[Asterisk-Users] Pros and Cons of T1/E1 cards

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Hi,

does any of you have experience with these cards on SMP 64bit systems?
I'm trying to get one to work but after fixing some some og the code 
they still do not work.
When installing single CPU and 32 bit they work ok.

Steef

David Waugh wrote:

>Hi John,
>
>I'm going to have to disagree with some previous posts.
>
>The Eicon Diva Server PRI/E1/T1 cards support an E1 interface and reduce the load of the call handling, echo cancellation etc as this is all processed on board on the card, and not on the central CPU of the computer.
>
>You can use the CAPI interface of the card combined with chan_capi_cm with the card.
>I have not found any problems when using different kernels or different versions of asterisk.
>I have one setup in our test lab here at Eicon with Asterisk so it does work!
>
>You can have up to 8 Diva Server cards in once machine - including a mixture of the analog and BRI cards.
>
>The Diva Server cards in two variants - the V-Series if you only want to use them with Voice based applications and the normal All-in-one cards if you want to do fax and RAS too.
>
>If you need any more information let me know, and I will assist further
>
>David
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com]On Behalf Of John
>Daragon
>Sent: 25 November 2005 00:46
>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Pros and Cons of T1/E1 cards
>
>
>Hi;
>
>We're looking to standardise on a single family of E1 PRI cards.
>
>I guess our options are :
>
>Digium     / Zaptel / libpri
>Sangoma    / Zaptel / Wanpipe
>AVM        / CAPI
>eIcon      / CAPI
>Junghanns  / Bristuff
>
>Can anyone share any comparative experience of these, please ? Do they 
>differ much in terms of interrupt requirement, CPU load &c ?
>
>Any info gratefully received.
>
>jd
>
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