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- From: floyd@icefog.polarnet.com (Floyd L. Davidson)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Making a RJ11 "busy" plug
- Date: 14 Mar 1996 16:11:08 -0900
- Organization: _________
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- References: <4i4n3j$dgr@baloo.pipex-sa.net> <JBMokex.doho@delphi.com> <4iabts$nn9@raffles.technet.sg>
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- In article <4iabts$nn9@raffles.technet.sg>,
- Robin Bassett <rbassett@aztech.com.sg> wrote:
- >Don Horne <doho@delphi.com> wrote:
- >
- >>>I want to create / wire / solder a RJ11 plug than I can stick into the
- >>>socket so that the exchange thinks the line is busy. I imagine that that
- >>>should be fairly simple, but I don't know how exactly to do it. Should
- >>>I put a resistor between the leads or so? A diagram might be useful.
- >>
- >>Simply use a 600 ohm (or something close such as a 560 ohm) 1/2 watt
- >>resistor between the 3 & 4 pins (the two in the center) of the RJ11 plug.
- >>These are the green and red wires that can be seen through the clear
- >>plastic plugs.
- >>
- >>Don
- >This is the right way to do it, however, 600 ohms may not be low
- >enough. Try anything more than 50 ohms (anything in the range of 50
- >to 300 should probably work). Otherwise, use a cheap telephone and
- >leave it off hook. :)
-
- Zero ohm resistors are best (22-26 guage frame jumper wire).
-
- Floyd
- AT&T Alascom
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- Floyd L. Davidson floyd@polarnet.com
- Salcha, Alaska or: floyd@ims.alaska.edu
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