Re: [Ekiga-list] Looking for Quicknet card SIP client

[clif eugeneweb com]

So can someone point me at the old Gnomeeting or Ekiga source archives? 
Last time I looked it didn't seem obvious, though maybe it was and I just 
missed it. ;-)

	Thanks,
	Clif

On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, RazaMetaL | Only The Good Die Young wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Derek Smithies <derek indranet co nz> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   You mention the IXJ driver.. Which implies linux..
> >
> > I worked on a rewrite of the IXJ driver and called it nixj.
> >
> > IXJ contains horrible races, and is not SMP safe.
> >
> > IXJ has been ported to the 2.6 kernel series. I think it is fair to say that
> > the driver has been ported to the 2.6 kernel api, but not tested.
> >
> > If you want to use nixj - you will do best with redhat 9.0 kernel..
> >  nixj was developed on rh9.
> >
> > the quicknet cards were horrible for sound quality. They did not have the
> > dynamic range of a normal sound card.
> > I was once involved in a commercial project with  quicknet cards. The cards
> > were connected to an external mic&speaker.
> > Users had to be careful to speak at the right volume. too loud or too quiet
> > - and the card did not pick up the audio, or garbled it.
> > Replaced quicknet cards with cheap sound cards - much better.
> > Users could whisper - or shout - and the audio still got through..
> >
> > So - why do you want to use quicknet cards?
> >  *Ability to do g729 or g723?
> >   Get a software codec - they are available for linux.
> >  *Ability to do DTMF decoding?
> >   The cards were not reliable - I had cases where it gave an answer
> >    that was 1 less than correct..
> >   ptlib has dtmf detection routines that work just fine.
> >
> > One last thing:
> >  The card does not generate interrupts. The driver has to busy check for
> >  audio packets from the card. You will get gaps in the audio.
> >
> >
> > I am sorry, but quicknet is a bad way to go. Very Very Very Very bad.
>
>
> I've two quicknet cards but can not make it work with ijx module.
> Where can I download your nixj module? will work with kernel 2.6 ?
>
> I remember that with the older gnomemeeting the quicknet card was
> recognized and worked very well with h.323.
>
> > What I want to do now is continue to use the one analog wall phone in the kitchen without
> > going through the hassle of buying yet another FXS/O? adapter since I already have one in
> > my junk box. I've used this linejack board before on h323 calls to friends in asia and it
> > worked ok, maybe not great but well enough.
>
> I think it is posible using an older gnomemeeting version and
> installing one pbx like asterisk with chan_h323.so to give the h.323
> support.
>
> Best regards,
>
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