See below for the better answer, but for the 136RT - tell me an address and I'll send it on it's way. I tried to sell it on ebay a couple years ago and gave up. It's been waiting on my shelf for you.
Other manufacturers of door systems: (Door King you have, pricey, but so are others) Mircom Linear Pach & Co. the one you really want: Mircom has "No Subscriber Line (NSL) Telephone Access Kit) MI-NSL12K/ 24K/ 36K for 12/24/36 residents. $ 1.5K to 2K or so Uses existing phone wiring, does not need dedicated phone line, simulates call waiting to tenant if they are busy, has relays for door opener... -- Charles Charles "just got home from TDA class" Pattersonic ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lesher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "KXT Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 9:25 PM Subject: Re: KX-T: apartment house systems > > A) No, I'm not in the phone bizness. I do install systems for > non-profits when asked. This case is a building a friend lives in. > My only ax to grind is the best answer for him. > > B) I'm strongly inclined toward systems with a POTS set in each unit. > > C) Possible ways of doing this: > > 1) Viking 3000 + Viking 1700 door phone > > 2) Valcom per Carl, + 1700 > > 3) Old Panasonic + 1700 > > 1) will share existing copper & set if there. (Several owners > do NOT have wireline, but that's OK with this...) > > 2/3 will need more rewiring, to use the intercom wiring. Plus > to use any old POTS set, 2 will need a buzzer on 2nd pair, in > the wallplate, and a DTMF decoder for opening. 3) will need the > decoder. Both will require some hack to keep the door phone from > dialing the decoder. [Not hard]. > > The only real rub with 1) is there are 14 units; so we'd need > two 3000's. BUT, 2 units have direct outside doors, so they > really do not need to be included. > > One > last > question > > The VIKING 1700 lacks a spiffy electronic directory. Anyone know > another panel door phone with such? > > > > > > -- > A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX > Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 > is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 > > _________________________________________________________________ > KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ > Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt > > _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt