Is this PIC related???

>>
>>BUZZT
>>On this they do! The line voltage is 48V in the specs (Telstra 1563) and
it
>>has a minimum voltage drop (2V) to the tip and ring lines irrespective of
>>the exchange battery which can be in the range of 42 to 56V. As for the
>>current, 20mA is the nominal limit, however exchanges must operate down to
>>17mA (Austel TS002).
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>Un-BZZt.  Do you see a spec for OFF-HOOK voltage at the subscriber side?
>No you don't.  ON-Hook is easy, and yes, they all spec that. Off-Hook is
the
>interesting one.
>
>>As for the current-orientated world, yes! But does your equipment work
down
>>to 3V (This is what providers would like, so that the exchange lines can
be
>>longer), but on this Austel TS002 says that the voltage across the
>equipment
>>should not be less than 8V.
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>
>All I need is 20mA and about 2.4V across me.
>
>>As for the light bulb surviving line transients, well unless it is
>something
>>like a 6MW bulb, i don't think it would go past a 20KA pulse test!
>
>
>I mean in this limited app, to provide a quick hack to link two modems. I
>don't design CO equipment in email.