Re: Can a Napco system & DSL connection co-exist?

["Bob La Londe" <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Buy an Excelsus DSL / a;ar,m filter and it will work fine.  Just plugs right
iin at the RJ-31X.  They sell on-line for less than $20.




"news.vif.com" <ebenze@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1142960335.740400@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at having a DSL line installed at my house that would be
> using the same telephone line as my Napco Magnum 1000.  The Napco
> currently does nightly self-tests which "seizes" the phone line in the
> house when it is performing these tests.  My concern with the DSL line is
> that the DSL link will be dropped every night as well when the Napco does
> its self tests.
>
> My question is the following.  If I split the phone line at the
> demarkation point where one branch goes only to my DSL modem and the other
> branch goes through a DSL filter and then to the Napco and the rest of the
> house, will the Napco still be able to make its nightly self-tests where
> it seizes the phone line, but doesn't drop my DSL connection?
>
> ie:
>
> Demarkation pt
> ==============[ Splitter ]
> phone line                         |=====[DSL Modem]
>                                         |
>                                         |=====[ DSL Filter ] -------
> [Napco Magnum 1000] ----------[ rest of house ]
>
>
> A friend of mine currently has a DSL connection on a regular line (no
> Napco), and sometimes uses a 56k modem on his computer to dial up to other
> servers.  If a 56K Modem is able to dial up over the DSL line, does this
> imply that the Napco should be able to as well?  I am assuming that Magnum
> 1000 just uses a regular modem to communicate with the centrale - is this
> a valid assumption?
>
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Eric
>