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Has anyone tried these?
What seems to be wrong here?
 
NXTVOX Analog cards
Submitted by vjfromgt on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 9:42am.
its just a basic analog card
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 9:45am
its just a basic analog card based off the standard reference design and contains no hardware echo cancelation. It is most likely built on the Tigerjet chipset that has IRQ problems like the older Digium cards.
 
So this card is "Not
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:26am
So this card is "Not Recomended" by you Kerry?
Even for us cheap or financially strapped members?? (Im a dental student = broke)
I dont mind no hardware echo, the software seems to have worked fine with my X100p.
If anyone bought these let me know! PM ME!
 
I will always recommend a
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:32am
I will always recommend a card with hardware echo over one without. For testing and development it should be fine.
 
If your financially
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 11:41am
If your financially challenged you should look at a Linksys SPA3102 over any of the cheap PCI cards. It works well and can do a lot more things than any of the PCI cards.
my 2 cents
 
What about light usage?
This
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 12:49pm
What about light usage?
This is a home install.
I would get a 4 port 2fxs/2fxo card with olsec.
The computer is fast enough (3ghz) and has a lot of ram(1.5gb).
We use VOIP for all outgoing calls, so this card would mainly only handle being an FXS gateway to the legacy merlin system, as well as handling incoming call routing.
We have a sipura spa2k being fxs now with a x100p, but id like to expand to the other lines on the merlin system.
thanks!
 
I would take the plunge and
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 12:53pm
I would take the plunge and try the card.
And let us know how it works with oslec
 
A couple notes:
No
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 2:06pm
A couple notes:
No support
No Phone number on the site anywhere.
address listed as a blip!
this screams fly by night.
Also ODD no mention on google except their own press releases.
I would suggest ebay for really cheap you will be in the same position of no support and buyer beware but you get some protections from ebay and buyer feedback which is more than you appear get from these guys.
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the only thing which makes
Thu, 01/03/2008 - 2:10pm
the only thing which makes me still look at them is they accept google payment, i am thinking that comes with protection
 
got hold of their 'tech support' for online chat
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 11:30am
The 8 port card does not yet exist. It will require a special driver - like the zapMicro board
In fact, I really believe that these are the same guys as I've been 'working' with at zapMicro.
The specs on the 8 port are 'still being worked out'. Supposedly the 4 port is shipping.
The two online guys I spoke with were Andrew and Chreeze - at zapMicro they were/are Andrew and Chris.
When I asked if this was the same card as the zma800p (the zapMicro 8 port), there was a huge pause before he came back with a 'No.'
Buyer beware.
Andrew
 
IMHO you should not use ANY
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 12:29pm
IMHO you should not use ANY card at any price that still uses that same TigerJet PCI interface chip originally used on the Digium TDM400P. I believe all these clone cards still use that chip. That would be the first question I would ask them.
 
when i asked if these were
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 9:23pm
when i asked if these were tigerjet based they did not know.
 
or they knew it was a loaded
Fri, 01/04/2008 - 9:30pm
or they knew it was a loaded question.. Either they are not being up front or they dont make the card.
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so whats the problem with
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 11:47am
so whats the problem with TigerJet PCI cards anyways?
if its the only card in the system there probably wouldnt be IRQ problems, right?
 
I don't know all the details
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 12:25pm
I don't know all the details on the TigerJet problems. Digium doesn't use it anymore for their newer cards so that should tell you something.. There are a few things I believe. Compatibility problems, IRQ problems you touched on, for multiple FXO/FXS ports used at the same time it doesn't share the IRQ in an elegant real time way (I believe Rhino referred to it as bit banging).
 
With the release of trixbox
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 1:45pm
With the release of trixbox 2.4 and the use of a kernel that does APIC properly IRQ conflicts will be generally reduced and become less of a problem
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2.4 and tigerjet
Mon, 01/07/2008 - 12:37pm
so basically, the only drawback on this card really refers to tb 2.2 and prior versions.
2.4 shouldnt really have any problems.
*assuming its tigerjet, which it probably is because I was contacted by a company in China offering me similiar pricing (in bulk only) and theirs was based on tigerjet.
 
