[asterisk-users] Newbie Questions . . .

Sharon Lim
2006-11-13T23:15:50Z

Maybe you should try this
http://www.digium.com/en/products/hardware/aadk.php .
Is very heavy loaded if 9PCI cards at a server. But is possible but not
encourge. Maybe you can consider to have digital extension with IP phone.
THis is my opinion.

:-) good luck

On 11/14/06, Jason Flatt <jason@flattfamily.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello all.
>
> My company currently has an older Executone PBX system that we are
> outgrowing.
> Rather than wait until the last minute to make a hasty decision, I thought
> it
> would be a good idea to do some research and compare options first.  My
> expertise is in computers and networking, and telephony systems are mostly
> foreign to me.
>
> What we currently have are 5 incoming POTS lines and 25 stations and are
> wanting to add 1 or 2 more stations.  I think we might have added at least
> one more incoming line, except that the phones we have only support 5
> lines
> (so I'm told).  Our PBX system has room for 5 more stations, then
it's
> time
> to buy a new one.
>
> I'm assuming I need to add some hardware in order to make Asterisk work
> with
> our existing setup, but I'm not entirely sure what.  Based on the
reading
> I've done so far and my limited understanding, if we wanted to use it
in
> place of our existing PBX system, I would need to get an "analog
interface
> card" (several, actually), like Digium's TDM400P, like so:
>
> 2 - Wildcard TDM04B cards for FXO and
> 7 - Wildcard TDM40B cards for FXS
>
> -or-
>
> 1 - Wildcard TDM04B card for FXO and
> 1 - Wildcard TDM22B card for FXO & FXS and
> 7 - Wildcard TDM40B cards for FXS
>
> I might as well use the top configuration for future expansion.
>
> If I am correct, that is 9 PCI cards in a PC.  I don't know of any
> motherboard
> that supports that many cards, so either I'm wrong, or I'll need
different
> cards, or I'll need to utilize 2 or more PCs in conjunction with each
> other.
> I haven't yet found any mention on the last two options, so I'm
assuming
> I'm
> wrong and I need a little enlightenment.
>
> Thank you for any information that will help me better understand this.
>
>
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Regards,
Sharon Lim

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