[Asterisk-Users] far end disconnect supervision

[Sean Cheesman]

Am I missing something?  Is there another way to pipe large quantities
of analog lines (FXS or FXO) into *?  Seriously, is there another way?

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Adamson [mailto:radamson at routers.com] 
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 9:48 PM
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] far end disconnect supervision


Lance,

> Yes, I'm looking for a channel bank to interface analog phones and 
> pstn lines to asterisk.  I've got a simple test system setup with the 
> TDM10B and X100p and want to continue learning asterisk with the T1 
> card.
> 
> I've been reading the list archives and searching Ebay for channel 
> banks.  There are lots of Carrier Access Corp (CAC) Access Bank I and 
> II's available but I don't explicitly see anything about "calling 
> party disconnect" in the user manuals.  The CAC Adit 600 manual, on 
> the other hand, states that "calling party disconnect" is supported on

> the FXO interfaces.  That's great, but I haven't seen any on Ebay and 
> I can't justify the expense of a new unit.  Acording to the list 
> archives the Adtran 750/850 units work well but I haven't read the 
> manuals for those units yet.
> 
> Basically, I was hoping to purchase a functional, used, older channel 
> bank for a few hundred dollars so that I could continue learning 
> Asterisk and to also have a system to demonstrate to potential 
> clients. Any suggestions welcome.....

I've not implemented any form of channel bank with *, so can't offer
much help on specific vendor/models. Since there are a fair number of
folks using them on the list, try posting a new thread with channel bank
in the subject, and summarize the responses in the wiki.

Personal opinion is that throwing a channel bank at * (other then for
better echo cancellation on trunks) is like taking a shower with your
socks on; don't see any practical use. But, I'm sure some do.


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