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- From: jlundgre@delta1.deltanet.com (John Lundgren)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.dcom.telecom.tech
- Subject: Re: Making a RJ11 "busy" plug
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- Date: 23 Mar 1996 23:20:20 GMT
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- Floyd Davidson (floyd@polarnet.com) penned:
-
- : This deserves cross posting to a telecom group for critical
- : analysis! :-)
-
- Anyone who uses any resistor higher than ZERO ohms is asking for a
- possible fire hazard. All I've ever seen the telco personnel use is a
- short piece of xconnect wire! KISS!!!
-
- --end of comment--
-
- : satchell@accutek.com wrote:
- : >DON'T DO IT!
- : >
- : >Zero-ohm plugs make the telephone company very angry. Very angry indeed.
- : >Angry enough to disconnect your line as a "network hazard."
- : >
- : >The reason this is true has to do with the mechanics of a telephone
- : >switch and how telcos deal with faults detection. It also has to
- : >do with 47 CFR 68, better known as Part 68 of the FCC Rules and
- : >Regulations, the stuff that regulates what can and cannot be
- : >connected to telephone lines of various sorts.
- : >
- : >When a telephone goes off-hook, it exhibits an AC impedance
- : >of 600 ohms and some DC resistance. The DC resistance should be
- : >selected to draw no less than 20 ma of current in the off-hook state
- : >and no more than 60 ma, but shall not exhibit an impedance of more
- : >than 1000 ohms at ringing frequencies.
-
- : There is no requirement that it not draw more than 60ma. The
- : telco line card limits the current (commonly to 60ma).
-
- : >The line cards in many switches now incorporate current limiters
- : >which will limit the "loop current" to some value, such
- : >as 35 ma. That's not universally true, so the short-circuit
- : >current (if you short tip and ring) may be as high as 500 ma.
-
- : Excuse me if I question that, but please name one switch
- : from a major manufacturer that allows even half that for
- : loop current.
-
- : >47 CFR 68.312(k) is specific, though, that tying together tip
- : >and ring, even with a resistor, is a no-no: "Register terminal
- : >equipment and registered protective circuitry shall not by
- : >design leave the on-hook state by operations performed on
- : >tip and ring leads for any purpose than to request service
- : >or answer an incoming call, except that terminal equipment
- : >which the user places on the off-hook state for the purpose
- : >of manually placing telephone numbers in internal memory for
- : >subsequenct automatic or repertory dialling shall be
- : >registrable. Make-busy indications shall be transmitted by
- : >the use of make-busy leads [MB and MB1] only as defined in
- : >68.3 and 68.200(j)."
-
- : That applies, obviously, to a key system, where there are
- : make-busy leads. One would have to ask just what the make-busy
- : leads do to lines toward the CO switch???? Short them...
-
- : >47 CFR 68.502 further defines that the following jacks have
- : >make-busy capabilities: RJ18 (6-position plug), RJ2MB (50-
- : >pin connector with up to 12 lines appearing).
- : >
- : >*
- : >
- : >Now that I've said all of that, use the 600 ohm 1/2 watt
- : >resister instead of a shorting plug. Either that, or call
- : >your telephone company and ask them what they prefer to see
- : >for make-busy. Some might want a shorting plug, some might
- : >want 600 ohms, some might 1000 ohms. It varies with the
- : >operating company.
- : >---
- : >Stephen Satchell
- : >
-
-
- : Nothing greater than 240 ohms is guaranteed to cause an off hook
- : condition. Recommending a larger resistance is exceedingly poor
- : advice.
-
- : If you choose to use a resistor, keep in mind the power that will
- : be dissipated. For example, a 600 ohm resistor used on a a short
- : loop that is current limited at 60ma, will be dissipating a little
- : more than 2 watts of power. A 600 ohm 1/2 watt resistor is going
- : to burn to a crisp in seconds. On a average line, with less
- : current, it will take longer, but the 1/2 watt resistor is going
- : to fry!
-
- : The way telco techs, universally, cause an off hook condition,
- : whether for short term testing or for longer term removal of a
- : line from service without doing a disconnect, is with a zero ohm
- : resistor (a shorting plug).
-
- : Floyd
- : AT&T Alascom
- : Fairbanks Toll Center
- : --
- : Floyd L. Davidson Salcha, Alaska floyd@tanana.polarnet.com
-
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