Still more PBX-wise. It's (acting like it's) alive!

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Thu Aug 19 01:38:13 1999

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Daniel A. Seagraves wrote:

> fun stuff. First, the console gets VERY confused when the things boots,
> and for about 30 seconds or so, the alarm goes off, all (or most of) the
> lights come on, and all of the various tones (intercept, dial, busy, etc.)

That's pretty standard. It sounds like it's going through startup
diagnostics.

> sound at once. The tones themselved sound the same as the tones on the
> public network today. I was hoping for something interesting... Also, I

What do you expect? Horns and sirens? It's AT&T. They ARE the public
network.

Where are you hearing these tones? Are you listening in on a phone or the
console or something?

> Also, does anyone have the pinout of a trunk connector? You see, all
Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 01:38:13 BST