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- From: dan@supra.com (Dan Moore)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: What differences between a caller id cap. modem and non?
- Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 15:41:21 GMT
- Organization: Supra Corporation
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- yaojun@tigger.uic.edu (John) wrote:
- > I was told some modems are caller id capable and some are not. I am
- > wondering the difference between the two. Are they just differ in
- > firmware and older modem can, therefore, be upgrade to have that
- > feature or they differ in hardware, or both?
-
- It's a little of both. Unfortunately it requires a little
- knowledge of how phones work in order to explain.
-
- When a phone goes off hook the DC loop current starts to flow, this
- signals the central office that the phone is off hook. At this point the
- CO will either complete the incoming call (if the phone was ringing) or
- provide dial tone. The audio is carried as an AC compenent of the DC loop
- current once the phone is off hook.
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- CID is transmitted by the CO between the first and second rings. To
- receive the CID data a device must complete an AC circuit to the CO but *NOT*
- complete the DC circuit. (Completing the DC circuit is an off hook, so the CO
- will abort the CID data and connect the incoming call.) This ability to
- snoop the AC signal without going off hook requires some additional hardware
- in a modem, typically one relay and a cap. If a modem has this
- hardware it can support CID with the correct firmware, if a modem doesn't have
- this hardware then it can't support CID no matter what firmware is present.
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- Dan Moore
- Supra
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