atcomsystems.ca/forum Forums Other TDM Phone Systems 1A2 and Comkey Telephones & Systems 416 KTU

Gentlemen: Sorry to be behind in responding to your always sage advice and comments. I have been busy trying to move into the new old house where I would like to install my 1A2 system. Anyway, sorry about the ITT 601/611 confusion. I thought it was a 611. Sam, the application I had in mind was something such as lifting a handset by the back door and it automatically ringing the kitchen phone. I still am not sure if I want/need the 415 or 416 card after reading your comments. What do you think? What is manual vs. automatic mean on these KTU cards?

Bill -

Manual means you had to lift the handset and then press a signal key to ring the other end. It was considered a more reliable method of signalling then automatic which just required you to lift the handset to signal.

If all you want to do is to signal from the back door then automatic is the way to go. If you have a 416 then by all means - use it! Set the back door to be the distant (automatic side). If you don't have a 416 you would need TWO 415s or one 4415. PM me if you want a 4415, I have a couple in the dreaded basement. (The 4415 was not a 1A2 KTU - it was just a box about the size of a trade paperback that wired to the KSU)

If you're looking for something newer, slicker and more modern I believe Viking makes an door answering systemn that will work with 1A2. Sandman has one too (www.sandman.com - search for 'door box'). Both of those systems have a speakerphone in a door plate with button so you wouldn't have to hang a phone outside.

Sam