[Asterisk-Users] Re: Upgrade from Altigen

[Jason Kawakami]

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> Hi Everyone.
>
> I have a client that uses an Altigen system.  I am really new to PBX
systems
> so all this is totally foreign to me.
>
> They currently have 5 inbound trunk lines and about 20 analog phones.
>
> >From what I can gather they are using the Altigen Quantum cards that
support
> 8 extensions and 4 trunks.
>
> >From what I can gather the solution is a TDM04B and TDM01B to bring in
the
> lines from the CO.  A T100P to connect to a channel bank for the analog
> phones.

that should cover it.  You could also skip the 04 and just build another
group with the open 4 channels on the channel bank and set them up as FXO
ports.

would kill any station expansion though.  I have just heard rumblings of
problems if there are more than three cards in a box (something with IRQ
conflicts.)

think about gettting the T400 and doing everything through channel banks.
that single card would give you up to 96 ports of FX(x), much more flexible
etc.

good luck

Jason Kawakami

Open Telephony Labs


>
> I am looking to do this as cheap as possible since the main reason we want
> to upgrade is to take advantage of the VOIP functionality in Asterisk.  We
> also want to use IAX to connect another small office that doesn't have a
PBX
> yet.
>
> Are there any comments on this solution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff