Foreign exchange station
Thursday, August 20, 2009


In telephony, a Foreign eXchange Station, or FXS, is a telephone interface which supplies battery power, provides dialtone, and generates ringing voltage. A device that connects to such an interface contains an Foreign exchange office (FXO) interface and could be a standard analog telephone or a private branch exchange (PBX) to receive telephone service.
Any telephone exchange is an example of an FXS, as is the telephone jack on the wall, though the term is rarely applied except in connection with foreign exchange service.
An FXS interface utilizes an FXO protocol to detect when the terminating device (telephone) goes on-hook or off-hook, and can send and receive voice signals.
An FXS interface provides service at the "station" end of a foreign exchange line.


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