How do I wire my telephones so that I can pick up any phone in the house and talk to HomeSeer?
The wiring change is not very difficult and is something that you can do yourself. The electrical current from a ringing telephone is nothing to laugh at, so consider the help of an expert if you are unsure of your abilities and certainly be sure to make the wiring change when you are not expecting any phone calls! In summary, you want your phone line to come into your HomeSeer telephone device first (Way2Call Hi-Phone or HomeSeer PCI Modem) into its “Line In” jack, and then you want to take the telephony device’s “Line Out” jack and connect that to all of the phones in your house. The easy way to do this is to use your home’s existing unused wires, if you have any. Most homes have 2 pairs of wires running to every phone jack, and only one pair is needed for a telephone line. If you have a second phone line in your home that is already using the extra pair of wires, then consider running a dedicated wire for the device that the second line is for or a dedicated line to where your HomeS
