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EXHIBIT 4.14

                           NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

         THIS OPTION HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
         AS AMENDED (THE "SECURITIES ACT"), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR
         OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS IT HAS BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
         SECURITIES ACT OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE.

                                                               February 11, 2002

                             TELENETICS CORPORATION

         WHEREAS, in connection with the services rendered and to be rendered to
Telenetics Corporation, a California corporation (the "COMPANY"), by John D.
McLean, an individual ("HOLDER"), pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated
Employment Agreement executed as of the date hereof to be effective as of
January 7, 2000 by and between the Company and Holder (the "SERVICE AGREEMENT"),
the Company desires to grant to Holder a non-qualified stock option to purchase
shares of the Company"s common stock, no par value per share ("COMMON STOCK").

         NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING, the Company hereby
grants to Holder an option to purchase (this "OPTION") up to One Hundred Fifty
Thousand (150,000) shares (such shares as adjusted from time to time are
referred to herein individually, each as an "OPTION SHARE," and collectively, as
the "OPTION SHARES") of Common Stock of the Company at the Exercise Price (as
defined below). This Option may be exercised in accordance with the terms of
this Option by surrendering this Option, with (i) the form of Election to
Purchase set forth hereon duly executed by Holder and (ii) the form of
Restricted Stock Letter attached hereto duly executed by Holder, at the
Company"s principal executive office ("OFFICE"), and by paying in full the
Exercise Price, plus transfer taxes, if any, in United States currency by cash,
certified check, bank cashier's check or money order payable to the order of the
Company.

         1. DURATION, VESTING AND EXERCISE OF OPTION.

                  (a) This Option shall vest and become exercisable according to
         the following schedule: On the date hereof, One Hundred Thousand
         (100,000) Option Shares shall be vested and exercisable. On January 6,
         2003, and subject to the terms of this Option, the remaining Fifty
         Thousand (50,000) Option Shares shall become vested and exercisable, at
         which time all of the Option Shares shall have become vested and
         exercisable.

                  (b) This Option (to the extent not earlier exercised) shall
         expire on January 6, 2005 (such date being referred to herein as the
         "EXPIRATION DATE"). If this Option is not surrendered to the Company
         for exercise in accordance with SECTION 1(C) prior to the close of
         business on the Expiration Date it shall be void.

                  (c) This Option may be exercised, to the extent vested and not
         previously exercised, in whole or in part, prior to the Expiration Date
         at the per Option Share Exercise Price determined in accordance with
         SECTIONS 2 AND 4. In order to exercise such right, Holder shall
         surrender this Option to the Company at the Office with the form of
         Election to Purchase and the Restricted Stock Letter attached hereto

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         duly completed and signed, and shall tender payment in full of the
         Exercise Price to the Company for the Company's account, together with
         such taxes as are specified in SECTION 8, for each Option Share with
         respect to which this Option is being exercised. If this Option is
         exercised as to less than all of the Option Shares purchasable, one or
         more new option(s) shall be issued to Holder for the remaining number
         of Option Shares evidenced by this Option.

         2. EXERCISE PRICE. Subject to adjustment pursuant to SECTION 4, the
price per share at which Option Shares shall be purchasable upon exercise of
this Option (the "EXERCISE PRICE") shall be $0.45.

         3. ISSUANCE OF OPTION SHARE CERTIFICATES.

                  (a) Upon surrender of this Option, delivery of an Election to
         Purchase and delivery of a Restricted Stock Letter in the forms
         attached hereto and payment of the Exercise Price and transfer taxes,
         the Company shall issue and deliver certificates representing shares of
         Common Stock ("Certificates") in the manner set forth in the Election
         to Purchase delivered by Holder to the Company.

                  (b) The Certificates shall bear a legend in substantially the
         following form:

                  "THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT
                  BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
                  (THE `ACT'), AND MAY NOT BE RESOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR
                  HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
                  STATEMENT UNDER SAID ACT OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY
                  TO THE ISSUER THAT REGISTRATION UNDER SAID ACT IS NOT
                  REQUIRED."

         4. ADJUSTMENT OF EXERCISE PRICE AND NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES
PURCHASABLE. The Exercise Price and the number and kind of Option Shares
purchasable upon the exercise of this Option are subject to adjustment from time
to time upon the occurrence of the events specified in this SECTION 4. If, by
reason of any merger, consolidation, combination, liquidation, reorganization,
recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, split-off, spin-off, combination
of shares, exchange of shares, or other similar changes in the capital structure
of the Company (each, a "REORGANIZATION"), the outstanding securities of the
same class as the Option Shares (the "OPTION SHARE CLASS OF SECURITIES") are
substituted or exchanged for, combined or changed into any cash, property or
other securities or into a greater or lesser number of shares, the number and/or
kind of shares and/or interests subject to this Option and the Exercise Price
shall be appropriately adjusted to prevent dilution or enlargement of the rights
of Holder so that, thereafter, this Option shall be exercisable for the
securities, cash and/or other property that would have been received in respect
of the Option Shares if this Option had been exercised in full immediately prior
to such event. Such adjustments shall be made successively whenever any event
described in the foregoing sentence occurs.

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         5. FRACTIONAL OPTION SHARES. The Company shall not be required to issue
fractions of Option Shares upon exercise of this Option or to distribute
certificates that evidence fractional Option Shares. All fractions of Option
Shares to which Holder would otherwise be entitled shall be aggregated and in
lieu of such remaining fractional Option Share, there shall be paid to Holder at
the time this Option is exercised as herein provided an amount in cash equal to
the stated fraction of the fair market value of an Option Share as determined in
good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

         6. RESERVATION AND ISSUANCE OF OPTION SHARES. The Company represents
and warrants that it shall use its best efforts to obtain shareholder approval
of an amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation to permit the Company
to reserve out of its authorized Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock
sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by
this Option. The Company covenants and agrees that it will not amend its
articles of incorporation or bylaws in any manner that adversely affects the
Company's ability to issue Option Shares upon exercise of this Option. The
Company further represents and warrants that all shares of its Common Stock
issued upon exercise of this Option will, upon issuance in accordance with the
terms of this Option, be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

         7. MUTILATED OR MISSING OPTION CERTIFICATES. If this Option is
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue and deliver, in
exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Option, or
in lieu of and substitution for the lost, stolen or destroyed Option, a new
option in substantially the same form as this Option and representing an option
to purchase an equivalent number of Option Shares, but only upon receipt of
evidence satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction of this
Option and an indemnity or bond, if requested, satisfactory to the Company.
Holder shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and pay such
other reasonable charges as the Company may prescribe.

         8. PAYMENT OF TAXES. The Company will pay all documentary stamp taxes
attributable to the issuance of Option Shares issuable upon the exercise of this
Option; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax
or taxes that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance
of any options or any Option Share certificates in a name other than that of
Holder, and the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver such Option
Share certificates unless and until the person or persons requesting the
issuance thereof shall have paid to the Company the amount of such tax or shall
have established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.

         9. CERTAIN NOTICES TO HOLDER. Upon any adjustment to the number of
Option Shares issuable pursuant to exercise of this Option or to the Exercise
Price pursuant to SECTION 4, the Company, within fifteen (15) calendar days
thereafter, shall cause to be given to Holder, at his address appearing on the
Company's records, written notice of such adjustments in accordance with this
SECTION 9. Where appropriate such notice may be given in advance and included as
part of the notice required to be mailed under the other provisions of this
SECTION 9. If:

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                  (a) The Company authorizes the issuance or distribution of
         securities or assets to holders of its shares of Common Stock or makes
         any distribution (other than cash dividends and distributions payable
         out of consolidated earnings) to the holders of its shares of Common
         Stock;

                  (b) The Company becomes a party to any consolidation or merger
         for which approval of any shareholder of the Company is required,
         conveys or transfers all or substantially all of its properties,
         assets, or business, shall engage in any reorganization or
         recapitalization or makes any tender or exchange offer for shares of
         its Common Stock;

                  (c) The Company becomes subject to voluntary or involuntary
         dissolution, liquidation or winding up; or

                  (d) The Company proposes to take any other action that would
         require an adjustment of the Exercise Price pursuant to SECTION 4;

then the Company shall cause to be given to Holder at his address appearing on
the Company"s records, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the
applicable record date hereinafter specified, a written notice in accordance
with this SECTION 9 stating (i) the date as of which the holders of record of
Common Stock to be entitled to receive any such securities or assets or
distribution are to be determined, (ii) the initial expiration date set forth in
any tender or exchange offer made by the Company for shares of its Common Stock
or (iii) the date on which any such consolidation or merger, conveyance,
transfer, reorganization or recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up is expected to become effective or consummated, and the date as of
which it is expected that holders of record of Common Stock shall be entitled to
exchange such Common Stock for securities or other property that may be
deliverable upon such consolidation or merger, conveyance, transfer,
reorganization or recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. The
failure to give the notice required by this SECTION 9 or any defect therein
shall not affect the legality or validity of any distribution, right, option,
consolidation, conveyance, transfer, reorganization, dissolution, liquidation or
winding up or the vote upon any action.

         Nothing contained in this Option shall be construed as conferring upon
Holder the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in
respect of any rights or other matter whatsoever as a shareholder of the
Company, or any other rights or liabilities as a shareholder of the Company.

         10. NONTRANSFERABILITY OF OPTION. Except by will, the laws of descent
and distribution or qualified domestic relations order, this Option is not
transferable by Holder.

         11. NOTICES. Any notice or demand authorized by this Option to be given
or made by Holder to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given or made if
personally delivered or sent by first class United States mail, by overnight
courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, or by facsimile confirmed by letter,
addressed (until another address is given in writing by the Company) to the
Office.

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         Any notice pursuant to this Option to be given by the Company to Holder
shall be sufficiently given if personally delivered or sent by first class
United States mail, by overnight courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, or by
facsimile confirmed by letter, addressed (until another address is filed in
writing by Holder with the Company) to the address specified in the Company's
records.

         12. SUPPLEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS. The Company may from time to time
supplement or amend this Option without the consent or concurrence of Holder in
order to cure any ambiguity, manifest error or other mistake in this Option, or
to make provision in regard to any matters or questions arising hereunder that
the Company may deem necessary or desirable and that shall not adversely affect,
alter or change the interests of Holder.

         13. TERMINATION OF SERVICE. If Holder's service under the Service
Agreement terminates, then Holder (or if termination was due to Holder's death
or Holder's disability (as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended), then Holder or Holder's guardians, conservators or
other legal representatives), may at any time prior to the Expiration Date
exercise the Option to the extent that Holder was entitled to exercise this
Option at the date of termination, provided that in no event shall this Option,
or any part thereof, be exercisable after the Expiration Date.

