asterisk users - Nov 2006 - Recording outbound analog calls with X100P

List members,

Is it possible to record outbound analog calls using an X100P?

I was asked if I knew how to record all calls for a shop with 4 analog 
phones transparently to the end users.  I thought Asterisk was a good 
fit for this and I envisioned using either Digium TDM400Ps or Sangoma 
A200s with 4 FXO and 4 FXS modules.  The FXO modules would be connected 
to the existing PBX and the FXS modules to the existing analog phones.  
Then with a simple dialplan, all inbound and outbound calls could be 
recorded by Monitor.

I wanted to mock this up using some X100Ps that I had laying around, but 
found that I could only record inbound calls.  I believe that I need an 
FXS interface to record outbound analog calls but my past experience is 
with T1 interfaces, so I could be mistaken.

If anyone could suggest any improvements to my recording scheme, they 
would also be appreciated. 

Thank you,

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer

Matthew J. Roth wrote:
> Is it possible to record outbound analog calls using an X100P?
>
> I was asked if I knew how to record all calls for a shop with 4 analog 
> phones transparently to the end users.  I thought Asterisk was a good 
> fit for this and I envisioned using either Digium TDM400Ps or Sangoma 
> A200s with 4 FXO and 4 FXS modules.  The FXO modules would be 
> connected to the existing PBX and the FXS modules to the existing 
> analog phones.  Then with a simple dialplan, all inbound and outbound 
> calls could be recorded by Monitor.
>
> I wanted to mock this up using some X100Ps that I had laying around, 
> but found that I could only record inbound calls.  I believe that I 
> need an FXS interface to record outbound analog calls but my past 
> experience is with T1 interfaces, so I could be mistaken.
>
> If anyone could suggest any improvements to my recording scheme, they 
> would also be appreciated.
As per ManxPower at #asterisk, it is not possible to record a call 
dialed from an analog phone connected to the "Phone In" port of an
X100P
because the two ports on the card are hard-wired together.

I'm still looking for feedback on the recording scheme.  Right now I'm 
leaning towards using Sangoma A200s.  Any input from the community would 
be appreciated.

Thank you,

Matthew Roth
InterMedia Marketing Solutions
Software Engineer and Systems Developer

> Is it possible to record outbound analog calls using an X100P?
>
> I was asked if I knew how to record all calls for a shop with 4 analog
> phones transparently to the end users.  I thought Asterisk was a good
> fit for this and I envisioned using either Digium TDM400Ps or Sangoma
> A200s with 4 FXO and 4 FXS modules.  The FXO modules would be connected
> to the existing PBX and the FXS modules to the existing analog phones.
> Then with a simple dialplan, all inbound and outbound calls could be
> recorded by Monitor.
>
> I wanted to mock this up using some X100Ps that I had laying around, but
> found that I could only record inbound calls.  I believe that I need an
> FXS interface to record outbound analog calls but my past experience is
> with T1 interfaces, so I could be mistaken.
Of course you can, if you have 4 FXO and 4 FXS, you could make a
really simple dialplan and record the calls that pass through it,
incoming or outgoing, and the users wouldn't even know that there is a
pbx between them and the PSTN.

You will need a lot of space to keep them all, but you could make a
simple cron job that would erase any recording older then, say, 2
months.

Also, you would have the benefit of having CDR

hth