[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Steph Kerman]

I believe that some ATAs, among their other deficiencies, feed the loop 
current reversed, because as you point out "it does not matter" so why 
bother to get it right?

SK

Jason Burwell wrote:
> 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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