From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2005 - 23:40:27 PST
Sorry for my late answer,
there is not much science behind:
for the german standard they just decided (for whatever reason, I do not
know), to connect the TWO wires actually needed for the telephone on the
OUTER pins of the western plug.
According to the american standard those wires are connected in the center
(inner 2 pins) of the western plug.
So the proposed solution to swap the two inner wires with the outer ones is
the perfect solution.
Depending on what connectors you have and/or if you have a tool to crimp a
new western plug, you are free to decide on what end of the cable to do the
swap.
Swapping at the end of the western connector has the disadvantage that you
will not be able to fix the cover of the cable properly into the plug
because of the crossed wires.
I already and practiced the trick to cut the two wires not needed with
success.
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Frank Gruendel
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 1:48 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Notephone
> > Maybe Frank can tell us if he tested it out first the NotePhone
> > on his home phone system.
> I sure did. Nothing from the Newton world leaves my premises before
> it has been thoroughly tested. It takes years to build a reputation
> and only seconds to loose it... And with the Newtie awards still under
> way, who can risk dissatisfied fellow Newtoneers...
> > We'd also need to figure out how many wires are actually active and
> > what they do on a German phone system.
> To the best of my knowledge only two wires are needed in the classic
> setup. I do admit, though, that my setup isn't exactly classic. I
> have a DataBox Speed Dragon that turns the analog phone signals into
> ISDN, and this is fed into my DSL router. Or something like that. When
> it comes to telephone lines, I am not the best person to ask...
> Cheers
> Frank
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