[VoIP] WE 2500 question

[Steph Kerman]

Yes, that's what it means.  They installed polarity guards on an 
as-needed basis where end-end signaling was needed.  At the time, 
on-line banking and other interactive services were anticipated in the 
choice of voice frequency signals for push button calling but they did 
not exist yet.

Did you really send this question at 7:23 AM this morning?

Jayson Smith wrote:
> Hi,
> Ok, so does this mean that, assuming my phone line was served out of a step
> and I was using a 2500 as my phone, when I dialed a local number, when it
> answered, i'd be unable to touchtone after that, since the polarity was
> reversed?
> 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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