[comp.dcom.telecom] Multi-Line Ringer Sought

"Rod Erickson, x2505" <erickson@ingres.com> (04/05/91)

I'm looking for a ringer which can be connected to three or more phone
lines, providing distinctive ringing for each.

One could track down separate ringers which sound sufficiently
different (any pointers on sources? many sound alike), but a single
unit would make for a neater and more compact installation, and its
rings might be more easily distinguished.

Does such a device exist?

P.S. What's the most tidy way to wire up three-line switching in a
residential installation?  Should I buy one of those five-button
switches with a modular plug on one side and a 25-pair plug on the
other?


Roddy Erickson	 erickson@ingres.com	

Julian Macassey <julian%bongo.UUCP@nosc.mil> (04/10/91)

In article <telecom11.269.6@eecs.nwu.edu>, erickson@ingres.com (Rod
Erickson, x2505) writes:

> I'm looking for a ringer which can be connected to three or more phone
> lines, providing distinctive ringing for each.

> Does such a device exist?

	Yes, it does. One such device is the Viking Electronics PA-2A.
It takes up to six incoming CO lines and emits an "adjustable loud
Warble"

	Cost about $86.00 at your local telephone parts distributor.


Julian Macassey, n6are  julian@bongo.info.com  ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian
742 1/2 North Hayworth Avenue Hollywood CA 90046-7142 voice (213) 653-4495