Cordless Phone Test 2

[SheepDog]

Is there a test to tell if a person is using a cordless phone at there extension?

Cordless phones are prohibited here and we do not want them to be in use.

Bill

 

[Dustinn3]

Richard,

You're not alone, I have close to 600 analog ports myself, being a hospital we use a lot of disposable phones.

I never noticed the field either until we traded out all of our 900 MHZ wireless phones to 2.4 or 5.8 GHz for privacy issues with HIPPA. Took me a little while to figure it out, but turning it off got rid of the phantom rings.

I too have fallen victim the forums random spelling errors, or it could be my total reliance on spellcheck, damn Bill Gates has me sucked in now so I'm useless without it.

 

[PeaveyPhones]

I've done a little research and here is what I've found out.
"y" in the test field allows you to use the test station xxxx command. When I set the the Tests? field to "n" and then ran the test station xxxx, the results were ABORT on Test No. 35, 48, and 36.
I set the Tests? field back to "y"
Ran test station xxxx with 2500 set connected, it passed on Test No. 35, 48, and 36.
I disconnected the 2500 set. Ran the test again. Test No. 35 and 48 failed.
It seems that you can at least determine if "something" is plugged in by using the test station xxxx command.
The reason the n is an option is that the test might damage certain types of equipment, dictaphone ect. Who uses those anymore?

Richard

 

[PeaveyPhones]

Dustin,
Forgot about all those hospitals. I worked at St Pauls in Dallas for six months (contract). SO much fun replacing a bad phone in a sick persons room. NOT!

Richard

 

[CableMonkey]

If you’re really determined to find those cordless phone users, you could get one of those fancy spy RF detectors and when you pickup on a RF signal you could knock down their office door and say “Phone Police...put down the phone!” PeaveyPhones, You should get one too since there is a left wing plot against you.

http://www.spytechs.com/bug_sweep_equip/cpm700.htm

Actually, I agree with PeaveyPhones. Since there isn’t a reliable way to find the cordless phones from the PBX, it is a management issue.

 

[AvayaHelp]

This thread is too long, but I had to add PeaveyPhones - You made my morning with your comments, don't ever change LOL!

Avaya, Octel, AUDIX, CMS and other fun stuff.

"There is always a way, it may not be pretty but there is always a way."

&quot;I don't have a technical solution to your management problem.&quot; <PeaveyPhones>

P:-D

 

[PeaveyPhones]

CableMonkey,
I agree about the RF detectors. I hired a guy to go over all of our facilities when I started here. Looking for bugs. Found a 60 Minutes crew living in the ceiling above the CEO's office. They had quite a little setup. Catered meals, satellite uplink....
FixerofPhones
Shouldn't that be FixerOfPhones?
Thanks for your kind comments.

Richard

 

[Toni269]

Richard, you are hilarious - it's nice to get some comic relief in here at times, thanks for the good laugh!

Toni269
(Sorry about my $0.02 I know this post is too long, just had to say something, and I did think that the &quot;answer my question please&quot; sounded a bit rude, I was shocked I tell you, shocked, when I read it. Also and the &quot;y&quot; in that field does ring my analog phones 900Mhz every 15 minutes)

 

[PeaveyPhones]

Just when I thought this was cleared up. This post is obviously NOT LONG ENOUGH

Toni,
I don't think having the &quot;y&quot; in the Tests? field alone is causing the phone to ring. There has to be other factors in play here.

Richard

 

[AvayaHelp]

Hey PeaveyPhones - TaDa! Name corrected, now the thread is really loooong.

Avaya, Octel, AUDIX, CMS and other fun stuff.

&quot;There is always a way, it may not be pretty but there is always a way.&quot;

&quot;I don't have a technical solution to your management problem.&quot; <PeaveyPhones>

P:-D

 

[PeaveyPhones]

Good for you FixerOfPhones
Sincerley
FixerOfNames

PS Thanks for the credit on my motto. The world needs to know this.

 

[SheepDog]

I am glad I wa able to get everyone together for a chat I need to ask some more questions. I have never seen as long a discussion as this one.

I guess there really is no way to do a test thru the switch that will tell if a cordless phone is present.

 

[PeaveyPhones]

SheepDog,
You're a catalyst, man!

This is nothing compared to the guitar player forum I participate in. Lot's of young Socailist across the pond. Those discussions can go on for pages and pages. They have NO clue about the free market.
*Puts soapbox away before getting really wound up*

Richard

 

[CaNNaBiS]

I would just go to Rat Shack and get a cheapo scanner, use it for a week and take it back.

 

[PeaveyPhones]

Cannabis.
Spoken like a true pot head.

Do we need any more proof that legalization is a bad idea?
Richard

 

[AvayaHelp]

Aw com'on now Peavey You have to admit that CaNNaBiS is at least a little bit ingenius, although when the haze wears off he see the light, lol!

Avaya, Octel, AUDIX, CMS and other fun stuff.

&quot;There is always a way, it may not be pretty but there is always a way.&quot;

&quot;I don't have a technical solution to your management problem.&quot; <PeaveyPhones>

P:-D

 

[PeaveyPhones]

FixerOfPhones,
One can only hope the haze will clear.
Richard

 

[griffitovic]

Just a note on this topic. We were testing a new application that uses Winmodems in our office. We connected a bunch of PCs using different types of internal modems. Some of the modems interpreted this test that occurs every 15 minutes as rings also. Very humbling to have to go to the data boys and tell them that my "dumb" analog lines were causing phantom rings to their app. Thanks to this thread I was able to find the problem and correct it.

 

[SheepDog]

So has anyone figured out if I can do I test to determine cordless phones at an analog extension??

 

[manfmmd]

The only test that I can think of is the leather/rubber test. Use the Leather and Rubber in your shoes to walk over to management and tell them that there is NOTHING that you can do about it.


**Officially ending this thread**

 

[chiefred]

I would first group the analog extensions into actual hard phones, modems, or fax machines. Then weed out visible fax machines --- start looking at modems--do you have CAS or some program that you can see inbound/outbound call details on modem extensions--

Its a start