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Hi,
a@h 1.4 was released on 16th August. Anyone tried it yet?
The last release I tried was 1.0 which still had some rough edges.
Anyone know whether CentOS 3.5 is now a requirement or nice to have?
alchamy
18-08-2005, 08:30 PM
Speaking of which does anyone know where to get the " Digium - X100P" cards? or any other compatible card which allows POTS to be used (cheaply)
werner
18-08-2005, 09:14 PM
ebay do them for about £10-£15 (not much use to you , I know) however, I did read once that it doesnt take much to convert your average software modem into an fxo card (some soldering, and thats it), but for all the searching I have done on google I cant find any other references to this....perhaps a very well kept secret?b The bits below refer to an intel software modem which doesnt require modding
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1. POTS lines will work. You will need an FX0 card per line. Not practical if you need a lot of lines. There are some multi Line FXO cards available. FX0=Hook up to telephone lines. There is a flavor of Intel Modem that will work as a single Line FXO card. They are pretty cheap and would be a good way to build a cheap test or home system.
As far as I know the intel modem they are talking baout is a software pci modem. If I am not mistaken it is this one
https://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FM-INL92SW. On the asterisk documentation http://www.asterisk.org/index.php?menu=hardware it is listed as "generic x100p"
That should allow you to hook up the phone line to an asterix box.
alchamy
18-08-2005, 10:33 PM
Well that was one of my first thoughts, why can't I just use a regular modem. Might be something to investigate. I have 3 lines at home and would not mind hooking them up to a PBX for "educational" purposes.
I have a couple of modems lying around so it might be worthwhile to do some more research into modding them.
I wonder if the dialogic cards would work (the kind telkom uses) they are expensive but you can generally find them for free if you ask around.
I guess the Intel works because it is a winmodem and passes all commands directly to the CPU????
nic777
19-08-2005, 02:20 PM
Speaking of which does anyone know where to get the " Digium - X100P" cards? or any other compatible card which allows POTS to be used (cheaply)
http://www.openvoice.co.za/
WickedWeasel
21-08-2005, 11:10 PM
A regular modem, does not have the correct voice chipset,
however the are many, many clone cards, but belive me they cause major problem and have huge echo problems. !