touch tone pad on pulse Ericofon

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- Richard Rateick
  
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19 years ago

Mon, Nov 15, 2004 4:34 AM

I have an old Ericofon with pulse dialing. I also have a standalone WECO touch-tone pad (number 35, 8 wire) in a WECO plastic case. I would like to hook this to the line so that when I am using the Ericofon, I can have the touch tone capability available. One very non-elegant approach is to get a network and build a stripped down phone in a separate box with a switch to which the touch tone pad would connect. I am looking for better ideas on how to set this up. Did Western Electric has an approach for doing this? Thanks.

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- Carl Navarro
  
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19 years ago

Mon, Nov 15, 2004 9:09 PM

Since WE didn't make the Ericofon, it will be pretty tough to make a WEco dial fit it.

Try Phoneco

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for a TT base. It's listed at $50, but I'm not sure that is all you need. The exact link is

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Carl Navarro

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19 years ago

Tue, Nov 16, 2004 4:54 AM

Actually, I do not want to put the touchtone pad into the Ericofon, but rather simply have it wired up as a standalone device. That is, on the desk will sit the Ericofon and a separate touch-tone base. Thus, it is an electrical circuit problem rather than a mechanical hookup problem. What I want to do is simply have a touch tone pad connected to the line so that it can be used as a tone generator when this is necessary. This could be accomplished by placing another TT phone on my desk, but this is not the best approach.