[Asterisk-Users] Terrible TICKING sound

[Anon]

On Thursday 13 May 2004 11:57 pm, Jason A. Pattie wrote:
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> Steven Critchfield wrote:
> | On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 17:33, Jason A. Pattie wrote:
> |>Our problem ended up not being with Asterisk or Digium hardware.  It was
> |>the analog cordless phone.  We simply have to live with it.  What
> |>happens is whenever a connection is established and the phone is
> |>off-hook, an LED on the base lights up in a "blink blink ..... blink
> |>blink ..... etc." pattern.  Everytime the LED lights, a pulse is sent to
> |>the phone.  It's especially bad when both lines are in use, as the phone
> |>is a two-line capable device.  Then you've got double the pulsing.
> |>
> |>This may have nothing to do with your problem.  Just wanted to get it
> |>out there in case anyone else runs into it, too.
> |
> | Sounds like your phone needs either a aux power source to power that
> | led, or possible a little modification to clip that LED.
> |
> | I would make sure your cordless phone's power supply is within spec. If
> | it is, Maybe you might want to look into one of the other comments a
> | while back on the list about upping the power on the SLIC(?). You might
> | be able to provide enough power to the phone to not cause trouble when
> | it blinks the LED.
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> Well, the phone is using the power supply that came in the box.  :)
If the phone is old and had average or more use, the transformer in the 
"wall-wart" might be operating at less capacity than when it was new, and 
might not be adequate now.

You can get a good, inexpensive replacement "wall-wart" from www.jameco.com.

Anon