Erwin Craps - IT Helps
Erwin.Craps at ithelps.be
Wed Nov 10 01:34:42 CST 2004
I'm not familiar with caller Id on analogue lines. I have with ISDN equiment, in that equipment you can usealy program directly in the equipment (Terminal Adapter is the modem for ISDN) a number(s) for which to pickup. This is the only solution because you can not tell in ras for whom to pick up. I never used Caller Id on analogue lines but I supose that some AT string must be available in the modem to set a incoming phone number. I supose this will be a more expensive modem. This way it is the modem that decides for whom to pickup instead of ras. In the old day (before Euro ISDN) I seen small boxes that could distinguesh between faxmodem (by the beep) and voice lines. They would pick up the line inmediatly and listen if a beep (carrier signal) is present. If not it would transfer to the phone connector and ring the phone. If a carrier was detected it would transfer the call to the modem connector and let it ring. This device generates a small beep before transferring the call to trigger the fax or modem on the other side. This would be a second, maybe the best solution for you, bu I'm not aware if this till exists. Infact this kind of device is now built in to this home faxes with a phone included... To shorten my story. Two solutions. 1) Find a modem that supports caller ID and where you can program a number to pick IN THE MODEM. With for example an AT string that you put in the default modem properties in Windows. 2) Find this autoswitch device to distingues fax/modem and voice trafic on your line. This device has one line input and two (1x Voice 1x fax/modem) output. Erwin -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:49 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not. Suggested, rejected. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Porter, Mark Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:25 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not. Directional wireless antenna? > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Drew Wutka > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:18 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not. > > > Okay, I have a problem, that I am relatively clueless on where to > start. > I'll try to make this short and sweet. My best friend in the world > lives about 1000 feet from me. She has had a cell phone, and cell > phone only for a while. Her budget is very tight. She has a computer > (actually a little better then my home desktop), but no way to get on > the internet. She doesn't have cable, and until recently, no land > phone. > > Her mother is getting her a land phone. Now she would like internet > connectivity. So would I, cause I would like to be able to just email > her sometimes! Problem, even really cheap dialup is $9.99 a month, > and that's money she can barely spend. > > I, on the other hand, have a SCREAMING DSL connection (3 mgb down, and > 384kb up). I also have Windows 2000 server, which has Routing and > Remote Access, so I can actually connect her to my network, and thus > out to the internet, through RAS. That, I can do. Problem, one, I > have no modem. > (I'm working > on that!) Two, I only have one phone line, and there is no reason for > me to have 2. The second line would be just for her, and would also > be more expensive then her just getting dialup. If I connect my home > phone to my server, however, it will answer on every call. Sort of > annoying, because then I lose my answering machine, and I wouldn't get > messages. What I need to do, is to have the modem pickup, only if the > caller id (which I have) matches HER home number. (If she wants to > call me, she can call me with her cell). > > Any ideas? I know I'll need to use Telephony, but that is the limit > of what I know on this subject. > > Drew _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com