Many people don’t realize just how easy it is to configure a Digium analog interface card with trixbox CE. Not that it is very difficult with other distros, its usually only a few simple commands, but trixbox CE makes it even easier with one command that configures the card very easily. The same setup-pstn command will work on all versions of trixbox CE since version 2.4.Once you have to card in the system, boot it up, log in as root and type the setup-pstn command. If you see the channels come up at the end then just type amportal restart and Asterisk will restart. Then you need to go into the web interface and make sure your trunks are configured properly. After that, you are ready to make and receive calls.

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Kerry Garrison and the team at VoipStore.com have posted another great product overview, this one is on the improved analog cards from Digium.

The Digium® TDM410 is a half-length PCI 2.2-compliant modular gateway card for connecting analog telephone stations and analog POTS lines through a PC. It supports a combination of up to four station or trunk modules for a total of 4 lines.

Using Digium’s Asterisk® software and standard PC hardware, one can create a telephony environment that includes all of the sophisticated features of a high-end business telephone system.

Using an industry-standard bursting, bus-mastering interface chip that is found within millions of PC systems worldwide, and Digium VoiceBus™ technology, the TDM410 eliminates the requirement for external gateways, with industry-leading performance and price. The trunk and station modules are interchangeable, allowing the creation of any combination of interfaces. The optional hardware echo cancellation module provides 1024 taps (128 milliseconds) of echo cancellation for superior voice quality on both trunk and station interfaces. Scaling of this solution is accomplished by adding additional TDM410 or other Digium analog interface cards.

Digium Analog cards, with there interchangeable single and quad FXS and FXO modules can eliminate the requirement for seperate channel banks or access gateways. Digiums commercial, toll-free quality High Performance Echo Cancellation (HPEC) software is available to our analog customers at no additional cost. The optional VPMADT032 hardware echo cancellation module provides the same toll-quality HPEC but without the perfoamce inpact of a software based solution. Scaling of an analog card solution is accomplished by adding additional cards and FXO / FXS modules.

Core Features

• 4 Ports for connecting analog telephones or POTS lines
• Half-length Analog Card
• Up to 4 FXS or FXO Modules
• High Performance Echo Cancellation (HPEC) Software (Optional)
• TDM410 for use with a PCI 2.2 compliant slot

888VoipStore.com: Digium Products Page

Kerry and the team at VoipStore.com have put together this great overview on the Digium TDM800P Analog cards.

The Wildcard TDM800P is a half-length PCI 2.2-compliant, 8 port card for connecting analog telephones and analog POTS lines through a PC. It supports combinations of FXS and/or FXO modules for a total of 8 lines.

The TDM800P provides an industry first with 8 standard two-wire, RJ-11 interfaces on a single PCI bracket. This eliminates the need for multiple brackets, external dongles, or splitters. In doing so, the TDM800P reduces part complexity, cable clutter, and points of failure.

The TDM800P contains two module banks. Each bank supports up to four analog interfaces. The module banks may be filled either with one standard Digium® quad analog module (FXS – S400M, FXO – X400M), or up to two standard Digium® single analog modules (FXS- S110M, FXO – X100M) enabling the creation of any combination of ports

The optional hardware echo cancellation module provides 1024 taps (128 milliseconds) of echo cancellation for superior echo cancellation on both FXO and FXS interfaces.

If the hardware echo cancellation module is not installed, the TDM800P may be used in conjunction with Digium’s High Performance Echo Cancellation (HPEC) software, a commercial and toll quality hybrid echo cancellation solution. Digium’s HPEC provides 16ms to 128ms of selectable near-end ITU G.168 compliant echo cancellation in software.

Using this card in concert with Digium’s Asterisk® software, standard PC hardware, and the Linux® OS, you can create SME or SOHO telephony environments capable of satisfying the needs of small or medium business applications at an industry-leading price.

