RTX has developed a generic DECT/CAT-iq 2.0 USB dongle based on SiTel chipsets SC14450 and LMX4180. The primary objective of the program has been to produce a generic USB interface that makes integration of the dongle a simple task on both new and existing host products, enabling these devices to take advantage of the features provided by DECT and CAT-iq.

About the dongle
The dongle is basically a DECT/CAT-iq base station with a USB interface. It is very flexible, ranging from simple telephony to the features provided via CAT-iq.

• Supports CAT-iq 1.0 including HD voice
• Supports CAT-iq 2.0 features
• Four audio lines via the USB interface
• Uses existing standard Windows and Linux drivers
• Firmware updates via the USB interface
• DECT 6.0 for the US market
  

Add cordless high quality telephony capability to hosts like:

• VoIP enabled Broadband Gateways (i.e., DSL and Cable Modems)
• IP PBXs for SMB applications
• Wired IP telephones
• Set top boxes
• PCs (i.e., soft phones like Skype)
  

The solution comes with a complete Software Development Kit (SDK) that simplifies host integration of dongle support.

Availability and solutions
The dongle is part of RTX's CAT-iq platform and includes a Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK includes the host C++ classes needed to take advantage of the dongle features, a demo application, and host example source code. The SDK comes with an HTML based documentation package. The SDK is available for evaluation free of charge.

RTX offers the dongle and SDK as a reference design that can be licensed, or RTX can put the dongle into production and deliver it as ODM.