         14. SUCCESSORS. All the representations, warranties, agreements,
covenants and provisions of this Option by or for the benefit of the Company or
Holder shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective permitted heirs,
successors and assigns hereunder.

         15. GOVERNING LAW. This Option shall be deemed to be a contract made
under the laws of the State of California and for all purposes shall be
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of California
without regard to conflicts of laws principles.

         16. BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. Nothing in this Option shall be
construed to give to any person or entity other than the Company and Holder any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Option, and this Option
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Company and Holder, except as
otherwise provided in SECTION 15.

         17. INVALIDITY OF PROVISIONS. If any provision of this Option is or
becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall
be deemed amended to the extent necessary to cause it to express the intent of
the parties to the maximum possible extent and be valid legal and enforceable.
The invalidity or deemed amendment of such provision shall not affect the
validity, legality or enforceability of any other provision hereof.

         18. NO IMPAIRMENT. The Company will not, by amendment of its articles
of incorporation or through any reorganization, recapitalization transfer of
assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issuance or sale of securities or
any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance
of any of the terms to be observed or performed hereunder by the Company, but
will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all the provisions
of this Option and in the taking of all such actions as may be necessary or
appropriate in order to protect the rights of Holder against impairment.

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         19. SECTION HEADINGS. The section headings contained in this Option are
for convenience only and shall be without substantive meaning or content.

         20. REGISTRATION OF OPTION SHARES. Holder shall, with respect to the
Option Shares ("Registrable Securities"), have piggyback registration rights. If
the Company shall determine to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
a registration statement relating to an offering for its own account or the
account of others under the 1933 Act of any of its equity securities (other than
on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or their then equivalents relating to equity securities
to be issued in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business or
equity securities issuable in connection with stock option or other employee
benefit plans and other than securities issued or to become issuable in
connection with the Company's 6% senior secured convertible notes and related
investor and placement agent warrants), the Company shall send to the Holder
written notice of such determination and, if within five days after the
effective date of such notice, the Holder shall so request in writing and shall
thereafter comply with the Company's reasonable requests for information in
connection with the registration statement, the Company shall include in such
registration statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities the Holder
requests to be registered, except that if, in connection with any underwritten
public offering for the account of the Company the managing underwriter(s)
thereof shall impose a limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that
may be included in the registration statement because, in such underwriter(s)'
judgment, marketing or other factors dictate such limitation is necessary to
facilitate public distribution, then the Company shall be obligated to include
in the registration statement only such limited portion of the Registrable
Securities with respect to which the Holder has requested inclusion hereunder as
the underwriter shall permit. Any exclusion of Registrable Securities shall be
made pro rata with holders of other securities having the right to include such
securities in the registration statement other than holders of securities
entitled to inclusion of their securities in the registration statement by
reason of demand registration rights. If an offering in connection with which
the Holder elects to participate in registration under this SECTION 20 is an
underwritten offering, then the Holder shall, unless otherwise agreed by the
Company, offer and sell such Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering
using the same underwriter or underwriters and, subject to the provisions of
this Option, on the same terms and conditions as other shares of Common Stock
included in such underwritten offering.

         The Company has caused this Option to be duly executed on or about the
day and year first above written.

                                       TELENETICS CORPORATION

                                       By:  /S/ Shala Shashani Lutz
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                                             Shala Shashani Lutz, President and
                                             Chief Executive Officer

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                             TELENETICS CORPORATION

                           NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION

                              ELECTION TO PURCHASE

         The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to purchase ____________
Option Shares issuable upon the exercise of the Non-Qualified Stock Option dated
February 11, 2002 ("OPTION"), and requests that certificates for such Option
Shares be issued and delivered as follows:

ISSUE TO:
                           -----------------------------------------------------
                           (Name)

                           -----------------------------------------------------
                           (Address, including Zip Code)

                           -----------------------------------------------------
                           (Social Security or Tax Identification Number)

DELIVER TO:
                           -----------------------------------------------------
                           (Name)

                           at
                           -----------------------------------------------------
                              (Address, including Zip Code)

         If the number of Option Shares hereby exercised is less than all the
Option Shares represented by the Option, the undersigned requests that a new
option representing the number of Option Shares not exercised be issued and
delivered as set forth above or otherwise as the undersigned shall direct in
writing.

         In full payment of the purchase price of the Option Shares being issued
upon exercise of the Option and transfer taxes, if any, the undersigned hereby
tenders payment of $_____________ by cash, certified check, bank cashier's check
or money order payable in United States currency to the order of Telenetics
Corporation.

Dated:
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                                    (Signature)

                                    (Signature must conform in all respects to
                                    name of holder as specified on the face of
                                    the Option.)

                                    PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX
                                    IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF HOLDER

Signature Guaranteed:

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                                    EXHIBIT A
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                         FORM OF RESTRICTED STOCK LETTER

         THE UNDERSIGNED (hereinafter referred to as "PURCHASER") is exercising
the Non-Qualified Stock Option tendered with this Restricted Stock Letter, and
in connection with such exercise, makes the following representations and
warranties to Telenetics Corporation (the "COMPANY") with the knowledge and
intent that the Company shall be entitled to rely thereon in delivering shares
of the Company's Common Stock ("SHARES") to Purchaser upon exercise of the
Non-Qualified Stock Option:

         1. Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for investment for Purchaser's own
account, and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution
thereof. Purchaser understands that the issuance of the Shares to be purchased
has not been registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"ACT"), and the offer and sale of the Shares is intended to be exempt from
registration under the Act, which exemption depends upon, among other things,
the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of Purchaser's
representations as expressed herein.

