Julian Macassey <julian@bongo.uucp> (09/14/90)
I have recently dragged my Demon Dialer out of the garage and pressed it back into service after a rest of three years or so. I initialised the device with the #F#R#E#E# Command and assumed all would be OK. It seems to store numbers OK, but has trouble dialing both in the *1 redail mode and in Directory (#BOB#) dialing. About 50% of the time the Demon Dialer does its thing and dials out. The other 50% of the time after the *1 or #BOB# command it makes a farting sound (100Hz Sq Wave?) and returns dialtone. If I try again after the period of flatulence it returns a fast busy after the Octothorpe. Ok, so I have a bad Demon Dialer you say. How about this, I have a second Demon Dialer (Same model 176T) and second power supply. When I change the power supply and dialer I get the same problem with the other unit. I have tried the #F#R#E#E# command several times and unplugged the units to discharge the super cap. Do I really have two bad units? They worked 100% before resting in my garage and telecom warehouse. Any hints appreciated. The CO is a 5 ESS and the DTMF phone is a 2500 with a 4A speakerphone. Julian Macassey, n6are julian@bongo.info.com ucla-an!denwa!bongo!julian N6ARE@K6IYK (Packet Radio) n6are.ampr.org [44.16.0.81] voice (213) 653-4495