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Thread: Re: MFC/R2 Asterisk Channel Driver




Re: MFC/R2 Asterisk Channel Driver
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2008-03-29 22:53:46
Fernando Romo wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2008, at 11:54 PM, Denis Galvão wrote:
>   
>> There are three companies producing R2 boards in
Brazil:
>>
>> Digivoice: www.digivoice.com.br
>> Khomp: www.khomp.com.br
>> Pika: http://www.pikatechno
logies.com
>>     
>
>
> Don't forget Dialogic, expen$ive cards with Linux
support:
>
>      http:
//www.dialogic.com/products/tdm_boards/media_processing/Diva
_PRI_E1_T1_8.htm?techspec=1&regID=8434
>
> I read about asterisk support  with this cards but, has
a license  
> model for each trunk line.
>
> Somebody has work with this cards and asterisk?
>
> This cards resolve any signaling issue by
hardware/firmware  
> (ISDN,R2,SS7,etc.) and count with DSP and co-procesor
in each board .
>
> Maybe we need to analyze how this cards work to help us
in a R2  
> signaling by software with hardware DSP DTMF control
model.
>   
I would not recommend using Dialogic cards for MFC/R2,
unless they have 
greatly improved their implementation in the last couple of
years. I did 
the early testing of my Unicall MFC/R2 code against Dialogic
cards, and 
even in the early stages their end was giving more problems
than mine.

Dialogic don't actually do all the signaling work on any of
their card. 
They do the tone generation and detection, but most of the
protocol work 
takes place on the host, in the GlobalCall libraries. They
have been 
moving towards a more host based solution, but I haven't
used used their 
recent stuff to know exactly what its like.

Again, there is no benefit whatsoever in doing the tone
generation and 
detection on the card. Dialogic only do that for historical
reasons, as 
their cards date back to the days of 33MHz 486 PCs and ISA
slots. Most 
people, like Pika, and now moving most of their signal
processing onto 
the host, where things are a lot more flexible.

Regards,
Steve


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