[Asterisk-Users] Ouch, part reset, quickly

[Rich Adamson]

> On December 21, 2004 08:29 am, Jim Van Meggelen wrote:
> > 5 Watts per FXS
> >
> > They also told me each FXS port would support a REN (ringer equivalence
> > number) of 5.0, which means that you should be able to to ring five of
> > the old electromechanical telephones simultaneously off of each FXS port
> > on the card - 20 of them in all.
> >
> > Does anybody know what the wattage is for a REN?
> 
> Well given what you just provided, I'd say the "wattage for a REN" is 1 Watt, 
> minus whatever the card itself uses which would be minimal.  :-)

REN really only applies to the old style ringers. The newer electronic ones
are basically sensors only, and as such, are waaaay lower then that.

Rich