         2. Purchaser is an "accredited investor" as defined in the rules and
regulations of the Act and Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of Purchaser"s investment in the Shares, and Purchaser is capable of
bearing the economic risks of such investment, including the risk of loss of
Purchaser"s entire investment in the Shares.

         3. Purchaser acknowledges that the Company has made available to
Purchaser or Purchaser"s agents all documents and information relating to an
investment in the Shares requested by or on behalf of Purchaser.

         4. All Shares issued on delivery of this Restricted Stock Letter shall
bear the legend set forth in SECTION 3 of the annexed Non-Qualified Stock Option
and the Shares received on delivery of this Restricted Stock Letter shall be
subject to the restrictions set forth therein.

         Executed ______________________

                                        Purchaser:
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                                        Signature:
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EXHIBIT 4.15

                    AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT")
amends, restates and supersedes the original Employment Agreement that was
entered into by and between the parties hereto as of the 7th day of January,
2000, and is entered into and effective as of even date with the original
Employment Agreement (the "EFFECTIVE DATE"), by and between TELENETICS
CORPORATION, a California corporation (the "COMPANY"), and JOHN D. McLEAN
("EMPLOYEE").

                                 R E C I T A L S
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         A. The Company, Employee and certain other individuals entered into a
Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of the Effective Date (the "STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT"), pursuant to which Stock Purchase Agreement the Company purchased
all of the outstanding capital stock of eflex Wireless, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("EFLEX").

         B. The parties acknowledge that on and prior to the Effective Date,
Employee was employed by eflex, and that the Employee had abilities and
expertise that were unique and valuable to the Company and, in connection with
the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company desired to retain the services of
Employee, and Employee wished to accept such employment.

         C. The Company and Employee determined that such engagement of Employee
was mutually beneficial and should be subject to a mutually acceptable written
agreement, and that Employee's employment by eflex terminated as of the
Effective Date.

         D. The Company and Employee desire to amend and restate the original
Employment Agreement to clarify certain terms of such agreement.

                                A G R E E M E N T
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         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the
following mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree, intending
to be legally bound, as follows:

1.       Employment.
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         Employee agrees to serve the Company as President of the Company's
telemetry division or in such other capacities with a similar level of executive
responsibilities as may be requested from time to time by the Board of Directors
of the Company (the "BOARD"). Employee's office will be located in the Tampa,
Florida area and/or the Atlanta, Georgia area, as the Company may in its sole
and absolute discretion determine. During the term of this Agreement, Employee
will devote his full time, care and exclusive attention to, and use his best
efforts to advance, the business and welfare of eflex and the Company. During
the term of this Agreement, Employee will not engage in any other business
activity or occupation, whether or not such business activity or occupation is

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pursued for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent or limit the
right of Employee to invest any of his surplus funds in any partnership,
corporation or other entity or venture not directly competitive with eflex or
the Company. Employee represents and warrants to the Company that he is not a
party to or bound by any presently effective agreement or contract, whether of
employment or otherwise, with any third person or entity that would in any way
restrict or prohibit Employee from undertaking or performing his obligations on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Employee covenants with
the Company that he shall not, during the Term, enter into any such agreement,
contract or understanding described in this SECTION 1 so as to cause the
Company, eflex or any of the Company's other subsidiaries or affiliated
companies, to be liable in connection therewith.

2.       Employment Term.
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         The Company agrees to employ Employee, and Employee agrees to serve, on
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, for a period commencing on the
Effective Date and continuing for a period of three years unless terminated
earlier pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (the "Term").

3.       Compensation and Benefits.
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         The Company shall pay to Employee for his services, and Employee agrees
to accept as his full compensation under this Agreement, the following:

         3.1 BASE SALARY. The Company shall pay Employee a base salary of
$12,500.00 per month (the "BASE SALARY"). The Base Salary shall be earned and
payable at such intervals and otherwise in such manner as is consistent with the
normal payroll practices of the Company for remuneration of its employees, less
such deductions or amounts to be withheld as shall be required by applicable
law.

         3.2 INCENTIVE COMPENSATION. In addition to the Base Salary, Employee
shall be eligible to receive additional compensation ("BONUS") of up to
$75,000.00 per year, which shall be earned and payable, if at all, at the times
and in the amounts determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, based upon
Employee's achievement of mutually agreeable goals and objectives set by the
Company and Employee at the beginning of each year of the Term.

         3.3 OPTIONS. As additional compensation, concurrently with the
execution of the original Employment Agreement, Employee received an option to
purchase up to 300,000 shares of common stock of the Company in the form
attached as EXHIBIT A hereto. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement,
Employee shall receive as additional compensation an option in the form attached
as EXHIBIT A-1 to this Agreement, which option shall be for the purchase of up
to 150,000 shares of common stock at an initial exercise price of $0.45 per
share, shall be immediately vested and exercisable as to 100,000 shares of
common stock and, subject to the provisions of the option agreement, shall
become vested and exercisable as to the remaining 50,000 shares of common stock
on January 6, 2003. The Employee shall be eligible to participate in all stock
option or other incentive programs that the Company, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may provide from time to time to other employees of the Company with
similar duties and responsibilities.

