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Re: [ECS] Final CID questions Mark Gilmore Mon, 24 Aug 1998 08:11:32 -0700

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Ingo, I will need a copy of your caller-id item def & 
your caller-id file.

Ingo Dean wrote:
> 
> I believe you misunderstand my situation:
> 
> I shouldn't even be getting a "?" for caller-id-name since I have a name
> defined for the number in a CID file referenced by a CID item.
> 
> In other words (I'll try to be clearer), I have a CID item called "CID:
> File" which is set to "@CID_LIST.txt".  So, if I had the Caller-ID service
> without names, the names would be looked up in this file, correct?
> 
> I have Extended Caller-ID (something like that), which sends the names when
> the phone company knows 'em.  And when they don't, they seem to send that
> "O" for the name, but send the number correctly.
> 
> Well, ECS now correctly keeps the number when the name is unknown, and sets
> the name to "?".
> 
> Then it *should* look up the number in my CID_LIST.txt file to see if I've
> given that number a name.
> 
> That *sorta* works:  it *does* set the Caller-ID-C item properly, but
> doesn't properly set the Caller-ID-Name item.  It should use the same name
> out of the CID_LIST.txt file to overwrite the "?".
> 
> This is what my LOG output shows that I had included.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:markgilmore@cococo.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, August 23, 1998 11:39 AM
> > To: ecs-list@vancouver.ml.org
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] Final CID questions
> >
> >
> > Just check for "?" in the caller-id-name
> > AND caller-id-number Item.
> >
> > Ingo Dean (Outlook Express) wrote:
> > >
> > > Mark,
> > >
> > > There's still something I can't quite get to work on my
> > caller-ID routines:
> > >
> > > When a call comes in from an Unknown Name ("?") with valid
> > number which I've
> > > defined a name for in my Caller-ID file, setting the
> > Caller-ID-C item to LOG
> > > or SPEAK works properly.  But the Caller-ID-Name item continues
> > to be "?",
> > > breaking what I'm trying to do: only announce the number if the name is
> > > totally unknown (from phone company, and from my CID file).
> > >
> > > Am I still doing this wrong?
> > >
> > > LOG OUTPUT:
> > > -----------
> > > O 08/22  9:33 PM:Call from My ISDN Line at 626-5410
> > > O 08/22  9:33 PM:Call from 626-5410
> > >
> > > Program snippet:
> > > ----------------
> > > |       BEGINIF Caller-ID-C             Is Not Now      None
> > > |       Do      Text-A                  T1<-T1          MSG:Call From
> > > |       Do      Text-A                  Set             <Space>
> > > |
> > > |               For debugging only:
> > > |       Do      Caller-ID-C             Set             Log
> > > |
> > > |       If      Caller-ID-Name          Is              Question Mark
> > > |       Then    Text-A                  T1/A<-T1        Caller-ID-Number
> > > |       Else    Text-A                  T1/A<-T1        Caller-ID-Name
> > > |
> > > |               Announce it:
> > > |       Do      Text-A                  Set
> > Display/Log/Speak
> > > |       ENDIF
> >
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence
> > Voice:423-745-0026
> > FAX  :423-745-1714
> > http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html
> >

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence
Voice:423-745-0026
FAX  :423-745-1714
http://members.a2zsol.com/omnipotence.html

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