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Warning:
If your POTS line is active and attached to your house wiring, DO NOT CONNECT THE HOUSE WIRING TO either jack labelled "1" or "2" as this will damage the DVG ATA.



•Refer to the Primus TBB Wiring Guide

•There is also an excellent and thorough discussion of home wiring (including diagrams and photographs) provided by Michigan Telephone.

As described in the above links, ensure that the POTS line (from outside) is disconnected from the demarcation block (usually inside your home).

Your connecting block must not include any wiring or devices besides the wires necessary for your internal jacks. Even if your POTS line is disconnected, make sure it (and any extra capacitance) have been removed from your demarcation point connecting block. For example, a fairly large capacitor on your phone block will hold the line open when you hang up. Removing this capacitor will resolve the problem.

•With DryLoopDSL, the Telco's former POTS line still needs to be wired to your modem. For example, if this is done through the existing telephone wiring, care must be taken such that this circuit is not wired to the ATA in any manner. The DryLoopCircuit to the modem MUST be isolated from any house wiring that is connected to the ATA's telephone ports.

•If you are unsure or are having problems using TBB (you do not get dial tone, or the phones do not ring), simply disconnect the house wiring from the demarcation block and connect the house wiring to another (new) block.

•Depending on how you've chosen to set up your home wiring in conjuntion with your ATA, you may decide to add additional lines. An excellent primer can be found here.

•See further details on How many phones can be connected to the DVG ATA ?

•For Home Alarm systems, refer to Support of dialout on security system with TBB.

An unofficial Primus perspective:

•You cannot use the TBB device to power all the phone jacks throughout your house. The power supply can not provide that much power. I have heard of moderate success of powering 2 phones with 6 foot cables and a splitter in the back of the TBB port.

•It is possible to power numerous jacks and phones in your location and have it interface with your TBB service. To do this you need to research and invest in a booster, or sometimes called a repeater for your phone wiring. Essentially you would have the TBB device located near the D-mark/patch panel for your phone system. You would need to ensure that it had access to the internet connection at that location on your premises. You would need to disconnect your old local phone companies lead to the demarcation point (where the telco's ownership of the wire ends and the homeowner's begins) and plug in it's place a repeater with sufficient power and then the line one and/or two of the TBB would be plugged into that repeater.

•Primus does not actively support this configuration, but it will work if the right equipment is used in conjunction with the Gateway, and it is configured properly. You would have to contact a local telco contractor and provide information such as the number of jacks, distances from the d-mark, in order for them to recommend anything.



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last modified: 2006-04-02 00:25:36


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