Re: Passing Caller ID through non-CID aware PBX?

[joe <nospam@xxxxxx>]

prc1 wrote:
> I have an old NuTone PTX-1200 home PBX (2x12) that has worked well for
> years.  Unfortunately, it was designed before Caller ID (and other
> popular new phone company features) and it will not pass the signal.
>
> Now, as I understand it, CID sends the info on a data burst before the
> phone rings for the first time.  My idea is this:  to build a device
> that will monitor the main phone line, sense the CID data burst and
> will "inject" it on the line(s) to the phone(s) without going off-hook
> and preventing the PBX from handling the call.  Each phone extension
> line (which normally is connected just to a card inside the PTX-1200)
> would also be connected to this device.
>
> Does this sound feasible?  Has anyone heard of the existence of a
> device like this?
> ** To respond, remove the crap from my addy...  **

why not just plug a caller ID unit into the phone line before the pbx?
and run that to where you need the caller ID.
or do you need it at all 12 places?