asterisk users - Jan 2005 - 8 x 8 Analog System for Auth and Minutes Tracking

I have a need for a system that will strictly be used for authentication and
minutes used when a caller dials in.  The system needs to support 8
incomming lines and 8 outgoing lines into a proprietary call center box and
PBX (3Com NBX)

What is the best way to accommodate this with *?  I was thinking I could use
a t-1 card connected to an Adran 600 with 8 FXO and 8 FXS ports.  Does
anyone know if this is possible?  I was also thinking of using ASTCC for the
authentication and minutes used part of the equation.  We expect forty calls
a day to start and that is expected to grow.  Has anyone used or tested
ASTCC at this level?

This is going to be an integral system for a business and needs to be solid
so if you know of any solutions other than asterisk which may be more
suitable please let me know as well.

Thanks,
Steve

> I have a need for a system that will strictly be used for authentication
and
> minutes used when a caller dials in.  The system needs to support 8
> incomming lines and 8 outgoing lines into a proprietary call center box
and
> PBX (3Com NBX)
>
> What is the best way to accommodate this with *?  I was thinking I could
use
> a t-1 card connected to an Adran 600 with 8 FXO and 8 FXS ports.  Does
> anyone know if this is possible?  I was also thinking of using ASTCC for
the
> authentication and minutes used part of the equation.  We expect forty
calls
> a day to start and that is expected to grow.  Has anyone used or tested
> ASTCC at this level?
>
> This is going to be an integral system for a business and needs to be
solid
> so if you know of any solutions other than asterisk which may be more
> suitable please let me know as well.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
I guess the real question is, is it possible to connect eight incomming FXO
analog lines to an Adtran which is multiplexed onto a t-1 into asterisk and
then the output multiplexed back over the same t-1 to the Adtran which is
broken into FXS ananlog lines?

On Tue, 2005-01-18 at 15:14 -0500, Steve Totaro wrote:
> 
> > I have a need for a system that will strictly be used for
authentication
> and
> > minutes used when a caller dials in.  The system needs to support 8
> > incomming lines and 8 outgoing lines into a proprietary call center
box
> and
> > PBX (3Com NBX)
> >
> > What is the best way to accommodate this with *?  I was thinking I
could
> use
> > a t-1 card connected to an Adran 600 with 8 FXO and 8 FXS ports.  Does
> > anyone know if this is possible?  I was also thinking of using ASTCC
for
> the
> > authentication and minutes used part of the equation.  We expect forty
> calls
> > a day to start and that is expected to grow.  Has anyone used or
tested
> > ASTCC at this level?
> >
> > This is going to be an integral system for a business and needs to be
> solid
> > so if you know of any solutions other than asterisk which may be more
> > suitable please let me know as well.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> 
> I guess the real question is, is it possible to connect eight incomming FXO
> analog lines to an Adtran which is multiplexed onto a t-1 into asterisk and
> then the output multiplexed back over the same t-1 to the Adtran which is
> broken into FXS ananlog lines?
Direction is mostly irrelevant. It is just 16 channels to be mapped.
Then it is just a matter of telling asterisk what to do with the 16
channels. So yes it can be done.

-- 
Steven Critchfield <critch@basesys.com>