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reply to Fox McCloud

Re: [Other] Gizmo5 PAP2T-NA

reply to N9MD

said by N9MD:

said by PX Eliezer:

N9MD, you surprise me. I thought that as a gastroenterologist you knew about going through the backdoor.

Thanks, PX ... I had not used the G5 "colorectal dialing" feature ...

reply to PX Eliezer

reply to N9MD
Ok, it's working...seems to work pretty good in conjunction with the dialer I have.

Just one issue (and one question).

When my phone rings, it's quite...erratic, it doesn't ring like it normally does, it's like it rings ok, then chokes out and is really choppy. Any ideas/Solutions?

Another problem is that I have 2 phones...a base unit and a satellite. When I receive a call the satellite rings, but the base unit does not..if I yank the battery out of the satellite, then the base unit functions as it should.....these are problems that have never existed before.

The third problem is that when I receive a call and answer it, depending on the phone that answer, it'll say "received call" on the phone I do not answer...I thought CID was supposed to be synchronized across the system?

The question I had is, will this service ever display names on my caller ID or just the phone number?

Regarding your first two problems----

Log into the PAP2T control panel (webpage).

Select ADVANCED VIEW, then go to Regional.

Then go to section: "Ring and Call Waiting Tone Spec"

Write down the settings, in case you need to go back.

Try (if not already this way):

Waveform: Trapezoid
Voltage: 70
Ring Frequency: 20

And also try THIS way:

Waveform: Sinusoid
Voltage: 80
Ring Frequency: 25

Ok, I read somewhere else that changing it form trapezoid to sinusoid may work...I tried that (left the voltage at 85 and the frequency a 20Hz) and it did the trick.

One question though, what's "synchronized ring" and "FXS Port Power Limit"?

I heard that you set the FXS port power limit to the amount of phones you're using that are plugged into a single port...I have 1, but am using two phones (one wirelessly connects to the base unit though)...so I take it I'd set this to 1?

What about the synchronized ring?

lastly, is it normal for the Internet light to periodically flash when I'm not talking and there is no incoming calls?

Synchronized ring is as the name implies. So try it.

As for your other question---FXS port power limit---

»Re: SPA-1001 not ringing Cordless phone some times?

reply to Fox McCloud
Linksys out of some snafu set the wrong default ring voltage and frequency for North America. The correct settings are 90V and 20Hz (sinusoid). Some phones will work regardless, but others can be finicky. Some people will occasionally suggest setting it to trapezoidal, which is totally wrong for North American phones. A trapezoidal ring will contain more overtones, which sometimes tricks phones into ringing, but it's a very clumsy way to deal with an issue that's simply due to a wrong frequency/voltage setting.

Thanks, DogFace05!

A few more questions for you;

what do you recommend setting the FXS port power to? Again, I have 1 base unit plugged directly into the adapter (it's also plugged into a power outlet, of course), and I have a satellite plugged into another power outlet...no phone line plugged into it.

Also, should I have the synchronized ring set to on or off?

Just leave it at the default, which should be fine. This value is the REN (or Ringer Equivalence Number). Your phone or base unit should have a REN value stamped on it. The value corresponds to the relative power consumption of its ringer compared to an old standard bell phone (which would have a theoretical REN of 1), and is a measure of how many such phones can be rung simultaneoulsy by the unit. Most modern PSTN powered phones use far more efficient piezo-electric buzzers, and will have a REN of 0.1-0.3. For phone equipment powered from the mains, such as any cordless phone base, the REN is negligible, so you don't have to worry about this setting. Cordless handsets don't consume any power from the phone line, and thus have no relevance.

As for synchronized ring, unless you have a specialized need for it, it's a don't care setting.

Thanks again.

Though, let me ask you this, would setting the FXS to "1" possibly save me, in theory, a penny or two a month? I just checked my phone and its REN value is 0.1, so I know 1 would work fine...but if it's not going to change power consumption of the unit itself...well, why bother?

No, all it does is control a current limitter, so no matter what the load on the line, the current output will never exceed the setting. It's basically there as a safeguard against overload. The setting really has little use and appears to be there only because the SLIC chip supports it. IIRC, newer ATAs like the SPA2102 have done away with it.

ahh, ok, gotcha.

Thansk, again, for all the help!