Self-monitoring line interface circuit

Telephonic communications – Diagnostic testing – malfunction indication – or electrical... – With blocking of normal usage

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379 1, 379 27, 379 29, 379399, H04M 124, H04M 308, H04M 322

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058811290

ABSTRACT:
A line circuit whose circuit components are selectively controllable by a microprocessor/DSP to provide normal BORSCHT functions or to be selectively tested without need for an electromechanical relay to isolate the line circuit from the loop conductors. The conventional line transformer is advantageously replaced by a loop current feed resistor network and either a high voltage or a lower voltage battery may be connected to provide loop current to the resistor network through a current regulator circuit and battery switch circuit. In normal operation, an ac feedback path, which includes the line receive amplifier, increases the terminating impedance above the dc value of the feed resistors so the loop termination resistor network may match the characteristic impedance of the loop at the audio frequencies employed. In the testing mode, the microprocessor/DSP selectively applies or denies power to the line driving and receive amplifiers as well as to a level shifting circuit interposed between the codec analog output and the input to isolate or include these components or to provide a codec loop-back path. The condition of the dc feed resistors and protective fuses, the condition of the loop closure detector and of the ringing generator are reported to the microprocessor/DSP over the same terminal normally used for reporting the on-hook and off-hook status of the loop.

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