https://telesfor.org/payphones/ 2026-10-23T20:49:31+00:00 https://telesfor.org/payphones/ https://telesfor.org/payphones/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2026-10-22T03:12:44+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=smart:elcotel&rev=1792638764&do=diff Elcotel Elcotel 5 Elcotel 5 was introduced in April 1989. It needs a 6V lead or NiCad battery to operate, slowly charged from the phone line only when off-hook. Settings and rates are stored in the non-volatile memory (8kB EEPROM) and will never be lost even if battery is drained. text/html 2026-10-20T03:44:21+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=cards&rev=1792467861&do=diff Instruction cards Single slot phones, either WE or COCOT (except GTE 120B) share the same size instruction windows: top at 6.125“ x 1.925”, bottom 6.125“ x 2.65”. Actual instruction cards are typically slightly taller, i.e. 6⅛“ x 2⅛” text/html 2026-10-20T01:31:50+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=coin:1slot&rev=1792459910&do=diff Single-slot payphones (placeholder) In 1965, AT&T introduced its first redesign of the pay telephone — the single slot, flat fronted 1A1. The design remained mostly the same until the 90s. There were a few types of the 1-slot phones, determined by the control board and its text/html 2026-10-18T00:44:09+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=coin:3slot&rev=1792284249&do=diff 3-slot payphones (placeholder) I don't anticipate anything to be here in the near future. If you'd like to help creating this content, please contact me. text/html 2026-10-16T22:51:33+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=sidebar&rev=1792191093&do=diff START Smart payphones (COCOT) * Elcotel * Programming * As regular phone * Documents & resources * Reverse engineering * Keypad mod for Olympian * Protel * Programming * Documents & resources * Ernest * Nortel millennium * Programming * Documents & resources * Coin recalibration * Demo firmware wizard * Miscellaneous documents Coin line payphones * Single-slot * Coin validator * 3-slot (placeholder) Instruction cards Telephone lines… text/html 2026-10-16T22:50:14+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) https://telesfor.org/payphones/doku.php?id=coin:1slot:coinval&rev=1792191014&do=diff 1D coin validators (placeholder) Single slot 1D phones (and newer retrofit controllers by Elcotel, Protel, AT&T and others) utilized different coin validators – from mechanical 20A (with 47A electronic sensor module) to fully electronic ones – MARS LPV 226WE