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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765251301-06022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>FXS cards generate ring (you connect a "station" to it and
it rings).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>FXO cards sink ring (they take ring from the
office).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=765251301-06022007><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If the Octel needs ring (which it most likely does), you
would need an FXS card to generate ring for it to answer. An FXO would
take ring from the vmail server, which, in context, doesn't make a lot of sense
(vmail doesn't call the PBX, the PBX calls vmail).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeronimo
Romero<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 05, 2007 8:03 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Asterisk
Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[asterisk-users] asterisk server as a voicemail server for legacyPBX -- FXO or
FXS???<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hey All,
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ll be configuring an asterisk box
to be the voicemail server to an old Merlin system which had an octel 100
voicemail server that is now dying. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">My question is simple: do I need to
stick an FXO card in the asterisk box? My logic is that if the Merlin Magix
system is actually generating electrical current, then I would need to have an
fxo card. Is this correct?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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