Caller ID on your PC

[mattc]

Hi. After spending some time investigating how to get Caller Id working on my PC I thought I'd share what I found out. You need the right type of modem, a bit of software (like YAC) and then you can get a popup on your PC (and TV if you're using Xbox Media Centre) when a call to your landline comes in.

Let me know what you think and whether you've spotted any interesting Caller Id hardware.

http://www.mattcollinge.co.uk/projects/caller-id/

Matt.

[mattc]

I've expanded this project to generate an RSS feed of your incoming calls.. works a treat (even if I do say so myself ). The only issue I've got is making sure the modem keeps 'listening' to the line after a voice call is answered.

Full details, including a PHP script to the RSS feed is available here:

http://www.mattcollinge.co.uk/

[BritBrat]

Nice post, I tried to get it working a few years back but I only have a US robotics 56K Voice Modem 015668-00 and I soon relised that it would not work and gave up, your post has got me thinking again and I may get a 01 modem and try your patch.

Why are not major hardware manufactures not making modems with caller display is beyond me?

[mattc]

Yeah, it's pretty good stuff... when it works! Be aware that I currently have one outstanding problem, and that's the DSR Drop issue that I've raised with US Robotics. Full details are here:

https://mattcollinge.wordpress.com/w...n=edit&post=32

[BritBrat]

Matt, I have got as far as you did and like you say it does not work after a call has been answered, I did read your lastest entry and that you have it working after changing a intilation string but for the life of me I cant seem to make it work here.

Now I know this is just going to be me doing it wrong so could you explain in some more detail exactly what you changed last time, was it a change in the driver or just an added command to the properties/advanced/ extra initialisation commands of the modem?

This is what I was trying to change and you will see some changes.

[MfgAddReg]
HKR,, InactivityScale,1,3C,00,00,00
HKR,, Reset,,"ATZ<cr>"
HKR, Answer,1,,"ATA<cr>"
HKR, Hangup,1,,"ATH<cr>"
HKR, Init,1,,"AT<cr>"
HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1&S0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,1,,"ATS0=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,2,,"None"

Note Model I am using is : 5630B (64-245630-04)

[slugs]

this looks like an interesting project to look at. ill dig my old analogue modems out it would be nice to use them for something

[mattc]

Matt, I have got as far as you did and like you say it does not work after a call has been answered, I did read your lastest entry and that you have it working after changing a intilation string but for the life of me I cant seem to make it work here.

Now I know this is just going to be me doing it wrong so could you explain in some more detail exactly what you changed last time, was it a change in the driver or just an added command to the properties/advanced/ extra initialisation commands of the modem?

Sorry; I posted duff information in my blog.. the initialisation string should be &S1 not &S0. Give that a try and it should work.

[BritBrat]

Thanks Matt, hope you had a good holiday.

Could you post exactly what you changed and an example of the old and new script.

I just had another try but I am really not sure I am changing the right bit to &S1.

EDITED:

Had another try and seems to work now, this is what I changed:

[MfgAddReg]
HKR,, InactivityScale,1,3C,00,00,00
HKR,, Reset,,"ATZ<cr>"
HKR, Answer,1,,"ATA<cr>"
HKR, Hangup,1,,"ATH<cr>"
HKR, Init,1,,"AT<cr>"
HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1&S1<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,1,,"ATS0=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,2,,"None"
HKR, Settings,Blind_Off,,"X4"


From this:

[MfgAddReg]
HKR,, InactivityScale,1,3C,00,00,00
HKR,, Reset,,"ATZ<cr>"
HKR, Answer,1,,"ATA<cr>"
HKR, Hangup,1,,"ATH<cr>"
HKR, Init,1,,"AT<cr>"
HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1S0=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,1,,"ATS0=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,2,,"None"
HKR, Settings,Blind_Off,,"X4"

EDIT 2

Darn stoped again.

It's OK when you first start it and will continue working untill you make a regular phone call then it stops displaying the incoming data.

Had another go, LOL

[MfgAddReg]
HKR,, InactivityScale,1,3C,00,00,00
HKR,, Reset,,"ATZ<cr>"
HKR, Answer,1,,"ATA<cr>"
HKR, Hangup,1,,"ATH<cr>"
HKR, Init,1,,"AT<cr>"
HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1&S1=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,1,,"ATS1=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,2,,"None"
HKR, Settings,Blind_Off,,"X4"

Seems to be working, l will update again later.

[Steve B]

did u put the =0 on at the end of the init 2 string?

[BritBrat]

Stoped again, I am going to wait for Matt now and hope he posts the parts of the script he changed.

[BritBrat]

I don't have it setup right now (been chanaging some computer stuff) but I think it was OK last time I changed the driver to:

[MfgAddReg]
HKR,, InactivityScale,1,3C,00,00,00
HKR,, Reset,,"ATZ<cr>"
HKR, Answer,1,,"ATA<cr>"
HKR, Hangup,1,,"ATH<cr>"
HKR, Init,1,,"AT<cr>"
HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1&S1=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,1,,"ATS0=0<cr>"
HKR, Monitor,2,,"None"
HKR, Settings,Blind_Off,,"X4"
HKR, Settings,Blind_On,,"X3"
HKR, Settings,CallSetupFailTimer,,"S7=<#>"
HKR, Settings,Compression_Off,,"&K0"
HKR, Settings,Compression_On,,"&K1"

[mattc]

It's a bit rubbish isn't it. Although it seems to ignore the DSR drop it still doesn't work. Have you had much luck BritBrat? I've not had a chance to pursue this myself so if anyone has the definitive initialisation strings to make it work all the time that'd be fantastic!

[BritBrat]

No not much luck here, I was realying on you for help. LOL

Can you just confirm what you changed, am I right in the post above you?

It does work just stops when phone is used so it cant be much to get it working. Are you going to try USRobotics support again?

[mattc]

Heh heh. All I added was an initialisation string of '&S1' and it reported in the logs that it was ignoring the DSR drop. However it still refuses to work properly and the answer may or may not lie in the logs.

When I drum up the enthusiasm to stop playing Battlefield 2 & start investigating this problem again I'll get USR tech support back on the problem. In the mean time, feel free to raise it with them as well; I've got my original support call ticket number if you'd like to reference it.

[BritBrat]

So did your string look like this after the edit:

HKR, Init,2,,"AT&F1&B1&A3E0Q0V1&C1&D2&P1&S1S0=0<cr>"

added &S1

[Lakeuk]

Excellent thread, checked out my old modems and had a US Robotics (245668-01) lying around, so decided to have a go at getting caller id working on my PC.

It's been hard work with alot of trial and error, but I finally got there. The changes were the say as Matt's plus I had to add any extra RING statement so the 1st ring would get parsed correctly and allow the rest to be parsed correctly.

I've not done any testing on whether it continues to reconise after calls are answered etc.... will see how it's goes over the coming weeks.

Don't throw out those analogue modems just yet