NetGen Communications, a spin-off of fax provider Commetrex (News - Alert) Corporation, has recently introduced the Smart ACS, which is based upon the OpenACS offering.
OpenACS is an automatic configuration server that implements the CPE WAN Management Protocol specified in the Broadband Forum’s TR-069 specification. With Smart ACS’ (News - Alert) fixes and modifications, OpenACS is able to seamlessly integrate with NetGen’s Smart ATA, and is available under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 which is free of charge to Smart ATA customers.
In a statement, NetGen’s Smart ATA Team Lead, David Greenwald said, “One of the common problems with wide deployment of customer-premises equipment in telephony is how to affordably and effectively maintain the software. Obviously, when thousands of CPE installations are involved, manual administration is impracticable. This prompted the Broadband Forum (News - Alert) to release TR-069 in May 2004.”
TR-069 is a protocol for communication between a CPE and auto configuration server that encompasses CPE management functions within a common framework. Smart ACS has the flexibility to support the service provider’s segregating CPE by subscriber class.
In addition, the firm will also provide a configuration service to customers that are not ready to bring the function in-house.
Greenwald added, “Smart ATA end users can always go to NetGen’s support page and download the latest firmware. But we also offer a Smart ATA configuration-management service to all Smart ATA customers for a monthly service fee. And, for the Smart ATA customer with the scale to support bringing configuration management in house, we offer Smart ACS software free of charge.
Smart ACS will be generally available following its beta test, which begins in early November.
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Edited by Jamie Epstein