[asterisk-users] North American voice BRI - Informal survey

[David Boyd]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 15:08 -0400, Jon Pounder wrote:
> Quoting Jeff Davis <asterisk at netsourceva.com>:
> 
> > Jon Pounder wrote:
> >> I have a bunch of old cisco stuff with BRI ports on it but it was
> >> never meant for voice, just purely data, so I don't think its very
> >> useful for this purpose, but some of the basic signalling could
> >> probably be tested with it.
> >>
> >> is exploring some sort of back to back card setup worth looking into
> >> without committing to a line ? Then at least if a pair of cards can
> >> talk in the "new format" there is a better chance of them working on a
> >> real line. This would also have the advantage of being able to see
> >> both ends of the line for debugging purposes, or put the line in the
> >> euro mode which should work out of the box just to make sure the
> >> hardware setup is all valid before making changes.
> >
> >
> > I'm seeing ISDN phones on ebay for US $15-$40. Does anyone know if the
> > line simulator and a phone would work. Then get a BRI line when there's
> > a driver that looks like it works.
> 
> the signalling on the line simulator and phone would have to be  
> compatible - phone and card are going to have the same issues with  
> supporting the northamerican signalling.
> 
> probably depend mainly what country the hardware is being sold from  
> what the odds of working are.
SNIP....



I seem to remember that the wan Pipeline units supported BRI, and also
provided a couple of analog phone jacks.  I will dig around in the
basement and try to find the one that I had, if I find it, who wants it
for play?

Dave