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- From: dhaire@gate.net (doug haire)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Caller ID on a USR Sportster??
- Date: 21 Apr 1996 14:46:53 -0400
- Organization: CyberGate, Inc.
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- Kevin Hintergardt (chico@halcyon.com) wrote:
- : I'd like to write a program that screens calls based on caller ID via my
- : Sportster. The bundled SW only displays the caller info. How do I read the
- : caller ID stuff from the modem? Is there a register or some other trick?
- : TIA.
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- It comes in as ASCII at 1200 bps but that isn't all that important. Any
- term program will show the format, just be in the terminal mode and watch
- the screen after the 2nd ring. The data will be displayed. Once you know
- how it's displayed, you can then write your program to watch the serial
- port for incoming data at the speed you normally use with your modem.
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