MSP-H8 Boards Now Shipping
So where is the MSP-H8? We've been threatening to ship the H8 for the
last several newsletters, but now we can use the past tense when
discussing its availability as a pure hardware resource. And now we
have integrated it with Commetrex' open, standards-based, and modular
product line, Open Telecommunications Framework®. Considering our
industry-leading position as a developer of fax technology, it should
be no surprise that we began by adding the S.100 Fax Sender/Receiver
Resource to the already shipping OTF Kernel™ and OpenMedia™. We
can now ship the H8 to the several fax-server vendors that have been
waiting on it to take advantage of the H8's affordability (starts at
$295.00) and flexibility (capable of handling any media . . .voice,
fax, data, IP voice and fax, IP endpoints, etc.). Player/Recorder is
next; then comes IP voice and fax.
What's really cool about the H8 is its pricing modularity: If you
are looking for a 1-to-8-line PCM interface and don't know how many
lines will be needed on each system; you can purchase the bare boards
for $295.00 and a bunch of line interfaces (FXS, FXO, N. American,
ETSI, etc.) for $48.00 and configure when you're ready to ship.
Media technologies are licensed on a maximum-concurrent-port basis.
So, you can have, for example, 6 lines of voice, three lines of fax,
and one data modem. And, as with the line interfaces, you only need
to order the license and pay for it when you ship, not when you
purchase the board. Not bad if you're an international distributor.
Check it out at
http://www.commetrex.com/MSP-H8.html
and give Mike Coffee a call at (770)449-7775 ext. 310.
Trunk Protocol Software Announced
Trunk protocol software? Nobody licenses that! Well now they
do. Commetrex' business is to help the telecommunications OEM
get his system to market fast and at reduced cost . . . no matter
where within the system that may be. Of course, it needs to be
something that's common so that it makes sense for use to do.
And, one thing that's common enough is the need to implement
in-band trunk-control. This means rock-solid software to handle
things like ring and loop detect, on- and off-hook control, DID,
ground- and loop-start, robbed-bit signaling, and so on.
It's amazing how long this stuff can take to develop, and our
industry doesn't benefit if every developer of an IP analog endpoint,
for example, does it from scratch. So, Commetrex is making its in-
band signaling stuff available to the system developer. It's comprised
of a micro-exec that serves as a state-machine sequencer and the
various state machines available on an a la carte basis. Each one you
use will save you about two man-months of development and plenty of
grief in the field.
For more information, visit
http://www.commetrex.com/press_releases/
07082002TrunkProtocol.html or contact sales@commetrex.com or call (770) 449-7775 x 310.
Pika Ports Fax Modems & T.38 Creating New Communications Platform
PIKA Technologies Inc. has ported Commetrex' PortableT30 and fax-
modem bundle to the All-On-Board framework, giving PIKA hardware
and software rock-solid fax technology. The product will be available
in release 6.0 of the PIKA MonteCarlo Software Developer Kit (SDK).
Doug Petty, VP of Technology for the product commented, "We looked
at several technology vendors, some priced much lower than Commetrex'
technology, but we just couldn't ignore Commetrex' market-leading
technology. They've been shipping this stuff for years. We knew
that any price differential would vanish quickly if we had problems
porting and then in the field. Commetrex' field experience meant we
didn't have to worry about that, and we could rely on them to fix
any problems we did find."
To learn more about Commetrex' Fax Technology, visit:
http://www.commetrex.com/products/
Fax/PowerFax/Fax_portal.html
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Commetrex Launches Bladeware™ IP Media Server Platform
OK, quick, no cheating: How much does a DSP-based MIP for call-stream
processing cost? What about on a PC? Here's a hint: the PC MIP is
cheaper. Well, if that's so, why do we use DSPs for high-capacity
systems? There are plenty of reasons:
In systems that directly access the PSTN, telephony-specific
interfaces are required. You know, E1, T1, DS-3, loop-start, DID,
ground-start...the list goes on. They are expensive, physically
large, and gobble up power. So, once you've built a specialized
enclosure and blades to handle the line interfaces, adding DSPs is
sometimes only an incremental cost. And expanding a digital-media
system by adding PCs adds tremendously to the software complexity,
cost, space, and power consumption of the system. At least compared
with adding one board to a chassis.
But what happens to these considerations when the following happens?
- The media server is in an all-IP network...no PSTN interfaces required.
- "Blade Servers", where adding a PC is as easy and cost effective
as adding a blade to a cPCI chassis, are available from HP, IBM,
Dell, Nexcom, etc.
- Commetrex' OpenMedia™, which supports hundreds of channels of
call-stream processing on a host PC, is available.
- Commetrex' OTF Kernel™ telephony middleware, which supports
the transparent addition of processors in the client and server
dimensions, is available.
Contact Mike Coffee at sales@commetrex.com or (770) 449-7775 x 310
for answers to these questions. You can also read the white paper at
http://www.commetrex.com/whitepapers/
NextGeneration.html
OpenEndpoint™ IP Endpoint Reference Design Takes Off
So, what happens when you combine in-band trunk protocol software;
OpenMedia™, the industry's only standards-based streams framework;
and all the media technologies needed to implement an IP voice-fax
endpoint? You get OpenEndpoint™, that's what, and it's available
today.
OpenEndpoint is everything software the system developer needs
to get an IP endpoint to market quickly and at the lowest cost.
Hardware? No problem. Our reference design is what you need.
Not quick enough? Ship by the end of the year with an Endpoint
based on the MSP-H8, OTF Kernel™, and OpenMedia.
Contact Mike Coffee at sales@commetrex.com or
(770) 449-7775 ext. 310 for more information. Please visit:
http://www.commetrex.com/press_releases/
06202002OpenEnd.html
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