I'm using an X100P Clone at home and i had not much trouble, remember I'm just testing and learning a bit at home. I think if you hace to implement it at office you'll have to spend a bit more.
2006/1/25, Joseph Tanner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Personally, I've had great success with an X101P (it's a clone, but > it's the exact same chipset and layout of the original). Now, with > Asterisk 1.2 beta2 (I believe it was beta2, I could be wrong though) > and a P3 933MHz PC I did get annoying echo that I couldn't get rid of, > and only on outgoing calls. If someone called me, even though all the > same equipment is being used, there was no echo. Anyways, I upgraded > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2.2 with Asterisk 1.2.1 and at the same time upgraded > to a Celeron 2.93GHz PC, and there's virtually no echo. Only if > there's complete silence on the other end and you yell very loud, can > you barely make any hint of an echo out. No idea if it was the > Asterisk upgrade, the new PC, or both that fixed my problem. > > Also, somewhere around the pre-1.0 days, I had two of these clones > (one was the exact same layout as the actual X101P, the other had a > different layout but the same chipset) and the one I used with my > Packet8 line had no echo, but my landline did. Didn't matter if I > switched the lines, the one connected to the Packet8 device had zero > echo, the one connected to my landline had a noticeable echo (again, > only on outgoing calls, incoming was fine). Played with > rxgain/txgain, all the echo settings, etc. But now all is fine. > > Guess what I'm trying to say, is a lot depends on the line itself, and > your exact setup. If you can pick up an X101P clone for cheap, I'd > try that first. Most you're out is a few bucks (I say a few bucks, > cause even if you pay $20 and decide it won't work for you, you can > sell it for about what you paid). If you build or repair PCs a lot > for others, then you'll need a good cheap modem someday anyways, the > clone cards work fine for that. > > Works fine for me, only issue I have now is callerid isn't 100% > reliable, but works the majority of the time. Until I troubleshoot it > further (i.e., connect a regular phone directly to my landline to at > least verify it's getting callerid when asterisk isn't), I can't blame > the card for that. As long as the card will work with your setup > (odds are it will), I think it's the best solution for home or small > business use. > > Joseph Tanner > > On 1/25/06, Rich Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > echo cancellation is pretty limited on these cheap devices. > > > > the spa3000 manual for example states the AEC is limited to > > > > 8ms. good AECs will handle 64ms or more. in my experience the > > > > spa3000 echo canceller is cranky. it works most but not all > > > > of the time. > > > > > > I have been using one for 6 months without any problems. Make sure you > > > have > > > the most current firmware on it and it should work just fine. > > > > Kerry, > > > > There "is" an issue with the spa3k (as well as the TDM04b) in terms > > of handling echo properly on long pstn loops. You are obviously on > > a relatively short loop if you've not been exposed to the variable > > echo cancellation issues. > > > > In other words, long pstn loops basically fall outside the limits of > > the echo cancellation software as someone else already noted. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > Asterisk-Users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > -- Facundo Ameal. fameal<at>gmail<dot>com Linux User #395088 FWD: 741664 MSN: asado<at>lamorcilla<dot>com<dot>ar ICQ: 74005793 Open your mind, use open source. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
