Wireless butt set
First Claim
1. A test set for testing a telephone line comprising a test set base station that is connectable to and contains test circuitry for testing said telephone line, and a wireless telephone handset, that is configured to engage said base station as an integrated hand-held test set assembly, and to be detached therefrom, and wherein said wireless handset is controllably operative to wirelessly communicate with and control the operation of said base station, wherein said wireless telephone handset has an electrical receptacle that mates with an associated electrical connector installed in said base station when said base station and said wireless telephone handset are joined together, so as to provide a hardwired communication path between communication transceiver components of said base station and said wireless telephone handset.
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Abstract
A wireless butt set for testing a telephone line includes a base station that is connectable to tip and ring leads of a line under test and is configured to be operated by a wireless telephone handset. The handset is detachably nestable with the base station to form a hand-held integrated butt set assembly. This configuration allows a craftsperson to directly or remotely control the test set using controls of the wireless telephone handset. The internal circuitry of the base station is placed in a high impedance line-monitoring mode without going off-hook, in response to one ‘click’ of a talk switch of the handset, and goes off-hook in response to a ‘double-click’ of the talk switch the handset.
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19 Claims
- 1. A test set for testing a telephone line comprising a test set base station that is connectable to and contains test circuitry for testing said telephone line, and a wireless telephone handset, that is configured to engage said base station as an integrated hand-held test set assembly, and to be detached therefrom, and wherein said wireless handset is controllably operative to wirelessly communicate with and control the operation of said base station, wherein said wireless telephone handset has an electrical receptacle that mates with an associated electrical connector installed in said base station when said base station and said wireless telephone handset are joined together, so as to provide a hardwired communication path between communication transceiver components of said base station and said wireless telephone handset.
- 13. A test set for testing a telephone line comprising a test set base station that contains test circuitry for testing said telephone line, and a wireless telephone handset that is configured to wirelessly communicate with and control the operation of said base station, said test circuitry of said base station being configured to monitor said telephone line via said wireless telephone handset without going off-hook, in response to a first prescribed operation of a talk switch of said wireless telephone handset, and to go off-hook in response to a second prescribed operation of said talk switch of said wireless telephone handset, wherein said wireless telephone handset has an electrical receptacle that mates with an associated electrical connector installed in said base station when said base station and said wireless telephone handset are joined together, so as to provide a hardwired communication path between communication transceiver components of said base station and said wireless telephone handset.
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19. A wireless butt set for testing a telephone line comprising a test set base station that is connect able to said telephone line and is configured to be operated by a wireless telephone handset, that is detachably connect able to said base station, so as to allow a craftsperson to directly or remotely control operation of said test set via said wireless telephone handset, and wherein test circuitry of said base station is configured to monitor said telephone line via said wireless telephone handset without going off-hook, in response to a first prescribed operation of a talk switch of said wireless telephone handset, and to go off-hook in response to a second prescribed operation of said talk switch of said wireless telephone handset, wherein said wireless telephone handset has an electrical receptacle that mates with an associated electrical connector installed in said base station when said base station and said wireless telephone handset are joined together, so as to provide a hardwired communication path between communication transceiver components of said base station and said wireless telephone handset.
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