[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Jason Burwell]

It would probably be easier to just open up the phone and switch the RED
and Green wires going from the phone jack to the phone network. Since
polarity is no longer an issue for most phones some cords are reversed
and some aren't. I would guess that the reason it works on your POTS
line is that the phone company has the line reversed coming in as is the
case with mine.

Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
Of Jayson Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:57 PM
To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
Subject: Re: [VoIP] WE 2500 question

Hello,
So is this saying, I'd need to somehow get a phone cord with some wires
reversed?  I'll try the phone cord that came with the thing. For those
curious people among you, here's a recording of what I'm getting.
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/2500.wav
Jayson.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Burwell" <BurwellJ at FirstCharter.com>
To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>; "Voice Over IP Tandem for
Analog
Switches" <voip at ckts.info>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:55 PM
Subject: RE: [VoIP] WE 2500 question


Early Touchtone phones were polarity sensitive. If you reverse the pair
it should work like a champ.

Jason


-----Original Message-----
From: voip-bounces at ckts.info [mailto:voip-bounces at ckts.info] On Behalf
Of Jayson Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 2:49 PM
To: Voice Over IP Tandem for Analog Switches
Subject: [VoIP] WE 2500 question

Hi,
On Friday I won a Western Electric 2500 desk phone. I got it in the mail
today, and am having a problem with it, and am just wondering if I got a
defective unit and need to contact the seller, or if this is a known
issue.
The phone works fine when hooked up to my Bell South POTS line. However,
when hooked up to either my IAXy or an unused but powered Packet8
BPA-410
ATA, the keypad doesn't work. When I press a key, I hear a very brief
bit of
the proper touchtone, but it's nowhere near enough to register. When
doing
an echo test, there are little blips that I can hear on another phone,
which
continue for as long as the key is held down. Is there a problem with
the
power provided by these devices, or is the phone defective? Once again,
it
works fine on my PSTN line.
Thanks.
Jayson

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