# Plain Old Telephone

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plain-old-telephone/31126>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 8, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plain-old-telephone/31126 "2020-01-08T01:02:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![athayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@athayer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/athayer)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plain-old-telephone/31126/1 "2020-01-08T01:02:57Z")

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Is it possible to use an old style (2) wire phone system for sending alarms?  
I really want to send messages to an answering service which would handle the call tree.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/plain-old-telephone/31126/2 "2020-01-08T12:33:21Z")

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You would need some sort of SIP to POTS gateway. I think the Atcom IP02 is supported:

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