I'm installing a credit card machine at work - the instructions say to ensure its connected to a PSTN line, never RS232.
2006-12-18 04:19:15 · 6 answers · asked by Queen of the Stone Age 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
Can i use the same socket as i use for the fax line?
2006-12-18 04:26:42 · update #1
a phone line is PSTN.
plug a phone in, pick it up and if you've got dial tone, your ok.
(assuming your not using an IP phone or something )
Credit card machines just plug into any telephone socket, nothing complicated.
The instructions with your machine are slightly nonsense...all they needed to say was plug into a phone socket.
Hope you get it working before Christmas, i hate for you to miss out on those extra sales !
2006-12-18 04:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by Michael H 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Can you plug a regular BT approved phone into the socket ? If so, it is PSTN. RS232 sockets are more square, and too small to take a BT plug. They look like a small version of a network socket.
2006-12-18 12:46:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
PSTN stands for Public Service Telephone Network. This means that you will need a dial tone and that is the exact same connection as what you would plug a phone in...
RS-232 connection will not fit in a regular wall phone jack.
2006-12-18 12:24:29 · answer #3 · answered by Paul J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are able to make and recive calls as normal then you have a pstn line, rs232 are very outdated now so it is highley unlikley thats what you have you can call service provider to be sure, you can attach a fax machine but it may cause interfernce so i would advise you not to!
2006-12-18 15:13:58 · answer #4 · answered by foxy lady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's a normal telephone socket, then it will be PSTN (Public services telephone network)
2006-12-18 12:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by jayktee96 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
y do u even waana know ??? :P:P
2006-12-18 12:48:15 · answer #6 · answered by MoHiT ... 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