[asterisk-users] PRI Splitter

[Karl Fife]

On Wed, 3 Sep 2008 06:53:11 "Olivier" <oza-4h07 at myamail.com> said:
>
> and power it ...
> 
> Maybe, an external USB port could be used to power the board but the
> "enclosure" question remains ...
> 

You're right.  At this time there's no Rhino enclosure for the Single
Port Failover card, but it definitely designed to be powered by the
External USB port if you mount it externally.  If I ever need to mount
it externally, I'll get a $5 project box at radio shack if there's not
better available by then.  

...in response to:
> 2008/9/1 Karl Fife <asterisk-users at kfife.mailworks.org>
> 
> > > So this card has interesting price position, the main drawback being,
> > > IMHO,
> > > it's eating a slot, which can be a rare resource in rackable servers.
> > >
> > You raise a very important point.  This device uses a BRACKET, but not a
> > motherboard SLOT.
> > In other words, it hangs free in one of the chassis slots that do not
> > have a corresponding slot on the motherboard.
> > If you do not have a bracket slot, you could mount it externally, but
> > you'd have to engineer a way to hold it.
> 
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