[Asterisk-Users] some EICON Diva 4BRI questions

[Armin Schindler]

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've forgotten to ask an important question:
> 
> Does Diva Server V-4BRI with Asterisk support BRI P2P and P2MP mode?

Yes, and each port can be configured separately.
 
> thanks
> klaus
> 
> btw: we should collect Q&A somewhere on a Wiki.

Yes. For that purpose Melware has activated melware.org

Armin
 
> On Fri, April 21, 2006 12:33, David Waugh said:
> > Hello Klaus,
> >
> > Normally, Diva Server adapters are operated as terminal equipment. In
> > this case, they derive their timing from the signal received from the
> > NT, for example PSTN or PBX, and use this derived timing to synchronize
> > their transmitted signal. If you use the Diva Server adapter as network
> > termination, it generates the timing from which the terminal equipment
> > derives its timing and synchronization.
> >
> > Thus TE=Slave
> > And NT=Master
> >
> > I haven't tried spandsp and a V-Series card as the card was not designed
> > for fax applications. As a result it has never been tested. If you want
> > to fax with the card then we would recommend a normal Diva Server card.
> >
> > It would probably work in a pass through scenario as just audio is being
> > relayed by the card. However, I have not tested this and could not
> > comment if this will work with a V-BRI card.
> >
> > Bascially if you are looking to do pure voice, then use a V-Series card.
> > If you want to do anything more than voice, then use a normal Diva
> > Server card.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > David
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
> > [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Klaus
> > Darilion
> > Sent: 21 April 2006 11:04
> > To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Cc: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> > Subject: RE: [Asterisk-Users] some EICON Diva 4BRI questions
> >
> > On Fri, April 21, 2006 11:45, David Waugh said:
> >> Hello Klaus,
> >>
> >> I will answer your questions In turn:
> >>
> >> 1. Do Eicon DIVA (V-)4BRI cards support TE and NT mode?
> >> Yes they do.
> >>
> >> 2. Can the clock (master/slave) be configured independent from the
> > mode
> >> (TE/NT)
> >> No
> >
> > Thus, what is the limitation?
> > TE = slave  ?????
> > NT = master ?????
> >
> >
> >> 6. Difference between V-4BRI and 4BRI: As far as I understand the 4BRI
> >> is the better (more expensive) card which also offers FAX on/offramp.
> >> Nevertheless I can use V-4BRI for faxing when using spandsp. Both
> > cards
> >> do support onboard echo cancellation. Are this assumptions correct?
> >>
> >> The difference between the Diva Server V-Series and the normal Diva
> >> Server cards is that you can only use the V-Series for Voice
> >> applications. You can not fax with a V-Series card. If you try and fax
> >> with a V-Series card you will get an error.
> >
> > Using spandsp and V-4BRI does not work?
> >
> > What about a pass-through scenario:
> >
> > PSTN <-2xBRI-> Asterisk <-2xBRI-> oldPBX
> >
> > Does Asterisk with the V-4BRI allows to pass through fax calls (or other
> > data calls) from the PSTN to the old PBX?
> >
> >
> >> 2. " ...install the isdn4k-utils-devel package...". What is isdn4k ?
> >> I'm a little bit confused about what I have to install.
> >>
> >> This is just a package that contains the capi.h file that is needed to
> >> compile the chan_capi-cm driver.
> >
> > btw: libcapi20-dev on debian ;-)
> >
> > regards
> > klaus
> >
> >
> >
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