john@uunet.uu.net> (06/19/91)
With the imminent arrival of Caller*ID here in Florida, I want to get the necessary boxes required to support it. Even though the tentative turn-on date of Caller*ID is July 1, the business office has no information to offer me yet. Does one normally purchase the display box from the phone company, or is rental of one included in the monthly fee for Caller*ID? I'd like to get a box that has an RS-232 port on the back so I can have my computer monitor it. Is such a device available? Finally, what about support for multiple lines? Are there multi-line boxes I can hook all my phone lines to, or must I purchase a separate box for each line? John W. Temples -- john@jwt.UUCP (uunet!jwt!john)
keith@lll-winken.llnl.gov> (06/21/91)
John Temples Writes: > Does one normally purchase the display box from the phone company, or > is rental of one included in the monthly fee for Caller*ID? I'd like > to get a box that has an RS-232 port on the back so I can have my > computer monitor it. Is such a device available? Finally, what about > support for multiple lines? Are there multi-line boxes I can hook all > my phone lines to, or must I purchase a separate box for each line? Rochelle Communications in Austin, Texas makes a Caller-ID "demodulator". Their product is called ANI-232, and is available with a DOS software package. It is a DB25 plug with a RJ-11 where the cabel should go. Rochelle's phone number is (512) 794-0088 or FAX (512) 794-9997. Otherwise Hello Direct has a caller identifier without the data port. Keith Otis - Unisys - Airlines Field Support Group, Airlines & Travel Division Oederweg 87, 6000 Frankfurt 1, FRG -- E-Mail: keith@uniwdw.incom.de Telkom: +49 069 55 95 34 Home +49 069 697 9161 Work or +49 06196 99 1936
Dave Levenson <dave@westmark.westmark.com> (06/22/91)
In article <telecom11.469.10@eecs.nwu.edu>, jwt!john@uunet.uu.net (John Temples) writes: > With the imminent arrival of Caller*ID here in Florida, I want to get > the necessary boxes required to support it. Even though the tentative > turn-on date of Caller*ID is July 1, the business office has no > information to offer me yet. In NJ, we buy them at Sears, and at the local AT&T Phone Center. We also mail-order them from Bell Atlantic Business Supplies. They offer a number of 'boxes' with display and varying amounts of memory. They also sell another box with the RS-232 output, and no display. > ...Finally, what about > support for multiple lines? Are there multi-line boxes I can hook all > my phone lines to, or must I purchase a separate box for each line? I bought a couple of those boxes at Radio Shack that allow an answering machine to answer two lines. Using three of these in cascade allows up to four lines to fan in to a single ring-detecting device, such as the Call*Identifier box. Dave Levenson Internet: dave@westmark.com Westmark, Inc. UUCP: {uunet | rutgers | att}!westmark!dave Warren, NJ, USA AT&T Mail: !westmark!dave Voice: 908 647 0900 Fax: 908 647 6857