[Asterisk-Dev] OT possible idea for alternative uses ofDigiumT1
Hardware
Steve Edwards
asterisk.org at sedwards.com
Mon Oct 11 12:46:38 MST 2004
Imagine the sales presentation "wow" factor if you show up with a laptop,
T1 PCMCIA card, channel bank, breakout box, and a case of $10 phones from
RadioShack!
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Alex Lopez wrote:
> OK so we all think its cool!! The more I think about it a USB device with 2 T1/E1, 2 BRU, and 1FXO and 1 FXO would rock it would be able to connect into a tablet, PC, laptop, a small VIA based box.
>
> I know to code for USB exist at a limter level for FXS would it be hard to throw all of the above on the USB bus.
>
> 2.0 should have the bandwidth available to do this.
>
> I always knew that Asterisk would change the world, however, I am still amazed at how far the change can go.....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Sharp <jsharp at psychoses.org>
> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 12:09:31
> To:Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] OT possible idea for alternative uses of
> DigiumT1 Hardware
>
> If you're going to go with a laptop, there are several ruggedized
> varieties that have full sized PCI expandibility.
>
> See the Power-Lite on
> http://www.pep.com/various/flyer_PUSH_Revolution/
> flyer_PUSH_Revolution.html
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of a pen-based tablet.
>
> A zaptel pcmcia device would definitely need to be a cardbus version,
> as I don't think regular 16-bit pcmcia would have the bus bandwidth
> necessary.
>
> The whole thing would be extremely cool, though. It wouldn't just be a
> T1 test set, though. It would be a T1 test set, ISDN analyzer, HDLC
> analyzer, Frame relay tester.
>
> You could also stuff either a TE4XX or 2 T100Ps into your unit and do
> pass-through analysis.
>
> On Oct 11, 2004, at 11:33 AM, Alex Lopez wrote:
>
>> I had thought of this same type of device but had the same slot
>> issues. May I suggest a PCMCIA zapata device. Coupled with a good
>> laptop this would make an AWSOME demo system as well as an extensive
>> test set. (Linux tools anyone???)
>>
>> In luei of PCMCIA a usb 2.0 <--> T1 unit would do the job quite well.
>>
>> Just my .067 cents worth (adjusted for inflation)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: James Sharp <jsharp at psychoses.org>
>> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:14:07
>> To:Asterisk Developers Mailing List <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Dev] OT possible idea for alternative uses of
>> Digium
>> T1 Hardware
>>
>> The biggest problem I had with the design was finding a form factor
>> that worked. I searched & searched, but couldn't find a tablet-style
>> machine with a PCI slot in it. They all had cardbus or minipci.
>>
>> opentbird.org, anyone?
>>
>> On Oct 11, 2004, at 10:48 AM, Steve Underwood wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Chad,
>>>
>>> I think many of us have thought of this. Some of us have even produced
>>> fragments of it, when needed. The problem is always finding the time
>>> to do a proper job. :-)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>> Chad Wicker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please comment.
>>>>
>>>> Over the weekend I was thinking about my job and what I do for a
>>>> living. I am in the middle of trying to set up my 4 port T1 card
>>>> for
>>>> use in integrating an Asterisk implementation to switch calls via E&M
>>>> wink T1 to our EMX2500 switch. This implementation should be simple
>>>> and
>>>> usefull in dropping a DID down to one timeslot on a T1 (an extension)
>>>> but I digress. In the middle of the setup my favorite T1 Testset
>>>> (Sunrise T10) died on me. I was distraught and called them up. Am
>>>> in
>>>> the proccess of getting it fixed, but it lead me to some interesting
>>>> ideas. A quick search on google didn't bring anything up on any open
>>>> Source test set types of applications.
>>>> so...
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone though of using zaptel hardware to build a testset
>>>> application. Sending patterns could be as easy as getting a sample
>>>> of
>>>> the various test patterns and sending them to the T1. Proccessing
>>>> the
>>>> results would be more harry but I doubt that this would be too
>>>> taxing. I envision one of those Hand portable computer enclosures
>>>> with a
>>>> ram-disk instead of a harddrive, and making a protable network test
>>>> set.
>>>> Voice channel access could utilize some code from the asterisk
>>>> project.
>>>> A Web based front end would be nice as a network test set, but a
>>>> application based would probably be a good first attempt. I think
>>>> that
>>>> this could be used to make one kick butt system and further spur
>>>> digium
>>>> hardware sales, but I am unqualified to do the programming.
>>>> Desireable features could be easily grabbed from the slick sheets of
>>>> existing hardware test sets and additional features could be added in
>>>> similar to asterisk. One such feature that would be nice would be to
>>>> be
>>>> able to record off the buss the voice being used. This could be
>>>> interesting as a pass though call recorder, triggered by the signal
>>>> states. Such recordings are also usefull in explaining problems to
>>>> vendors ( a little more accurate a description that there is a funny
>>>> popping sound when I whistle into the phone).
>>>>
>>>> I intend this e-mail to spur conversations as to the possibility of
>>>> this concept, and hopefully starting off something wonderfull. It
>>>> would
>>>> enrich digium sales (always a good goal) and also provide
>>>> non-buisiness
>>>> class users access to the testing equipment that usually costs major
>>>> $$$. I also think that this would add value to asterisk
>>>> implementations
>>>> in that the same hardware a Asterisk is built out of could be used to
>>>> test the circuits coming into it. If someone thinks this e-mail is
>>>> appropriate for other lists of discussion or the wiki feel free to
>>>> include it.
>>>>
>>>> Chad C. Wicker
>>>> Systems Engineer
>>>> Petrocom
>>>>
>>>
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