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Re: [ECS] Phone line with PBX Mark Gilmore Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:17:06 -0800

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Hi Don,
Your PBX setup and/or connections have no effect on the VTX
command. But I'm still confused over what the phone-call
Item has to do with anything. Please FORGET the phone-call
Item and Events for now :-): When you set a Text item to
SPEAK->PC:HS (via the Group Screen, NOT an Event), what
happens ?

stephens@west.net wrote:
> 
>  Hi Mark:
>   I'm sorry not to be clear. I've created an event that starts a Phone-Call
>  by setting it to call. The following line reads...
> 
>    Text-Item   Set  SPEAK->PC:HS
> 
>   It is this item that triggers the error message. Thinking about it, I
>   suspect I'm to blame, as the modem is plugged to station side of
>   the phone switch, NOT line side, so the modem might not see a dial tone.
>   I tried another comm program and got the same error, so the problem
>   probably isn't at your end. I'm going to try and bypass the PBX and see
>   if this doesn't help, and will keep you advised.
>    Could you clear something up for me? When I had the BigmOuth installed,
>   I ran the phone line from the wall to the line side of the BigmOuth, and
>   then ran the jack marked phone on the back of the BigmOuth to the station
>   side of my PBX. Is it possible that the modem doesn't like this routing?
>    By the way, I'm using a Zoom 14.4, so I am pretty sure that the Rockwell
>   chipset commands are supported.
>   Thanks for your help.
>   Don
> 
> On 1999-02-25 ecs-list@netbloc.com said:
>    >Don, I am confused -
>    >We ARE setting a TEXT Item to SPEAK->PC:HS, right ?
>    >How is that related to a PHONE-CALL Item ?
>    >If you get the VTX error when doing so, that would imply
>    >that your modem is not based on the ROCKWELL-VOICE chipset.
>    >But if not, you should have never been able to play ANY sound
>    >thru the modem. So again, I am confused.
>    >Don wrote:
>    >> Mark:
>    >>   Please disregard the previous message below. I hadn't cleared
>    >>the Message  Item field in the Phone-Call Item. I have done that
>    >and I get a ERROR Msg; >
>    >>       Modem Error Responding to "AT#VTX"
>    >> and the text message that I set up to speak->PC:HS doesn't speak.
>    >> Thanks;
>    >> Don

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
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