A108 Installation
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A108 Voice and Data Telephony Card
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Overview
Eight ports of T1, E1 or J1 available with Telco-grade hardware echo cancellation–the ultimate high-density solution
The A108 supports up to 16.4 Mbps of full duplex data throughput or up to 240 voice calls using up to eight T1, E1, or J1 lines
Supports Asterisk®, FreeSwitch™as well as other Open Source and proprietary PBX, Switch, IVR, and VoIP gateway applications
Line Protocol Support: Voice CAS, MFC/R2, PRI, ATM, Frame Relay, X.25, HDLC, PPP, SS7, Transparent bit-stream, BSC
uses Wanpipe Driver which includes a suite of configuration, operation and debugging utilities
Hardware Installation
Compatibility NoteÂ
Sangoma Telephony cards are designed to be compatible with most commercially available motherboards.
PCI details
Autosense compatibility with 5 V and 3.3 VÂ PCIÂ buses
Maximum operational power for PCI: 3 W (0.6 A @ 5 V) For PCI Express: 2.5 W (0.76 A @ 3.3 V)
PCI-Express details
1 Lane PCI Express bus
Compatible with 4x, 8x and 16x slots
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Faceplate
Sangoma Telephony cards ship pre-installed with 1 U faceplate, along with a 2 U faceplate as accessory.
If you have a 2 U server, the 1 U faceplate will need to be removed to install the 2 U faceplate.
If this is your case, please view the following Demo which indicates which screws to remove and how to separate the cardÂ
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Telephony card installation is very simple:
Power off server and remove cover to access the PCI/PCIexpress slots
Identify the PCI/PCIexpress slot to be used for your telephony card
Remove the backplate for that slot, from the server.Â
This backplate may require screwdriver to remove screws before pulling off the backplate. Use your discretion
Insert the telephony card into the PCI/PCIexpress slot and verify it is firmly seated
With the faceplate lines up with the mounting bracket, screw it firmware in place.
verify the E1/T1 ports are lined up and fully accessible from the back of the server before securing position
Plug in your E1/T1 cables into the telephony card
if you are unsure of the pinouts, see below for details
Place server cover back on and power on
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E1/T1 Cable Pinouts
The E1/T1 ports on your A108 telephony card are unique in that there are 2 E1/T1 ports per RJ45 connector. Â
This is made possible by utilizing the 4 empty pins that are not used on a standard E1/T1.
Your Sangoma card is shipped with 4 E1/T1 Y cables. The single end plugs into a port on your Sangoma card, where the other end splits into two connectors, each a single E1/T1.
The cables are labels N and N+4 to help you identify the E1s.
Below is a pinout of the Y-cable shipped with your card. It is a straight through cable connection:
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If you require a cross-over y-cable, contact sangoma for a set of cables.
Below are the pinouts for the cross-over y-cable, in case you require to create your own cross over cables.
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 The TIP and Ring details
Pin | Signal | Pin | Signal |
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1 | RRING | 5 | TTIP |
2 | RTIP | 6 | RTIP |
3 | RRING | 7 | TRING |
4 | TRING | 8 | TTIP |
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Software Installation
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