JPS6412753A - Telephone line terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely select and control a terminal equipment on a reception side from a transmission side, by providing an identification means which identifies a signal from a telephone line in an on-hook state, a connection switching means which connects a line to either terminal equipment to be controlled corresponding to the identification signal, and a call signal generating means which calls the terminal equipment to be controlled. CONSTITUTION:To the terminals 43-46 of an output buffer 37, a facsimile transmitter/receiver 3 as the terminal equipment to be controlled, a communication modem 5, and switching device 8, etc., are connected. When a call signal is inputted from the telephone line 2, an automatic answering telephone set 1 responds, and a message is inputted to the telephone set. At this time, the facsimile transmitter/receiver 3 is selected by depressing, for example, a key No.10 and the button of the telephone set by a transmitter, the call signal is outputted, then, the facsimile transmitter/receiver 3 is set at a communication available state from a waiting state. Also, for example, by selecting the switching device 8, a rice boiler 6 or an air conditioner 7 is set at a control signal waiting state. In other words, it is possible to control the rice boiler 6, etc., from a remote place by the transmitter.