RE: DECT Ringer Madness

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My only other thought is that I bet there is an option in the menu of
each handset to set the ringer volume (including turning it off
completely)... perhaps you could disable the ring on the offending
handsets, then use something else to alert you to an incoming call... -
you can get simple plug-in ringer modules that could be easily hacked to
only be enabled in certain modes, or you could use Comfort instead; -
have you a keypad in earshot of every location where you have a phone?
Perhaps you could have a "ring tone" played out of these, coupled
with a
phone-like alarm tone from the internal sounder... - Since comfort knows
instantly when a call comes in, there should be a myriad of ways in
which you could program a satisfactory call alert mechanism....

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Richard
> Sent: 03 January 2008 09:26
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DECT Ringer Madness
>
> `Your not going to find it I am afraid, nowhere else in the world uses
a
> third wire for ringer, and its not viable to make a special model for
the UK
> which will then be "broken" when taken to anywhere else.
>
>
>
> Here in NZ they made it a telepermit requirement many years ago that
phones
> do not use the ringer wire, but still there are people that end up
with
> non-ringers when they get adsl installed and the wiring gets changed
out for
> 2 wire or they use plugin filters.
>
>
>
> If you want to kill the ringer in a phone, put a bridge rectifier
inline
> with the circuit - that will make it not have the AC component so it
may
> cause it to not detect a ring.
>
>
>
> Otherwise install asterisk and get an ATA so you can schedule your
incoming
> calls etc.
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>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> Gareth Cook
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 9:43 PM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Fw: [ukha_d] DECT Ringer Madness
>
>
>
> Just tried a BT Synergy (few years old)
>
> It also ignore the fact there is no ringer circuit and rings anyway.
>
> Suppose what I need is a DECT base that can turn off tis 'feature'...
> anyone ?
>
> G.
>
> Gareth Cook
> IT Architect / Project Manager, SWG Sales Europe
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