Ñ CallerID Remote¬ allows any Macintosh user, with a SupraModem or other modem capable of callerID reception, to maintain a database of incoming calls, displayed with the caller's name, phone number, time of call, and date of call.
In addition, CIDR allows a pager user to have some or all callerID data transmitted to his or her pager. Users of alphanumeric pagers can receive name, phone number, date and time of call to the alpha pager. Text messages can also be transmitted to any alphanumeric pager using the Motorola TAP protocol.
CIDR will also send reminders at programmed intervals to the user╒s alpha pager. Reminders can occur: once, daily, every 2 days, every 3 days, weekly, or monthly.
Ñ WHAT YOU NEED
2 megs (or more) of available RAM
SupraModem (or any other modem that has the CallerID feature)
CallerID service provided by your phone company (the type that shows name with the phone number)
Apple Serial Tool installed in Extensions folder * VITAL--MUST HAVE *
Ñ OPTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Numeric or alphanumeric digital pager
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are using an alphanumeric pager (a pager able to display text messages), you must be using the TAP protocol for text messaging. To find out what protocol you are using, contact your pager service provider; if your pager is a Motorola brand, you are probably using the TAP protocol.
IMPORTANT: Please read this file in its entirety before trying to use CIDR.
Ñ HOW TO USE
CallerID Remote is simple to use.
Your modem MUST be plugged into the modem or printer port to use this program.
At this time, PC-card modems and Geoport modems are not supported.
Run the application. If your modem is connected to your phone line, and plugged into the modem port of your Mac, you will start receiving callerID data.
Ñ INSTALLING CIDR
1. Copy the application to your hard disk.
2. Quit any other telecomm programs; CIDR needs total command of the serial port it is currently running on.
NOTE: If you get a message saying the port is already in use, hold down the OPTION key; the button will now say ╥OVERRIDE╙. Click it to take over control of the serial port which CIDR is set for.
3. Double-click the program to run it.
4. Select GENERAL PREFERENCES from the SETUP menu.
5. At the bottom of the window, you will see an initialization string for the modem. The default string is for use with most SupraFaxModems; if you change it, make sure your string contains ╥#CID=1╙ to turn callerID sensing ON. If you╒re not certain, leave it alone.
If you╒re not using a pager, then you╒re through with setup and can use CIDR immediately.
Ñ USING PAGER NOTIFICATION
Sending pages is completely different for numeric pagers than it is for alphanumeric pagers.
With a numeric pager, a caller basically calls the pager number, then punches in numbers after hearing a beep or series of beeps.
With an alphanumeric pager, however, the text message is basically sent just as an email message is. The sender of the message, which in this case is CIDR, calls the host computer, which is your paging company╒s computer, and makes a simple connection much like calling any bulletin-board. CIDR then sends the text message to the host computer, which in turn sends it on to the appropriate pager.
It╒s good to know the difference between these two systems because you will want to understand what is going on with your pager in order to set up CIDR. However, setup is basically simple and needs only a few test phone calls to get just right.
SETTING UP FOR PAGING
Check ╥Send pages when called╙ in the main window. You can turn paging on and off here.
Select ╥Pager Preferences╙ from the ╥Setup╙ menu.
NUMERIC PAGERS
1. Select ╥Numeric Pager╙ at the top of the dialog.
2. Enter your pager number, followed by 3 commas.
3. Enter any number in the ╥Owner Code╙ box. This is for you to identify that the incoming page came from CIDR. For now, you can leave it set to ╥00╙ if you wish.
4. Click ╥OK╙.
5. Select ╥Test Pager╙ from the ╥Setup╙ menu. This sends a numeric test page to any pager (both numeric or alphanumeric), and will determine whether your settings are correct.
If everything is configured right, your pager should receive ╥00╙ or whatever you set as the Owner Code. If it didn╒t work, don╒t panic! We╒ll just tweak a little.
If you could hear your modem sending tones, then you know whether the Owner Code was sent too early or too late. If it was sent too early, add a comma; if it was sent too late, remove a comma.
IMPORTANT: Repeat Steps 1- 5 until you get your pages working properly, then move on to the rest of these steps.
6. In the Paging Preferences dialog, enter your local area code.
7. Enter the length of time (in seconds) that you want the program to wait before sending you the callerID data. This will depend on whether you use a phone machine or not, and should be set so that the page isn╒t sent until a message would have been completed and the phone line would be free.
8. Enter the number of rings that will cause a page to be sent. If you are home, for example, you won╒t want to be paged if you pick the phone up within 2 rings. I normally set my computer to send pages if the phone rings 3 times (this value must be at least 2, since your phone has to ring twice for callerID data to be transmitted. CallerID data is transmitted between the 1st and 2nd rings of your phone).
9. Check whether you want to see Owner Code or Time of Call with each page.
ALPHANUMERIC PAGERS:
Ñ You must be using the TAP protocol for text messaging, in order for this feature to work. If your paging company uses something other than the TAP protocol, then you can still use numeric paging.
Ñ You need the access phone number in order to send text messages. In essence, you will be connecting to another computer, sending a short ╥email╙ message, and hanging up.
1. Contact your paging company, and explain that you have software for sending text messages. Obtain the telephone number for sending these messages.
2. Enter this access # in the field COMPUTER NUMBER. If you want to disable call waiting, you can preface the computer number with the disable-call-waiting string; my computer number, for example, reads ╥*70,256-0352╙ (the comma sends a pause to the modem).
3. Enter your pager number in the ╥Pager Number╙ field (if you╒re never planning to use numeric paging, don╒t worry about adding commas to the pager number).
