Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Fri, 28 Jun 91 16:26:04 PDT From: "Eric G. Elvira" Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Do You Know of Any Programs That Can Call a Beeper? Reply-To: mtxinu!Ingres.COM!elvira@uunet.uu.net Message-ID: Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501 Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 501, Message 11 of 11 Lines: 26 We are looking of a way in which a program, probably on a Sun Sparcstation, will call a phone number and after a few seconds dial another number. Essentially have it call and maybe cat a file that has already the touch tones stored on it or something similar. The problem is that using a modem it will wait for a handshake in the other side and a beeper is definitely not going to give a handshake back. Our specific use is that when something goes wrong in the middle of the night with a batch program, we want the program to call a beeper and display on the beeper the number that one should call back. It doesn't sound too difficult, but .... So. If you know of any company that sells stuff like this, or where to look, or ANY ideas, please let me know. Thanks, Eric G. Elvira Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division UUCP: {sun,mtxinu,pyramid,pacbell,hoptoad,amdahl,cpsc6a}!ingres!elvira Internet: elvira@ingres.com