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         3.4 OTHER BENEFITS. During the Term, except as may be otherwise
provided herein, Employee shall be eligible to participate in all group
insurance plans and shall be entitled to other employee benefits, including
vacation (a minimum of three weeks per year) and holiday pay, that the Company,
in its sole and absolute discretion, may provide from time to time to other
employees of the Company with similar duties and responsibilities; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that the Company shall not be required to provide medical coverage
prior to June 1, 2000, and the Company shall thereafter only be required to
cover Employee's share of the premiums due under Employee's GTE Retiree Medical
Plan during the remainder of the Term, with such payments by the Company not to
exceed $2,000 during the first year of the Term and $4,000 during each remaining
year of the Term.

         3.5 REIMBURSEMENT OF BUSINESS EXPENSES. The Company shall, during the
Term, reimburse Employee for all reasonable documented business expenses
actually and necessarily incurred by Employee in the course of, and in
connection with, his employment by the Company pursuant to this Agreement.
Employee shall keep detailed and accurate records of expenses incurred in
connection with his employment by the Company, and reimbursement therefor shall
be made in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Company's
management from time to time.

4.       Termination.Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding:
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         4.1 GOOD CAUSE. Employee's employment may be terminated by the Company
for Good Cause (as defined below) effective upon delivery of written notice to
Employee given at any time. "GOOD CAUSE" shall exist if:

              (a) Employee is convicted of a felony, or a misdemeanor
         constituting moral turpitude;

              (b) Employee in bad faith commits any act (including, but not
         limited to, any act that would constitute fraud, misappropriation,
         dishonesty, or embezzlement) or in bad faith omits to take any action
         to the material detriment of the Company or any of its affiliates;

              (c) Employee intentionally commits during the course of his
         employment any act of material misconduct (including, but not limited
         to, sexual harassment, racial vilification, or unlawful
         discrimination);

              (d) Employee fails or refuses to perform duties assigned to him by
         the Company and fails to correct such breach within five days after
         notice is given to Employee by the Company of such breach;

              (e) Employee becomes physically or mentally incapacitated or
         disabled or otherwise unable fully to discharge his duties hereunder
         for a period of more than 30 consecutive days or more than 45 days
         within any two-month period;

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              (f) In the opinion of a medical doctor retained by the Company,
         after a physical examination and reasonable diagnostic procedures,
         Employee is found to be addicted to any drug, including alcohol;

              (g) Employee breaches any term of this Agreement and fails to
         correct such breach within five days after notice is given to Employee
         by the Company of such breach; or

              (h) Employee resigns in anticipation of discharge for any reason
         mentioned in SECTION 4.1(a) through SECTION 4.1(g), or the Company
         accepts Employee's resignation in lieu of a formal discharge for any
         reason mentioned in SECTION 4.1(a) through SECTION 4.1(g).

         4.2 TERMINATION FOR GOOD CAUSE, UPON DEATH OR BY VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION.
If Employee is terminated for Good Cause, dies during the Term or resigns other
than as described in SECTION 4.1(h), Employee's employment shall terminate on
such date, whereupon Employee (or in the case of Employee's death, Employee's
estate) shall be entitled to receive Employee's Base Salary through the date of
termination, plus any other accrued but unpaid benefits or compensation due
pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, if termination of this Agreement occurs
due to Employee's death, Employee's estate shall also be entitled to receive any
earned and unpaid Bonus, pro rated to the date of Employee's death and payable
at such time as the Bonus would otherwise have been paid if Employee's death had
not occurred.

         4.3 EARLY TERMINATION. The Company may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, terminate Employee's employment without Good Cause at any time, and
Employee may terminate Employee's employment within 30 days after the
implementation by the Company of any material reduction in Employee's level of
executive responsibilities (an "EARLY TERMINATION"), by delivery of written
notice to the other party. If an Early Termination occurs, then the Company
shall pay to Employee upon the effective date of the Early Termination (the
"EARLY TERMINATION DATE") Employee's Base Salary accrued up to such Early
Termination Date, plus any other accrued but unpaid benefits or compensation due
pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, for the period commencing on the Early
Termination Date and ending on the date the Term otherwise would have expired
pursuant to SECTION 2, the Company shall pay to Employee as liquidated damages
his Base Salary for such period, at such intervals and otherwise in such manner
as Base Salary would have been paid if Employee had remained in the active
service of the Company.

         4.4 EFFECT OF TERMINATION. Employee agrees that the payments
contemplated by this SECTION 4 shall constitute the exclusive and sole remedy of
Employee for any termination of this Agreement, and Employee covenants not to
assert or pursue any other remedies, at law or in equity, with respect to any
termination of this Agreement.

5.       Proprietary Information and Inventions.
         --------------------------------------

         5.1 EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Employee recognizes that the Company is
engaged in a continuous program of research, development, design and production
respecting its business, present and future, and understands that as part of his
employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, he is, or

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may be expected, to make new contributions and inventions of value to the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Employee understands that his
employment by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates creates in
him a duty of trust and confidentiality to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates with respect to any information (i) related,
applicable or useful to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries
or affiliates, including the Company's or any of its subsidiaries' or
affiliates' anticipated research and development; (ii) resulting from tasks
assigned to Employee by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates;
(iii) resulting from the use of equipment, supplies or facilities owned, leased
or contracted for by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or
(iv) related, applicable or useful to the business of any client or customer of
(A) the Company or (B) any of the Company's subsidiaries or affiliates, which
may be made known to him by the Company or any of the Company's subsidiaries or
affiliates, or by any client or customer of (A) the Company or (B) any of the
Company's subsidiaries or affiliates, or learned by him during the Term.

