OT: Hylafax & digital DID

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 12:37:48PM -0400, Joe Chasan wrote:
> what digital to analog converters are you referring to?  from what
> i've learned, there are big differences in the way they work - the
> multitech's expect, as analog DID, to provide voltage to line,
> something around 48V, whereas in digital, the CO provides the voltage.
> Is this some specialty converter?
> 
> i know i can plug an single line phone in and make it ring on demand,
> but i don't think the DID DTMF would get passed through in such a
> situation. 

I believe that Bill is referring to boxes like the Adtrans, which can
take DTMF DID on a t-span and convert it to CNID so an analog modem can
pick it off.

Cheers,
-- jra
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