ATA's

Hi,

Frequent lurker comes up for air.  TIA for any advice.

I am running Internet Cafes in the islands and am adding
calling stations
for the cruise ship crew and passengers to use while
visiting.  I already
have an asterisk server running a custom prepaid access card
system we
wrote, and I have been using the Digium Iaxy to get
customers to the AGI
program (whatever they press at dialtone jumps them to
"enter your PIN
number").  This is working fine, but for a few issues
with the sixteen of
them I currently have in service:

1) The Iaxy is prohibitively expensive per port
2) The Iaxy is difficult to provision in the field
3) It seems to overheat and lose its mind once in a while
4) poor network connectivity causes it to disconnect and
STAY
disconnected, requiring a reboot

Its starting to drive me nuts, actually.  I went with the
Iaxy in the
first place thinking it would be the best marriage to
asterisk.  Then
someone handed me a Sipura SPA-2000 a few days ago.  It
actually has a
built in IVR that you can use from either of the two FXS
ports and an
analog telephone to read or SET network parameters.  The web
interface is
excellent and has a wealth of options.  The Iaxy, by
comparison, has a few
commands in a text file for options.  I had it connected to
a local
asterisk in about thirty seconds, then in about an hour
(much tweaking of
SIP NAT parameters on both ends) I got it working with our
public asterisk
server and the prepaid phone card interface.

So now to the advice.  My eyes have been opened to the fact
that the large
number of ATAs available are far from close in terms of
quality, with the
Iaxy somewhere near the bottom.  What ATAs are people happy
with connected
to asterisk?  Especially service providers that are
provisioning them
remotely?

Thanks!

Jeff LaCoursiere
JB Telenet, LLC
St Thomas, VI 00802
jeffjbtelenet.com
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Jeff,

The iaxy sucks..  however it works well behind NAT, and
that's about
all it has going for it IMHO. I personally prefer the sipura
SPA's or
if I am cheap, the grandstream handytones will get you
done.

Ditch the Iaxys, keep some sanity,

Nate

On 5/31/07, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeffjeff.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Frequent lurker comes up for air.  TIA for any advice.
>
> I am running Internet Cafes in the islands and am
adding calling stations
> for the cruise ship crew and passengers to use while
visiting.  I already
> have an asterisk server running a custom prepaid access
card system we
> wrote, and I have been using the Digium Iaxy to get
customers to the AGI
> program (whatever they press at dialtone jumps them to
"enter your PIN
> number").  This is working fine, but for a few
issues with the sixteen of
> them I currently have in service:
>
> 1) The Iaxy is prohibitively expensive per port
> 2) The Iaxy is difficult to provision in the field
> 3) It seems to overheat and lose its mind once in a
while
> 4) poor network connectivity causes it to disconnect
and STAY
> disconnected, requiring a reboot
>
> Its starting to drive me nuts, actually.  I went with
the Iaxy in the
> first place thinking it would be the best marriage to
asterisk.  Then
> someone handed me a Sipura SPA-2000 a few days ago.  It
actually has a
> built in IVR that you can use from either of the two
FXS ports and an
> analog telephone to read or SET network parameters. 
The web interface is
> excellent and has a wealth of options.  The Iaxy, by
comparison, has a few
> commands in a text file for options.  I had it
connected to a local
> asterisk in about thirty seconds, then in about an hour
(much tweaking of
> SIP NAT parameters on both ends) I got it working with
our public asterisk
> server and the prepaid phone card interface.
>
> So now to the advice.  My eyes have been opened to the
fact that the large
> number of ATAs available are far from close in terms of
quality, with the
> Iaxy somewhere near the bottom.  What ATAs are people
happy with connected
> to asterisk?  Especially service providers that are
provisioning them
> remotely?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeff LaCoursiere
> JB Telenet, LLC
> St Thomas, VI 00802
> jeffjbtelenet.com
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Hi,

I noticed Linksys seems to have purchased Sipura?  Anyone
use the Linksys
products that resulted?  The grandstream seems to be the
cheapest.  What
do you give up?  Sound quality I don't want to sacrifice,
but abundant
features I might...

Thanks,

j

On Thu, 31 May 2007, Nate Kettlewell wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> The iaxy sucks..  however it works well behind NAT, and
that's about
> all it has going for it IMHO. I personally prefer the
sipura SPA's or
> if I am cheap, the grandstream handytones will get you
done.
>
> Ditch the Iaxys, keep some sanity,
>
> Nate
>
> On 5/31/07, Jeff LaCoursiere <jeffjeff.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Frequent lurker comes up for air.  TIA for any
advice.
> >
> > I am running Internet Cafes in the islands and am
adding calling stations
> > for the cruise ship crew and passengers to use
while visiting.  I already
> > have an asterisk server running a custom prepaid
access card system we
> > wrote, and I have been using the Digium Iaxy to
get customers to the AGI
> > program (whatever they press at dialtone jumps
them to "enter your PIN
> > number").  This is working fine, but for a
few issues with the sixteen of
> > them I currently have in service:
> >
> > 1) The Iaxy is prohibitively expensive per port
> > 2) The Iaxy is difficult to provision in the
field
> > 3) It seems to overheat and lose its mind once in
a while
> > 4) poor network connectivity causes it to
disconnect and STAY
> > disconnected, requiring a reboot
> >
> > Its starting to drive me nuts, actually.  I went
with the Iaxy in the
> > first place thinking it would be the best marriage
to asterisk.  Then
> > someone handed me a Sipura SPA-2000 a few days
ago.  It actually has a
> > built in IVR that you can use from either of the
two FXS ports and an
> > analog telephone to read or SET network
parameters.  The web interface is
> > excellent and has a wealth of options.  The Iaxy,
by comparison, has a few
> > commands in a text file for options.  I had it
connected to a local
> > asterisk in about thirty seconds, then in about an
hour (much tweaking of
> > SIP NAT parameters on both ends) I got it working
with our public asterisk
> > server and the prepaid phone card interface.
> >
> > So now to the advice.  My eyes have been opened to
the fact that the large
> > number of ATAs available are far from close in
terms of quality, with the
> > Iaxy somewhere near the bottom.  What ATAs are
people happy with connected
> > to asterisk?  Especially service providers that
are provisioning them
> > remotely?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jeff LaCoursiere
> > JB Telenet, LLC
> > St Thomas, VI 00802
> > jeffjbtelenet.com
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