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Re: [ECS] Phone line with PBX Mark Gilmore Thu, 25 Feb 1999 21:31:19 -0800

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No :-)

David Mccoll wrote:
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> Sounds like you have it hooked up correctly. If you use the
> Phone-Interface-C behind the PBX then you will likely have to get a second
> CID box as PBXs usually eat call-id info. Which brings up the following
> question: Will ECS support 2 Phone-Interface-C's the first used for
> Answering and the second used for CID only ?
> 
> David M
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don <stephens@west.net>
> To: ECS List <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 5:25 PM
> Subject: [ECS] Phone line with PBX
> 
> >Two questions, now that I have my phone-interface-c working. (Thanks again,
> >Mark) Is anyone using a PBX and if so, how are the incoming and outgoing
> >lines routed through the modem. I have the line side of my Zoom going to
> the
> >extension side of the PBX but this blocks the caller-ID. If I switch the
> >lines so that the port marked Line on the modem goes to a splitter where
> the
> >phone line is connected to the PBX I can't use the modem to page, which
> >brings up my second question. I have created a Phone-Call Item with the
> >Message Item pointing to a Text Item. When I set the Phone-Call Item to
> >call, it does, but when I answer the phone from the other line,  the
> Message
> >Item is spoken so fast I can't understand it. Anyone run into this?
> >Thanks;
> >Don
> >
> >

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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