hey Pete,

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 12:39:36AM +0800, Pete Kay wrote:
> How do you solve the external power source problem?  Did you have to
> rewire the PCI board differently to increase the Voltage?

You can steal power from the SATA power port on the 5501 to power the PCI
cards needs:

http://soekris.kd85.com/images/voipcard-power.jpg

The only problem is that most cards are just too long to fit into the 
case-with-one-slot with a MOLEX connector attached to it, so in the picture
the power leads are soldered to the bottom of the MOLEX connector to save room.

Because this case has both a SATA disk + the TDM410, the wiring a bit 
messy to say the least ;-)

Wim.

> On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Darrick Hartman
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have several net 5501's with Rhino 8 and 24 port boards but max of 12 
> > channels. No problems with the load.
> > FXS may require an external power source.
> >
> > Darrick
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Steve Holdoway
> > Sender: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Soekris] questions about using soekris for PBX
> > Sent: Feb 20, 2009 8:19 PM
> >
> > On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:54:24 +0800
> > Pete Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> If I use soekris boards to build a PBX and I want to support 4 4-port
> >> fxo/fso PCI card.  Is it possible?
> >>
> >> What is the maximum number of card that can be supported?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Pete
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> > One 3.3V PCI card is possible... I'm trying to get one working with a 
> > digium tdm-400 ( because I've got one ). The 410 is supposed to be better 
> > ). Note that if you're using FXO extensions, you'll need to supply 12V to 
> > the card to ring the extensions.
> >
> > But that'll inly get you 4 ports. There are 8 and 24 port versions 
> > available, bit you may be asking for trouble with performance...
> >
> > Steve
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