I was trying to get away from using a PC for several reasons, I'm not ready to trust a voip dids entirely and this solution is geared towards offices with about 4 line (+ or -) so PRI is out.
How does one know which level to choose when adjusting audio? ----- Original Message ----- > Hey John, > > I used several FXO ATAs in the past and they all had different issues > like > DTMF, echo, static,... I tested Mediatrix, Quintum and they both had > issues that customers didn't like. > > A lot of our Asterisk PBX integrators seems to prefer using a PC with > Asterisk and Sangoma Analog FXO boards. They always use the hardware > base > echo canceller with the Sangoma cards. > > Because of the analog phone lines, you always need to tweak and adjust > audio levels on each line. You will find that you need to re-adjust > the > line levels 2-3 times a year to get ride of some issues depending on > the > weather! > > Sangoma has really good support on this matter. > > Some PBX integrators got tired of tweaking FXO ports and refuse to > sell > systems with FXO lines! They only sell VoIP or PRI-T1 services with > their > PBX. With the rates of PRI-T1 being sub $500.00 (we have a few > customers > that purchased PRI-T1 form Primus at sub $500/month!), many > integrators > pushes the customer to get rid of analog lines (and got rid of the > headaches too!). > > I would be curious to hear who has perfect results with FXO lines on > Asterisk with no re-tuning on all their installation (not just one > install)! > > Good luck. > > -- > Stephan Monette > > Business Development Director > Primus Business Services. > Tel.: 613-656-2980 > > > > > On 11-10-11 4:02 PM, "John Van Ostrand" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >We are struggling with a Cisco (nee Sipura) 8800. It's not capturing > >DMTF > >reliably on inbound calls to our automated attendant (asterisk) and > >it > >happens only with certain callers and never with other callers. The > >first > >one, two or three digits will be missing so a caller pressing 5102 > >could > >get option 1, 0 or 2 instead of my extension. It also is more > >reliable > >when callers wait for silence between prompts before dialling. > >Flipping > >between AVT and inband doesn't change much. We gained better > >reliability > >by reducing the gain on the outgoing audio. When AVT is configured, > >we > >can see missing SIP event packets and the 8800 doesn't log the digit > >either so it's clear that it's just unable to recognize the tones. > > > >Is the 8800 reliable? What is a good solid ATA? What about a > >Mediatrix > >1204? Any other suggestions? We need a 4 port FXO ATA. > > > >Thanks, > > > >-- > >John Van Ostrand > >CTO, co-CEO > >Net Direct Inc. > >564 Weber St. N. 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