[UCIMC-Tech] Phone Ringer Flasher Cross-Wired

[Stewart Dickson]

Thanks, Chris,

That sounds like an improvement.

-Stewart

On 8/4/12 9:05 PM, Chris Ritzo wrote:
> Today some work was done on the WRFU phone line, and most issues 
> should be resolved, with the exception of the phone flasher.
>
> The existing phone flasher and splitter was configured using a DSL 
> splitter of some sort, I believe intended to handle both lines. When 
> the WRFU line was called, the phone itself rang. When the IMC line was 
> dialed, the flasher flashed.
>
> To alleviate this issue, we have ordered a more in-line phone flasher 
> which I'll install early next week. The phone is currently patched 
> into the board as well, so if someone can confirm that the WRFU line 
> feeds properly into the board as currently connected, that would be 
> awesome.
>
> Additionally, I've removed some extra phone cables under the desk and 
> cleaned things up a bit. Please also note that we will also be 
> removing the openWRFU access point soon, after ensuring that wifi 
> access in the lobby and studio area are covered by the now 
> building-wide standard openUCIMC network.
>
> CR
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Stewart Dickson <mathartspd at gmail.com 
> <mailto:mathartspd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm not there right now, but as I recall, the RJ-45 line splitter
>     looked funny.   Maybe you've got 2 lines on the cable going into
>     the splitter, and so a different line is going to the ringer
>     flasher than is going to the phone?  That would make sense to
>     me.   You actually want the same line going to the flasher as the
>     phone.  A different kind of RJ-45 line splitter which does this is
>     probably what it needs.
>
>     -Stewart
>
>     On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Chris Ritzo
>     <chris.ritzo at gmail.com <mailto:chris.ritzo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Um, then someone must have changed the configuration that
>         Barry Todd and I installed.
>
>         I'll look at it again. Or maybe you want to.
>
>
>         On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Stewart Dickson
>         <mathartspd at gmail.com <mailto:mathartspd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>             Um, I sat in the WRFU studio and called 344-8820 on the
>             studio phone and watched the ringer light flash.
>             Then I dialed the FAX number (WRFU) *344.2536 *and got a
>             busy signal on that line.
>
>             -Stewart
>
>
>             ...
>
>

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