Socotel S63 on SFR box

Hello,

No, you shouldn't use the S63 in pulse mode on internet BOXes... It's simple, the pulses create voltage spikes in the digital circuits and it damages them quickly... and if you're spotted, you could get into trouble. No extra loud ringing either.

Moreover, the corresponding exchanges no longer exist...

It's better to buy a set of cordless phones like "Trio or Quatro" and distribute them around your house as needed; it's much more reliable (you can find the whole set for under €100).

Hello.

The S63 SOCOTEL can have three types of dial for numbering:

1) The mechanical dial: it's a decimal emission, it is incompatible with numbering on most Boxes.

2) The decimal key keypad: (keypad) also incompatible with most Boxes.

3) The DTMF key keypad: (keypad, Voice frequency emission) is compatible with all Boxes.

To find out if your Box is compatible with a mechanical or key dial, you should inquire with your service provider or better, test it yourself by connecting the device to the Box and performing a dialing test (for this, use a Gigogne/RJ11 adapter).

There is no risk to the Box by connecting an old key or dial phone to it.

With a key phone: If you hear a frequency when dialing that's OK, it is using voice frequencies and is compatible with the Box. If you hear "Tac - Tac," that's not good, it's a decimal keypad. Keypads that have "R" and "T" keys are decimal, those that have "*" and "#" keys can be either one or the other, to be tested...

To operate a SOCOTEL S63 (or other U43) with a mechanical dial, you need to add a converter that will transform the decimal cutting into voice frequencies.

There are several types of converters that are more or less easy to install and with results that are not always satisfactory (coming from abroad and therefore not specifically designed for the S63, U43). I recommend the converter type IMPULSOPHONE which has proven itself on SOCOTEL (also compatible with U43), and is available for sale on eBay.

It should be noted that a key phone in decimal is not compatible, to my knowledge, with any converter currently on the market.

Best regards.

Hello,

A connected S63 to a box can very well receive calls, but is unable to make a call. (I have never heard of a box being destroyed due to connecting a pulse telephone)

It used to work on pulses and we switched to voice frequency for dialing a long time ago (mid-80s).

To be able to make a call, it needs to be converted from pulses to voice frequency.
By using circuits like "Rotatone" or "Pulse to tone" or DTMF converters, we can transform an S63 to make it compatible with a box.

This issue has been discussed many times here:
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/s/telephonie-fixe-283/user%3Abaladur13+rotatone

The problem today is probably finding these circuits on the market. Here is one:
https://fr.aliexpress.com/item/1005001371778226.html

Note: some S63 models, the less old ones, had a switch underneath allowing the switch from pulses to voice frequency, check yours.

Very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
Especially when it isn't there...

Maybe with a casing that converts impulses into digital signals, this problem could be avoided.

I was wondering about this question because I had seen these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAmADkCK6ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pULLVHqtsq8

Thank you very much! I'm quite nostalgic lol, I already have a cordless DECT. But with an S63 but not the dial with the numeric keypad I think it could work.

It's not a question of incompatibility between the box and the phone; the incompatibility lies with the telephone network that has abandoned the pulse dialing system for over 30 years.

As for the installation... it should be relatively simple.

Connect two wires from the phone on one side and a telephone cable RJ11/RJ11 on the other.

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Very difficult to catch a black cat in a dark room.
Especially when it's not there...