Digium Analog cards, with their interchangeable single and quad FXS and FXO modules can eliminate the requirement for separate channel banks or access gateways. Digium’s commercial, toll-free quality High Performance Echo Cancellation (HPEC) software is available to our analog customers at no additional cost. The optional VPMADT032 hardware echo cancellation module provides the same toll-quality HPEC but without the performance impact of a software based solution. Scaling of an analog card solution is accomplished by adding additional cards and FXO / FXS modules.

• 8 RJ-11 interfaces on a single PCI bracket
• 8 Ports for connecting analog telephones or POTS lines
• Half-length Analog Card
• Up to 4 Single FXS or FXO Modules, or 2 Quad FXS or FXO Modules
• High Performance Echo Cancellation (HPEC) Software (Optional)
• VoiceBus™ technology

888VoipStore.com: Digium Products Page

Product Information:

Switchvox SOHO remains offered only on the older model AA60 chassis.

Switchvox SMB on the AA60 has been fully replaced by Switchvox SMB on the AA65.

The AA300 has been fully replaced by the AA305.

The AA350 has been fully replaced by the AA355.

The LCD panel offers the following options and menu organization:

• View System Info
  • Administer your PBX at https://IP/admin
• Configure Network
  • Active Interface
    • eth1
    • eth0
  • Set DHCP / Static
    • DHCP
    • Static
  • Change IP Address
    • 192.168.0.20 (Note this is an example, not a default IP)
  • Change Subnet mask
    • 255.255.255.0 (Note this is an example, not a default subnet mask)
  • Change Gateway
    • 192.168.0.1 (Note this is an example, not a default gateway)
  • Change DNS Server
    • 192.168.0.100 (Note this is an example, not a default DNS server)
• Reboot PBX
  • Yes / No
• Shutdown PBX
  • Yes / No
• Reset HTTPs Certificate
  • Yes / No
• Tech Support Access
  • Enable Yes / No
• Restore Web Access
  • Yes / No
• Reset Administrator Password
• Change LCD Password

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• Added support for UNICODE
• OutCALL now uses Extended MAPI to load contacts from Outlook
• Added Outlook Import Rules
• Added support for calls coming from Queue

Source: OutCALL

Digium is the creator and driving force behind Asterisk, the world’s most popular and successful open source communications platform with an estimated 3.5 million servers worldwide providing VoIP calls for businesses and residential end users. More resellers, telecom professionals and software developers choose Digium’s products than those of any other open source telephony company because only Digium delivers the technical superiority, security and flexibility associated with genuine Asterisk.

Switchvox, with an estimated 65,000 end points in operation, is the world’s largest and most successful supplier of open source-based IP PBX products for businesses. The combination of Digium and Switchvox will provide open source-based products and solutions that are unrivaled in the industry.

“Switchvox has built a successful business by offering simple solutions that make communication easier while Digium is known the world over as the creator and primary maintainer of the Asterisk open source telephony code,” said Danny Windham, president and CEO of Digium. “This acquisition is an ideal pairing of two companies committed to providing Asterisk-based telephony solutions that are less expensive, easier to use and more flexible than other telephony products on the market.”

Digium and Switchvox will begin integration immediately and plan to unveil a new product strategy and roadmap later this year focused on giving SMBs and enterprises new choices in Asterisk-based unified communications solutions.

“The entire Switchvox team is excited to become part of the Digium family as it continues to gain momentum and win market share from traditional phone system vendors,” said Joshua Stephens, CEO of Switchvox. “We look forward to working together to create unified communications offerings that redefine the VoIP industry and give SMB and enterprise customers advanced solutions at price points that are undeniable.”

About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has grown to become the open source alternative to the traditional communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less than proprietary voice communication platforms. Digium makes Asterisk available to the open source community under the GNU General Public License (GPL) and uses business-class Asterisk to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company’s product line also includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. This year alone, Asterisk will support over 12 billion minutes of calls. Additional information is available at www.digium.com.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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