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- From: curt@teleport.com (Curt...)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: caller ID. How does it work with modem?
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:02:42 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
- Message-ID: <31035258.9992344@news.teleport.com>
- References: <4db858$v2s@zippy.cais.net> <4donai$mt3@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
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- lant7@aol.com (Lant7) wrote:
-
- > ---original message ----
- > Since my modem support it and i know right modem strings, under what
- > conditions will i see the caller's number (and where?). Do i have to be
- > in a
- > "Windows Terminal" type of mode? Obviously, if i'm in a trumpet
- > newsreader
- > and a call comes in, i'm not going to see a caller-ID phone number.
- > --- end of original message ---
- >
- > if you are in a newsreader, your modem is making your phone line busy for
- > any incoming call so the above is a nonsense. To process the CID, the
- > modem and the phone must both be connected to the same line and both
- > on-hook.
- >
- > the modem must have ATS0=0, the PC must be on, and some comm terminal
- > package loaded, making DTR asserted. The modem must have CID detection
- > enabled by AT#CID=1 or 2. this way you get either a screen formatted
- > output (user friendly interface on any terminal screen) or a raw data
- > output including flags (which serves compatible s/w package to interpret
- > it in whichever form/window message box).
- >
- > try it out. vc_lant
-
-
- There is also a few pretty good caller ID programs floating around out there
- at let you create databases of names and phone numbers, etc. Jump on
- a Windows shareware site, and look around.
-
- Best of luck,
- Curt...
-