> That's exactly what I want. The daughter has her own line, and the parents have > their own line. They want to be able to diiferntiate between the two. I'm not > sure I understand what you mean with an analog port. Through the KXTD? >
Couple ways 1. analog port on the ksu would be any jack that is not being used. Since all the phones are the 7000 series, you cannot take advantage of the xdp feature. (XDP allows you to use an analog phone on the same jack as a digital, yet the analog can have a separate extension number.) Without bothering with xdp, you can still plug in any analog phone device on an unused jack. If you took jack 14 for example, you can program line 2 to be the only line to ring on ext 114. Since it only needs one pair to operate, you can connect that pair to an extra jack (or multiple jacks in parallel) somewhere in the house. Then plug an external ringer into that jack, and it will ring for line 2 only. Do it again for line 1 on ext 115 and you can get a different ringer for that line if necessary. 2. the other way would be to take the co line itself, and run it on a spair pair to an extra jack. Then put the ringer on that jack. Now that jack can also serve as a power failure jack. I did something similar (to #1) for a home with two door boxes. They wanted to be able to differentiate between the front door and the side door. We programmed an extra extension to only ring for the side door and put a simple but unique ringer on that jack. When they hear the normal door phone ringing AND the new ringer, they know it is the side door. If they don't hear the new ringer, then it's the front door. The solutions for "distinctive ring" I think does not apply to what you are trying to do. "Distinctive Ring" is when the phone company sends calls on the same line but gives them different ring cadences. These cannot be translated by the phone system so you can connect "dist. ring" boxes before the ksu that can separate the calls and send them to different buttons on the phones- but that won't change the way they sound when they ring. Charles _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
