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The only reason i like this card, it is a cheap RTC which we need for conferencing. We also used ztdummy but Dell Poweredge servers we use, have ohci USB and ztdummy only works with uhci. I wish some one would come up with some other means to have RTC. :-(<BR>
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On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 12:30 -0600, Steven Critchfield wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Tue, 2005-03-08 at 09:56 -0800, Spencer Nassar wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I'm looking to add a single FXO port to my Asterisk box. It looks like </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> my options are a Digium Wildcard X100P off eBay for $6.99, or a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Wildcard TDM400P with an FXO Module from Digium for $125.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Can anyone explain the tradeoffs (other than the ability to put 4 </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> FXO/FSO modules on the TDM400P). What about RTC for the system - I </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> know the TDM400P provides it. Does the X100P?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">The X100P you are seeing on Ebay are not from Digium. They do not come</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">with support time from Digium. They seem to only support US style analog</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">lines(600ohm). If you have trouble, you are most likely on your own.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">TDM400P with FXO daughter card includes 1 hour of Digium support. It is</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">supposed to support other line types. If you have trouble, it is likely</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">you will get direct support from Digium and from the community here. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">TDM400P card is also capable of adding more ports without increasing</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">interupts on your server. If you need to add another X100P later on,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that will double the interupt load on the machine.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">With no one really making much money on the X100P card and I don't think</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">anyone is making them anymore, you may not get new features added to the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">driver. The TDM400P card will probably be developed for a while to come</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">as it the current option. </FONT>
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