Asterisk and other way like PublicVoiceXML. I read the documents of those
softwares. It seems to not support Dialogic conference board DBC-320. I
don't know if one of them support at this time. Who know that?

   I need to choice a solution to finish that job. It should be easy,
powerful enough, cheaper, convenient. Give me some suggests about software
and hardware and other things. Any help is appreciated.

   By the way, anyone can tell me the commercial license price of these GPL
software: GNU Bayonne, GNUCOMM and Asterisk.

 

Best regards,

Jimway

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On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:10:01PM +0800, wangji wrote:
> 
>    I am trying to deploy a conference system. There are 16 fxs ports, 16
fxo
> ports and 32 conference resource(device) with conference management system.
> It should support max to 16 parts in a conference and max to 8 conferences.
> And I only have 1 week to do that.
> 
Looks ambitious...
>    I want to use Dialogic boards: 1 D160sc + 1 MSC160sc + 1 DCB320sc. I
> choice Dialogic because of I have wrote codes on Dialogic hardware. I have
> wrote codes use Globecall under Dialogic Linux release 5.1. And I never
> found those hardware like Quicknet, Zaptel, LineJack, Pika, VoiceTronix,
> etc. in my country. These hardware should spend my time to choice, buy and
> study.  In my country, people usually use Dialogic, NMS and audiocodes.
> 
Zaptel devices don't have widespread retail channels. But I believe
you can buy them from about anywhere on earth, provided that you can
do a wire transfer and receive the Fedex guy. It's certainly possible
in China.
>    I find three open source softwares from Google: GNU Bayonne, GNUCOMM and
> Asterisk and other way like PublicVoiceXML. I read the documents of those
> softwares. It seems to not support Dialogic conference board DBC-320. I
> don't know if one of them support at this time. Who know that?
> 
Asterisk is designed to use the host CPU to perform various kind of
tasks (signalling, signal processing including conferencing, etc.)
that are performed by embedded processors on Dialogic hardware. Thus,
it makes no sense to have support in Asterisk for every kind of
Dialogic board : they are overkill, and overpriced, to be used with
Asterisk no matter what.
>    I need to choice a solution to finish that job. It should be easy,
> powerful enough, cheaper, convenient. Give me some suggests about software
> and hardware and other things. Any help is appreciated.
> 
There are various non-free software products that can handle this
stuff. Your Dialogic dealer is probably able to get you in touch with
a Dialogic solution provider. It seems to be what you're looking for
(see below).
>    By the way, anyone can tell me the commercial license price of these GPL
> software: GNU Bayonne, GNUCOMM and Asterisk.
> 
I believe no "commercial licence" exist for GNU <whatever>. For
Asterisk, you should contact Digium directly (but then again, you
should use zaptel hardware).

--
Nicolas Bougues
Axialys Interactive

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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] ?? Nicolas Bougues
????: 2004?3?16? 22:36
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> On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 10:10:01PM +0800, wangji wrote:
> > 
> >    I am trying to deploy a conference system. There are 16 fxs ports,
16
fxo
> > ports and 32 conference resource(device) with conference management
system.
> > It should support max to 16 parts in a conference and max to 8
conferences.
> > And I only have 1 week to do that.
> > 
>
> Looks ambitious...
:)
>
> >    I want to use Dialogic boards: 1 D160sc + 1 MSC160sc + 1 DCB320sc.
I
> > choice Dialogic because of I have wrote codes on Dialogic hardware. I
have
> > wrote codes use Globecall under Dialogic Linux release 5.1. And I
never
> > found those hardware like Quicknet, Zaptel, LineJack, Pika,
VoiceTronix,
> > etc. in my country. These hardware should spend my time to choice, buy
and
> > study.  In my country, people usually use Dialogic, NMS and
audiocodes.
> > 
>
> Zaptel devices don't have widespread retail channels. But I believe
> you can buy them from about anywhere on earth, provided that you can
> do a wire transfer and receive the Fedex guy. It's certainly possible
> in China.
>
In China, it's complex that buy things from other country like that you say,
especially the procedure of customhouse. And maintenance and other services
is a problem. Therefore I want to avoid that.
> >    I find three open source softwares from Google: GNU Bayonne,
GNUCOMM
and
> > Asterisk and other way like PublicVoiceXML. I read the documents of
those
> > softwares. It seems to not support Dialogic conference board DBC-320.
I
> > don't know if one of them support at this time. Who know that?
> > 
>
> Asterisk is designed to use the host CPU to perform various kind of
> tasks (signalling, signal processing including conferencing, etc.)
> that are performed by embedded processors on Dialogic hardware. Thus,
> it makes no sense to have support in Asterisk for every kind of
> Dialogic board : they are overkill, and overpriced, to be used with
> Asterisk no matter what.
>
That's what Intel want to do, too. They guys have released a hardware
emulation software works like an four channel IP board. And they want to use
only interface board + host CPU instead of Dialogic products, so that they
needn't use DSP etc.
> >    I need to choice a solution to finish that job. It should be easy,
> > powerful enough, cheaper, convenient. Give me some suggests about
software
> > and hardware and other things. Any help is appreciated.
> > 
>
> There are various non-free software products that can handle this
> stuff. Your Dialogic dealer is probably able to get you in touch with
> a Dialogic solution provider. It seems to be what you're looking for
> (see below).
>
Yep, I know that. But actually that's what I should do. If have enough time,
I can write the system because it's not so difficult and I have write IVR
like systems on Dialogic. But this time, I have no time and I want to slack
off. There are so many good softwares, why don't use them?
> >    By the way, anyone can tell me the commercial license price of
these
GPL
> > software: GNU Bayonne, GNUCOMM and Asterisk.
> > 
>
> I believe no "commercial licence" exist for GNU <whatever>.
For
> Asterisk, you should contact Digium directly (but then again, you
> should use zaptel hardware).
>
Maybe it's a good suggest. If Zaptel hardware and Asterisk meet my request,
I think maybe it a good choice. Does Zaptel hardware have a good price?
> --
> Nicolas Bougues
> Axialys Interactive
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Thanks for your suggest. 

Best wishes,
Jimmy

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[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] ?? Steve Underwood
????: 2004?3?17? 0:37
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??: Re: [Asterisk-Users] about voice conference system. I need suggests
>Have you actually tried playing with that software? Its is very limited,
>and doesn't seem have moved very much in a couple of years. Its a little
>odd. Although Intel presumably wants to sell Dialogic cards, they also
>like promoting their fastest CPUs. What they have is software that
>supports very few channels, and only very simple basic DSP functions.
Yes, I got that software about two years ago and I never see any new
revision yet. I think it just a sample. Dialogic in Intel is a litter
Department with few people than before. Intel will development more powerful
CPUs to instead of Dialogic, I think. I can't remember where I got these
infor, maybe Intel's route map.

Regards,
Jimmy