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SubjectRe: Issue on connect 2 modems with a single phone line
Manu Abraham wrote:
> On Sat December 18 2004 11:01 am, Brad Campbell wrote:

>>I have used analogue modems back to back for years and have *never* come
>>across a modem that sourced anything other than it's ringing signal (via an
>>opto) from the phone line. Every single modem I have here will talk to the
>>others over a straight telephone cable.
>
> What about power ? The opto-coupler will not work without power.
>

If you read what I wrote you will note the opto-coupler is used for ring detection only and then
only triggers when it sees an AC ring pulse. You don't need ring detection to run modems back to
back and therefore it's not a problem.

As for the Capacitor and Transformer, you are correct. I merely mis-communicated my message.
Point is the same, you can connect 90% of Analogue modems back to back with only a bit of wire and
they will talk. (I say 90% as I'm sure there is one out there somewhere that uses the phone line
voltage for something but I have *never* seen one). Remember that off-hook phone voltages can get
down to around 3v while on hook you may have 50v.

Don't theorize about it, try it.

--
Brad
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