Nick61
join:2004-08-29
Dallas, TX | reply to dcurrey
Re: Which wires do I disconnect in pic?
Yes PR1 and 2 on the left. Broadvoice was connected to the cablemodem only. |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET | reply to Nick61
Are any of the cables marked feed? Wonder if someone hooked up the wires wrong. For this type of thing a toner comes in handy.  |
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Nick61
join:2004-08-29
Dallas, TX | No cables marked feed. Should I just disconnect all 4 pairs on the right? I can't see how this could be the box for another apartment. |
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voiplover
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join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH
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·Axvoice
| It is possible that someone mistook the input phone wire from the CO and connected it along with the telco jack output wires on the right. 
Try connecting a phone to the test jack, then remove one lead from each wire on the right until you lose dialtone. That last wire would be the feed from the phone company.
The object is to simply find the pair of wires that come from the phone company and remove them from your phone network. Then connect the phone line from the ATA into your phone network somewhere.
Good luck. |
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Nick61
join:2004-08-29
Dallas, TX | Thats straightforward. Don't know why I didn't think of it. : - )
Thanks! |
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dcurrey
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join:2004-06-29 | reply to voiplover
Good thinking voiplover |
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Nick61
join:2004-08-29
Dallas, TX | The test jack and none of the other jacks produced a dial tone when I connected the phone. Just a quite hiss.
Could this box be for alarm service only? We don't subscribe to that.
Nick |
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voiplover
Premium
join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH
·callwithus
·Axvoice
1 edit | I was wrong again. That test jack is special. When you plug a phone into the test jack, it disconnects the house phones from the line and only allows the incoming telco line from the phone company to feed the test phone.
You will need to connect the ata to the house phone side in order to get it to work. |
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voiplover
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join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH |  Here is a good source for info: »michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.html |
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voiplover
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join:2004-05-28
Portsmouth, NH
·callwithus
·Axvoice
1 edit | You can connect the ATA's phone output to DEN/PR1 and it should feed voip to all of your phones.
However, if the wiring was incorrect you may have lost one of your apartment jacks. If the wire coming from the phone company was actually on the right side (and you removed it) then you would have to reconnect the Blue/White pair on the left side. |
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