Positron Telecom has released new manuals for their Analogue series of Telephony Appliances. The manuals reflect changes from the latest firmware, including the quick installation and configuration wizard.

Models covered are:

• G122 - 2 port FXO and 2 port FXS IP-PBX
• G124 - 4 port FXO and 2 port FXS IP-PBX
• G1212 - 12 port FXO and 2 port FXS IP-PBX

Download User Guide

Download Installation Guide

Atcom has announced that the majority of products within their portfolio of IP Phones, Telephony cards and ATA's have been accredited within the Elastix Hardware Certified Program (EHCP)

The table below details the certification status of their products as of December 2011.

Yeastar has replaced the plastic casing on the Neogate TG200 range of GSM/UMTS Gateways with a metal casing. The new range of single and dual channel models will be in stock from the 28th November 2011.

The Tg200 range is available here

Positron Telecom has released a new firmware for their analogue range of appliances (G122, G124, G1212)The firmware includes their new quick start configuration GUI that provides a wizard to allow customers to quickly and easily configure their telephone system. This feature will be added to the rest of the Positron range shortly.

Date: November 4, 2011

Change Log G124-1.0008

• Critical: Please make sure a backup is created and downloaded to your PC before upgrading to this version
• Critical: During this upgrade, All SIP/IAX trunks between positron boxes using the new firmware and an old firmware might not work any more. It is recommended to upgrade both the Positron Boxes and use the remote office's feature to connect them.If you need any assistance, please email support@positrontelecom.com or call - +1-514-664-4719
• Critical: Ensure ethernet cables from Port 4 and (port 1/2/3) do not go to the same Network switch
• Feature: Implementation of a New Wizard for configuring a factory default Positron Gateway
• Feature: Snom, Yealink and aastra phones are supported via Phone provisioning
• Feature: Predefined Phone Templates for Snom, Yealink and aastra phones
• Feature: Remote Office to link Two positron Gateways
• Feature: Add "Hot Keys" tab to the user-level GUI Feature: Add 'Console' and 'Command' tabs to the Diagnostics page
• Feature: Allow ring extension before forwarding to extension for users
• Feature: Dial-in feature used to connect to the Positron Gateway using a phone line to make changes
• Bug: Remove Evaluation G729 Codec
• Bug: Revised DHCP server
• Bug: Port 4 is always set to WAN, while Port 3 is used to monitor/sniff WAN/LAN ports
• Bug: Fix webserver crash Bug: changed the System --> Recordings page
• Bug: Use extension ring time when forwarding to an external number
• Bug: VoIP Provider Configuration simplified
• Bug: Registration Timer value 3600 added under PBX --> PBX Settings --> SIP
• Bug: Change default callerid to unknown as customers see asterisk on their phone
• Bug: Move Ring Groups to Incoming Call Features and Conference Bridge to PBX menu
• Bug: Phone Provisioning MAC addresses are changed to upperCase
• Bug: New VoIP provider 'Pan-Orion' added to the provider list. Bug: virtual Voicemail boxes are now listed with 'Voicemail Box' type

Yeastar has released firmware version 5.11.0.02 for their Neogate TG200 GSM/UMTS gateway. New features include support for IAX protocol, addition of firewall and introduction of VPN (OpenVPN). The full details of the release are:

Add:

• 1. Support IAX.
• 2. Support SIP transport TCP/TLS.
• 3. Support SRTP.
• 4. Support VPN(OpenVPN).
• 5. Support DDNS.
• 6. Support firewall.
• 7. IP Restriction for SIP registration.
• 8. The Setting of the PIN code on the SIM card.

Fixed:

• 1. The failure of sending short messages on web.

Yeastar Neogate TG200

Firmware 5.11.0.02

Yeastar has added support for UMTS into their Yeastar Neogate TG200 GSM gateway.

The change has been added in firmware version 5.10.0.89. The two channel TG200 can be below

Yeastar Neogate TG200 SIP/GSM/UMTS Gateway

Atcom has announced the end of life of the AG-188N SIP / IAX ATA as of August 2011. The replacement AG-198 will be available from mid September 2011.

The AG-198 has a faster 300Mhz processor and has added support for PPPT and improved T.38 fax capabilities. The Atcom AG-198 retains support for both SIP and IAX protocols.

Atcom AG-198

Please enquire about reseller pricing

We have reduced our pricing on the following Grandstream phones (all prices plus VAT)

• GXP1200 reduced to £48
• GXP2000 recuced to £53
• GXP2100 reduced to £63
• GXP2110 reduced to £80
• GXP280/285 are now £36 for both while stocks last

Atcom has announced the release of three new PCI PRI cards each with optional DSP hardware echo cancellation module.

Features

• Supports Asterisk, Freeswitch, Yate
• Supports Elastix, Trixbox, AsteriskNOW, PBX in a Flash
• 100% compatible with all features of Asterisk PBX
• 32-bit bus master DMA data exchanges across PCI interface at 132 Mbytes/sec for minimum host processor intervention
• Supports standard telephony and data protocols(Including PRI, CAS, CCS for voice and PPP, HDLC, Cisco HDLC and Frame Relay for data modes)
• Supports chan_ss7 and Openr2
• Optional hardware echo cancellation

Optional DSP Hardware Echo Cancellation Module

• G.168–2002 echo cancellation in hardware
• 1024 taps/128 ms tail per channel on all channel densities
• DTMF decoding and tone recognition
• Voice quality enhancement: music protection, acoustic echo control, and adaptive noise reduction
• Does not increase the physical size of the card, and no additional slot is required

The new models in the range are the:

AX-1D

• Single port ISDN PRI E1/T1/J1

AX-2D

• Dual port ISDN PRI E1/T1/J1

http://www.ipchitchat.co.uk/index.php/Atcom-PRI-Cards/Atcom-AX-2D-ISDN-PRI-E1/T1/J1-card-for-Asterisk-PBX

AX-4D

• Quad port ISDN PRI E1/T1/J1

http://www.ipchitchat.co.uk/index.php/Atcom-PRI-Cards/Atcom-AX-4D-ISDN-PRI-PCI-E1/T1/J1-card

If you are a reseller then please contact us for reseller pricing.

Support for video codecs H263 or H264 is not enabled by default on the Positron Telecom range of business phone systems. This will need to be enabled if you intend to use the PBX's with for instance video phones or door entry phones. A step by step guide to enabling this feature is detailed below. This example is taken from a Positron G122 running the latest GUI.

Select PBX Settings from the GUI Menu

Tick SIP Video

and select Save

Select User Template from GUI Menu

Select edit on the chosen template

Select prefered Video Codec

Save settings

and finally apply the configuration to the system