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I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a '
door phone' (just a standard phone).
I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm
resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link
phones.
I have tried to connect to the line, in the dial plan, by:-
<#00,:><:@gw0>
and also by
<#00,:>xx.<:@gw0>
Neither work.
I have enabled the line under 'PSTN Line'.
All I want to do is to be able to dial #00 and for the house phones to
connect to a phone on the simullated PSTN connection.
Is it not responding because the ATA requires a dial tone or are there
some other settings I need to change?
Suggestions please!
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Brian A wrote:
> I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a '
> door phone' (just a standard phone).
> I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm
> resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link
> phones.

I don't think you need to do this bit.

If the door phone behaves just like a normal phone, then you need to
connect to the phone side of the SPA-3000.

If you wanted to connect other phones too, then you need an SPA-2002.
This has two phone ports.

Tim

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 16:30:53 +0000, Tim Bray <>
wrote:

>Brian A wrote:
>> I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a '
>> door phone' (just a standard phone).
>> I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm
>> resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link
>> phones.
>
>I don't think you need to do this bit.
>
>If the door phone behaves just like a normal phone, then you need to
>connect to the phone side of the SPA-3000.
>
>If you wanted to connect other phones too, then you need an SPA-2002.
>This has two phone ports.
>
>Tim
I am not sure that you have understood my question. On the SPA-3000
there is a socket intended for PSTN. That means that will connect to a
'powered' line. If I had a BT line there, for example, I would be able
to connect to it from my other phones dependent on the settings of the
ATA. I simply want to 'dial in' to a phone on that line. I have a
locally powered line and a phone connected on that port. All I need
to do is make the phones on the voip side connect with that phone in
the same way as they would if it was a standard landline. The ability
to connect to that port is a standard operation of the SPA-3000. My
question relates to what settings or changes I should make to get this
up and running.
My dial plan for that connection is <#00,:><:@gw0> and I have nabled
the line. Now, as it isn't working, but giving an unobtainable tone,
what other changes should I make - that is the question. For example,
does the ATA need a dial tone to operate.


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Brian A <> writes:
> I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a '
> door phone' (just a standard phone).
> I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm
> resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link
> phones.
> I have tried to connect to the line, in the dial plan, by:-
> <#00,:><:@gw0>
> and also by
> <#00,:>xx.<:@gw0>
> Neither work.

I would try a scheme which doesn't include # or * to start
with, just to rule out those characters as being the problem.

> I have enabled the line under 'PSTN Line'.
> All I want to do is to be able to dial #00 and for the house phones to
> connect to a phone on the simullated PSTN connection.
> Is it not responding because the ATA requires a dial tone or are there
> some other settings I need to change?

I would have a look at the web interface "info" tab,
PSTN Line Status. That should tell you what state the
SPA-3000 thinks the line is in.

--
Andrew Gabriel

Brian A wrote:
> I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a '
> door phone' (just a standard phone).
> I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm
> resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link
> phones.
> I have tried to connect to the line, in the dial plan, by:-
> <#00,:><:@gw0>
> and also by
> <#00,:>xx.<:@gw0>
> Neither work.
> I have enabled the line under 'PSTN Line'.
> All I want to do is to be able to dial #00 and for the house phones to
> connect to a phone on the simullated PSTN connection.
> Is it not responding because the ATA requires a dial tone or are there
> some other settings I need to change?
> Suggestions please!

Brian, I found it impossible to get the SPA-3000 to select a gateway
using #0 as the code. It works with every other digit apart from zero.
Try
<#9,:>x.<:@gw0>
and see if that works. It seems to be an undocumented feature that zero
cannot be used for gateway access.

> Brian, I found it impossible to get the SPA-3000 to select a gateway
> using #0 as the code. It works with every other digit apart from zero.
> Try
> <#9,:>x.<:@gw0>
> and see if that works. It seems to be an undocumented feature that zero
> cannot be used for gateway access.
>

I have #0 working to give me a gateway on my SPA3000

Mark Adamson wrote:
>>Brian, I found it impossible to get the SPA-3000 to select a gateway
>>using #0 as the code. It works with every other digit apart from zero.
>>Try
>><#9,:>x.<:@gw0>
>>and see if that works. It seems to be an undocumented feature that zero
>>cannot be used for gateway access.
>>
>
> I have #0 working to give me a gateway on my SPA3000

Which gateway does it work with?

"Chris" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Mark Adamson wrote:
>>>Brian, I found it impossible to get the SPA-3000 to select a gateway
>>>using #0 as the code. It works with every other digit apart from zero.
>>>Try
>>><#9,:>x.<:@gw0>
>>>and see if that works. It seems to be an undocumented feature that zero
>>>cannot be used for gateway access.
>>>
>>
>> I have #0 working to give me a gateway on my SPA3000
>
> Which gateway does it work with?
It actually goes to my main registered gateway, so maybe that is why it
works?, ie
|<#0,:>xx.|

Normal calls go via gw1