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RE: [ECS] Zoom Modem Martin Terry Thu, 2 Dec 1999 08:02:08 -0800

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Scott, if you have digital IO capabilities with ECS, you can wire a radio
shack relay in-line with the phone to indicate with a contact closure
whether it is currently off hook. This was recently described in "Nuts and
Volts" magazine. The relay is about 2 bucks from radio shack and if you put
it close to where the line comes in your house it will indicate when any
down stream phones are picked up.

I do wish a device could be supported within ECS that was as capable as the
bigmouth, however. I for one miss it!


-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Danks [mailto:sdanks@ci.tulsa.ok.us]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 7:13 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: Re: [ECS] Zoom Modem


Well, I finally got a modem to hook up with ECS.  It is the Zoom 14.4 voice
modem.  But in looking at the ecs.htm file last night, I am confused about
some things.  I searched for information by words that I thought might give
me insight, but alas!  I still spent several hours trying figure things out.
I'm not sure how to detect when the phone is taken off the hook, so it can
play a message and ask for information.  I thought I would have the system
maybe talk to a person when they pickup the phone and have to dial a 9 to
get an outside line, etc.  I remember that Mark said he removed some things,
(maybe I can find the old archives) and one of the guys said he used that
function for his kids to pickup the phone and leave a message before going
out.  Did this really get removed, or was it just a thought?  Also, I tried
using the local-phone-button to let me know someone picked up the phone with
the status messages and it did not work.  Is this because I have not run the
outside phone line to it and it needs the voltage from the phone company?  I
figured out how to record the outgoing message and it recorded as a wav
sound.  So I know that part is working.  Any advice is welcome.

Scott.

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