[Shop-talk] Bluetooh to RJ-11 phone line adaptor

[John P. New]

What about putting another bluetooth cordless system in the shop and connect it to the main telephone service via one of the telephone pairs from your house? Incoming calls to your landline would be picked up by both systems but you would answer on only one. In essence you would have two cordless networks; they wouldn't interfere with each other because you've already said there's no signal between the house and shop. Instead of missing calls when you are in the shop, you would only miss them when you are walking between the two :-)

I don't know how expensive the bluetooth phone system is but it's an alternative in the "any possible way to do this" category.

John P. New
London, Ontario, Canada

On April 20, 2017 08:33:07 AM eric at megageek.com wrote:
> Ok, this is shop related as it is causing me issues when I'm trying to 
> work in my shop.  With all the networking discussion, this fits in.
> 
> 
> Here is the situation...
> 
> My shop is about 100' from the house.  In my house I have a bluetooth 
> cordless phone system that pairs with my cell phone when I'm home (it also 
> uses my existing landline.)
> This way I can answer my cell phone or landline on any extension in the 
> house. 
> I have been unable to find anyway to get the cordless phone signal to the 
> garage.  Note, There is a concrete garage in between the house (the house 
> has stone walls) and the shop is a metal building.  The three worst types 
> of buildings to transmit a signal through.
> 
> I have lots of RJ-11 and Cat5 cable run from the house to the garage.  (so 
> there are spare pairs.)
> What I need is either:
> -a bluetooth adaptor that can pair with my cell phone and offers a RJ-11 
> Jack out.  That way I can run that line into the shop.  I can only find 
> devices that take a RJ-11 IN and pair with a headset.
> -a way to boost/transmit/run over cable the cordless phone signal.
> 
> I'm open to any possible way to do this.  (Do they have PBX'es that pair 
> with bluetooth?)  8>)
> 
> Thanks so much for this.  I hate missing calls because I'm in my shop.
> 
> 
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