Monday, February 12, 2007

Asterisk 1.2.15 and Zaptel 1.2.13 released

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If you are a Asterisk 1.2 track user, there is a new release out now. Asterisk 1.2.15 that brings a bunch of fixes and improvements. Some of the notables are;
* Support for Zaptel-based transcoder hardware, initially the Digium TC400B 92/96 channel transcoder.
* Handling of voicemail subdirectories when using ODBC storage has been improved, so that messages can be forwarded properly.
* A problem with forwarding voicemails from folders other than the user's INBOX has been fixed.
* The Zaptel channel driver can now support echo cancellers that provide 64ms or 128ms of echo cancellation per channel.

There is also complementary release of Zaptel 1.2.13. In addition to bug fixes, an important performance improvement for most Digium cards, and support for new Digium hardware and some significant improvements in the XPP driver for Xorcom's Astribank hardware is provided by this release.

* A modification was made to the drivers for all Digium PCI cards to improve their compatibility and performance when used in interrupt sharing environments.
* Support for the Digium TDM800P 8-port analog interface card was added.
* Support for the Digium TC400B 92/96-channel transcoder card was added.
* Support for the Digium High Performance Echo Canceller add-on software module was added.
* All drivers updated to Linux kernel 2.6.20 API changes.
* Performance improvements for multiple Astribank units.
* Astribank firmware protocol version is now 2.4.
* Astribank now supports Message Waiting light on analog telephone sets.
* Added a /proc interface to blink the leds on the Astribank to identify ports in large setups.
* fxotune is now supported by Astribank.

All users of Zaptel 1.2.x are encouraged to update to this release as soon as they can practically do so.

Links;
Asterisk 1.2.15 download
Zaptel 1.2.13 download

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