[Asterisk-Users] New Sangoma AA Series?

[canuck15]

Nice!

Looks kinda like lego using cct boards from that angle ;).

Any idea what the echo canceller might cost? 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Lipscombe [mailto:markl at telephonyware.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 7:26 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] New Sangoma AA Series?
> 
> Seth Remington wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > I saw an add in my latest Linux Journal advertising 
> Sangoma's new "AA 
> > series" of FXO/FXS analog cards with on-board echo 
> cancellation, but I 
> > can't find any information at all on them. Even the link 
> given in the 
> > advertisement is a dead end as far as I can tell. Anybody else 
> > seen/heard anything about this?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Telephonyware ran the ad, and we weren't quite expecting it 
> to be in everyone's hands so soon -- this was our first Linux 
> Journal ad, so we weren't quite prepared with information on 
> our website.
> 
> As a stop-gap, we've set up a page with some brief 
> information and a mailing list for more information and to 
> announce pre-orders.
> 
> This is at http://www.telephonyware.com/sangoma
> 
> We expect to be able to start accepting pre-orders within the 
> next couple of weeks.  Keep an eye on the -biz list for more 
> information about that.
> 
> In the mean time, here is some more information so this 
> thread hasn't been a waste of time.  The new cards will be 
> available soon, and will also have an option for an addon 16 
> port hardware echo canceller with a 128ms echo tail -- this 
> will be available in early December.
> 
> The analog boards will consist of three components, a shark 
> board, which is the base PCI board, a daughterboard, and 
> FXO/FXS modules (with two FXO, or two FXS interfaces per 
> module).  The first board you have in your system will have 
> the base board, the daughterboard, and one or two FXO or FXS 
> modules.  When you want to add more than 4 ports, you add 
> another daughterboard, and one or two more FXO/FXS modules.  
> These basically sit "over" a PCI slot, and screw into the 
> back of the chassis, but do not actually sit in the PCI slot itself.
> 
> Everything is then connected via an external backplane, in 
> much the same way a series of SCSI drives are plugged into a 
> "daisy chain".
> 
> Here is a picture of a mainboard, plus a second 
> daughterboard, with the backplane connector all hooked up:
> 
> http://www.telephonyware.com/images/sangoma_backplane.jpg
> 
> The number of FXO or FXS ports in a single chassis is limited 
> only by the available slots at the back of your chassis.
> 
> These boards will be in beta within the next two weeks, and 
> they will be around the same price point as the TDM04B.
> 
> Regards,
> Mark Lipscombe
> 
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