Since Digium's contribution to Asterisk (hardware-wise) is Analog DAHDI cards, this makes sense (to me). I suppose they could make a DCAP exam that just used SIP trunks and softphones, but then that would just be GCAP (Generic Certified Asterisk Professional) or SCAP (SIP Certified Asterisk Professional). Just my .02.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jon pounder Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:12 PM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] dCAP Exam Benny Amorsen wrote: > Jared Smith <[email protected]> writes: > > Not that I would ever consider taking an exam like that, but I have been using/configuring asterisk since nearly the beginning of this mailing list, and I have never touched dahdi or polycom. Someone should still be able to pass an exam without knowing about specific hardware where there is more than one alternative to use in real configurations. >> Again, the emphasis on the dCAP exam is real-world knowledge of how to >> build a simple small-business PBX with Asterisk. If you've used >> Asterisk in a professional capacity, it should be very straightforward >> to pass the practical portion of the exam. >> > > I believe I can reveal this much without causing any problems for > Digium: Be sure you have tried to configure a Polycom phone and an > analog DAHDI card. Wasting 30 minutes on those two things makes passing > the exam slightly more challenging... > > > /Benny > > (whose only experience with analog DAHDI so far has been that dCAP exam) > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
