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Re: [ECS] Remote Phone Button Bill Walters Thu, 04 Feb 1999 20:38:10 -0600

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If I remember correctly, it answers after the first and sometimes just
as the second began, but again, it's been a while since I didn't have
the "ring kill" feature.

Bill Walters


Kevin Keast wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> Thank you for the offer.  I am also using Garnet's system as a model.  I
> still don't yet understand exactly how it works but I am getting there.  I
> got the file from the ftp.gallops.com site.
> 
> Good luck with the ring kill.
> 
> Question:  Without your ring kill, does garnets system answer on the first
> ring if it is a solicitor or blocked caller id?
> 
> Kevin
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Walters [mailto:wtwalters@home.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 9:20 PM
> > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] Remote Phone Button
> >
> >
> > Yes, Remote-Phone-Button works just fine.
> >
> > I use Garnet Bailey's Phone stuff from the archives; I've modified it a
> > little (still isn't working 100%) since I've moved over to windows.
> > Actually, the phone event works just fine but I have a "ring kill" relay
> > which stops the house phones from ringing until after the CID
> > announcement.  The command I used to use to re-set it isn't available
> > under ECS 4 with Phone-Interface-C, so I'm experimenting in small doses.
> >
> > I probably have a text file with just the phone stuff in it if you'd
> > like it e-mailed directly (this will be -old- ECS 3.3) but should get
> > you started.  I could also probably suppliment it with a "cut-n-paste"
> > from my CFG file.
> >
> > A word of caution - phone stuff is just about the hardest to "figure
> > out" in ECS.  Lots of interlinking.  It's NOT a 1 or 2 night project!
> >
> > Bill Walters
> >
> >
> > Kevin Keast wrote:
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Will Remote-Phone-Button work?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Bill Walters [mailto:wtwalters@home.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 8:52 PM
> > > > To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [ECS] Remote Phone Button
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kevin,
> > > >
> > > > Local-Phone does not work with Phone-Interface-C, only
> > > > Phone-Interface-A  (Bigmouth).
> > > >
> > > > Bill Walters
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Kevin Keast wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Since I got my zoom 14.4 going I am now dabling with the phone
> > > > system.  I
> > > > > created Phone-Interface-C and set up a local-phone-button.
> > > > >
> > > > > I hooked a phone into the "phone" port  on the zoom and I
> > looked at the
> > > > > state of the remote-phone-button.  It does not respond.  Is
> > > > there some trick
> > > > > to this?
> > > > >
> > > > > Also I tried to play a text file through the modem and got an
> > > > ADPCMD message
> > > > > saying 8000HZ is too high or something.  Any ideas.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > > >
> > > > > Kevin
> > > >
> >

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