[Asterisk-Users] Convert you FXS port to FXO cheap

[Ray Dzek]

Okay then.. the next silly question is:

Will using the FXS->FXO Converter off my VOIP gateway "fix" the echo I have
now from running X100P for my PSTN connection?

Thanks!

Ray

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Convert you FXS port to FXO cheap


> On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 00:19, Ray Dzek wrote:
> > Umm ... nothing personal, but that still didn't answer the question of
> > if it will work, or is it supported by *.
>
> There is no reason why it shouldn't work with asterisk. The point of the
> device is to convert a FXS port to a FXO port. Which means it probably
> detects the ring on a FXO port, then loops the FXS port to signal the
> line as picked up, then connects the 2 lines together. So all asterisk
> needs to do is detect the loop and instead of providing dialtone, it
> needs to act like it just answered a call coming in like a hotline
> phone. See archives about the hotline phone last week.
> --
> Steven Critchfield <critch at basesys.com>
>
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