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New “Crash Phone” Hub Accelerates Emergency Response Time

Designed specifically for emergency telephone applications, the Model TC8938 Crash Phone Hub from TC Communications creates an immediate, time-saving party line connection in which airport or mass transportation personnel only need to explain or update a crisis situation one time.

Picking up the master phone will immediately ring all remote telephone extensions. Any remote phone can join the conference by picking up the phone. The remote phone will keep ringing until either the handset is off hook or the master phone restores on-hook status.

For example, if an emergency at an airport occurs, picking up the master phone in the control tower will automatically ring all remote telephone extensions. Remote extensions could be located at local police, fire, ambulance, and health facility locations.

The TC8938 receives a 2-wire analog POTS signal from the master port and broadcasts it to up to 7 telephone extensions. A PBX is not required. It provides one master FXS port for initiating the phone call and 7 FXS extension ports, each connecting to 2-wire analog phones. Each remote port provides its own ring generator that rings a conventional 2-wire analog phone.

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