AL5068S Designer’s Guide
No. AL5068S-E00-105
Altec Electronic AG
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Overview
This Designer’s Guide describes the hardware for the following ISDN socket
modems of Altec Electronic AG:
AL5068S
ISDN Socket Modem (5V Version)
AL5068S-3V
ISDN Socket Modem (3V Version)
AL5068SI-3V
ISDN Socket Modem (3V Version and IOM-2 bus)
The description apply to all these isdn-modems with any differences between
product families noted. Refer to Modem Firmware Release notes for
commands applicable to modem firmware. AT commands and S registers are
defined in the AT Command Reference Manual.
1.2 Product
description
Altec’s AL5068S and AL5068SI-3V Socket Modem Family provides the OEM
with a complete ISDN data/voice/speakerphone modem in a compact socket-
mountable module. This modules enables any devices to send and receive
data over the ISDN network. The European EuroISDN DSS-1 ISDN network
is supported. The module is fully approved and homologated and conforms to
the CE regulations. This gives fastest time-to-market to ISDN-enable any
devices.
The compact size and high level of integration of the Socket Modem
minimizes real estate and cost for motherboard and box modem applications.
Its low power consumption makes it ideal for a wide variety of embedded
control applications. The pin compatibility between the full range of Analog
Series Socket Modems, ISDN and GSM Socket Modems allows upgrading
and production configurability without hardware changes.
As a data modem, the AL5068S Socket Modem can send and receive data at
speeds up to 64kbps and 128kbps in the 2-channel version. B-Channel
protocols such as V.110, V.120, PPP, transparent and X.75 are supported.
For X.25 networks, X.31 Case A and X.31 Case B (D- and B-channel) is
supported. The integrated X.3 PAD can be used for data transfer to the X.25
network.
The AL5068SI-3V Socket Modem supports Voice features. By adding two
external PCM Codecs the modem supports two independent analog voice
ports. Digital voice transfer is also supported.
