Date   : Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:52:41 -0000
From   : profpep@... (Mike Pepper)
Subject: [OT] ADSL capabilities

> On a more serious note, I wonder if anybody has designed a little 
> PIC-like thingy to hook on to a phone line to intercept pulse dials and 
> emit tones. I guess it'd be a little more complex than it sounds because 
> of a need to pass traffic on the line whilst insulating the real line 
> from the behaviour of the pulse signalling.
> 
There is a UK designed unit sold by OlPhoneWorks: 

 http://www.oldphoneworks.com/rotatone-pulse-to-tone-converter.html


It does work, and can even do "*" and "#" if installed in the phone.

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