Jon, See responses below. On Thursday 22 June 2006 16:31, jon+apprpt@unicomsystems.com wrote:
Hello all,
First off, I must say that app_rpt looks like a very promising project and this style or repeater controller looks like the way of the future.
I have a few questions that I couldn't quite come up with an answer for myself with a high degree of certainty, using the existing material online. 1). Does the 4 port radio interface card allow for 4 duplex repeater channels, or 2 duplex repeater channels?
4 duplex radio channels.
2). The 600 ohm line transformer as used in the analogue radio interface appears to be out of stock on Digikey. Does anyone have alternative stockists or transformer models? Or even spares they'd be willing to sell?
Last time we bought them form excesssolutions.com
3). Is app_rpt compatible with the TDM1200P or similar?
We haven't tested this but the chips used on the TDM1200p are exactly the same as the ones used on the TDM400.
I also have a few more developmental/roadmap oriented questions, namely, would it be possible for an interface to be developed that used a full duplex sound card and a serial or other data port to interface to a radio? Or could an interface be developed that had the necessary functions so that it only needed an FXO port on the Asterisk side, seeing FXOs can be got from even basic devices like some winmodems?
Too many sound cards out there to support and having to deal with all of them is a burden we don't want to shoulder.
Note that I'm not trying to rubbish the project or its developers with these questions, I'm sure the current interfaces work very well, but seeing as we're not interfacing phones, I thought it would've been possible design a way to interface at an even lower price point, opening access further, and further benefiting app_rpt with greater uptake levels from all sorts of radio people around the world.
Let's just say that we are aware of this issue, and that we are working on a solution.
Best Regards,
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