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To be discontinued by the end of 2007 and is not recommended for new telephony application designs or implementations!

Voicetronix recommends the OpenPCI series for any new telephony designs or implementations. The content below is for reference purposes only to existing users of the hardware.

Our OpenSwitch products are highly configurable Loop-Start and/or Station port PCI cards specifically designed for the development of PC-based PBX applications running on Linux. Both 6 (OpenSwitch6) and 12 (OpenSwitch12) port versions are available.

These cards support OpenPBX, our very own open source web based PABX/PBX application developed using CT Server. Check out our online demo by clicking on the OpenPBX screen shot here.

Also supported is the latest release of:

• Asterisk, Open Source PBX software that offers both classical PBX functionality and advanced features, and interoperates with traditional standards-based telephony systems and Voice over IP systems.

More importantly the OpenSwitch cards have a by-pass mechanism that allows one to connect the external PSTN lines to telephone handsets on station ports. This added redundancy is crucial in ensuring your PBX phone system remains operational in the unlikley situations where there is a PC or power failure.

Application developers can now easily build sophisticated PC-PBX phone systems using an OpenSwitch card, a PC running Linux and analogue telephone handsets that directly connect to the OpenSwitch card using their development toolkit of choice.

To the OEM or application designer/developer it equates to lower product development time, quicker time to market and return on investment.

• 6 or 12 user configurable FX0/FXS analogue ports.
• A standard-sized, PCI form factor enabling the installation of multiple cards within a PC chassis.
• Inbuilt telephony power supply to power the Station ports.
• Redundancy in the unlikely event of power or PC failure. Phones will always function in these situations.
• A comprehensive open source API that provides total control over the design of feature rich telephony applications.
• The ability to provide single board call conferencing functionality.
• Support for OpenPBX our very own, easy to install web based PC-PBX phone solution suitable for small businesses.
• Support for Asterisk, an Open Source telephony application that allows developers to build PC-PBX and IP-PBX applications.
• The opportunity to run the PC-PBX application under Linux.
• Integration with other Voicetronix hardware.

• 6/12 user configurable analogue FXO/FXS ports. Each port is switchable between Loop-Start (FXO) and Station (FXS) mode through onboard jumper settings.
  • The OpenSwitch12 card easily transforms to the following port configurations:
  • 12 Loop-Start ports only.
  • 8 Loop-Start AND 4 Station ports.
  • 4 Loop-Start AND 8 Station ports (default configuration).
  • 12 Station ports only.
  
  
  • The OpenSwitch6 easily transforms to the following port configurations:
  • 6 Loop-Start ports only.
  • 4 Loop-Start AND 2 Station ports.
  • 2 Loop-Start AND 4 Station ports (default configuration).
  • 6 Station ports only.
• No requirement for expensive proprietary station sets. Analogue telephone handsets connect directly to the Station ports.

• Standard-sized PCI form factor that easily fits into any regular PC chassis.
• Offers the opportunity to scale to higher density PC-PBX solutions by simply installing multiple OpenSwitch cards within the PC chassis.

• Provides the ring and DC power to the analogue telephone handsets that connect to the station ports.
• No need for external power supply modules that plague users of other PC-PBX interface cards.

• Loop-Start ports switch through to Station ports on power or PC failure to preserve basic telephone functionality.
• This by-pass mechanism connects the external PSTN lines to telephone handsets on station ports.
• A watch-dog timer triggers the by-pass mechanism on PC failure.

• Supports synchronous and asynchronous programming models to offer total design control over the application.
• Build feature-rich telephony applications for a fraction of the price of comparable solutions that operate on traditional propriety PC-PBX systems. These telephony applications include:
  • Interactive Voice Response (IVR).
  • Auto-Attendant.
  • Call Conferencing.
  • Voicemail.
• Developers can make customisations/enhancements to the Open Source API to suit their requirements.

• No need for additional and expensive equipment to provide conferencing capabilities on your telephone system.
• Join in on a conference call from your own telephone handset. No need to leave your work area to be involved in a conference call.
• Multiple way conference calls are limited only by the number of ports available on each card.

• Asterisk, is a mature Open Source PBX application that offers a multitude of telephony and call features and services that you would find in large proprietary PBX phone systems. Key features include:
  • Voicemail.
  • Conference Bridging.
  • Call queuing.
  • Call details records (CDR).
  • Auto-attendant.
  • Directory Listing.
  • IVR.
  • Music on Hold.
  • Call forward.
  • Caller ID.
  • Parking.
  • Support of VOIP protocols SIP and H.323.
• Asterisk provides transparent bridging between Voice over IP protocols and traditional telephony equipment.

• Linux users can build their own PC-PBX system running on their choice of operating system.
• Open Source software architecture enables easy porting to Windows and other Open Source operating systems such as FreeBSD.
• Ability to maintain PC-PBX applications remotely as Linux offers reliable remote administration.
• For other operating system support please contact us.

• All VoiceTronix hardware is supported by a single open source driver.
• Offers the opportunity to integrate with other VoiceTronix hardware such as the OpenLog family of products to deliver Call Logging solutions as part of the PC-PBX solution.