[Asterisk-Users] Japanese ISDN BRI card for asterisk (INS64) where to start?

[Mick Hastings]

Hi All,

I currently run asterisk in our office (in Japan) and use a cisco PRI 
gateway for connection to the PSTN. I would like to setup some more systems 
for our smaller offices (in Japan) that would use BRI and preferably using a 
PCI card in the asterisk box and not a seperate Cisco gateway (expensive). 
HOWEVER, Japan has this INS64 protocol for their BRI lines and im not sure 
what cards are available that are compatible with asterisk and Japanese BRI 
(INS64). I know that it is supported by Cisco (like they support Japanese T1 
PRI (INS1500)) but it just adds to the cost and is another piece of 
hardware.

I tried searching the archives and only found a few references to INS64 and 
it didnt sound too promising. I then searched the net and found this 
Intel/Dialogic board:

BRI/80-PCI BRI/PCI Series High-Density ISDN Basic Rate Interface Boards
(for details see: http://www.intel.com/network/csp/products/7007web.htm)

It seems to support INS64 but appears to only have windows drivers. Has 
anybody used this cards with asterisk? is it possible? or even likely that 
it would be supported by any of the linux ISDN drivers?

I also noticed some other mentions of 'ISDN protocol converters' What are 
these specifically? (im guessing they convert between US BRI standards and 
INS64), how much are they? where do I get one?

Has anybody out there got an asterisk system running with INS64 connections 
to their box? If so could you please let me know how you are doing it, else 
can anybody offer any information as to where I should start to look for 
more informaion this topic?

I really appreciate the help.

cheers,
Mick Hastings