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| Subject: From: Date: | RE: [ECS] PhoneRider questions answered Chamberlain, Brad Wed, 22 Nov 2000 13:26:54 -0500 |
If Mark adds support for TAPI, the user will then be free to choose whatever TAPI compliant devices he deems best for his situation. Both the Phonerider and newer Dialogic cards are TAPI compliant. Does JTAPI extend TAPI functionality to LINUX? If so than I think this is the direction Mark's development should go. Brad -----Original Message----- From: joerut@epix.net [mailto:joerut@epix.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 11:28 AM To: ecs-list@netbloc.com Subject: Re: [ECS] PhoneRider questions answered I am still convinced (In my opinion) that Dialogic is by far the best choice as far as their reputation is concerned. They seem to have a good deal of the market when it comes to telephone products. From the looks of the Phone Rider it could be a complicated (not to mention expensive) process to get things working correctly. I think it would be much easier to find a motherboard with an ISA slot to accomodate the Dialogic than it would be to use not so popular brand telephone device just because it is USB compatable and may be out of business in a year or two. This issue seems to be ongoing with most users in one form or another. If anyone out there has a PERFECT WORKING phone system can you please contact me and let me know your setup. Thanks Joe Rut > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: PhoneRider question</TITLE> > <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> > <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> > <BODY> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN > class=900045613-22112000>Guys,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN > class=900045613-22112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=900045613-22112000>I sent > > a note to the PhoneRider folks Joe told us about. Thought you might want to see > > the response. (Read from the bottom up.)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN > class=900045613-22112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN > class=900045613-22112000>--David</SPAN></FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN > class=900045613-22112000></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV align=left class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr><FONT face=Tahoma > size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Support > [mailto:Support@mediaphonics.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 22, 2000 > > 3:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B> David Kindred<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: PhoneRider > question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> > <P><FONT size=2>Hello David,</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>Thank you for your interest in our products.</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>With the PhoneRider you will get THE good telephony > solution.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Yes, we detect handset on/off hook, you can > remote control through</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>distant telephone or local > telephone using DTMF.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>To pick up a phone in the house, > > and use the computer, this</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>telephone must be connected > > onto the PhoneRider. You can connect</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>2 telephones on the > > same PhoneRider but this is not a usual way.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Each USB > device handles 1 line, but you can have several devices</FONT> <BR><FONT > size=2>connected to the same computer. We guarantee and tested 4 devices,</FONT> > > <BR><FONT size=2>but you can connect more.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>For your > application you can have 2 PhoneRider with 2 incoming</FONT> <BR><FONT > size=2>lines. 1 "local" handset, and 1 "house" handset on the second > board</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>and the program can manage both lines and > telephones inside the same</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>computer.</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>Don't bother about my time and please, do not hesitate to > contact us,</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>should you need any further > information.</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>Best regards,</FONT> </P> > <P> <FONT size=2>Olivier MULLER</FONT> > > <BR> <FONT size=2>Support > Engineer</FONT> <BR> <FONT > size=2>MediaPhonics, IP & Telephony Solutions</FONT> > <BR> <FONT size=2>Email: <A > href="mailto:support@mediaphonics.com">mailto:support@mediaphonics.com</A></ FONT > > > <BR> <FONT size=2>Web: <A > > href="http://www.mediaphonics.com" > target=_blank>http://www.mediaphonics.com</A></FONT> > <BR> <FONT size=2>News: <A > href="nntp://news.mediaphonics.com" > target=_blank>nntp://news.mediaphonics.com</A></FONT> </P><BR> > <P><FONT size=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>From: David > > Kindred [<A > href="mailto:david@retroscape.com">mailto:david@retroscape.com</A>]</FONT> > <BR><FONT size=2>Sent: mardi, 21. novembre 2000 18:21</FONT> <BR><FONT > size=2>To: support@mediaphonics.com</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Subject: PhoneRider > > question</FONT> </P><BR> > <P><FONT size=2>Hi, folks.</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>A group of us home automation enthusiasts is looking for a good > > telephony</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>solution. Your board looks good. Could you > tell me if it is able to detect</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>local handset on/off > hook and receive DTMF through the same local handset?</FONT> <BR><FONT > size=2>We'd like our application to be able to have standard voice mail > functions</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>(including dial-in DTMF), but we'd also like > > to pick up a phone in our</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>house, hit # and then have the > > computer take over the line inside the house</FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>for further > > voice prompted instructions. Is this possible with your</FONT> <BR><FONT > size=2>hardware? More importantly, will your 2-line USB unit support this</FONT> > > <BR><FONT size=2>functionality?</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>Much thanks for your time.</FONT> </P> > <P><FONT size=2>--David</FONT> </P></BODY></HTML>