John, You will need the following in addition to what you have already listed: 1. A digium TDM400 with one FXS daughterboard. Digium part number TDM10B. This is going to cost around $140.00. There is a Chinese knockoff of the TDM400p part number A400P10 for $93.00 which we haven't tested available from openvox: http://www.openvox.com.cn/products_detail.php?genre_id=9&id=27. 2. One ARIB board. This board can be built for around $60-$70. Board blanks are available from us for $10 each plus shipping. 3. A modular to modular to modular telephone cable. We would like to suggest you plan to build a full-duplex system as this will provide much more flexibility than a simplex node. BTW: We are working on a less expensive solution which requires 2 of inexpensive X100p FXO cards (around $10-$20) plus a modified ARIB, but it isn't ready yet as it requires either changes to the ARIB, or an addtional external board. Steve. On Tuesday 06 February 2007 07:43, Stephen Brown Jr wrote:
Hi, I've been lurking on this list for quite some time and I am extremely interested in setting up a simplex node to start playing with this. What exactly will I need besides the obvious(radio, computer, etc), I am little confused on what type of FXS card I will need just for a single radio, all the ones I have seen are fairly pricey. I will then need an ARIB board to interface the radio to the FXS card correct?
tnx and 73's Stephen N1VLV