         5.2 ASSIGNMENT OF PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS TO THE
COMPANY. Employee agrees that all Proprietary Information (as defined on EXHIBIT
B hereto) and Inventions (as defined on EXHIBIT B hereto) shall be the sole
property of the Company and its assigns, and the Company and its assigns shall
be the sole owner of all patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights and
other rights (collectively referred to herein as "RIGHTS") pertaining to
Proprietary Information and Inventions in any part of the world. Employee hereby
assigns to the Company any rights he may have or acquire in Proprietary
Information or Inventions or Rights pertaining to Proprietary Information or
Inventions or Rights. Employee further agrees as to all Proprietary Information
or Inventions to assist the Company or any person designated by it in every
proper way to obtain and from time to time enforce Rights relating to said
Proprietary Information or Inventions in any and all countries. Employee shall
execute all documents for use in applying for, obtaining and enforcing such
Rights on such Proprietary Information or Inventions as the Company may desire,
together with any assignments thereof to the Company or persons designated by
it. Employee's obligation to assist the Company or any person designated by it
in obtaining and enforcing Rights relating to Proprietary Information or
Inventions shall continue beyond the date of the termination of this Agreement
(the "TERMINATION DATE"), but the Company shall compensate Employee at a
reasonable rate after the Termination Date for time actually spent by Employee
upon the Company's request for such assistance. In the event the Company is
unable, after reasonable effort, to secure Employee's signature on any document
or documents needed to apply for or to enforce any Right relating to Proprietary
Information or to an Invention, whether because of Employee's physical or mental
incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever, Employee hereby irrevocably
designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents
as his agents and attorneys-in-fact to act on his behalf and in his stead in the
execution and filing of any such application and in furthering the application
for and enforcement of Rights with the same legal force and effect as if such
acts were performed by Employee. Employee hereby acknowledges that all original
works of authorship which are made by Employee (solely or jointly with others)
within the scope of his employment and which are protectable by copyright are
"works for hire" as that term is defined in the United States Copyright Act (17
USCA Section 101).

         5.3 DISCLOSURE OF DISCOVERIES, ETC. TO THE COMPANY. Employee will
promptly and from time to time disclose in writing to the Company, and the

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Company hereby agrees to receive such disclosures in confidence, all
discoveries, developments, designs, improvements, inventions, formulas, software
programs, processes, techniques, know-how, negative know-how and data, whether
or not patentable or registrable under patent, copyright or similar statutes, or
reduced to practice, made, conceived or learned by Employee, either alone or
jointly with others during the Term, for the purpose of permitting the Company
to determine whether they constitute Inventions. In order to facilitate the
complete and accurate disclosures described above, Employee agrees to maintain
complete written records of all Inventions, and of all work, study and
investigation done by him during the Term, which records shall be the property
of the Company.

         5.4 EMPLOYEE ACTS. Employee shall not knowingly do anything to imperil
the validity of any such patent, design or protection or any application
therefor and shall, at the reasonable cost of the Company, render all possible
assistance to the Company both in obtaining and maintaining such patent, design
or other protection, and Employee shall not, either during the Term or
thereafter, exploit or make public or disclose any such Invention or give any
information in respect thereof except to the Company or as it may direct.

         5.5 CONFIDENTIALITY. Employee will keep all Proprietary Information,
Inventions and Rights in the strictest confidence and trust, and Employee will
not disclose, use or induce or assist in the use or disclosure of any
Proprietary Information, Inventions or Rights pertaining to Proprietary
Information, or anything related thereto except as (i) may be necessary in the
ordinary course of performing his duties as an employee of the Company, (ii) may
be required by law, (iii) authorized by the Board, (iv) such Proprietary
Information, Inventions or Rights are or become available to the general public
though no fault of Employee or are disclosed to Employee without restriction on
disclosure by a third party who had the lawful right to make such disclosure.
Employee recognizes that the Company has received and in the future will receive
from third parties their confidential or proprietary information subject to a
duty on the Company's part to maintain the confidentiality of such information
and to use it only for certain limited purposes. Employee agrees that he owes
the Company and such third parties a duty to hold all such confidential or
proprietary information in the strictest confidence, and he shall not disclose,
use or induce or assist in the use or disclosure of any such confidential or
proprietary information without the prior express written consent of the
Company, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing his
duties as an employee of the Company consistent with the Company's agreement
with such third party or as required by law. The covenants and agreements
contained in this SECTION 5.5 shall survive the expiration or other termination
of this Agreement.

         5.6 NONCOMPETITION; NONSOLICITATION. Employee expressly promises and
agrees that he will fully comply with the covenants and provisions contained in
SECTION 7 of the Stock Purchase Agreement, which provisions are incorporated
herein by reference, as if such provisions were set forth in full herein.

         5.7 DELIVERY OF MATERIALS TO THE COMPANY. Upon the termination of the
Term, Employee shall deliver to the Company all devices, records, sketches,
reports, proposals, lists, correspondence, equipment, documents, photographs,
photostats, negatives, undeveloped film, notes, drawings, specifications, tape

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recordings or other electronic recordings, programs, data and other materials or
property of any nature belonging to the Company or pertaining to Employee's work
with the Company. Employee shall not take with him any of the foregoing or any
reproduction of any of the foregoing.

