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- From: ivory@e7sa.epi.syr.ge.com (John Ivory)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Novice phone questions
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.134727.17058@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 13:47:27 GMT
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- I'm new to this news group, and am trying to brush up on some
- long forgotten EE skills. I appreciate your patience and
- assistance.
-
- I want to build a few convienence devices for my home phone, and
- want to tap into the incoming leads.
-
- - Where can I get good documentation on the signals, voltages, etc
- for the phone lines?
-
- - What FCC issues will I have to deal with if I hook in?
-
- - How do I detect an incoming ring, and the subsequent human pickup
- of the phone somewhere in the house?
-
- - I can make the unit be battery run, but would prefer to tap the energy
- from the ring signal. Is this possible? How?
-
- - Does this group have an FAQ? Where/how can I get it?
-
- Thanks for any/all help.
-
- John Ivory
- ivory@e7sa.epi.syr.ge.com
-