Hi, I'm currently looking to run Asterisk in the office to replace an old PBX and would appreciate a little help. We are moving offices and will have 8 digital lines. My questions are: As there are 8 digital lines is this known as PRI? Which Digium card would be the best fit? Would you recommend looking at the echo cancellation cards? We are UK based: is caller id supported by Asterisk for the card that you would recommend? Any other tips / possible pitfalls would be helpful. Thank you in advance! Phil. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060124/269fb140/attachment.htm
Hello Phil, 8 Digital Lines might be a fractional PRI line, or it may be that you have 4 Basic Rate (BRI) ISDN Lines. Is there just one line coming from the "wall" or are there 4? Hardware wise, there are many different cards that you can use. The Diva Server range of cards have hardware echo cancellation, but cost more than a basic card. It's up to your budget and the quality you need. Caller ID is fully supported by this card. The card is easy to install and instructions can be found on this page: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Eicon+Diva+CAPI+ISDN If you have 4 BRI lines then a Diva Server 4BRI would be appropriate. If you have a fractional PRI line with 8 Channels then you can use a Diva Server PRI E1/T1-8M If you are only using the card for a Voice calls only, then a Diva Server -V series card is most appropriate. If you need to fax aswell, then you will need a normal Diva Server card. Please let me know if you need any more info. Thanks David -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of phil.dawson@marnock.com Sent: 24 January 2006 10:37 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Simple setup ... Hi, I'm currently looking to run Asterisk in the office to replace an old PBX and would appreciate a little help. We are moving offices and will have 8 digital lines. My questions are: As there are 8 digital lines is this known as PRI? Which Digium card would be the best fit? Would you recommend looking at the echo cancellation cards? We are UK based: is caller id supported by Asterisk for the card that you would recommend? Any other tips / possible pitfalls would be helpful. Thank you in advance! Phil. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20060124/4688dc27/attachment.htm
Before I bought the last batch of Digium TE2xxP cards I think the story on echo cancellation was that it only frees up your CPU cycles. Since we were buying dual Xeons (Dell SC1420?s) for a 15 line E1 / 50 extension system this seemed a little pointless even with all calls being recorded and uploads to CRM going on. Think the difference is something like 100 concurrent calls without echo cancellation card compared to 130-150 with. But cant remember where I read that, digium site maybe? I have only ever used the Digium cards so cant comment on other makes. We have always been very happy with them and don?t have any issues with CallerID. The main reason we stick with Digium is you?re are guaranteed they will continue to be support in future releases of Asterisk and in a commercial environment I don?t see the benefit of taking a punt on another make for pennies price difference. Only my personal opinion / experience not based on facts ? HTH Alex -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of David Waugh Sent: 24 January 2006 11:35 To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] Simple setup ... Hello Phil, ? 8 Digital Lines might be a fractional PRI line, or it may be that you have 4 Basic Rate (BRI) ISDN Lines. Is there just one line coming from the "wall" or are there 4? ? Hardware wise, there are many different cards that you can use. ? The Diva Server range of cards have hardware echo cancellation, but cost more than a basic card. It's up to your budget and the quality you need. ? Caller ID is fully supported by this card. ? The card is easy to install and instructions can be found on this page: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+Eicon+Diva+CAPI+ISDN ? If you have 4 BRI lines then a Diva Server 4BRI would be appropriate. ? If you have a fractional PRI line with 8 Channels then you can use a Diva Server PRI E1/T1-8M ? If you are only using the card for a Voice calls only, then a Diva Server -V series card is most appropriate. If you need to fax aswell, then you will need a normal Diva Server card. ? Please let me know if you need any more info. ? Thanks David -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of phil.dawson@marnock.com Sent: 24 January 2006 10:37 To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Simple setup ... Hi, I'm currently looking to run Asterisk in the office to replace an old PBX and would appreciate a little help. ?We are moving offices and will have 8 digital lines. ?My questions are: As there are 8 digital lines is this known as PRI? Which Digium card would be the best fit? Would you recommend looking at the echo cancellation cards? We are UK based: is caller id supported by Asterisk for the card that you would recommend? Any other tips / possible pitfalls would be helpful. Thank you in advance! Phil. Information contained in this e-mail and any attachments are intended for the use of the addressee only, and may contain confidential information of Ubiquity Software Corporation. All unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies of this email. Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing signed by an officer of Ubiquity Software Corporation, nothing in this communication shall be deemed to be legally binding. Thank you.
phil.dawson@marnock.com wrote:> > Hi, > > I'm currently looking to run Asterisk in the office to replace an old > PBX and would appreciate a little help. We are moving offices and will > have 8 digital lines. My questions are: > > As there are 8 digital lines is this known as PRI?In the UK, that would be called a partial E1. E1 is the generic name for BT's ISDN30 product.> Which Digium card would be the best fit?If it *is* a partial E1, then the Digium TE110P (that's the non-echo-cancelling version) is what you're after. Sangoma make a card with similar capabilities, and others (like Eicon) make E1 cards with DSPs on board which handle echo cancellation as well as a lot of ISDN stack housekeeping. Intelligent cards are *much* more expensive than dumb ones like the TE110P. If you have ISDN2e (4 x 2 channel boxes on the wall), then you'll need a 4 port ISDN2e card. Digium don't make an ISDN2e card.> Would you recommend looking at the echo cancellation cards?Sorry, I have no experience of the Digium echo cancellers (yet).> We are UK based: is caller id supported by Asterisk for the card that > you would recommend?All ISDN30 and ISDN2e cards hadle caller id in the UK. BT (or your alternative carrier) will have to enable it. Anytime anyone asks for advice on a small system, someone wades in with "try Asterisk@home". I wouldn't recommend that myself. jd -- John Daragon john@argv.co.uk argv[0] limited Lambs Lawn Cottage, Staple Fitzpaine, Taunton, TA3 5SL, UK v +44 (0) 1460 234068 f +44 (0) 1460 234069 m +44 (0) 7836 576127