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From: prs@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Paul Stath)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Modems capturing caller-ID?
Message-ID: <1991Jan2.210939.29574@tcsc3b2.tcsc.com>
Date: 2 Jan 91 21:09:39 GMT
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	I recently saw an advertisement about a PC-based call mgmt package.

	This package included a small database, a TSR monitor, and a little
	box that attached to the serial port of your PC.  The little box
	looks like a simple RS232C to RJ11 adapter, but looked like it
	had a little circut board to decode the caller ID.  You hooked
	it to your phone with a provided Y connector.


	Phone jack -> [+]-----------+----------------- Voice Line
				    |
				    |
				    |        /-+
				    +-------[  |  RS232C
					     \-+
	
	When a call is received, the CallerID decoder would decode the
	signal into what I assume would be ASCII.  The TSR would read this
	as incomming data, compare the number against the database, and
	pop up a "note card" data screen about your caller.

	What I want to know, does anyone know where just the CallerID
	decoder can be purchased, and for how much?

	If you could purchase the decoder, you could wrtie a TSR to
	monitor the RS232C port, and check the incomming number against
	a database of numbers, and if the number is in the database,
	send an auto-answer code to the modem.