         5.8 PRIOR INVENTIONS OF EMPLOYEE. Listed in ITEM 1 of EXHIBIT C
attached hereto are all inventions or improvements relevant to the subject
matter of Employee's employment which have been made, conceived of or first
reduced to practice by Employee alone or jointly with others prior to the Term
and which Employee desires to remove from the operation of this Agreement.
Employee represents and warrants that such list is complete. If there is no such
list in ITEM 1 of EXHIBIT C, Employee represents and warrants that he has made
no such inventions or improvements prior to the Term.

         5.9 PRIOR CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS. Employee represents and warrants
that his performance of all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement as an
employee of the Company does not and will not breach any agreement to keep in
confidence proprietary information acquired by Employee in confidence or in
trust prior to his employment by the Company. Employee also represents and
warrants that he has not entered into, and covenants that he will not enter
into, any agreement, either written or oral, in conflict herewith.

         5.10 MATERIALS OR DOCUMENTS OF A FORMER EMPLOYER. Employee represents
and warrants to and covenants with the Company that he has not brought and will
not bring with him to the Company, or use in his employment with the Company,
any materials or documents of a former employer (which term, for purposes of
this SECTION 5, shall also include persons, firms, corporations and other
entities for which Employee has acted as an independent contractor or
consultant), other than materials and documents of eflex relating to its
business and acquired by the Company under the Stock Purchase Agreement, which
are not generally available to the public, unless he has obtained express
written authorization from any such former employer for their possession and
use. The materials or documents of a former employer (other than eflex) which
are not generally available to the public but which he will bring to the Company
for use in his employment are identified in ITEM 2 of EXHIBIT C attached hereto.
As to each such item, Employee represents and warrants that he has obtained
prior to the effective date of his employment hereunder express written
authorization for their possession and use in his service to the Company.
Employee also understands that, in his service to the Company, he is not to
breach any obligation of confidentiality that he has to former employers, and he
shall fulfill all such obligations during his employment hereunder.

         5.11 SERVICES PROVIDED AS A CONSULTANT; DELIVERY OF THE TERMINATION
CERTIFICATE BY EMPLOYEE. The terms and conditions of this Section 5 shall apply
to any period, if any, during which Employee performs services for the Company
as a consultant or independent contractor, as well as any time during which he
is employed directly by the Company. Upon the termination of the Term, Employee
agrees to sign and deliver the "Termination Certificate" attached hereto as
EXHIBIT D. Employee's failure to sign such Termination Certificate, however,
shall not affect his obligations under this Agreement, nor shall it affect the
Company's obligations, if any, to Employee under this Agreement.

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6.       Remedies; Liquidated Damages Paid by Employee.
         ---------------------------------------------

         If Employee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any
of the provisions of Section 5 hereof, the Company shall have, among other
rights, (i) the right to have such provisions specifically enforced by any court
having equity jurisdiction, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such
breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the Company and
that money damages will not provide an adequate remedy to the Company, and (ii)
the right to require Employee to account for and pay over to the Company all
compensation or profits derived or received by Employee as a result of any
breach of any of the provisions of such SECTION 5, and Employee hereby agrees to
account for and pay over such compensation or profits to the Company. The
invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of SECTION 5 shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision or portion hereof
or thereof, and if any provision or portion of this Agreement shall be
determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable or
otherwise invalid as written, then each such provision or portion shall be
enforced and validated to the full extent permitted by law.

7.       Successors and Assigns.
         ----------------------

         This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
Company and its respective successors and assigns and shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of Employee and his executors and administrators. This
Agreement, and Employee's rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned
by Employee. The Company will require any successor (whether direct or indirect,
by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of
the business or assets of the Company to assume expressly and to agree to
perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the
Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.
8. Waiver of Breach.

         The waiver by the Company or Employee of a breach of any provision of
this Agreement by the other party shall not be construed as a waiver of any
subsequent breach of the same provision or of any other provision of this
Agreement.

9.       Notices.
         -------

         All notices, requests, demands and other communications submitted
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if
delivered by hand or by express service or if mailed by first-class registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage and registry fees prepaid, and addressed
as follows:

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         (a) If to the Company:   Telenetics Corporation
                                  25111 Arctic Ocean
                                  Lake Forest, California 92630
                                  Attn: President

             with a copy to:      Larry A. Cerutti, Esq.
                                  Rutan & Tucker, LLP
                                  611 Anton Blvd., 14th Floor
                                  Costa Mesa, California 92626

         (b) If to Employee:      John D. McLean
                                  400 Thornwyck Trail
                                  Roswell, Georgia 30076

or at such other address as either party shall furnish to the other pursuant to
this provision.

10.      Miscellaneous.
         -------------

         10.1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that the
damages that would be suffered by a nonbreaching party as a result of any breach
of the provisions of SECTION 5 may not be calculable and that an award of a
monetary judgment for such a breach would be an inadequate remedy. Consequently,
a nonbreaching party shall have the right, in addition to any other rights it
may have, to obtain, in any court of competent jurisdiction, injunctive relief
to restrain any breach or threatened breach of any provision of Section 5 or
otherwise to specifically enforce any of the provisions hereof. This remedy is
in addition to damages directly or indirectly suffered by a nonbreaching party
and reasonable attorneys' fees. The parties hereto agree that the restraint,
duration and area for which the covenants in SECTION 5 are to be effective are
reasonable in light of the business and activities of the parties hereto. In the
event that any court finally determines that the time period or the geographic
scope of any such covenant is unreasonable or excessive and any covenant is to
that extent made unenforceable, the parties agree that the restrictions in
SECTION 5 shall remain in full force and effect for the greatest time period and
within the greatest geographic area that would not render it unenforceable. The
parties intend that each of the covenants in SECTION 5 shall be deemed to be a
separate covenant.

