greg%turbo.atl.ga.us@mathcs.emory.edu (Greg Montgomery) (01/13/91)
I am getting another phone line installed in my house this week, and I
am looking for a device I could attach to the phone and both lines and
I can hit a button to switch between lines. Radio Shack used to sell a
device that did this. It had two inputs for the phone lines, and one
for the telephone. You would hit a button to flip from line one to
line two and vice versa. However, they don't sell it anymore. Does
anyone know if anyone still sells one of these, or if they are pretty
easy to make, how to make one??
Also, I'm looking for reccomendations on two-line cordless phones.
Most of the places around just seem to sell an AT&T and Panasonic (I
can't think of the model numbers right now). The AT&T is in the
$170-180 range and the Panasonic is in the $140-160 range. If anyone
has any experience with either of these phones, or any other two-line
cordless phones, please let me know what you think of them.
Thanks,
Greg Montgomery | Montgomery Consultants, Inc.
Internet: greg@turbo.atl.ga.us
UUCP: {rutgers,ogcise,gatech}!emory!turbo!greg julian%bongo.UUCP@nosc.mil (Julian Macassey) (01/17/91)
In article <16043@accuvax.nwu.edu> greg%turbo.atl.ga.us@mathcs. emory.edu (Greg Montgomery) writes: X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 36, Message 5 of 11 >I am getting another phone line installed in my house this week, and I >am looking for a device I could attach to the phone and both lines and >I can hit a button to switch between lines. Radio Shack used to sell a >device that did this. It had two inputs for the phone lines, and one >for the telephone. You would hit a button to flip from line one to >line two and vice versa. However, they don't sell it anymore. Does >anyone know if anyone still sells one of these, or if they are pretty >easy to make, how to make one?? What you need is a Double Pole Double Throw switch (DPDT). You will also need Jacks and wire. You can also build the switch into the phone, this saves money on jacks. To build it into the phone, wire the wall jack for both lines, use a 4 conductor phone cord and place the switch between the jack in the phone and the hookswitch. Note that with this arrangement only the phone line currently switched to the phone will ring on that instrument. You may consider adding a second ringer for the second line. You can make this box as fancy as you want with hold buttons, LEDs, etc. Julian Macassey, n6are julian@bongo.info.com ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian N6ARE@N6YN (Packet Radio) n6are.ampr.org [44.16.0.81] voice (213) 653-4495
Jim.Redelfs@iugate.unomaha.edu (Jim Redelfs) (01/18/91)
> I am getting another phone line installed in my house this week, and I > am looking for a device I could attach to the phone and both lines and > I can hit a button to switch between lines. I have seen them at the Omaha AT&T Phone Center store. JR Copernicus V1.02 Origin: Elkhorn, NE [200:5010/666.14] (200:5010/2.14)
jon_sree@world.std.com (Jon Sreekanth) (01/22/91)
In article <16043@accuvax.nwu.edu> greg%turbo.atl.ga.us@mathcs. emory.edu (Greg Montgomery) writes: > I am getting another phone line installed in my house this week, and I > am looking for a device I could attach to the phone and both lines and > I can hit a button to switch between lines. ... > Is it easy to make one? Certainly it's easy to make one, but if it was me, I wouldn't. (Time cost of a hack solution exceeds retail price of an available unit ...) J & R Music World 1-800-221-8180 sells a "Arista 241445 Two Line Console" which sounds like what you described. The unit shown in the line drawing is a clunky little box with two (or three) switches, and an LED. The description goes : "Allows a single line phone to work as a two line phone. Switch back and forth between lines. Hold with red and green LED's. Requires no external power." Cost is $19.95, Item # ARS 241445, from their winter catalog. Regards, Jon Sreekanth Assabet Valley Microsystems Fax and PC products 346 Lincoln St #722, Marlboro, MA 01752 508-562-0722 jon_sree@world.std.com