Rhino Equipment Corp announces the Rhino plug-in PCI analog telephony card product line for the Asterisk open source PBX system, each with standard integrated on-board carrier-grade high performance network echo cancellation.

Rhino Equipment Corp. is pleased to announce the release of our plug-in PCI analog telephony card product line with on-board echo cancellation as a standard offering. The Rhino FXO and FXS analog telephony product line consists of non-modular (permanently affixed FXS/FXO circuitry) and modular (user defined FXS/FXO module circuitry) models in order to fill the need of any analog requirement for Asterisk-based PBX systems. Rhino technology partnered with Texas Instruments (www.ti.com) and Adaptive Digital Technologies (www.adaptivedigital.com) to create the lowest priced analog PCI card echo cancellation solution available for the Asterisk open source PBX software system. All Rhino PCI analog cards offer standard features such as carrier-class ITU G.168 compliant network echo cancellation with a 128ms tail featuring fast converging and an intelligent non-linear processor with automatic comfort noise generation.

The non-modular line consists of three models: the R4FXO-EC, the R24FXS-EC, and the R24FXO-EC. The R4FXO-EC features four FXO channels in a non-modular design, with four female RJ11 jacks available at the PCI card bracket. The R24FXS-EC and R24FXO-EC both feature a single RJ21 female connector at the PCI card bracket, with a Velcro strap to secure the mating RJ21 cable to the connector.

The modular line consists of two models: the R8FXX-EC and the R24FXX-EC. The R8FXX-EC features four female RJ11 jacks available at the PCI card bracket, with two lines appearing, the first on the inner and the second on the outer pair of each jack. The R24FXX-EC features a single RJ21 female connector at the PCI card bracket, with a Velcro strap to secure the mating RJ21 cable to the connector. Dual FXS and FXO modules are user upgradeable, and can be snapped into place with a two-point interconnection mechanical mounting method that utilizes enclosed, non-pin type connectors for reliable electrical connection.

All Rhino plug-in PCI analog telephony cards feature a unique on-board control element that eliminates PCI bus “bit banging”, which provides more host processor time for the main Asterisk PBX application. The addition of hardware-based echo cancellation on-board means that even more host processor time is available for other host processor-based duties.

All Rhino products come standard with a 5-year factory warranty. The Rhino PCI analog product line is FCC Part 68 certified for direct connection to the PSTN. Manufacturer list price for the R4FXO-EC model is $409; the R8FXX-EC base card model is $329; the R24FXX-EC base card model is $389; the Dual FXO daughter card is $125; the Dual FXS daughter card is $110; the R24FXS-EC model is $1,399; the R24FXO-EC model is $1,599. Volume discounts are available. Rhino products are available world wide from participating distributors and resellers.

About Rhino Equipment Corp.
Rhino Equipment Corp. manufactures both analog and digital telephony PCI and PCI Express cards for Asterisk; an Asterisk PBX based PC appliance called the Ceros; and T1 channel banks, both fixed FXS, fixed FXO and modular versions. Rhino Equipment Corp. has been in business since 1996 providing leading edge products to the telephony industry. (www.rhinoequipment.com)

Contact:
Jim Rhodes
(480) 940-1826 x6311
sales@rhinoequipment.com