Support rotary pulse dialing.
Willy-Bill:
Quote from: SteveInWA on March 21, 2015, 10:35:35 pm
Quote from: Willy-Bill on March 21, 2015, 10:23:51 pm
Quote from: SteveInWA on March 21, 2015, 02:24:15 pm
Quote from: Willy-Bill on March 21, 2015, 03:31:31 am
It is a much needed feature.
"Much needed"?!
Only for the 5 OBi owners whose only telephone instrument is one of these. Seriously, there's more to it than just supporting pulse dialing. The ancient Western Electric phones with mechanical bell ringers present impedence and power draw problems to the OBi's little integrated circuit-based telephone line interface. I'd rather OBi continue to direct their engineering resources to current and future requirements.
I have a WE model 302 phone, and even with a Rotatone adapter retrofitted, it still isn't compatible with my OBis. It only works with a brand "G" ATA.
Oh Bluescat ...
Thankfully, the rotary telephone is not the only telephone instrument I own. I'm using an ITT 250044 from around 1990. I have to disagree with Western Electric phones with mechanical bells require too much for the "little" integrated circuit, built into Obihai boxes. They only require a REN equivalency of 1. To clearify this fact, in order to get that ITT model with a set of bells that only require a REN of 0.5 to ring correctly, I had to implant a set of bells out of an old 500 that I parted out years ago. It now rings correctly, loudly, and consistently. All that took place, just before I found the email saying I had a reply.
I can't speak of the 302, as those predated the 500, and the 1500/2500 (based of the 500) is the base of the REN system.
But to finish, if a 500 is working correctly, the Obihai boxes are more than a match. Save for the dialing.
You're looking at it from the arcane collector's standpoint, not the present-day business standpoint. There is no ROI for a company to consume any resources in an attempt to support my 1947 WE 302 telephone. Even you had to retrofit your phone with a ringer out of a 500 model to make it work. Think of it as a business priority, and you'd see that there is an infinitesimal percent of the potential market that would make a purchase decision on this. Unless you have the spec sheet for the SLIC used in the OBi, you can't determine whether or not it is compatible with every rotary phone somebody might want to attach, REN or otherwise.
I won't argue the difference from a collector's standpoint, vs a business standpoint. Nor will I assume that it all has to do with the SLIC chip, if they actually built the consumer grade boxes around that chip. My argument wasn't for consuming resources to support any and every ancient device. Rather a few lines of undocumented (or documented, but non-advertised) code. Not being an advertised, or documented feature/function would allow such a feature/function to be classed as a use-at-your-own-risk set up. Meaning if you wanted help getting it to work right, you're on your own. No help from support, maybe someone nice like you or me on these forums, but no support.
It's mostly a pipe dream, with no chance of actual success. It is a much needed feature/function, not just for those arcane collectors, but also for those of us who prefer something simple, old and nostalgic.
giqcass:
Can't you use a pulse adapter?
On a side note you might find this link interesting. https://www.ckts.info/
Lavarock7:
I do not think Obihai should spend time on this.
if you are right and the collector field is so hot, design and build converts from VOIP to rotory and make millions.
SteveInWA:
Quote from: Lavarock7 on March 27, 2015, 11:03:29 pm
I do not think Obihai should spend time on this.
if you are right and the collector field is so hot, design and build converts from VOIP to rotory and make millions.
+1 Ha ha ha. And, I have a couple of rotary phones for sale, at $10,000.00 each.
giqcass:
Quote from: Lavarock7 on March 27, 2015, 11:03:29 pm
I do not think Obihai should spend time on this.
if you are right and the collector field is so hot, design and build converts from VOIP to rotory and make millions.
I was thinking Kickstater. Might be enough people there to make a short run (probably not). If the OP believes it's "much needed" then it's worth a shot. I've seen crazier Kickstarters make it.
I think the main reason we stopped using the old Bell style phones is all of the people clocked over the head and killed. I saw lots of that on tv. You can't bludgeon someone with a modern phone. Most don't even have a phone cord to strangle someone with(the Obi1032 and 1062 have good strangling cords) and since your kid probably stole your charging cable your out of luck there too. You can still burn someone real good with a lithium ion battery if you can get them to hold still long enough.
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