Telephone system trouble recorder

Claim 1

For use with a telephone switching system, a trouble recorder comprising: identity storage means connected to said telephone switching system; printout means; and data storage means including a first and second plurality of storage devices, said first plurality of storage devices normally connected to said telephone system through at least a first data transmission highway, said second plurality of storage devices connected to said telephone system through at least a second transmission highway, said data storage means further including separate readout means associated with each of said storage devices; a counting means comprising a line counter, a space counter and a line and space splitter, connected between said printout means and said data storage readout means, said line counter operated in response to said printout means to periodically advance said line counter and said space counter periodically advanced in response to said line counter; and said line and space splitter connected to said line counter and to said space counter, periodically operated in response thereto to operate said readout means included in said data storage; whereby information stored in said data storage devices is transmitted to said printout means thereby to create a printed record of data received from said telephone system over said data transmission highways.