Compatibility is by no means a sure thing, but their
advice was to make sure you get the correct one of two kinds of
filtering. One choice is to put a microfilter device at each
instrument or piece of equipment that needs plain old telephone service
("POTS").
The other is to install a single "POTS Splitter" box near the network interface,
then distribute DSL out one branch circuit and plain telephone service
out a separate branch circuit as
needed. There is a good article explaining this service, with
diagrams showing the wiring differences between the two types of filters,
in the November 21, 2000 edition of PC Magazine ( www.pcmag.com),
page 107.
If you have an alarm dialer that must be connected to
your DSL line, the single filter box is the
preferred way to go, because it
can accommodate a vital function called Line
Seizure.
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The RX31X jack for your alarm system goes on the
POTS branch between the POTS Splitter and all POTS-using devices.
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Make sure none of those microfilters sneak into
your system on the DSL branch later on, because they will defeat
line seizure with respect to the new telephone device.
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Don't connect any new POTS-using devices on the
POTS branch ahead of the RJ31X Jack.
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Update 2006: A special DSL alarm
filter has been on the market for a number of years. It's
different from a regular voice or data microfilter in several
ways. It has an 8-pin plug and a socket. It goes in
line with the RJ31X cord. The RJ31X Jack still has to be
first in line and wired as usual. It allows the voice
channel to go through the alarm panel as usual but shunts the data around
the alarm panel. You can then use voice and data microfilters as
needed anywhere downstream in the phone distribution system. It
sells for $35-$50. Ask for a current price. We can mail it
to you for a flat $10 shipping/handling fee or we can make a service
visit to our subscribers' premises to install it. If you order
DSL, you should get this filter in advance and put it in before DSL is
activated. If you later discontinue DSL, this filter won't hurt
anything if left in place.
Burglar
Caught in the Act
If you
wonder why you need a motion detector:
DC Metropolitan
Police charged a 35-year-old man with second-degree burglary after a failed
break-in left him stuck in a ventilation duct for several hours on Wednesday,
according to the Washington Post. The man was in critical condition at
Washington Hospital Center after surgery, a hospital spokesman said. He
suffered breathing problems, loss of circulation and exposure. DC Fire
spokesman Alan Etter said the man was found shortly before noon in a grease
duct at the U-Like Carryout. Restaurant workers heard the man screaming and
called for help. It took firefighters more than an hour to remove the man from
the duct, where he was upside down and covered in grease, Etter said. -NBFAA
Member Update Newsletter, 9/28/2001.
Site
News
12/3/2003
I added our Company Brochure and a couple of
newsletters to the Newsletter list. They are in PDF format.
8/2006
I added Barbara's promotional letter for Ovarian Cancer
Awareness; updated yard sale items
Some
of the more permanent articles from our past
newsletters are adapted and accessed through other pages on
this site.
Stop back again. This site is still under
construction. There are many items I want to post, and I'll
be writing new ones, God willing. - Lou
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