A116 Installation

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A116 Voice and Data Telephony Card

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Overview

• Sixteen T1/E1 ports with optimum PCI–Express interface for high performance voice and data applications

• Mix T1 channel banks and E1 networks with full channel synchronization. TDM clocking mode lets network timing to be passed from a network-connected DS0 to any or all of the other ports so both T1 and E1 are supported simultaneously

• Support for Asterisk^® and FreeSwitch^®

• Fully compatible with all commercially available motherboards—proper PCI-standard interrupt sharing without manual tuning

• Dimensions: Full height by half length (107mm x 176mm)

• Connector: Dense 68 pin SCSI type interface 

• Intelligent hardware: Downloadable FPGA programming with multiple operating modes; add new features related to voice and/or data when they become available

• Line decoding: HDB3, AMI, B8ZS

• Framing: CRC-4, Non CRC4, ESF, SF, D4, J1 (Japan)

• PCI Express Bus Version: 1.1

• Maximum operational power: 5.5 W (1.67 A @ 3.3 V)

• Temperature range: 0 – 50 °C

• Ring buffer DMA handling for minimum host intervention and guaranteed data integrity on high volume systems

• Supports Robbed Bit Channel Associated Signaling (CAS) and ISDN PRI

• T1/E1 and fractional T1/E1, multiple channel HDLC per line for mixed data/TDM voice applications

• Optimized per channel DMA streams and hardware-level HDLC handling unload the host CPU

• Uses raw bitstream interfaces to support arbitrary non-standard line protocols, such as non-byte aligned monosynch or bisynch

Hardware Installation

Compatibility Note 

Sangoma Telephony cards are designed to be compatible with most commercially available motherboards.

PCI-Express details

• 1 Lane PCI Express bus

• Compatible with 4x, 8x and 16x slots

Telephony card installation is very simple:

1. Power off server and remove cover to access the PCIexpress slots

2. Identify the PCIexpress slot to be used for your telephony card

3. Remove the backplate for that slot, from the server. 

   1. This backplate may require screwdriver to remove screws before pulling off the backplate. Use your discretion

4. Insert the telephony card into the PCIexpress slot and verify it is firmly seated

5. With the faceplate lines up with the mounting bracket, screw it firmware in place.

   1. verify the E1/T1 ports are lined up and fully accessible from the back of the server before securing position

6. Plug in your E1/T1 cables into the telephony card

   1. if you are unsure of the pinouts, see below for details

7. Place server cover back on and power on

E1/T1 Cable Pinouts

 The A116 comes with 2 possible types of cabling as shown below

1. SPEC-A116+PNLKIT 1U Rackmountable Breakout panel

• Contains a cable  with a 68-pin connector at one end and 16 RJ45 female connectors on a rackmountable faceplate at the other end

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2. CBL-649 6-Feet punch down cable - This product is retired

• Comes with a 68-pin connector at one end and loose 68 color coded wires at the other end.

• Can be punched down or wire wrapped with the end-users connector block of choice

A116 SCSI to RJ-45 Pinout 

The following pinout is from the card’s point of view.  

Please note that this is Straight-Thru wiring to the patch panel. You will need to crosswire the TX and RX pins to connect to another device.

Software Installation

Select your Installation type:

• Install with FreePBX Distro

• Install with your own Asterisk server

• Install with FreeSWITCH

• Install with API