[asterisk-users] [UK SPECIFIC] DAHDI and a OpenVox Card

[Gordon Henderson]

On Mon, 4 May 2009, --[ UxBoD ]-- wrote:

>> Your BT connector should have only 2 pins. If there are 4 pins on the BT
>> connector, then it is a modem cable, which is wrong.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Steve.
>>
>>
> Steve,
>
> You rock! :)  Found a BT old cordless phone in the cupboard with a long 
> cable.  Plugged in and away she goes!  Thank you so so much indeed (and 
> your help aswell Gordon).

Well I'm astounded by that too.

And I thought I knew all about UK phone wiring - master sockets, ring 
capacitors and so on, but what on-earth does a "modem" cable do?

And looking through my spares drawer, I seem to have a mix of 2-pin and 
4-pin cables...

And I've just put a 4-pin cable on my home system and it's working OK...

So what gives?

Gordon