NXTVOX
Sun, 02/03/2008 - 8:01pm
These cards are based on the TigerJet chipset but do not suffer the same issues as the reference design Digium used. You should try em out. Contact me brian.west@mac.com and I'll see if I can get Kerry and the gang some cards to play with. btw they work great with FreeSWITCH via OpenZAP.
/b
FreeSWITCH.org
 
this card works well with my
Mon, 03/10/2008 - 8:37pm
this card works well with my tb 2.4.2 system.
no problems yet, no major echo or anything else.
seems good for the $$
Id deploy for those looking for a cheap solution
 
I think shipping kills this deal; but I'm interested
Fri, 07/25/2008 - 3:28pm
I was going to buy a 4 port card just to see if my zapmicro card is defective or just useless.
It turns out the company wants $25 to ship 1 unit to NJ.
So my $50 purchase (I have the FXO/FXS ports already) becomes a $75 purchase.
So, to my mind, the shipping costs are just a wee bit aggressive.
Anyone have a cheaper shipping source or solution?
Andrew
 
Andy PM me
Fri, 07/25/2008 - 5:24pm
I am a distributor for Openvox, sell to a bunch of people here in this forum, do my best for initial support if there is a problem, and if Openvox support is needed, I make sure that my customers are satisfied. These 4 port cards do have the tigerjet chipset, but work fine with the latest version of trixbox. I have a store and also sell a ton on ebay, but for my friends here (most on a budget) I give even a better deal to. If you want to check out my reputation, maybe one of my many customers here will speak up, or search for Openvox on ebay and my name is huebs73 from O'fallon, Mo. I have a ton of listings and a ton of good feedback. PM me for some great "fellow trixer" pricing.
 
Huebs = Great guy
Fast and
Fri, 07/25/2008 - 9:04pm
Huebs = Great guy
Fast and friendly service. Highly recommended
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Scott
aka "Skyking"
 
Well, I purchased an OpenVox
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 7:15am
Well, I purchased an OpenVox 4 port analog card from huebs73.
After several pre-purchase emails and questions (including the offer of a money back (except shipping) guarantee) I pulled the trigger and paypal'd the money.
Card arrived a few days later and I dropped it in.
Everything SHOULD be identical to my old zapMicro 8 port card except for fewer ports.
But it's not.
The old card gave me dropped sound mid-call , a hiss that OSLEC never made go away, etc. Also when the system was rebooted, I would often not get dialtone on the phones - creating the need to reboot or remove and reload components by hand - not what I want from a phone.
Sound quality is near perfect, card performance (reboots, etc.) has been flawless.
Anyone want to buy a slightly used zma800p? I'll only sell it for use to someone I DON'T like.
Anyone I do like, I'll point over to huebs73 for an OpenVox card.
Andrew
 
Just a suggestion.
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 8:27am
Move the module over to the OpenVOX card and test it. If the module is good you can keep it as a spare or to add another line to your system. If it's bad then the 8-port card may be good and usable.
 
Randy, thanks.
Mon, 08/11/2008 - 10:49am
I had considered this (and will do it).
For $108 delivered, I gained the ability to test all of the various options (including having to consider both the phone line and the installed computer to be the culprit).
I will be moving the FXS/FXO ports from the zapMicro card over to add a second phone line. Hopefully that will work without error.
Frankly, the zapMicro card and the ports I purchased with it may be completely fine. Given that I 'broke' trixbox to use the zapMicro card (recompile zaptel and add the zma8xx driver) I'm now in better shape since I can do a yum -y update and not kill my system by default.
Hopefully the ports are okay; hopefully the card is okay. Ebay here I come.
Anybody here want to make a bid before I have my niece sell the card (she loves running auctions)?
Andrew
 
card with 4 fxo and 1fxs
Thu, 09/11/2008 - 10:05pm
please email me quote for the card 4fxo and 1 fxs module
please email me at waqasbhutta@gmail.com
 
waqasbhutta
If you were
Fri, 09/12/2008 - 6:49am
waqasbhutta
If you were responding to me, The ZapMico is an 8 port card, but mine is presently blank (the ports went into my OpenVox card).
You can price out the FXO/FXS modules yourself.
Send me a PM if you want to make an offer on the card. It's still sitting on top of the server.
Andrew
 
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