[Asterisk-Users] Re: Does hardware like this exist...?

[Steven]

That looks like an interesting way to add some FXS ports to a cramped 1U server.

Would using USB on the Asterisk server cause an interrupt or CPU usage issue?  Especially if it already has two T1 cards?

I know that I am currently looking into a new server just due to having run out of slots.
Due to an issue passing faxes to a legacy PBX, I had to move the fax machines to new Telco lines and set the DID numbers for them in 
asterisk to dial back out to the new phone numbers that the faxes were moved to. Just because I couldn't put an FXO/FXS card in the 
server.
I guess the USB device would only be a solution if it handles the faxes like ZAP and doesn't pocketsize them.



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"BJ Weschke" <bweschke at gmail.com> wrote in message news:79cf6330512160435p59d240f4n19e1534b6139357e at mail.gmail.com...
On 12/16/05, Evert Meulie <evert at witelcom.net> wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I am looking for a device that I can stick in a USB-port on my Asterisk server and that allows me to connect one/more (cordless) 
> PSTN-phones in such  a way that they'll work with SIP/Asterisk. I know
> there are USB-phones, but what I'm looking for is 'the USB-phone without the phone', if you know what I mean...   ;-)
>

 You're looking for a USB FXS port. Yes, they do exist. You can take a
look at the Astribank-8 from Xorcom (www.xorcom.com). I really don't
know how well they work as I haven't any personal experience with
their equipment, but they were exhibiting this solution at the last
Astricon a few months back.

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