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- From: bwilliam@iat.holonet.net (Bill Williams)
- Subject: Re: Getting Caller ID information from a modem?
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- Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
- References: <1993Jan26.231714.6200@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:04:07 GMT
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- While the line is ringing a 90 volt spike is on the line. No modem
- normally tries to EVER interpret for carrier signal while off-hook.
-
- Second. the C.L.A.S.S. technology providing CallerID in ESS (Electronic
- Switching Service) sends the modem 202 carrier at the first ring trip (or
- half a ring) not directly between the two I believe.
-
- Anyway, while a phone call is taking place in modern day ESS systems the
- identification of both partites is routinely sent back and forth every 15
- seconds or so periodically, but this is out of band signalling and cannot
- be stolen by a regular subscriber line ever.
-
- The pattern of the caller ID has been decribed I think in a July issue
- (Possitive) of Bell system Technical Journal 1983 (I think 1983), Its been
- a long time folks. The protocol has provision for a CCITT type CRC on the
- data for integrity.
-
- PS... you may like to know that callerID type signalling MIGHT be present
- on many many phones but in a format not compatible with standard
- documented CallerID... including California.
-
-
- ... My feelings.... a mirror box (CallerID box) may prove very difficult
- to create except by experienced electrical engineers armed with telephony
- knowledge.
-
-
- Give it up guys, and just by the damn modem with it built in.
-
-
- --Bill Williams
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