On Monday 29 April 2013, James Wystead wrote: > This is going to sound like a dumb-ass question: > > The device that allows you to bridge Asterisk (or any other PBX) into the > pstn.. What is that called?
Usually it is an expansion card that plugs into a PCI or PCI express slot on the motherboard; so most people would just call it an analogue telephony card (such as a TDM410P, for instance) or an ISDN card (such as a TE410P). One that connects to the mobile networks would be called a GSM card. Analogue telephony cards are further subdivided into two flavours; FXO (which connects to an exchange line) and FXS (which connects to a telephone, and provides the necessary line bias and ringing voltages). Usually a single card will provide for multiple lines, by fitting either FXO or FXS modules as required. -- AJS Answers come *after* questions. -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
