TEST THE OUTSIDE LINES
This step is optional, but if you have a basic Touch-Tone telephone with a
modular plug, you should test your outside line connections now. It can save
time and frustration later.
Network interface
NOTE:
A
MERLIN
system voice terminal will not work for this test.
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Bring a basic Touch-Tone telephone with a modular plug to the jacks
for your outside telephone lines (either at the network interface or at
the jack field).
Plug the telephone’s modular cord into each outside line jack and listen
for a dial tone.
2-Line adapter
If
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Do This
you have tested each
each outside line has a
Continue with the
outside line
dial tone
installation.
a line does not have a
the jack for that line at
Have the local
dial tone
the network interface is
telephone company
a 1-line jack (RJ11-type)
check the line and the
network interface. Mean-
while, continue with the
installation.
the jack for that line at
Replace the adapter
the network interface is
with a new one, and try
a 2-line jack (RJ14-type)
again for a dial tone. If
with a 2-line adapter
the problem remains,
(267C)
have the local telephone
company check the line
and the network inter-
face. Meanwhile, con-
tinue with the
installation.
the jack for that line is in
Check the wiring run
the jack field
from the network inter-
face to the jack, and fix
any loose connections.
If the problem remains,
have the local telephone
company check the line
and the network inter-
face. Meanwhile, con-
tinue with the
installation.
Jack field
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