[VoIP] Mitel Smart-1 as Pulse to Tone Converter

[Donald Froula]

Steph, I understand there was a configurator program
to make the setup of the unit easier. Would you have
access to that program? I saw references to it on the
DSLReports web site.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Don

--- Steph Kerman <stfkerman at jps.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Donald Froula wrote:
> > The problem is that the Smart-1 picks up the
> outgoing phone line as 
> > soon as the phone goes off-hook. By the time I
> rotary dial all the 
> > digits and the Smart-1 cuts through, the PAP2 ATA
> has already timed 
> > out to reorder.
> That is to prevent an incoming call on the
> associated CO line during 
> digit acquisition by the Smart-1, which would make
> the call impossible 
> to complete.
> > I can adjust interdigit timers in the PAP2 to wait
> long enough after 
> > the first digit, but there is no timer I can find
> to control the 
> > off-hook to reorder timing.
> >
> > Ideally, I'd like the Smart-1 not to pick up and
> dial the outgoing 
> > line until it detects a pattern match on the
> incoming digits. I've 
> > been through the manual a
> > few times, but can't see how this would be done.
> I'm not familiar with the programming of the
> Smart-1.
> 
> A hardware kludge could be installed in the Smart-1
> to open the loop, 
> releasing the ATA until the last DP digit is
> received.  You would have 
> to count digits and re-close the loop during the
> last digit so that the 
> ATA would be ready to accept DTMF by the time the
> Smart-1 starts 
> outpulsing.  Pretty kludgy but short of
> disassembling the Smart-1 
> firmware or replacing the ATA with one that allows
> control over the 
> permanent signal timing, no other solution comes to
> mind.
> 
> I have schematics for some Smart-1 versions, which
> would facilitate 
> modifications should you choose this solution. 
> Perhaps the Sandman 
> device, with an applique to prevent the ATA from
> detecting the dial 
> pulses, is a simpler and better solution after all!
> 
> Steph
> 
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