[Asterisk-Users] I hate to do this but..

[Freddi Hansen]

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 07:19:59 -0500
From: Jeremy McNamara <jj at nufone.net>
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] I hate to do this but..
Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com

Josh Roberson wrote:


>>>>On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 14:52, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
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>>>>>>Is there any current/planned support for Aculab hardware?
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>>>>>>   http://www.aculab.com
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>>>>>>Looks like they have Linux drivers and an SDK.
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>>Has any advancement taken place in this?  Has someone developed a
>>working channel driver for this product?  I have one, and would like to
>>see if it would be a possibility to get working...
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>Flebay it and use the proceeds to support Digium by purchasing Zaptel 
>hardware.  http://www.digium.com/
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>Jeremy McNamara
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Hi ,
I hope that you aren't to quick to ditch  aculab project.  I dont see  
Aculab as an competitor to
Digium at all. Their cards does cost about 3 times as much as the TE410 
that I use now.
Why would anyone even consider using these cards then ?. I have myself 
been using them for
10+ years so I have a bit of experience with their cards. If it was 
possible to use an Aculab card
and a TE410 in the same server then we would be able to dump the last of 
our old servers and replace
them with '*' servers. The reason that we use the Aculab cards is 
because of their C7/SS7 ISUP support
which is a 'must' in several of our installations. In addition to this 
they do support a large number of legacy
R2 protocol and they do carry PTT approvals for using these protocols in 
almost any country.

I think that the card they have with  4 E1's / H323 and ethernet could 
be considered just as a MG seen from the '*'
side and that might be the most easy way to go if you dont want go all 
the way and make a channel driver.
My 1c on that issue.
Freddi