Andy Poling wrote:
>
> Disclaimer: I'm not a telephone expert. I've played with phone lines a bit
> over the years, but that's the extent of my "expertise".
> I'm guessing that's your situation. If you open the phone jack in the alarm
> box, you'll probably find that there is one pair coming in from the
> "demarcation point" - the grey box outside, and one pair going out to the rest
> of the house. The alarm connects the two together when everything is normal,
> and you have dial tone in the house.
>
> I'm guessing that if you connect the two lines you found in the jack together
> you'll then have dial tone in the house.
Everyone replying thus far makes sense. The only way that the alarm
system can have control of the phones is if it takes the connection from
the aerial line first.
If you trace the aerial line (the line from the telephone pole to the
box or termination at the house) into the house, you'll likely find that
it terminates first in the alarm circuit box, and then leaves for the
rest of the phone system. Disconnecting the box from the main line
should simply take the alarm box out of the circuit, no kill the phones
entirely. After all, the phone company runs the phone system, not the
alarm company.
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell)
[mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's within walking
distance.
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