How do I set up house phones to work with HAL?

Related Product(s): HALdeluxe, HAL2000

You must have a HAL-compatible modem in order to talk to HAL using phones within the house.

If you wish to use just one phone in the house to talk to HAL, simply plug that phone into the "Phone" jack on the modem. To talk to HAL, pick up the handset for that phone and press the attention key (the default attention key is the pound [#] key). HAL will say "Yes?" to indicate that it's listening. You can now give HAL commands through that phone.

 

If you wish to use any phone in the house to talk to HAL, you will need to redirect wires at the telephone junction box outside the house so that the phone lines go to HAL before they continue to the other phones in the house. Go to the related topic in the Diagrams FAQs for more information on this setup.