Telephone question please help

[jijo_robert]

I am planning to use home automation (possibly Homeseer running in a custom built server). I need to distribute phone lines through out the house. There are 8 phone lines (6 VOIP number, and 2 analog phone line from phone company). I am planning to use KX TA824 panasonic system to do the pbx. Can I have have 3 VOIP and 1 analog in each handset?

If so, I am guessing I need to run two cat wires to each location? pleaes clarify and help if I am missing something

 

[upstatemike]

I am planning to use home automation (possibly Homeseer running in a custom built server). I need to distribute phone lines through out the house. There are 8 phone lines (6 VOIP number, and 2 analog phone line from phone company). I am planning to use KX TA824 panasonic system to do the pbx. Can I have have 3 VOIP and 1 analog in each handset?

If so, I am guessing I need to run two cat wires to each location? pleaes clarify and help if I am missing something

I am assuming you want to use system phones and not single line phones with your 824? If so then you will run your 8 incoming lines to your 824 control unit and run a wire from the control unit to each phone. The phones require 4 conductors so if you run 1 CAT5 to each location you will have some extra conductors. (I have places where I have 2 phones close together and have run two extensions over 1 cat5 with no problem.)

Each system phone (handset) will be able to access all 8 phone lines but you can change that on a per phone basis through programming. Your automation system (Stargate, Elk M1, Homeseer way2call, etc.) would connect to a spare extension using the directions for attaching a single line phone.

 

[bwally]

Each system phone (handset) will be able to access all 8 phone lines but you can change that on a per phone basis through programming. Your automation system (Stargate, Elk M1, Homeseer way2call, etc.) would connect to a spare extension using the directions for attaching a single line phone.

If I am using a TA824 with an Elk panel and I am just using system phones should the Elk be wired before or after the TA824?

My setup will have an Elk and a TA824 with two incoming phone lines. I plan on wiring Line 2 to the Elk for security and incoming control ... should Line 2 first wire to the Elk then over to the Panasonic? Or should it be setup like you suggested using an extension line from the Panasonic wired as a SLP ?

 

[upstatemike]

Each system phone (handset) will be able to access all 8 phone lines but you can change that on a per phone basis through programming. Your automation system (Stargate, Elk M1, Homeseer way2call, etc.) would connect to a spare extension using the directions for attaching a single line phone.

If I am using a TA824 with an Elk panel and I am just using system phones should the Elk be wired before or after the TA824?

My setup will have an Elk and a TA824 with two incoming phone lines. I plan on wiring Line 2 to the Elk for security and incoming control ... should Line 2 first wire to the Elk then over to the Panasonic? Or should it be setup like you suggested using an extension line from the Panasonic wired as a SLP ?

This depends on the primary purpose for hooking the Elk to the phone line. If it is primarily for alarm reporting you should connect the M1 to line 2 ahead of the TA824 using an RJ31X in a line siezure configuration. If it is primarily for HA control then connect the M1 to a spare extension and use the programming features of the phone system to allow incoming and outgoing calls to the CO lines. The first option overrides the phone system to ensure the alarm goes out. The second option allows you to do more things but it depends on the phone system being operational to send out an alarm and it cannot override the CO line if it is in use by another extension.