Re: Meteor CID and Comfort???

["rb_ziggy" <richard.boreham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Iain

Thanks - looks like I'll just have to do a bit of rewiring.  I had
hoped to get away without because this was meant to be an easy, 5
min, job!

Regards

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Iain Goodhew" <iain.goodhew@n...>
wrote:
> I had this problem. I too have an ntl phone line, and connected the
meteor
> to comforts 'tel out' and comfort stopped answering the calls. I
didn't
> notice for quite sometime. I believe I asked on the comfort mailing
list,
> and the suggestion was the same, connect the meteor before comfort.
I don't
> know why this should make a difference, I can only guess that
comfort miss
> interpretes the on hook/off hook current flowing to the meteor
device and
> assumes the call has been answered.
>
>
>
> I simply used another pair on the same phone cat5 and have 2
sockets on the
> end, one before comfort for the meteor and one after comfort for
the phone.
>
>
>
> Iain
>
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> From: rb_ziggy [mailto:richard.boreham@n...]
> Sent: 27 November 2004 18:15
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: Meteor CID and Comfort???
>
>
>
>
> Hm!  Yes it's wired into the house phone patch.  So we have master
> phone socket -> comfort tel out -> patch panel and then n-way
star
> distribution from there, one of which is the Meteor.  So Comfort is
> first. Could the Meteor thus be signalling Comfort in the way a
phone
> does when it's picked up (afraid I know little about phones)?
>
> I did notice that Meteor is wired with a 4 core cable to the phone
> socket (nos, 2,3,4,5) rather than the usual 2 (2 and 5). I know
this
> because I reterminated the BT plug to an RJ45 so that it fits the
cat
> 5 sockets.  Not sure if this is of relevance at all.
>
> Also, should have mentioned we are NTL for phones.
>
> It would be a bit of a pain to wire the Meteor in parallel back to
> the master socket so any other ideas gratefully received.
>
> Regards
>
> Richard
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "John B" <home-automation@j...>
wrote:
> > > Anyone using a Meteor unit successfully with Comfort?
> >
> > Yes.
> >
> > > I have a Meteor plumbed into my PC which has ACE & CWI
running.
> That
> > > all works fine with the number being recognised and sent to
the
> CWI.
> > > However, when the Comfort answer phone now no longer works
(i.e.
> it
> > > does not pick up an unanswered call).  Unplug the Meteor and
it
> works
> > > fine again.  It seems that the Meteor interferes in some way
so
> that
> > > Comfort thinks the call has been answered.
> >
> > Is your Meteor connected to the Tel Out terminals of Comfort
(i.e.
> with your house phones)?
> > Or is it wired in before Comfort?
> >
> > Mine is wired in parallel with Comfort to the incoming phone line
> (i.e. not to Tel Out) and Comfort's answer machine works fine.
> >
> > HTH,
> >
> > John
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