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From: clark@ssc-vax.boeing.com (Roger Clark Swann)
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Subject: Need Help With Plantronics Headset
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Date: 26 Sep 90 15:23:28 GMT
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I need some help with this headset that I found today at the surplus
store.  It is a Platronics StarSet (R) Supra (TM) with the numbers
HS0552-1 on the back of the connector. This is the type that uses an
_adapter_ to connect to the phone instrument. The connector is the
PJ327 flavor, (two 1/4 inch phone plugs side by side on one end of
small box).  I looked in the ATT source book and the unit is listed
there for $130 and the adapter for hookup to a 1A or single line set
an additional $130.

Question: What is in the adapter box other than an on/off switch and a
push switch for flashing the line?

Followup question: Can I make an adapter to hook this headset into a
phone?	

Yes, the little adapter box looks nice, but not a $130 nice.

I assume that the network interface in the phone set is used just as
it is with the regular handset and that the _adapter_ is wired so as
to provide hookswitch control and connects the headset in place of the
regular handset. If this is true, I should be able to roll my own
adapter. The only other thing I need to know is; Which plug on the
headset is the mic circuit and which is the earphone circuit?

All help is greatly appreciated!


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