[Asterisk-Users] Please make sure there is subject in mails

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Selon Rich Adamson <radamson at routers.com>:

> > > > Funny, they sell these old cards.. it seems like they are selling
> refurbs
> > > > as new.. ... anyways RMA is on its way, would be nice if they would
> send
> > > > one as a replacement first, so that we could continue our work and
> don't
> > > > have to delay it.
> > >
> > > They can, its called cross-shipment, but they need a credit card number
> > > to ensure they get your return shipment. You have to ask for it. That's
> > > the way I did it.
> >
> > Thanks for the info ..
> >
> > > Regarding the refurbs, if you or I were owners of digium, how would we
> > > handle a backstock of older (possibly refurb) cards when its somewhat
> > > known the old cards work fine in some systems? (And, we don't have a
> > > clue which systems/motherboards the cards worked fine in.)
> >
> > Well I guess one can also add location, as each phone provider will have
> > different class 5 switches one connects to with different signaling
> > basically .. But still, they should fix the problem once and for all with
> > allowing flash firmware upgrades... hell even Adaptec can manage that ..
>
> For the TDM card its not a flash firmware issue. Based on what others
> have reported, etc, the Rev E/F card had a missing trace on the circuit
> board (others observed an added jumper a month or so after the card came
> out), the Rev H card (and maybe other rev's before that) had added
> components on the circuit board, plus the fxo modules apparently changed
> since the originals came out. The added jumper had something to do with
> module slot 1.
>
> Personally, it wouldn't bother me a bit if I received a replacement card
> with an added jumper as long as the card worked as expected.
>
> So, digium probably has a back-stock of earlier rev levels that might
> work just fine, but adding a jumper would not change the Rev level
> reported to the system. Without knowing specifically what was changed
> on each Rev, there is no way to guess at how refurb'ed cards should
> be handled. I hope the current Rev is stable, etc.
>
>
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