4. Click ╥OK╙.
5. Select ╥Services╙ from the ╥Setup╙ menu.
6. Type in the name of your paging company in the ╥Service╙ field.
7. Type in the computer access number (the same one you entered earlier) into the ╥Computer Number╙ field. However, in don╒t use any commas for pauses (don╒t disable call-waiting here).
8. Click ╥Add.╙
9. You can add other services here later, if you want to send pages to users of a different pager service. For now, click ╥Done╙.
10. Select ╥Pager Numbers╙ from the ╥Setup╙ menu.
11. Type your name and pager number in the fields provided. The pager number must NOT include any hyphens, commas, periods, or other punctuation.
12. Select the SERVICE that is used with this pager from the popup menu.
13. Click ╥Add╙.
14. Add as many pagers to this list as you wish. You will use this list when sending text messages directly to alpha pagers. Click DONE when you╒re through.
15. Test the alphanumeric paging settings by sending yourself a text message. Select ╥Send text message to alpha pager╙ from the DO menu, and enter a short message. Choose your pager from the popup list of pagers. Click ╥OK╙.
If you╒ve entered the proper pager number and computer number, the text message should get to your pager. If it doesn╒t, then select ╥Terminal╙ from the ╥Do╙ menu and watch the activity on your modem as it tries to contact your paging company. If your attempts fail consistently, contact me via email and we╒ll figure out where the problem is. Make a note of what occurred in the Terminal window before contacting me, please.
But when you╒re successful...
16. You need to wait after each incoming call before sending a page. If you╒re using a phone machine, you╒ll want to wait until the caller finishes leaving a message before trying to send your page.
In the Preferences window, enter this wait time (in seconds) in the ╥Wait before Paging╙ field.
17. When you╒re home, you will not want CIDR to page you with each call. Determine the number of rings that have to occur before a page goes out and enter that number in the ╥Don╒t page unless phone rings x times╥ field.
OTHER SETTINGS
The following settings are used with both numeric and alpha pagers.
Ñ Page me when cellular or out-of-area calls come in.
You won╒t see name or phone number, but you might want to know anyway.
Ñ Page me every time the phone rings.
This will tell you when anyone calls, even when they hang up after one ring; this is useful if you have a phone machine and long-distance calls come in. You╒ll still know a call came in even though no callerID was received.
If you have a numeric pager, you╒ll see ╥777777777╙ on your pager; if you are using an alpha pager, you╒ll see ╥Call received╙ on your pager.
Ñ Speak the incoming caller╒s name. This uses the Mac╒s speech synthesis to speak the name. If the Mac doesn╒t recognize a word, however, like my last name, it spells it out...
Ñ Delete all calls/Delete no calls/Delete all calls without phone numbers
Use this popup to choose how you want callerID data saved. If you want to keep a record of incoming calls, you can set this accordingly.
Ñ Ignore calls from
If you don╒t want to be paged when receiving calls from certain numbers, you can enter those phone numbers using this menu option in the ╥Setup╙ menu.
Ñ Attach names to numbers
You can use this option in the ╥Setup╙ menu to attach an alternate name to any phone number. CIDR checks this list and makes any substitutions before paging.
In rare instances, phone numbers come in from outlying areas where names will not be attached. Use this option to attach names to these numbers as well.
Ñ Reminders
You can set reminders that will be sent to your alpha pager at the time you specify. Select ╥Add Reminder╙ from the SETUP menu and enter a new reminder. Use the popup menus to set the time for the reminder, and type in the date for transmitting the reminder.
Use the radio buttons at the bottom to have the message sent once or on a repeating basis. Click REPEAT, then set the popup menus for the type of repeating event you want.
You can view all your reminders by choosing REMINDERS from the SETUP menu. From there, you can delete, add, or edit your reminders.
Ñ Archive List
You can delete calls from your list and save them to a text file if desired. Select ╥Archive List╙ from the ╥File╙ menu and enter the number of days before which calls will be removed from the scrolling field in CIDR.
Ñ Deleting individual lines
Click on any line in the caller list; buttons will appear at the bottom of the window. Click on the appropriate button to delete, attach, or ignore that caller.
Ñ Using CIDR to dial out
You can click the phone icon to dial out; if you have a name selected from the calls list, CIDR will ask if you want to call that number. Otherwise, you will be prompted to enter a phone number.
Ñ Print List
Prints the callerID list.
Ñ Clear List
This option in the ╥Edit╙ menu clears the callerID list; once deleted, they cannot be retrieved.
Ñ Finding names in the Calls List
Choose ╥Find╙ from the ╥Do╙ menu to find a name or number in the current Calls List.
KNOWN CONFLICTS
This first version of CIDR will not send alphanumeric pages when After Dark is in screensave mode. When using CIDR, either turn After Dark off, or put the cursor in the NEVER SLEEP corner of your monitor.
Ñ TROUBLESHOOTING
You can view alphanumeric progress by opening the Terminal window in the DO menu. This will show you what is transpiring (what the computer is sending you, what responses it is making to CIDR). If you can╒t make this program work, make a note of what you see in this window, and send it to me via email:
Internet: Bob Patin <bskate@nashville.net>
CIS: 76556,2012
New versions of CallerID Remote are always available from the
Summit Productions Web Page at:
http://www.nashville.net/~bskate
Ñ SHAREWARE
This program is shareware, and will become non-functional after 30 days of use. To register your copy, please send $20 to the address at the top of this file. Registering your copy will assure you that future copies of CIDR will be available to you, and that I continue to post the newer versions on networks.
