Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!pacbell.com!lll-winken!telecom-request From: tad@ssc.UUCP (Tad Cook) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Is There a Selective Ringing Blocker? Message-ID: Date: 1 Apr 91 19:49:35 GMT Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 53 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 263, Message 6 of 16 In article , mpd@anomaly.sbs.com (Michael P. Deignan) writes: > Okay, we've all heard of those nice devices which allow you to split a > Selective Ringing line into a fax-line, modem-line, etc., by the > addition of a little device obtainable from Hello Direct or other > telephone equipment suppliers. > But, here is a one which I haven't seen: A Selective Ring blocker. > For example, say I have Selective Ringing, and use it for the > following: > Normal: Voice Line > Two Short: Fax line > Now, with one of those little gems from Hello Direct, I can > successfully split the line so my fax will pick up when I get two > short rings. > However, in both cases, regardless of which line the call is destined > for, my "normal" line will ring - somewhat of a pain-in-the-you-know- > what if someone in Singapore is sending me a fax at two in the > morning, when I really don't want to hear the "normal" line ring, even > two short rings. Why would this happen? If this is true, why does the box separate the calls into two outputs? From the Hello Direct catalog: "Our Ring Director automatically connects each call to the phone or device associated with that phone number." > Is there a device which will "block" the normal line from ringing when > someone calls in on one of the alternate "selective" numbers? This > way, emergency client phone calls can get "thru", but the occassional > fax-at-2-am will not cause the phone to ring, awakening the household? Sure! Its EASY! Just install the device ahead of everything, just like the instructions for these units always show. The only way you could ever hear the calls to your fax machine is if you left a telephone wired to the incoming line BEFORE it reaches this device. This is why there is a "normal" output ... that is the one you hook your telephone to, and it only rings when someone dials your "normal" phone number. Tad Cook Seattle, WA Packet: KT7H @ N7ENT.#WWA.WA.USA.NA Phone: 206/527-4089 MCI Mail: 3288544 Telex: 6503288544 MCI UW USENET:...uw-beaver!sumax!amc-gw!ssc!tad or, tad@ssc.UUCP