I really found it now! I rewire the jack for 2 wires and I no longer get the tone problem. I think it was crossed wires. Now onto checking out Asterisk ... -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry at comcast.net http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog