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- From: lant7@aol.com (Lant7)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Motorola Power 28.8 answering "digital" ring?
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 13:41:35 -0500
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-
- if you want to discriminate between (1) fax+data and (2) voice, the
- distinctive ring and a modem capable of recognizing it is the simplest way
- to resolve it. But that requires two phone numbers (not lines) for
- incoming calls, that's a quite clean separation for the calling party.
-
- the modem should be able to answer that ring pattern assigned to data/fax.
- When the modem answers, it should be set to call-discrimination, i.e. set
- itself to data or to fax mode, depending on the absence/type of CNG tone.
-
- the auto-routing box-add-on typically answers the call (no need to have
- distinctive ringing service) and playback a welcome message while it scans
- the incoming signals for human voice (some boxes are capable of
- recognizing 'Hello') and for the presence of data calling tone and fax
- calling tone (1300Hz and 1100Hz). When one of them is found, it routes the
- artificially created ring to that line. Such a ring is typically of lower
- amplitude but identical frequency as the one generated by Telco. A minimum
- amplitude for a valid ring (as defined by FCC68) is 40Vrms. Anything less
- is considered a line disturbance and shall not be answered.
-
- chances are,
- (1) your add-on box sends your modem less than 40Vrms (does not matter
- whether sine wave or square (some call it digital))
- (2) your modem ring detection is set designed to detect rings above, say,
- 50Vrms.
-
- in both cases, the add-on box' ring is rejected.
-
- vc_lant
-