[Asterisk-Users] Channel Bank FXS Questions

[Bruce Ferrell]

It depends on the make of channel bank.  The ones I'm most familier with 
(tellabs/NT D3/D4), have amphenol connectors on the chassis and those 
connectors feed to the cards/modules through the channel bank backplane 
connectors.  Cable from the bank to some kind of distribution point... 
Punchdown, wirewrap (yeah, wirewrap!) whatever and you're done.  Ahh for 
the days of butterfly tools.

:)

Bruce Ferrell


tns at cwkb.com wrote:
> Here is my question.  We have a Asterisk PBX with an T400P Card.  We have 
> 2 T1's comming into this card from a Channel bank.  So this gives us 48 
> Channels and 48 Extensions.
> 
> Here's my issue: How and where do my extensions get punched down?  Is 
> there a 24 extension FXS Card with an Amphenol Interface on it?  Or ?  
> This is where I am getting lost.  I am used to seeing the Extension Cards 
> be handled by the PBX System I am not seeing how this is done with the 
> Asterisk System.
> 
> I hope this is making sence.  Could someone please shed some lite on this 
> subject.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Geoff
> 
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