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Re: [ECS] Phone problems Bill Walters Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:43:18 -0500

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Mark,

Right now, I have a "Phone Blaster" card installed.  It combines Modem &
Sound Blaster on one ISA card.  When I was using the Zoom 14.4 VXP modem it
did the same thing.

Bill

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Gilmore" <omnip@usit.net>
To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ECS] Phone problems


> Bill,
> What modem do you have ?
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> http://www.usit.com/omnip
> 423-745-0026
> Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
>
>
> Bill Walters wrote:
> >
> > Mark,
> >
> > I too experienced the problem of voice mail not answering reliably.
> > Sometimes it would not answer, somtimes it would answer and record to
end of
> > time allotted and sometimes it would record a message (or so ECS said)
but
> > wouldn't play it back (or what was played back didn't last more than
5-10
> > seconds).
> >
> > Always, I could "reboot" the system and all would be well again for 3 to
4
> > days.
> >
> > I chalked it up to:
> >
> > Windows 98SE
> > Multiport serial card on 1 IRQ
> > Running ACE Server concurrently
> > Running SYGATE concurrently
> > Running RAdmin (or other remote control software) concurrently
> > Odd phase of the moon (... ok, ok, just kidding about this one!)
> >
> > My solution was to have the computer reboot each night at 2:36 AM.  I
didn't
> > have any more problems after that, as long as the reboot was successful
> > (sometimes it wouldn't be successful).
> >
> > I never reported it as a "Problem" as I believed my configuration
somewhat
> > unique and as long as it was solvable by a reboot.
> >
> > Bill Walters
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Gilmore" <omnip@usit.net>
> > To: <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 11:22 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ECS] Phone problems
> >
> > > Hi A.J.,
> > > I can only assume that your modem is failing,
> > > as no one else has reported such a problem
> > > (and I use the modem for voice-mail myself).
> > > Is there ANYTHING "unique" about your hardware,
> > > installation, and or OS that I should be aware of ?
> > > --
> > > Mark Gilmore
> > > Omnipotence (ECS home automation software)
> > > http://www.usit.com/omnip
> > > 423-745-0026
> > > Hours: Mon-Sat, 9AM-8PM/EST
> > >
> > >
> > > > "A.J. Griglak" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm having another problem with the phone service event.
Occasionally
> > > > (sometimes twice a day, sometimes twice a week) when callers leave
> > > > messages and then hang up, ECS doesn't acknowledge the phone being
> > > > hung up, and the message records until the timeout is hit.  When I
> > > > then playback the message, it plays a very brief squeal, and then
says
> > > > "Playback complete."  However, the message is never acknowledged as
> > > > being played - i.e. in another 5 minutes, "you have new phone
> > > > messages"  At first, I thought that the callers were simply hanging
up
> > > > without leaving a message, but today my wife called, and I know she
> > > > left a message - however, I can't even play it.  Has anyone seen
this,
> > > > or can help me fix it?
> > > >
> > > > Also, is there anyway to play previous listened to messages through
a
> > > > remote phone session?
> > > >
> > > > BTW, I solved the ECS voice mail / fax on the same machine - sort
of.
> > > > I joined www.faxpc.com and receive faxes via email.

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