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Re: Tone frequencies on telephone

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From: Scott Fraser
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 20:35
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In article <1992Nov17.075719.23612@riacs.edu> gt8741b@prism.gatech.edu (Chris Adams) writes:
>Can someone tell me what the frequencies of the buttons on a telephone generate
>and what the dial tone frequency is?  I am trying to build something, and I
>need to recognize a dial tone, and generate button presses.
>--


I forgot the dial tones for you...

from CCITT Document APIII-84

Use		Frequencies	Power *		Cadence
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dial tone	350 & 440 Hz	-13 dBm0	Continuous

Busy tone	480 & 620 Hz 	-24 dBm0	0.5 sec on/0.5 sec off

Reorder tone	480 & 620 Hz	-24 dBm0	0.2 sec on/0.3 sec off

Audible 
ringing tone	440 & 480 Hz	-16 dBm0	2 sec on/4 sec off

Call waiting 	440 Hz		-13 dBm0	Single 500-ms pulse

* Power per Frequency at Exchange where Tone is Applied


Scott


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