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*A manual firmware upgrade is required to use the above 1.2.x releases for cards 
purchased before November 10th, 2010 
--> Firmware upgrade Procedure 

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Hardware Installation

  1. Mount your transcoder
    -> D150-ETH-Find a free PCI slot insider a server to install
    -> D150-BOX- Find a well ventilated flat surface, or install in optional rack mount
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  2. Attach Power supply
    -> D150-ETH- use molex power from server power supply 2A @ 5V (10W),
                         or external power supply 2A @ 5V (10W)
    -> D150-BOX- external power supply 2A @ 5V (10W)
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  3. Plug the Ethernet cable into your transcoder to attach to your network
    * Note: There is no on-board Ethernet switch on the D150, so once plugging in the Ethernet Cable, there is direct access to the transcoding module

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*Note: This step assumes Asterisk is on the same server as the server hosting the sngtc_server. If Asterisk only exists on other server(s) please go to -> D150 Sngtc Server Configuration

The steps below will install the Asterisk trancoding module, so please insure you have the Asterisk headers already installed (ie: /usr/include/asterisk/)

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By default G729 is the only codec registered with Asterisk.  If you require additional codecs please go to the following wiki page to configure them --> codec support and configuration.

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Operation

  • The sngtc_server is at the heart of the transcoding environment. It interfaces the transcoder hardware and codec module (the codec module, in asterisk, communicates with the sngtc_server in order to pass information to/from transcoder). It controls all Sangoma transcoders that are located on the same computer (this means you cannot have multiple sngtc_servers controlling/communicating with specific transcoders).   

    The sngtc_server needs to be started before transcoding can be done. Below is the usage of the sngtc_server_ctrl command. 

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