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Local analogue modems that support caller id?
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You want the modem to show you the caller ? or you want your caller ID to work on the other side of the modem. Cable from wall into modem -out of modem into caller id ?
No, the modem itself should support caller id - ie, when the phone rings, the modem (via software) displays caller id.
For eg, if you have a terminal connection to the modem, and the phone rings, usually you would see the ring indicator, like so:
However with caller id, you would see:
I need one that supports the local caller id in use here (ETSI) like most screen phones do.
I've got an oldish USR 56k modem, which doesn't support it -however apparently a lot of sportsters do support it. Just my luck.
I emailed Duxbury support last night to find out if theirs do. Just have to wait for a response.
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How to test a modem for caller id support
For eg, if you have a terminal connection to the modem, and the phone rings, usually you would see the ring indicator, like so:
Code:
RING
RING
RING
...However with caller id, you would see:
Code:
RING
DATE = xxxxx
TIME = xxxx
NMBR = xxxxxxxxx
NAME = xxxxxxxx
RING
...I need one that supports the local caller id in use here (ETSI) like most screen phones do.
I've got an oldish USR 56k modem, which doesn't support it -however apparently a lot of sportsters do support it. Just my luck.
I emailed Duxbury support last night to find out if theirs do. Just have to wait for a response.
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How to test a modem for caller id support
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I too am looking for an external voice/fax/data modem that supports CLI.thisgeek said:
Have come across the LG Internal that supports Caller ID, but have no idea if it supports local.
Am still looking and will advise if I find one. If you find one before me, please let me know.
CJ
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thisgeek said:
If its software supported then they should all work, you just need to pay for the service from telskum.
this page is very handy
http://www.talkingcallerid.com/ModemDriver.htm
http://www.talkingcallerid.com/ModemDriver.htm
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Thats very nice and all but you still got to Pay telskum for the service.werner said:
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No, the modem needs to be able to support it.
TAPI reads the modem decoded signal, and passes it through to caller id software running on your PC, which can then pop up whatever info you want associated with the incoming number.
I just need to know what locally available modems support it - I emailed Duxbury, but the only response I've had so far was to tell me that they've passed my question on to the techs.
* And I already pay for the caller ID service.