On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 1:46 AM, Jim Dickenson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On May 1, 2011, at 10:09 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Jim Dickenson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Xorcom makes a box that connects via USB that can do failover. You connect >> the box to the two system via a USB cable to each system. When the box >> detects the primary system fails it switches over the the second one. No >> need for any extra hardware, except a USB cable. >> >> http://www.xorcom.com/catalog/xr0015.html >> >> http://www.xorcom.com/optional-extras/twinstar.html >> > > > Hi Jim, > > Thanks for sharing the technical details. Still not able to understand the > setup. Let me explain what i understand is the 8 PRI line would be connected > to the xorcom box and from there USB out would be connected to Primary > Asterisk Server and Secondary Asterisk Server. > > So we do not need any 8 port PRI Card on the Primary Asterisk Server and > Secondary Asterisk Server ? > > Please correct me if i am wrong. > > Thanks > > Kaushal > > > > Correct, there are no cards inside any system. You have an external box > that can have a combination of PRI, FXO and FXS ports; depending on need. > The external box is connected via USB to the two systems. The twinstar > option allows you to connect the external box to two systems via USB and > provides fall over from primary to secondary on failure of the primary. > > Hi Jim, Thanks for the explanation, I have couple of questions here. 1) Does the xorcom box support *8 Port PRI E1 Interface*. ? 2) Also the Primary and Secondary Asterisk Server can be any server which will run Asterisk or AsteriskNow (http://www.asterisk.org/asterisknow) Application and customizable or do i also need to buy this from Xorcom ? Not sure i understand that. 3) How does the xorcom box communicate with the Asterisk Server which do not contain any PRI Card inside the system. Much Appreciated. Thanks and Regards, Kaushal
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