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RE: [ECS] Remote Phone Button Kevin Keast Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:42:07 -0500

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Thanks Garnet!

Kevin

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gbailey [mailto:gbailey@attcanada.net]
> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 1999 11:29 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: RE: [ECS] Remote Phone Button
>
>
> It really has been some time since I did the phone thing; most of the
> archive stuff was written for the Bigmouth. It used to answer solicitors
> right away (actually after the first ring, but I used a distinctive ring /
> ring splitter that absorbed the first ring). Never used to hear solicitors
> at all.
> I currently use a PhoneBlaster and we do hear the first ring
> (after the ring
> splitter). I haven't had time to mess with it to get it better,
> but I'm sure
> we can find a way to do it.
> BTW, if there is something about the event that you don't understand, I am
> still here !
>
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> Garnet Bailey
> gbailey@attcanada.net       ICQ# 23436806
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Kevin Keast [mailto:libertyc@prodigy.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, February 04, 1999 7:25 PM
> To:	ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject:	RE: [ECS] Remote Phone Button
>
> 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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