"Matthew" <matthew.humphreys@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
>
> All the extension sockets in our house, are wired via the master
socket
> in the office.
>
> There are 3 wires - green, red and black connected to the connectore
> strip on the back of the removable (lower half) of the master socket
> front plate.
>
> Last time the engineers cam out they said that if there was ever any
> problems with the line, pull these 3 wires out and it will allow me to
> see of the fault is with the extensions.
>
> I'd like to be able to connect my asterisk server to these extensions,
> and not have them ring at all when the bt line is called.
>
> What I planned to do was connect a standard phone cable with a moulded
> plug joined to thegreen red and black cables, and connect this to the
> ATA and this asterisk.
>
> As I test, I connected the lead (matching red to red etc etc and then
> put the front back on the master socket. I then connected the plug
> into the socket on the front of the master socket - but there was no
> dialtone at any on the extension sockets.
>
> Can anyone point out the error of my ways and let me know what I'm
> doing wrong?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
>
> Matthew
>
Those wire colours aren't used in proper telephone wiring.
See http://tinyurl.com/4gu1
The wirs should be blue with white, orange with white, white with orange
& white with blue.
If I were you, I would rip out that rubbish wiring and put proper stuff
in.
Use CW1308 that Maplin & others sell.
Regards Mike.