[nsp] ATA-186's back to back?

[Michael Loftis]

Nope it's still the same problem an FXS device can not go 'off hook'.  Nor 
can it detect ringing.  It detects off hook and generates ringing, in fact 
connetign the analogue ports of two ATA's might fry out one or the other if 
they were to ring.

--On Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:47 -0400 "Temkin, David" <temkin at sig.com> 
wrote:

> Actually, both sides are "stations", so FXS will be fine on both sides
> (this will be functioning as a "trunk" between two phone systems, not a
> CO->Phone type setup).  So, in that case, is it possible to do it?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jared Mauch [mailto:jared at puck.nether.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:49 PM
> To: Temkin, David
> Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [nsp] ATA-186's back to back?
>
>
> 	The ATA-186 is a FXS interface.
>
> 	You can not connect them back-to-back.  If you are attempting to do
> hook them together, you need opposing types.
>
> 	Something like FXS on the ata-186 to a FXO interface on some other
> device.  I don't believe that Cisco makes anything that supports SIP (for
> example) other than their IOS based routers (26xx,36xx)
>
> 	You need a NM-1V or NM-2V as well as the VIC-FXO (or VIC-2-FXO) to
> connect to an ATA-186.
>
> 	- Jared
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 12:43:27PM -0400, Temkin, David wrote:
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to connect ATA-186's back to back
>> with each other?  Does anyone have any sample configs they could
>> share?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -Dave
>>
>> David Temkin
>> S-I-G
>>
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