km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) (04/13/88)
Is there any way to get a call waiting indication other
than the standard short beep. It would be great if it
could be made to ring the phone bell, light a light, or
even just give a longer tone on the handset.
The issue is that I use a modem on my only line and I
would like to know when incoming calls are coming in.
My new modem (trailblazer) fights through the call waiting
beep without a flicker, so I can't tell.
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Ken Mandelberg | {decvax,sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!km UUCP
Emory University | km@emory BITNET
Dept of Math and CS | km@emory.ARPA ARPA,CSNET
Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7963davidc@PYR.GATECH.EDU (David Carter) (04/15/88)
In article <2844@emory.uucp> km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >Is there any way to get a call waiting indication other >than the standard short beep. >Ken Mandelberg | {decvax,sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!km UUCP Maybe. If your phone system supplies a battery drop (heard as a loud click just before the call waiting beep; much of Atlanta does, but some "digital" offices don't) then you can add an inexpensive device to detect the battery drop. The device is a "battery detect relay." It has two coils that go in series between the incoming phone line and (in this case) your modem. While there is battery on the line (call is up) a SPST contact is held closed. So when you get a call waiting the switch will open briefly. Wire the switch to whatever else you like (loud buzzer, big light, something to give you a shock, etc.). Delta Electronics in Atlanta probably still has them. David Carter Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!davidc ARPA: davidc@pyr.ocs.gatech.edu -- David Carter Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!davidc ARPA: davidc@pyr.ocs.gatech.edu
tedk@ihuxv.UUCP (Kekatos) (04/16/88)
In article <2844@emory.uucp> km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg) writes: >Is there any way to get a call waiting indication other { text deleted } >My new modem (trailblazer) fights through the call waiting >beep without a flicker, so I can't tell. Dear Ken, My suggestion is to get a second phone line installed with multi-line hunt. Or get a second line installed that is used _only_ for your modem. Ted G. Kekatos backbone!ihnp4!ihuxv!tedk (312) 979-0804 AT&T Bell Laboratories, Indian Hill South, IX-1F-460 Naperville & Wheaton Roads - Naperville, Illinois. 60566 USA