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Re: [ECS] Telephone Question J Gary Mull Wed, 25 Aug 1999 23:10:18 -0400

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Hi Mark,

There is not event other than the phone-service event which says in so many
rings Answer.  If you choose phone-box 5 then it should execute the dial
string, instead it starts recording.  Am I missing something.  This is how
I was doing it in DOS.

     Cheers,

          Gary



At 06:16 PM 08/24/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Gary,
>I have a strong feeling that your Events are triggering
>a RECORD, instead of setting this Item to CALL. I tried
>this command, and it seemed to work fine. "Get manual"
>by setting it to CALL yourself. Then worry about getting
>the Events to work.
>
>J Gary Mull wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Gang,
>> 
>> Per my post yesterday I still have not yet figured out how I might transfer
>> a call.  It is often the little things that I find the most difficult to
>> see and do.
>> 
>> My Bell South phone has answer transfer.  You can Flash get a new dial
>> tone, dial a number hangup and the call is transferred to the number you
>> dialed.
>> 
>> I was doing this in ECS DOS with the BigMouth card using a Phone-Box Item.
>> If some one during the initial answer message pressed 5, ECS would then
>> initiate the dial-string in phone box5 and transfer the call to my pager,
>> another number would transfer the caller to my cell phone, etc....
>> 
>> My question is, does the current Phone-Box Item support this in the Windows
>> version.  The dial string is there but is anyone doing anything with a
>> phone-box item like me.  I have set up the dial-string the same as I had in
>> DOS, with the exception of a "," for "W" (wait) and "!" for "F" (flash).
>> 
>> Here is what I have setup that is not working for me.
>> 
>> Item:                   Phone Box5
>> Type:                   Phone-Box
>> Initial State:          (none)
>> Message Item:
>> Box Number:             5
>> Dial-String             ATDT!,,,0,,,404-871-7804 X
>> 
>> Instead of transferring the call, ECS begins to record. ??????
>> 
>> ECS is an extension on the PBX, so I have to flash, wait till I receive a
>> dial tone, then press zero to get to the party.
>> 
>> "!" is a FLASH COMMAND
>> "," is a 1 second wait
>> 
>> I have tried various other dial-stings but I have not landed on one that
>> works, any ideas
>> 
>> At 06:51 AM 08/24/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>> >--
>> >Mark Gilmore
>> >Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
>> >http://www.usit.com/omnip
>> >omnip@usit.net
>> >423-745-0026
>> >Gary,
>> >I think you can do this with the AT dial string:
>> >"!" causes a flash-hook and "," causes a delay
>> >of ?? seconds.
>> >
>> >J Gary Mull wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I have a unique type of line, with Answer Transfer.  It is a little
>> >> different than three way calling in that it allows me to transfer a
caller
>> >> to another outside line.
>> >>
>> >> If you wish to transfer the caller, you simply press flash and dial the
>> >> number and hangup.
>> >>
>> >> I am trying to duplicate what I was doing with the BigMouth Card with
the
>> >> zoom modem and have not managed to duplicate what I was doing with
>> BigMouth.
>> >>
>> >> For instance I had phone box 5 set to transfer the call to my pager
with a
>> >> flash hook wait, dial 0, wait and then dial my pager number and hangup.
>> >>
>> >> Can one first do a flash hook, then dial a number using the ATDT type
>> >> string?  I have tried various ways to do this, but did not succeed.
I can
>> >> do this manually with my PBX.  I answer the call, press flash hook,
wait a
>> >> moment, dial 0 to receive a new dial tone on my main number, then
dial the
>> >> new number and hang up.
>> >>
>> >> I had other non published mail boxes setup to dial other numbers such
as my
>> >> Mom Long Distance.  I got a better rate if I was on my cell phone,
called
>> >> the house to a private mail box and then was transferred long
distance to
>> >> my mom etc.
>> >>
>> >>         Gary
>> >> jgary@atl.mindspring.com   Gary at Home
>> >> jgmull@us.ibm.com          Gary at Work
>> >
>> jgary@atl.mindspring.com   Gary at Home
>> jgmull@us.ibm.com          Gary at Work
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>-- 
>Mark Gilmore
>Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
>http://www.usit.com/omnip
>423-745-0026
>
jgary@atl.mindspring.com   Gary at Home 
jgmull@us.ibm.com          Gary at Work

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