Sangoma A101 PRI ISDN Card

Sangoma A101 (AFT card with one channelised T1 port)

AFT card with one T1/E1 or fractional T1/E1 port, supporting multiple DS0 channels of HDLC or non HDLC data. Used to support WANPIPE® in multichannel hub configurations, and as T1 voice gateways for PBX systems.

Sangoma A101 Key Features

• Intelligent hardware: Downloadable Field Programmable Gate Array programming with multiple operating modes:
• T1/E1 and fractional T1/E1, single channel HDLC per line
• HDLC data
• Power: 520mA at +5v
• PCI 32 bit (5v and 64 bit (3.3v) compatible.
• Temperature range: 0 - 45C.

The A101 is Sangoma's next generation hardware designed for optimum support of data and voice over T1 and E1.

Operational Modes

Data only:

• T1/E1 and fractional T1/E1, single channel HDLC per line.
• Can be used as a hub for sub-DS1 remotes. The A101 and A102 can support any configuration of up to 62 DS0s carrying Frame Relay, PPP or HDLC data.
• Raw bitstream interfaces can be used to support arbitrary non standard line protocols such as non-byte aligned monosynch or bisynch.

Voice modes:

• Supports Robbed Bit Channel Associated Signalling (CAS) and ISDN PRI.
• Block mode raw bit-stream interface for integration with the Asterisk Open Source PBX/IVR platform.
• Channelised mode supporting individual DMA into voice timeslots plus onboard HDLC support of PRI channel for soft PBX implementations that can use these features.

Mixed Voice/Data mode:

• Combination of router/PBX functions in one server - Asterisk as an option.
• Both 8 bit (64kbps per channel) and 7 bit (56kbps per channel) board-level HDLC support.
• WAN data connection is supported by Sangoma's standard WANPIPE® routing stack providing certified Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC and

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