         10.2 INDEPENDENT COVENANT. All of the covenants in SECTIONS 5 shall be
construed as an agreement independent of any other provision of this Agreement,
and the existence of any claim or cause of action of a nonbreaching party
against a breaching party, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise,
shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by any party of such
covenants.

11.      Miscellaneous.
         -------------

         (a) This Agreement, together with the exhibits and schedules hereto,
incorporates the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof and supersedes all previous oral and written and all
contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments, writings, and understandings,
including without limitation, any and all previous oral or written amendments to

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the original Employment Agreement. In addition, the parties expressly agree that
this Agreement supersedes and replaces the original Employment Agreement dated
as of January 7, 2000, and the Employment and Noncompetition Agreement dated as
of June 1, 1999 between Employee and eflex, as successor to Residential Utility
Meter Service's, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "EFLEX EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT"),
and that the eflex Employment Agreement was of no further force or effect as of
the Effective Date.

         (b) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the laws of California without regard to its conflict of laws statutes, as
if this Agreement were executed and performed entirely within California. The
parties hereby consent, in any dispute, action, litigation or other proceeding
concerning this Agreement, to the jurisdiction of the state or federal courts
having jurisdiction over and located in Orange County, California.

         (c) The invalidity of any section, provision or portion of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity of any other section, provision or
portion of this Agreement, and each such section, provision or portion shall be
enforced to the full extent permitted by law. This Agreement may not be modified
or amended, or any term or provision hereof waived or discharged, except by a
written instrument signed by the party against which such amendment,
modification, waiver or discharge is sought to be enforced. The headings of this
Agreement are for the purposes of reference only and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning hereof. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement on or
about February 11, 2002, to be effective as of the Effective Date.

         COMPANY:                      TELENETICS CORPORATION,
                                       a California corporation

                                       By: /s/ Shala Shashani Lutz
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Shala Shashani Lutz, President

         EMPLOYEE:                        /s/ John D. McLean
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          John D. McLean

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                                    EXHIBIT A
                                    ---------

                         Form of Stock Option Agreement

                                (attached hereto)

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                                   EXHIBIT A-1
                                   -----------

                         Form of Stock Option Agreement

                                (attached hereto)

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                                    EXHIBIT B
                                    ---------

"Proprietary Information" Defined:
---------------------------------

         For purposes of this Agreement, "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" shall mean
information that has been created, discovered, developed or otherwise become
known to Employee or the Company or in which property rights have been assigned
or otherwise conveyed to Employee or the Company, which Employee may have
learned or discovered, or may make, learn of or discover while in employment of
the Company, whether before the commencement of this Agreement or during the
term hereof, which information has material economic value or potential material
economic value to the business in which the Company is or will be engaged.
Proprietary Information shall include, but not be limited to, trade secrets,
processes, formulas, data, know-how, negative know-how, improvements,
discoveries, developments, designs, ideas, Inventions, techniques, all technical
data, customer and supplier lists, and any modifications or enhancements
thereto, programs and information (whether or not in writing) which have actual
or potential economic value to the Company, together with any copyright or
patent therein. For purposes of this Agreement, Proprietary Information shall
not include information that has become public knowledge through legal means
without fault by Employee, or is already public knowledge prior to disclosure of
the same by the Company and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates to Employee.

"Inventions" Defined:
--------------------

         For purposes of this Agreement, "Inventions" shall mean all
discoveries, developments, designs, improvements, inventions, formulas, software
programs, processes, techniques, know-how, negative know-how and data, whether
or not patentable or registrable under patent, copyright or similar statutes,
that are related to or useful in the business or future business of the Company
or result from use of premises or other property owned, leased or contracted for
by the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Inventions
shall also include anything that derives actual or potential economic value from
not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain
economic value from its disclosure or use.

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                                    EXHIBIT C
                                    ---------

ITEM 1:

         The following is a complete list of all inventions or improvements
relevant to the subject matter of Employee's employment by the Company that have
been made or conceived of or first reduced to practice by Employee alone or
jointly with others prior to his employment by the Company:

                                      None.

ITEM 2:

         The following is a complete list of all materials and documents of a
former employer that are not generally available to the public that Employee
will bring or have brought to the Company or have used or will use in his
employment by the Company:

                                      None.

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                                    EXHIBIT D
                                    ---------

                            TERMINATION CERTIFICATION

I certify as follows:

         1. When I signed the attached Amended and Restated Employment Agreement
and the original Employment Agreement (together, the "Agreement"), I read and
understood the terms of the Agreement.

         2. I hereby acknowledge that I have fully complied with the terms of
the Agreement, including, without limitation, the disclosure and assignment to
Telenetics Corporation (or its successors or assigns) (the "Company") of any
Inventions covered by that Agreement, and the return of any documents and other
materials of any nature relating to my employment with the Company.

         3. I hereby acknowledge and agree to comply with my continuing
obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, my obligation
not to use for personal benefit or to disclose to others any Proprietary
Information of the Company.

         4. I understand and acknowledge that should I fail to comply with my
obligations under the Agreement, the Company shall have the right to injunctive
relief against me, including, without limitation, an injunction prohibiting me
from disclosing Proprietary Information to a third party.

Dated as of: ___________________

                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Signature of Employee

                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         Print Name

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