Legend rotary dialing on trunks? 3

[altaphon]

Is there any way to make a Merlin Legend dial CO trunks using pulse dialing? We have a crossbar pbx here (more for fun than utility) and I am trying to avoid converting it to touchtone dialing. Rotary phones work fine on the Legend, but when they access trunks, each digit is converted to a touchtone burst.

 

[merlinman]

This is very strange, the FIRST CO in DALLAS that used TOUCH TONE was a CROSSBAR.

In fact, when Bell Labs came to DALLAS in the Late 50's or Early 60's they had to OPX some lines from that 1st crossbar to the Downtown office to do a DEMO of Touch Tone.

So, here you are, telling us that you have a CROSSBAR office that only does rotary.

OK Fine, Here's how you can make them ALL ROTARY DIAL:

Menu > System Program > Exit > Lines & Trunks > TT/LS Disc > Outmode > and then TURN OFF the GREEN LED for all LINES you want to be ROTARY.

 

[altaphon]

Thanks, Merlinman, Outmode is (part of) the answer.

It's not a crossbar OFFICE that only does rotary, it's a 1000 pound, 40 line crossbar PBX (a Western Electric Switching System 400) sitting next to the Merlin that only does rotary. I know it's strange, but I wanted to have one. Some of my friends are stranger, they have cordboards or step pbx's.

Setting the Outmode to rotary gives me Merlin system dialtone when I access the line, and outpulses the digits correctly. But it waits 15-20 seconds before connecting the voice path. When connected to a CO line, it cuts through immediately, I guess on receipt of a wink from the CO. Is there any way to disable this wait, and have the audio cut through immediately after outpulsing?

 

[altaphon]

Adding to the post above, the Merlin cuts through after 7 digits, or 10 digits, or 1+ 7 or 10D, or 0. It's not looking for wink. Any way to change this to cut through after 1 or 2 digits?

 

[merlinman]

Try setting ROTARY DELAY to NO DELAY!

Also, I can still fix 555 Cord Boards, but I can't find any parts.

 

[altaphon]

Now, why didn't I find that? Because it was hiding under options, that's why. Thanks much.

If you need any 555, 701, 740 etc. parts let me know. There is a band of wackos using Asterisk to tie together a whole assortment of electromechanical switches all over the world and we're having a good time at it.

 

[merlinman]

They should all go into therapy.

and then, they should probably never come out....

 

[altaphon]

You mean, this isn't therapy?

 

[HiDesert]

cross-bar, 555,701,,740..what is this....a blast back to the
Bell System past...when does the therapy session start????

 

[altaphon]

The therapy session starts with the acquisition and cutover of a piece of electromechanical switchgear, off in the corner, so you dial some digits and you hear something real happen. A 1A2 interrupter is enough medicine for some people, but I had to have a crossbar switch or two.

For details on the 12-step program, see

http://www.ckts.info

... most of the people are ex Bell, or Bell enthusiasts, or Bell Labs or BNR engineers. As for me, well, see

http://www.altaphon.com,

I have an ex-AT&T LL site in Calif and one in Washington, it's a bad disease.

 

[HiDesert]

Maybe we should start a forum on flat & wire spring relay
equipment....it would be a small group of us old techies.
Ah, the good old days....shooting trouble on a 2 way repeating tie line.....and a 5 digit step-switch dial
plant....Am I in that great SwitchRoom the the Sky yet!!!

 

[SYQUEST]

I worked on some crossbar PBXs in the late 1970s: NEC Diana, FUJI 106 and 304, and a few OKIs that had Litton's name on them. For Touch-Tone™ they used TEL-TONE™ converters that connected to the ORs (Originating Register).

Even Intertel made a crossbar PBX, very few people knew about those...

....JIM....

 

[HiDesert]

Lets talk about the good old 756, Nippon 770 and how about
the SG1...and not to mention the 555 and 608 SWBDs.

 

[altaphon]

OK, who starts the electromechanical switching forum?

 

[HiDesert]

MerlinMan should be the one to start the forum....he is the
"yoda" of the former Bell System Techies.

 

[dagwoodsystems]

I know Morse Code...does that count? Remember, it was American Telephone AND Telegraph!

 

[altaphon]

Morse code counts with old timers. Nokia's SMS ring tone still says "connecting people" in Morse...

I don't see Merlinman making tracks to start such a form, perhaps he knows better...

 

[nascomm1]

I still service a 555 and a 556 cord board, and I have one customer that has a 1A2 behind a Magix in his dispatch area.

Oh, and how could I forget the one customer that has an ITT Corinthian in his house and refuses to replace it and would rather pay for custom repair work and annual burnishing.

 

[dagwoodsystems]

Wow! Then you must know of

http://www.telephonetribute.com/ITT_manual.html,

among other sites.

 

[altaphon]

Well, yes, but most (probably) of us also have collections of elder BSPs and other hard paper documentation. Gotta get that musty paper smell to go along with the reeking phenolic smell.