Description
Dialogic DM/V2400A-CPCI Combined Media Board
Key Technical Specifications
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Dialogic / Intel NetStructure |
| Model | DM/V2400A-cPCI |
| Product Family | DM3 Media Boards |
| Board Type | Combined Media Processing Board |
| Form Factor | CompactPCI |
| Voice Capacity | Up to 240 channels, media-load dependent |
| Conferencing | 120–240 channels depending on configuration |
| Speech Recognition | Up to 120 channels |
| Fax | Up to 12–15 channels depending on media load |
| Bus Standards | H.100 / H.110 |
| Signaling | Universal 3.3 V / 5 V PCI signaling environment |
| Application Interface | Dialogic R4 API / System Release software |
| Typical Applications | Voice, conferencing, speech recognition, fax |
| Installation | CompactPCI chassis |
| Lifecycle | Legacy / discontinued |
The Intel NetStructure documentation identifies the DM/V2400A-cPCI as a combined media board supporting voice, conferencing, speech recognition, and fax. A published product table specifies 240 channels of basic voice, 120–240 channels of conferencing, and several mixed voice/speech/fax configurations depending on the installed media load.
Product Introduction
The Dialogic DM/V2400A-CPCI is a legacy DM3 combined media processing board designed for CompactPCI-based telecommunications systems. It handles high-density voice processing and can be configured for conferencing, speech recognition, and fax functions through Dialogic media loads.
The important procurement detail is that channel capacity is media-load dependent. Dialogic documentation lists different combinations of voice, conferencing, speech, and fax capacity rather than treating the board as having one fixed channel configuration.
DM/V2400A-CPCI
Application Scenarios & Field Pitfalls — Engineer’s Perspective
Engineering Pain Point
A DM/V2400A-CPCI replacement can look straightforward because the board uses a standard CompactPCI form factor. The real compatibility issue is the Dialogic System Release, media load, host chassis, bus architecture, and application software.
Typical Applications
- Voice Processing Servers — High-density voice channel processing in legacy telecom platforms.
- Conference Systems — Voice conferencing using the board’s configurable media resources.
- Speech Applications — Speech recognition and related voice-processing workloads.
- Fax Services — Combined voice/fax installations where the selected media load supports fax resources.
Technical Pitfalls to Avoid
- Do not confuse this board with a storage or generic data-transfer card.
The DM/V2400A-CPCI is documented as a media processing board. Some current reseller descriptions incorrectly characterize it as a cPCI storage/data-transfer module. - Verify the installed media load.
Dialogic defines media loads as sets of configuration files and associated firmware downloaded to DM3 boards. The selected load directly affects voice, conferencing, speech, and fax capacity. - Check the exact System Release.
Intel documented support for the DM/V2400A-cPCI in System Release 6.1 CompactPCI for Windows. Earlier and later releases can have different board and media-load support, so an operating-system upgrade should not be assumed to preserve compatibility. - Do not substitute the PCI version by model number alone.
and belong to different host-bus form factors. The cPCI version must be matched to the existing CompactPCI chassis and backplane.
Related Products
- — PCI version of the DM/ family; different physical host interface from the cPCI model.
- DM/V4800BC — Higher-capacity combined media board supporting voice, conferencing and other media functions.
- DM/V1200A-4E1-cPCI — CompactPCI DM/V board oriented toward E1-based voice applications.
- DM/V960A-4T1-cPCI — CompactPCI voice board for T1 applications.
- DM/V480A-2T1-cPCI — CompactPCI board for T1-based voice/media processing.
- DM/V600A-2E1-cPCI — CompactPCI board for E1-based applications.
- DM/V600-4E1-cPCI — Earlier DM/V family E1 media board.
- DM/V480-4T1-cPCI — Earlier DM/V family T1 media board.
- — Same core combined-media platform family in alternative host-bus configurations.
Procurement Check
For a replacement DM/V2400A-CPCI, verify these items before approval:
- Exact board marking:
- CompactPCI chassis and slot compatibility
- Dialogic System Release version
- Installed media load and firmware
- Required voice/conferencing/speech/fax channel allocation
- H.100/H.110 bus requirements
- Existing application/API compatibility
- Board revision and field history
This is a legacy telecommunications board, so a physically compatible cPCI card is not automatically a functional replacement. The installed software release and media-load configuration should be treated as part of the replacement specification.
