Re: DoorBell Fon difficulties

["BruceR" <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Only one Paul there that I know of. Check the Sandman catalog for other
ringing chips. See this:
 http://www.sandman.com/pdf/page21.pdf
 BTW, the Sandman catalog is an excellent source of all things needed
for cabling, paging and telco stuff.

From:Larry Moss
moss@xxxxxxxxxxxx

> On 2005-12-17, BruceR <br@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> First, consider a small placard that says "Doorbell" mounted by the
>> button. That might solve your problem best. Doing the the double
>> flash right is a matter of timing. Try doing it as
>> Tick-Tock-Tick-Tock (2 seconds total).  Failing that you might want
>> to go back to using Door 1 and asking the factory (ask to speak to
>> Paul) for a different chip with different ring options.  Paul also
>> has various mods to do different things (like operate different gate
>> locks with # and *). Be sure to speak to him directly about the
>> problem.
>
> I've been meaning to post a follow up on this all week, but this
> being a crazy week, that just never seemed to happen.  No matter how
> hard I tried, I couldn't get it to work with two flashes. That was
> with multiple phones. I did call the company and spoke with Paul.  He
> just kept insisting that it would come with practice.  The person
> that needs this most has physical limitations.  If I couldn't work
> out the timing, there's no way she can, no matter how much practice
> goes into it.  I told him that too.  Is there more than one Paul
> there?
>
> I did go back to door 1.  It does work with one flash.  I asked about
> other ring options but he was quite insistant that they couldn't
> offer any other solutions and that I'd learn to distinguish the
> difference between a phone call and the Doorbell Fon.  I haven't
> sampled the ring pattern and analyzed it on a computer, but they
> sound quite the same to me.  Paul insisted that the DoorBell Fon
> would ring 1 second on, 1 second off.  It's most assuredly not doing
> that.  I believe it's 1 on, 3 off.  It was set to door 2 while I was
> on the phone with him, so it wouldn't have helped to ring it during
> the call.  I may call back after the holidays and do just that.
> Right now the only way to tell the difference is that the caller id
> reads "incoming call" when the doorbell fon is ringing, so you have
> to pick up the phone to know if it's someone at the door or someone
> calling.  Not the end of the world, but it would be nice to have it
> working properly.
>
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