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- From: paulr@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Paul Russell)
- Subject: Re: Tone frequencies on telephone
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.154928.17938@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Sussex
- References: <1eg588INNs78@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:49:28 GMT
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- From article <1eg588INNs78@uniwa.uwa.edu.au>, by markd@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Mark Diamond):
- > 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.
- >>--
- >>Chris Adams | "If tin whistles are made of tin,
- >>Georgia Tech | what do they make foghorns from?"
- >>Internet: gt8741b@prism.gatech.edu| -- Lonnie Donegan
- >>----------------------------------+
- >
- > I don't recall the tone frequencies. However, they are easily found in
- > the published ISO, British and Australian standards. Presumably these,
- > or the USA equivalent should be easily obtainable. Basically, each
- > digit (as well as the * and # functions) are composed of 2 frequencies
- > sounded together. All keys in the same Column share the same lower tone
- > (with the lower tone ascending across columns) ... and similarly for the
- > rows.
- >
-
- Sorry, missed the original message - here they are anyway...
-
- 1 2 3 A : 697 Hz
-
- 4 5 6 B : 770 Hz
- (low tones)
- 7 8 9 C : 852 Hz
-
- * 0 # D : 941 Hz
- ---- ---- ---- ----
- 1209 1336 1477 1633 Hz
- (high tones)
-
- //Paul
-
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