yes simply connect a neon lamp across the phone line
when a call comes in the lamp glows and completes the circuit and trips
the offhook relay at the co

SHAWN ELLIS wrote:

> Does anybody out there know if it is possible to "shunt" the ring
> from a "home" telephone system.  What I mean by that is is it
> possible to stop all extensions on the system from ringing from a
> single extension?
>
> Mabye by apllying an alternating current to "even out" the ring wave,
> or shunting the ring wire to ground or something like that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Shawn Ellis
> sellis@rx.uga.edu