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This is a very early alpha release of my answering
machine for OS/2. I started building it because of
lack of other such software that supported my modem.
I also wanted more features than the existing
DOS/Windows software came with. In particular,
fax forwarding and remote control.
Since either my modem, or the DOS/Windows software
that came with it, was very unreliable, I felt a
need to improve on that too. Especially annoying
is to come back and find the line still engaged,
because a connection was not properly terminated.
Right now, only the answering function is implemented,
but I wanted to see if there would be any interest
for this thing at all. Not that it will influence
development, which will continue regardless.
What I would like to know though, is if it functions
with similar modems. The modem commands can be
configured, so other type modems should be supported
as well, but right now, the part that reads those
settings is not done.
To see if your modem is a candidate for this software
it must support the following commands:
DTE DCE Comment
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
AT+FCLASS=8 -> Enter voice mode
<- OK
AT+VLS=2 -> Connect voice to line
<- VCON
AT+VTX -> Start speaking
<- CONNECT
<DATA> ->
<DLE><ETX> ->
<- VCON Return to command mode
AT+VTS=[933,0,12] -> Beep
<- OK
AT+VRX -> Start recording
<- CONNECT
<- <DATA>
<- <DLE>b Busy detected
or
<- <DLE>q Silence detected
Q -> Stop recording
<- <DATA> Data left in buffer
<- <DLE><ETX> DLE ETX signals end of data stream
<- VCON Return to command mode
AT+VLS=0 -> Disconnect line
<- OK
AT+FCLASS=0 -> Return to data mode
<- OK
What I would like to know from you, is what features
you would like to see in a software answering machine
and what you would be willing to pay for it.
As soon as it is in a state to be released, it will
be done so as shareware, but I do not want it to
be uninteresting due to too steep pricing.
Planned features
- fax forwarding (on demand or automatic)
- remote control for messages
- remote launching of software through DTMF tones
- MMPM/2 integration
- anything else you or I might come up with
Please contact me at:
linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl
or
vlinstee@metropolis.nl