#garfield Logs

Dec 30 2011

00:06 rue_house freq multipliers?
00:06 iamturnip if thats another name for it?
00:06 iamturnip I have some beauty vintage phones I want to get working with some linksys pap2 boxes... I cant seem to find ver 2 which does the conversion for you
00:06 rue_house the faster pulses come in the higher the tone out?
00:06 rue_house oooh
00:06 rue_house dialing
00:06 rue_house pulse to tone
00:06 iamturnip yea sorry
00:07 iamturnip pulse to dtmf correct
00:07 rue_house hmm
00:07 rue_house are you willing to mod the phone circuitry?
00:07 iamturnip i am willing to mod the vintage phone
00:07 iamturnip but it needs to be clean looking on the outside
00:08 rue_house yea
00:08 iamturnip the nice thing about the real old phones is they had a seperate ring box which is where i plan to hide he pap2 in
00:08 rue_house why do I always end up with peoples projects...
00:08 iamturnip ?
00:08 rue_house nothing
00:09 rue_house I cant completely remember how the3 rotary switches were set up
00:09 rue_house I'm thinking avr
00:09 rue_house generate the tone after the last pulse
00:10 rue_house wait, how old?
00:10 rue_house we talking wooden box?
00:10 rue_house and crank?
00:10 iamturnip no
00:10 iamturnip not THAT old
00:10 iamturnip think 45-55
00:10 rue_house k, just bakealite and rotary
00:12 rue_house I hear an image url comming...
00:15 rue_house oh I was looking for a house for you today on the coast
00:15 rue_house looks like about 700'^2 is available around 180k
00:15 rue_house attached
00:16 iamturnip hmm i think i would want single
00:16 rue_house there are lots at $150k that would need a trailer, but on band land
00:25 rue_house renting is atleast $1000/mo, so your better to get a mortguage and pay $1200/mo
00:26 iamturnip 10-4 on that
00:27 iamturnip i am sure somethign will come up that i want
00:27 iamturnip i dont want big
00:27 rue_house single places are bordering $400k
00:27 rue_house so it seems
00:33 iamturnip so backing up to phones I am going to assume you dont have any converter boxes
00:34 rue_house no I could make an avr circuit
00:34 rue_house I'm not aware of the existance of converters
00:35 iamturnip they do exsist commercailly, I can get them online just thought I would keep money local first ;)
00:35 iamturnip if you have any pap2 boxes kicking around let me know
00:35 rue_house rotary switch in, dtmf out, power in
00:35 rue_house no pap2's
00:36 rue_house I dont think they exist
00:37 iamturnip http://www.oldphoneworks.com/pulse-to-tone-converter.html
00:37 iamturnip is an example
00:37 rue_house sls, \\\\\\
00:38 rue_house ugh, this keyboard has issues
00:38 rue_house anyhow, cool, I didn't know they existed
00:39 iamturnip http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10024/products_qanda_item09186a0080a35d2c.shtml i need the 12v version
00:40 rue_house 12->5 conversion is easy
00:40 rue_house oh I see what you mean tho
00:45 iamturnip http://www.oldphoneworks.com/rotatone-pulse-to-tone-converter-installed-in-your-phone.html <-- much cleaner i like this option - why do i always like the pricey stuff
00:45 rue_house I should get my shop paying for itself too
00:45 iamturnip you should and I could help you with that
00:46 rue_house I was thining of having robots build things all day
00:46 iamturnip you're the band I am the band manager
00:46 rue_house I put togethor another etching tank, havn't tested it yet