[Asterisk-Users] ATA's

[Sascha E. Pollok]

Good evening,

allow me to join in right here. Which ATA/TA would you
suggest for connecting analogue fax machines to Asterisk?
One of the ones named before or e.g. a ATA-186 made by Cisco?

Cheers
Sascha

> The Sipuras have a ton of configurable parameters. If you understand
> them (and there is no good manual, unfortunately) then you can be of
> great benefit. Otherwise they'll be worthless. I particularly miss the
> dial-plan, distinctive ring and audio gain options on the
> Grandstreams. Remote syslog can also be useful for debugging. It all
> depends what you need, I guess.
>
> Further, the Sipuras have a more detailed status, that is accessible
> WHILE you are engaged in a conversation.
>
> I think you're paying a bit more for the 1000 (1 line version) as
> compared to the Grandstream 286, but if you need/want two independent
> lines, then the Spa 2000 is more economical (as Peter said).