Asterisk kernel modules? (ATA question)

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On 01/23/2011 11:26 AM, Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:13:42 -0500,
>   Genes MailLists <lists at sapience.com> wrote:
>>   Since someone mentioned earlier in the thread using ATA's instead of
>> the digium boards - does anyone have views on which ATA's to use for the
>> CO lines - in this there is desired support for 4 CO lines ...
> 
> ATAs do the complentary service. They connect normal phones to a network.
> They aren't for connecting to a CO. Digium boards can connect to both
> phones and COs. (Though at least the one I have has dedicated ports for
> each type and getting a ring signal on the wrong ones will cause
> permanent damage, so be careful if you have a mix in the same card.)
> 

  Yes - but if the ATA has FXO then can't this be used to make the CO
line visible to the PBX ?