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Posted by T on May 23, 2008, 10:51 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options rpiehl5REMOVETHISFOR@NOSPAMcharter.net says...
> media_360@verizon.net wrote:
> >> media_...@verizon.net wrote:
> >>> I am adding external standard answering machine to a partner plus
> >>> phone system. The answering machine has dial tone and can manually
> >>> answer and call out. The problem is that it does not receive any
> >>> incoming calls does not ring and does not pick up/answer when the line
> >>> is called.
> >> Connect a plain old telephone to the line and see if it rings.
> >> Juat as important, how it rings..is it a traditional 2 seconds
> >> of ring and 4 seconds of silence, or is it a double ring?
> >>
> >> The TAD may have problems detecting a double ring.
> >
> > The standard phone does not ring. It can dial out and pick up calls
> > manually. The ren values are 0.0 on the phones so i don't think it's
> > the ren. The system is set to immediate ring not delayed or distictive
> > ring.
> >
> > I can't find any other settings to check ??
>
> Disconnect the answering machine and place a voltage meter across tip
> and ring on that port and call it so it would be sending ring voltage if
> it is working properly. You should see 90 volts. on the ring, and
> then it should drop down. If you see no change during the ring cycle
> you have a bad ring generator on that card.
>
> Take care,
> Rich
>
> God bless the USA
>
>
It has been a number of years since I configured a Partner system but I
believe there's a setting you can make to the station that tells it to
use normal ring cadence.
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