[NTLK] Siemens Note Phone

[Sonny Hung]

Sylvain,

I've got a German NotePhone that was converted to US by Frank G. awhile
back.
Since the setup for the Base Unit is wired for the German telephone system
I had to research and fabricate my own telephone cabling to convert it for
the US which I did.
My NotePhone was able to be used as a telephone here in the US but
afterwards is an issue occurred with the Base Unit with the handset not
recognizing it was on the hook.
This causes the Base Unit to think it was in use (off the hook - handset
off the base unit).
I've discussed this problem with Frank but so far no solution has been
found to resolve this.
I believe it has to do with the electronics (parts) aging and when the Base
Unit's logicboard warms up the problem arises.
If it's cold it would work at times.
I've tried to contact some electronics repair shops to investigate what
could be the cause of this fault but without schematic for the Base Unit
logicboard this is impossible to someone like me who's not literate with
electronics at the board level.

So suffice to say I have a NotePhone (Newton) with a US logic board
installed.
With my NotePhone unit fully assembled (Base Unit withModem attached and
NotePhone Newton sitting in its cradle) it does work as a speakerphone.
Based on my discussion with Frank IIRC he did a test with my unit using the
Fax feature and that it worked. My NotePhone Newton should have a drawing
stored that he tested with.
Of course I could be mistaken as it's been quite a few years since our
discussion and I'll have to rely on Frank's memory or see if I can track
down my email conversation with him about this.
If I get a chance to locate the emails I'll report back, but I'm not sure
how much time I have or how readily it can be located. We will see.

God bless,

Sonny Hung
the Hung Family


On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 12:13 PM Sylvain Pilet <sylvain at pilet.net> wrote:

>
> > Le 13 nov. 2020 à 16:49, Sonny Hung <sonnyhung at gmail.com> a écrit :
> >
> > Are you sure Sylvain? Has this been tested or is there a pkg that is
> > missing?
> >
> > God bless,
> >
> > Sonny Hung
> > the Hung Family
> >
>
> Sonny,
>
> It seemed to me that someone on the list had said that the NotePhone
> specific features were not available on the US version of the Newton 100
> (H1000), I don't remember who.
> I have a feeling that Frank Gründel had also made a conversion at one time
> (https://www.pda-soft.de/notephone.jpg).
> I also have an identical version, but in truth I never tested the specific
> functions of the NotePhone, because I had to create a cable corresponding
> to the French telephone sockets, (it's not identical to the German one) I
> could make this cable and try it to see. My problem is that I no longer
> have the original components of the NotePhone, I had reinstalled in the
> Newton 100 Us with which I had made the exchange of components, this Newton
> 100 US (with the components of the NotePhone) was in one of the boxes that
> were stolen from me during a move a few years ago.
> Because before testing with a US version it would have been better to try
> it in the original configuration.
>
> Frank, had you tested the NotePhone specific functions after you made this
> modification?
>
>
> [FR]
> - - -
> Il me semblait que quelqu'un sur la liste avait dit que les fonctions
> spécifiques au NotePhone n'étaient pas accessibles aux version US des
> Newton 100 (H1000), je ne sais plus qui.
> Je me souveins que Frank Gründel avait fait lui aussi une conversion à une
> époque (https://www.pda-soft.de/notephone.jpg).
> J'ai également une version identique en anglais, mais en vérité je n'ai
> jamais testé les fonctions spécifiques au NotePhone, car je devais créer un
> câble correspondant aux prises téléphoniques françaises, ce n'est pas
> identique à l’Allemagne. Je pourrais réaliser ce câble et essayer pour
> voir. Mais j’aurais préférer tester en premier avec la configuration
> d’origine. Sauf que je n'ai plus les composants d'origines du NotePhone,
> j'avais réinstallé dans le Newton 100 Us avec lequel j'avais fait l'échange
> de composants, mais ce Newton 100 US (avec les composants du NotePhone)
> était dans un des cartons qui m'ont été volés lors d'un déménagement il y a
> quelques années.
>
> Frank, avais-tu testé les fonctions spécifiques aux NotePhone après avoir
> fait cette modification ?
> - - -
>
>
> Sylvain Pilet
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