Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 11:44:51PM -0400, Michael J. Liberatore wrote: > >> First problem, the card with 4 FXO ports is fine until there is a >> storm in the area, then all 4 lines are massively static filled >> making phone calls barely understandable until the system is >> rebooted or the zaptel modules are unloaded and reloaded. There is >> no problem with other phones or the previous phone system on these >> landlines, so i dont think there is a problem with the lines. >> > > First, find the knob in your mailer that says "send messages as HTML" > and turn it off, please? HTML is bad for mailing lists. > > Secondly, remember: this is a *phone* system now; you're hooking it up > to several kilofeet of antenna. If you don't have telco-quality > lightning protection and grounding on the box, you can expect this sort > of thing. > > You can't find practices handbooks anymore (damnitall), but if you've > ever looked at a professionally installed key system backboard, and > seen those Porta-Systems gas-tubes, and the size of the grounding wire, > then you may get an inkling of a) why you're having problems, and b) > why "traditional" PBX's cost so much to buy and install. > > It's not *all* extra markup, folks. > > Cheers, > -- jr 'hobby horse' a > I was not aware that ground wire was very expensive or difficult to ground correctly. I do not see how that adds very much to the dealer's cost.
Thanks, Steve _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users