////// /////// ////// // /////// ////// // // // // // // // // // // // /////// ////// // // //// // // // // // // // // // ////// // // // // // ////// ////// ISDN CAPI based Answering Machine and Caller-ID for OS/2, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT Introduction: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ CapiTel is a 32-Bit Answering Machine and Caller-ID for OS/2, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. Graphical and Text-Mode Versions are available for all operating systems. Thanks to all the users who sent us their bug reports and feature ideas, do not stop with your feedback! A special thanks goes to the following people: - Kerstin Glodzinski - Norbert Schulze - Kolja Nowak - Peter Franken - Dirk Schreiber Main Features: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 32-Bit Multi-Threaded Answering Machine (as Shareware) - 32-Bit Caller-ID (as FREEWARE) - Graphical and Text-Mode versions for OS/2, based on CAPI 1.1 and 2.0 - Graphical and Text-Mode versions for Win 95/NT, based on CAPI 2.0 - Complete Support for .WAV-Files - Remote Control Functions, controlled by DTMF tones. - Silence Detection - Completely configurable - Available in english and german (spanish and french in win-version) - Callback - Year 2000 approved Installation under OS/2: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Before you are able to use CapiTel, you have to install the OS/2 Multimedia Package MMPM/2 and a CAPI 1.1 or CAPI 2.0 compliant driver for your ISDN card. The installation itself is easy. Just unzip the complete distribution archive into the desired destination directory and run INSTALL.CMD. This REXX script will create a CapiTel object on your Desktop. If you are going to create CapiTel objects on your own, do not forget to set the "Working Directory" ! CAPI 1.1 is unable to handle more than one applications that listen on the same EAZ. Therefore: If you use CapiTel, make sure it listens to the configured EAZ alone. With CAPI 2.0 this is no problem. Installation under Win 95/NT: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unzip the distribution archive into a temporary directory and start SETUP.EXE, this will install CapiTel on your machine and you will find it in the Start-Menu. Before you begin: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This topic is very important, because many users misconfigure CapiTel before they even know that it is working at all. Therefore before you begin to play with all the properties, please start CapiTel, leave the properties alone and call yourself. If CapiTel works on your system, you should see an incoming call from your own number. By default it listens to all numbers. Feel free to configure CapiTel after this little test has been successful. If you would like to run CapiTel as a FREEWARE Caller-ID, please set up ANSWER DELAY to 999 seconds. Then CapiTel is FREE! Configuration: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Use the Properties-Notebook to configure CapiTel. General: - Play Ringing-WAV If this item is selected, the Ringing-WAV is played on your machine if an incoming call is detected. - Generate 16-Bit .WAV Files Mark the checkbox if your soundcard supports this. - Restore Window on new Calls If an incoming call is detected, the CapiTel window pops to the front. Under OS/2, it doesn't steal the focus! - Confirm on Call-Deletion Mark the checkbox if you want to be asked before CapiTel deletes a call. - Ignore empty Calls If you mark this checkbox, all calls with a recording time of 0 seconds won't be recognized by CapiTel - Expand Area-Code If a Caller-ID is detected that can't be found in the Callers-Database, the name of the caller's city is shown. - DTMF Support You can completely disable the DTMF Support (Remote Control) with this item. - Use ulaw-Codec This switch is only important to users in the United States of America. It will enable the ulaw-Codec instead of the alaw-Codec which is used in Europe. - Answer Delay Specify the default delay (in seconds) before CapiTel answers a call. - Max. Recording Time Specify the default maximum recording time (in seconds). CapiTel automatically hangs up if a caller speaks and exceeds this limit! - Silence Detection Specify the Silence Detection (in seconds). CapiTel automaticalls hangs up if a caller stops speaking and exceeds this limit! - Welcome-WAV The default file that is played when CapiTel answers a call. - Ringing-WAV The default file that is played on your machine when an incoming call is detected. - Logfile CapiTel can log all calls into a log-file. You may also specify a Named Pipe or a Device (ie. your printer), if your operating system supports this. Ports: To edit, double-click on an entry or use the PopUp-Menu. If there is no port listed, CapiTel reacts on ALL available ports! Port: A short description for the port. EAZ/MSN: The EAZ or the MSN for this port. If you are using a CAPI 1.1 driver, fill in an EAZ between 0 and 9 here. If you are using CAPI 2.0, supply a complete MSN. Welcome WAV/ALW: The WAV or ALW file that is played to the caller. Use * for the default. Ringing WAV: The WAV that is played on your machine when an incoming call is detected. Use * for the default. Reaction: CapiTel is able to reject a call. Here you define how it should behave: 'Normal' for normal behaviour, 'Busy' to simulate a busy line, 'Refuse' to refuse the call, and 'Unavailable' to simulate an unavailable service. Important: The reaction you define here is only valid for the ISDN card. If another device (ie. an ISDN telephone) is also listening on the EAZ/MSN, the caller won't get CapiTel's reaction! There is nothing we can do about this. That's the way ISDN works. Answer Delay: The answer delay (in seconds) for the port. Use * for the default. Max. Recording Time: The maximum recording time (in seconds) for the port. Use * for the default. Callers: To edit, double-click on an entry or use the PopUp-Menu. If someone calls you and the incoming number matches one in this container, the caller specific settings are used. Name: The caller's name. Number: The caller's number which is used when identifying incoming calls. You