[asterisk-users] can Digium FXS channels support been half mile to 1 mile length away from phone?

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Don't forget to do lightening and surge protection.

On 8/9/06, Manrique Feoli <manrique.feoli at kinetos.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks Rich,
>
> I was expecting that.  I was worried because on other type of cards if
> you set the phone too far you'll burn the port of the card, mainly
> because of the lack of capacity to keep such a long line up.
>
> Now when you say 2 or three ringers,  you mean 2 or three ring events or
> phones ringing at once  or what did you mean?   I need 6 phones now,
> and not expecting more than 2 ringing at once.  (hopefully)
>
> cheers
> Manrique
>
>
>
> Rich Adamson escribió:
> > Manrique Feoli wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I need to setup 6 phones about 3/4 of a mile from the main box,
> >> (can't do it with VoIP yet because of networking issues),  does
> >> anyone knows if the boards can resist such a length for FXS ports.
> >> Right now there is a Dialogic MSI160 working fine.
> >>
> >> The actual length in a straight line is about half a mile,  it does
> >> have a single cable point to point, but can't be sure where the cable
> >> goes since it has to pass from one building to another,   so it might
> >> end up been quite a bit more distance.
> >>
> >> If the answer is they can't handle such a distance does anyone knows
> >> if there is an alternative,  (line booster or whatever similar )
> >
> > With the exception of the ring generator on the digium card, the fxs
> > port specs are basically the same as telephone company specs. Telco
> > lines in rural areas often times exceed six miles. So, yes the digium
> > card will handle your half mile just fine.
> >
> > The ring generator on the card is much smaller then those used in the
> > telco, and is likely limited to maybe two or three ringers at the
> > distant location. Don't plan on attaching multiple phones to the fxs
> > port at your remote location. (Same is basically true with the sangoma
> > card.)
> >
> >
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