[Asterisk-Users] Zhone Zplex 10 units

[Steven Critchfield]

On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 07:46, John Schmerold wrote:
> OK.  Thanks - I think :-)
> 
> I'll go trolling on Ebay, see what comes up.  Given that most of my projects 
> take 6 months or so to get off the ground, I hate to put a bunch of money into 
> this anyway.  So, for <$1,000, I can put a 6 x 18 unit in my office & play with 
> it to see if this is a product line I want to get into.

There are 2 models of Zhones. One that is 24 FXS, and the other that is
8FXO and 16FXS. So for the price of a Zhone and a T100P card you can get
a 8x16 system. For more FXS ports you would either need to add in a
TDM400 or another channel bank and T1 port.

> > On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 02:45, Kent Williams wrote:
> > 
> >>Mine has been working well, but the only problem is that it doesn't
> >>support callerid (from the POTS side).
> > 
> > 
> > I didn't say they didn't work. Mine has been in production use for over
> > a year now with only a couple hiccups related to sync source and
> > timings. Specifically after a major power failure, it was possible for
> > the Zhone to sync to asterisk and not to the Telco until I had unplugged
> > asterisk. Now we no longer have the telco plugged into the Zhone and
> > have no problems with it. The sync problem is not why we changed our
> > setup. 
> > 
> > 
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>From: John Schmerold [mailto:john at katy.com]
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, 5 August 2003 12:37 PM
> >>>To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> >>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Zhone Zplex 10 units
> >>>
> >>>Thanks for the Zplex heads up.
> >>>
> >>>Steven Critchfield wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 13:13, John Schmerold wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I frequently see Zhone Zplex 10 units on Ebay - cheap.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>What's the story on these?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Are they flaky?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>search the archives.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Tough to configure?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>tough, no, pain in the ***, yes
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Any other issues that come to mind?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>search the archive, that is why it is there.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>I don't see them listed on Zhone's website (except in support), so I
> >>>>>suspect they've discontinued the product, but if it's a good product
> >>
> >>I
> >>
> >>>>>could use it to learn Asterisk.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Thats funny since they don't really even act like they want to
> >>
> >>support
> >>
> >>>>them.
> >>>
> >>>--
> >>>John Schmerold
> >>>Katy Computer Systems, Inc
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> >>>Valley Park MO 63088
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> >>>
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