may use the * wildcard at the end of a number (and only there).. ie. 024192090* matches ALL numbers that start with 024192090. The other fields are described under Ports. Remote Actions: To edit, double-click on an entry or use the PopUp-Menu. DTMF Code: If this DTMF Code is detected, the appropiate Action is started. Action: The following actions are available: - Remote Control plays all calls that have been recorded. Use the *-Button on your phone to delete them. - Reboot (do not forget that you will get stuck at Win NT's login-prompt when using this feature. You may override the login-prompt using utilities like TweakUI) - Deactivate CapiTel - Quit CapiTel - Execute starts a program on your machine. You have to fill in the Program, Arguments and Title fields! - Callback. With this DTMF-Code you can define a new callback number. entering no new number disables callback. Window Title: This is the window's title of an EXECUTE-Action. Use "Save" to save the new settings, or "Cancel" to discard them. A note about the Port/Caller specific settings: If you specify something for a caller, it takes precedence over the settings you might have defined for a Port. Usage: ~~~~~ The most important part of the CapiTel main window is the container. There you will see all incoming calls. The fields are self explanatory. Under OS/2, you may throw colours and fonts into the main window, they will be remembered. If you are using CapiTel with hidden controls, you can access the various menu functions with the popup menu you get when you click with your right mouse button on the container. Under OS/2, the window can be moved by dragging the sizing border with the right mouse button pressed. Use the "Record" option to record a new welcome message by calling yourself. A dialog will pop up asking you for a filename. WELCOME.ALW is the default. You can use the created ALW files in the Port and Callers tabs of the Properties-Notebook. Of course you can create a .WAV file yourself and use it directly! If someone calls you and wants to stop the Welcome-WAV, he just pushes the #-Button on his phone. If you have any questions, contact us! Hints for Experts: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Almost everything in CapiTel can be configured time-dependent. It can't be found in the Properties-Notebook, because we didn't want to confuse newbies. Edit CAPITEL.CFG, CAPITEL.PRT, CAPITEL.NAM or CAPITEL.ACT and modify the entries as follows: entry=[~][~]...[~] chunk_x=-,, fromday/today can be one of: Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa, Su Lower Day-Value must be first in the Day-Ranges. ie. Fr-Mo is not allowed! fromtime/totime must be xx:yy (xx=hours, yy=minutes) in 24 Hour format. CapiTel parses the chunks from left to right and stops after the first hit. Time-dependent entries must not exceed 512 characters. The default value is used if there is no hit. Some examples can be found in CAPITEL.CFG If you find bugs regarding this feature, please send us a DETAILED bug-report. Registration: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The OS/2 evaluation version expires after 60 days. After this period, it _stops_ working and you have to register it if you want to further use it. The Win 95/NT version does not expire, but it has a 10 second delay upon Startup. Also reminding windows pop up after the fifth call, and CapiTel automatically deactivates itself after the 12th call. Different BEEP-Tones are used by the registered version and the evaluation copy. This way we can determine whether someone is using an illegal copy or not. Each CapiTel license costs 55.00 DM (German Marks). Contact us if you want to organize a collective order with special prices! Your license will be valid for all versions. Fill out ORDER.TXT, and mail it to: Carsten Wimmer Trierer Str. 281a D-52078 Aachen Germany Or fax it to: +49-241-9571314 Or email it to: cawim@garrincha.oche.de Transfer the money, 55.00 DM (German Marks), to the following account: Carsten Wimmer Volksbank Aachen Sued eG (Germany) Account Number : 22 00 47 30 20 Bank Code Number: 391 614 90 Eurocheque is fine, too! It is also possible to order CapiTel over BMT Micro, they also accept major credit cards. For more information see ORDERBMT.TXT License Agreement: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ See LICENSE.TXT or LIZENZ.TXT (German Version) for details. By using CapiTel you accept the License Agreement. The Mailing-List: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There has been an Internet Mailing-List set up for CapiTel, where you can discuss bugs etc. with other users and the authors themselves. To subscribe, send an EMail to majordomo@sundancer.oche.de and put "subscribe capitel" (without quotes of course) in its body. To unsubscribe at a later time, do the same with "unsubscribe capitel". If you want to get more help, use "help" in the message's body. The address of the list is capitel@sundancer.oche.de Availability: ~~~~~~~~~~~~ All CapiTel versions can be found here: - World Wide Web: http://www.oche.de/~cawim/capitel.html - BBS: CapiTel's Home BBS, +49-241-9519012 (ISDN), Area CAPITEL - FidoNet FileRequest: Zottelbox Line 1 : 2:2432/518 VFC/V34/FAX +49-5233-99527 2400-28800 Line 2+3: 2:2432/518 X75 (RINGDOWN) +49-5233-99527 64000 Line 4 : 2:2432/519 V32bis +49-5233-99528 2400-14400 Limits : 50 Files / 4 MB NoReq.: 3:30-4:29 (ZMH) Magics CTELOS2 for the OS/2 versions (capi 1.1/2.0) CTELWIN for the W95/NT versions (capi 2.0) You are explicitly allowed to distribute the unmodified CapiTel ZIP-archive (and the EXE-archive for the Windows version) on the Internet, on Shareware CD-Roms, on Bulletin Board Systems and so on. Final Note: ~~~~~~~~~~ Comments and Bug-Reports are welcome. But please do not forget that CapiTel is an easy-to-use and intuitive answering machine, and not a complex voice-mailbox, a fax server or a full CTI system! Have fun, the authors, Werner Fehn & Carsten Wimmer wfehn@popmail.oche.de cawim@garrincha.oche.de http://www.oche.de/~wfehn/ http://www.oche.de/~cawim/ FidoNet: 2:2433/626.4 Fax: +49-241-9571314 Schuttenhofweg 220 Trierer Str. 281a 52080 Aachen 52078 Aachen Germany Germany