[sci.electronics] Detecting telephone call progress tones

albert@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Anthony Albert) (12/20/89)

I'm looking for an easy to implement way to detect the receiver off-hook
warning tone.  Apparently it is made up of 1400 + 2060 + 2450 + 2600 Hz
tones that pulse on and off for .1 sec.  Are there chips that do this sort
of thing?  Can I be guaranteed that phones left off the hook all over the US
will receive this tone?

What books and/or sources are there that deal with telephone electronics?
Sources for things like special purpose ICs and anything else specific to 
telephones.

Thanks,
Anthony

				Anthony Albert
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				albert@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU

				Anthony Albert
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				albert@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU

wordy@cup.portal.com (Steven K Roberts) (12/22/89)

The DM8880 from Mitel Semiconductor handles all that... for info, 
contact their sales office in Florida at 407-321-9880 (Tom Hamlin)
  Chers...
     Steve Roberts
   Nomadic Research Labs

dalyb@godzilla.UUCP (Brian Daly) (01/04/90)

A good general reference for telecommunications is:

    Telecommunication Transmission Handbook

     Author: Roger L. Freeman
     Publisher: John Wiley and Sons

Brian K. Daly
AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona