Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 3:08 am Post subject: [Asterisk-doc] For Review: Updates/Rewrites of some terms fo
** FXO **
Foreign EXchange Office, see also FXS.
An FXO device can be an analog phone, answering machine, fax, or anything that
handles a call from the telephone company like one. They should also operate
the same way when connected to an FXS interface.
An FXO interface will accept calls from FXS or PSTN interfaces. All countries
and regions have their own standards.
FXO is complimentary to FXS (and the PSTN).
** FXS **
Foreign EXchange Station, see also FXO
An FXS device has hardware to generate the ring signal an FXO extension
(usually an analog phone).
An FXS device will allow any FXO device to operate as if it were connected to
the phone company. This makes your PBX the POTS+PSTN for the phone.
The FXS Interface connects to FXO devices (by an FXO interface, of course)
You'll have to touch up the formatting, but that should be cake. My intent
was to keep it as clear as possible, not all as one paragraph. The defs are
encased, asterisks, what else?
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