MicroMAS

For CIX customers that do not require large IP voice connectivity, yet desire the benefits of a device powering multiple applications, a smaller, more cost effective MAS hardware solution is available. Called MicroMAS (shown right), this platform is a small desktop computer equipped with all of the applications of a MAS solution up to a maximum IP voice connectivity of eight ports. This makes it a perfect multi-application solution for the Strata CIX40 and CIX100.

The MicroMAS itself comes in two configurations; HMP based and Dialogic hardware based. The HMP based solution, MicroMAS-H, provides VoIP connectivity to the CIX, whereas the Dialogic hardware based MicroMAS-D connects to a CIX by means of standard analog port interfaces.

MicroMAS also supports fax applications. The MicroMAS-H can be optionally equipped with two 1 port fax modem boards, connected to the CIX via analog ports, for a maximum capacity of 2 ports of fax.

The MicroMAS-D can be equipped with a maximum of two 4-port D/4PCIU-F Dialogic boards. Each of the 4 ports of this board can implement a soft fax application, allowing the MicroMAS-D to support up to 8 ports of voice or fax. If the MicroMAS-D is to support speech recognition applications, then a 4 port D/4PCIU-S board is required. This board cannot support fax, consequently fax and ASR applications are mutually exclusive from each other on a MicroMAS-D platform. MicroMAS-H can support both ASR and fax.

Important! Whenever the MAS is mentioned in the remainder of this chapter, it applies to both the 2U MAS and MircoMAS, unless specified otherwise.