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- From: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com (Brian Willoughby)
- Subject: Re: Want to build modem carrier detect circuit.
- Message-ID: <C0DnrJ.3E2@sounds.wa.com>
- Sender: brianw@sounds.wa.com (Brian Willoughby)
- Reply-To: BrianW@SoundS.WA.com
- Organization: Sound Consulting, Bellevue, WA, USA
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- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:57:19 GMT
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- Stuart R Ehrlich writes
- | I want to build a 'carrier detect' circuit to go on my phone line. I
- | have several computer systems and several modems, but all on the same
- | line, so only 1 is in use at any time (1 at the most). The modems are
- | 1200/2400 baud. I would like to have a single indicator that would
- | indicate the presence of a carrier on the phone line. I _DON'T_ want a
- | 'phone line in use' indicator; I already have one. I want a new
- | indicator for when a modem is active. Can I use a portion of some modem
- | IC, just to use it as a carrier detector? I would appreciate any tips or
- | schematics. Thanks!
-
- A gentleman at Motorola in Texas pointed me to their MC145447 Calling
- Line Identification chip in response to my queries for a chip which handles
- CLID. I was able to get a spec sheet for free from the local Motorola Sales
- Office. I haven't yet checked on single-quantity pricing, but this chip does
- offer an active low CARRIER DETECT output pin which has an 8 ms hysteresis to
- allow for a momentary drop out of the carrier.
- The data sheet shows sample circuitry for connection to the phone lines
- which uses a handful of diodes, capacitors and resistors which interface to the
- chip (I don't know if they'll protect the circuit from a lightning strike,
- though).
- Oh, the chip also demodulates Bell 202 1200 baud FSK asynchronous data
- (that's what CLID uses).
-
- Hope this helps,
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- Brian Willoughby Software Design Engineer, BSEE NCSU
- BrianW@SoundS.WA.com Sound Consulting: Software Design and Development
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