[Asterisk-Users] Fritz card technology & German *

[Chris Earle (CBL)]

Thanks for all the posts everyone


So yes, we have 4 channels, so I'm going to need 2x Fritz cards -- but I
would rather not have to apply patches just to get the two PCI cards to work
in the same box

The price difference between the cards you guys mentioned is interesting

I have also heard about BERONET isdn cards?  a single Beronet 4-channel card
would suffice I think?

Thing is, whatever the legacy system in place already is (this is not a
fresh operation) must have some sort of minor PBX in place, where all the
phones are plugged in.  So I would have to remove that and could use a TDM
card to plug the phones in?  These phones, isdn etc -- probably aren't
analog -- probably don't work with a TDM card right?
So I think what you were suggesting John is ISDN channel cards and a TDM in
the same machine?  with * just bridging calls between the two?

Interesting. :-S

Chris Earle

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Daragon" <john at argv.co.uk>
To: "Chris Earle (CBL)" <cearle at cbltech.ca>; "Asterisk Users Mailing List -
Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Fritz card technology & German *


> Chris Earle (CBL) wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been working with * for a long time now, but only with analog
FXS/FXO
> > systems.
> > I am venturing towards setting up a box in Germany now and I believe
that
> > requires a Fritz card?  Do I even have to use the Fritz cards?  Why not
a
> > Digium card....
>
> The AVM Fritz card is a single connection (2 x 64 kbps) passive ISDN
> card. It's well supported by chan_capi, but running more than one of
> them in a PC requires a driver patch.
>
> You can't use a Digium card because Digium doesn't make an ISDN2 card.
>
> >
> >   We have 2 ISDN lines ( --> 6 handsets) so I'm guessing that will
require 2
> > Fritz PCI cards (they have 1 port only).  Then there's some sort of
channel
> > bank that sends the calls out to the extensions.
> > Does this make any sort of sense?
>
> By 2 lines I guess you mean 4 channels ? i.e. 4 simultaneous calls ?  If
> you mean 2 channels, then you only need 1 fritz card.
>
>
> > Could someone confirm with me that this is the right direction to go -- 
ISDN
> > lines, Fritz cards/Asterisk box, Channelbank/telco-box, extension
> > handsets......
>
> On the handset side you could use a couple of TDM4xx cards, or just use
> SIP phones.
>
> jd
>
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>
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