Phone in the shop?

When we changed from a hard-wired phone system to a set of wireless handsets powered by Vonage, I lost my phone-triggered flashing light in the shop.

What do you guys do to hear, or see, that the phone is ringing?

Does anyone know of a gizmo that can be triggered by a wireless phone signal that would flash a light (not necessarily the overhead lights) in the shop when the saw, or the DC, or the lathe, etc., is running and I can't hear the phone?

(The other) George

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George
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Plantronics makes all kinds of phone stuff. This might be what you're looking for:

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Roy Smith

I ignore the phone and use an answering machine :)

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dadiOH

I hardly use the home phone any more - my cell phone lives in my pocket, set on vibrate. Of course I ignore it if I'm in the middle of anything potentially dangerous involving power tools, but it doesn't vibrate sharply enough to startle me or anything. Seems to work for me. Andy

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Andy

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George

Nothing. Don't want to, either. That's why I have an answering machine. I don't have a phone in my shop, and if I ever put one in, it will have the ringer disabled. The LAST thing I want is to be startled while I'm operating machinery.

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Doug Miller

I go to the workshop to get away from things and have some me time. The phone stays in the house.

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efgh

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Unfortunately, no direct input for the wireless other than the set here has a blinky red light after a message is received (that's real annoying and I've never learned how to retrieve messages from the d---'d thing :( ). :)

If it's a business phone and prompt response is important, guess getting into habit to check for messages would be the ticket...

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dpb

I have a hardwired phone on both sides of my shop. It's for my convenience. If I can't hear it, too bad.

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Mortimer Schnerd, RN

Mon, Jul 30, 2007, 10:18am snipped-for-privacy@nc.rr.com (George) doth query: What do you guys do to hear, or see, that the phone is ringing?

Doan gots no steenkin' phone in the shop.

Not 100% accurate. I do hav a el cheapo pre-paid cell phone for emergency use. Carry it in a pants pocket, turned off, unless I desire to use it. $20 for the phone, including charger, about $5-10 a month service. If you think you "need" to know about incoming calls, I go along with the guys who say answering machine - in the house. My last answering machine died and I never replaced it.

The old farmer finally got a phone. His buddy was over playing checkers, when the phone rang. The old farmer just sat there. Finally his buddy asks him if he's going to answer it. The farmer says, "Nope, I got it for my convenience, not for someone else's.".

When I answer my phone, and it's someone I don't know thier voice, I ask, "What you sellin'?". Then I tell them I don't what it, to take my number off their call list, then I hang up. Do you really thinkI I'd want crap calls like that when I'm in my shop?

JOAT I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do them. - Picasso

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J T

You've got a vonage box, with a wired connection to the wireless base-station, no?

If so just run that same wiring out to the 'same old' flashing light in the shop.

Or did you have some kind of 'ultra fancy' light that reacted to the

-sound- of a ringing phone nearby -- as distinct from something that reacted to the ringing signal on the phone wire?

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Robert Bonomi

snipped-for-privacy@host122.r-bonomi.com (Robert Bonomi) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

Vonage MAY NOT have that signal identified in their box. Not all VoIP services do. You'd likely want to check, if it were important to you.

Patriarch

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Patriarch

I agree in principle, but I do carry the phone to the shop. I want to be able to call 911 if needed.

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Edwin Pawlowski

Ditto above emergency only

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henry

IMO, having a phone *with a ringer* in the shop makes you more likely to

*need* to call 911. Someday, I'll put one in, but I'm not in a big rush to do so, and when I do, I'll disable the ringer. My shop's in the basement, and there's already a phone only ten or twelve steps away from the shop door if I need it.
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Doug Miller

junction box and conected my incmming wires to it. All my phones work normally - wired and wireless. I think you might COMPLAIN to Vonage or the ISP and see if they don't have a solution.

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Hoosierpopi

Our cordless setup has a flasher on the handset to let you know that the phone is ringing, if you can't hear it... As most of the time I DON'T hear it, I'm glad that it also blinks when someone leaves a message..

When we lived in the States, I had the base unit in the shop, so that I could use a ringer/flasher from radio shack... now, I just let the wife answer it, it's usually for her anyway.. *g*

mac

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mac davis

Damn good idea, bro... I did the same, back when I had a cell.. the wife is in charge of it now, since I don't call anyone from Baja..

Another thing about emergency use... It's recommended that you program a someone's number in the phone to notify in case of emergency.. Make the name in your phonebook ICE...emergency personnel are trained to look for the number if the person in trouble has a cell phone..

mac

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mac davis

Tue, Jul 31, 2007, 9:38am (EDT-3) snipped-for-privacy@bajadavis.com (mac=A0davis) doth sayeth: It's recommended that you program a someone's number in the phone to notify in case of emergency.. Make the name in your phonebook ICE...emergency personnel are trained to look for the number if the person in trouble has a cell phone..

I can list numbers, which I've done. I have no idea what ICE is. So much info to absorb, so little concern about absorbing most of it. I think I'll just list my son's number, and label it, CALL IN CASE OF EMERGENCY; that ought to cover it.

JOAT I do things I don't know how to do, so that I might learn how to do them. - Picasso

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J T

snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net (J T) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@storefull-3336.bay.webtv.net:

ICE is frozen water. Since it's capitolized, it's being emphasized in some matter, such as ICE CREAM! It's often used to sooth sports injuries, so if you see someone injured playing ice hockey remember he's got an advantage if he gets hurt. It's only an inch or so to the ice for him. ;-)

On cell phones, a number labeled ICE is for someone else to call In Case of Emergency. This way an EMT doesn't have to spend time calling everyone in your phone to try to help you.

Here's the keystrokes to type that out on my cell phone keypad:

222 2 555 555 # 444 66 # 222 2 7777 33 # 666 333 # 33 6 33 777 4 33 66 222 999

As opposed to "ICE":

444 222 33

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