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- From: Nitezki@NiDat.sub.org (Peter Nitezki)
- Subject: Re: ZyXEL as answering machine?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.180046.18779@nidat.sub.org>
- Keywords: PBX, modem, phone
- Sender: nitezki@nidat.sub.org
- Organization: private site of Peter Nitezki, Kraichtal, Germany
- References: <1993Jan8.170924.11161@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 18:00:46 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan8.170924.11161@cs.hw.ac.uk> scottd@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott
- Dunn) writes:
- > I recently got a U-1496E which I am very happy with.
-
- Welcome aboard :-)
-
- > And lastly, I am in the UK, hence my UK phone is plugged in via an
- > adaptor. Furthermore, my modem is plugged into a BT Renown system.
- > (A kind of private exchange). The implications of this are that my
- > modem and a phone have to be plugged into a socket doubler to allow me
- > to access an outside line.
- >
- > ie When I want to dial out, I lift the phone, press 'R' and then dial
- > using the terminal (atdt.....) and replace the handset when the modem
- > has taken over.
- >
- > I can't press 'R' when the phone is plugged into the modem directly and
- > I don't know how to simulate pressing an 'R' from, for example, kermit.
-
- Your problem about the 'R'-key for your PBX sounds like it uses the E-line
- (earth) for signaling between the phone an the exchange. As this is
- somewhat outmoded, ZyXEL has not provided for a old style four wire phone
- line. Thus it internally only switches the common two lines used for dial
- and voice signal. You will need to solder your own circuit to route the
- earth line around the Zyxel or replace your private exchange with a newer
- model, that uses only two wire lines. If I'm right there is also no way
- the modem could send a 'R'-signal as it doesn't have the additional
- wiring.
-
- As I'm just guessing try to get more facts about the wiring of your phone
- and exchange before you spend time and money to fix it, although I guess
- I'm very close to the actual problem.
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