Re: HomeSeer Phone 2

["stevecrick2000 <steve.crick@xxxxxxx>" <steve.crick@xxxxxxx>]

CallID does not seem to work, although all of the enable codes are 
taken by the modem fine.

Is this a UK/BT issue? My Pace has never been a problem with CallID, 
so if I get another hardware modem (my plan), is it going to work?

S
--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Dean Smith" <ukha@e...> wrote:
> Do you get CallerID from it ?
> 
> A cheap UK CallerID enabled modem would be great :-)
> 
> Thanks
> Dean
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <steve.crick@b...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>; <homeseer@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:06 AM
> Subject: [ukha_d] HomeSeer Phone 2
> 
> 
> > Sorry for the crosspost, but there seems to be little life on the
homeseer
> > group these days.
> >
> > My HomeSeer and HomeSeer phone has been running quite nicely for
a while
> > with my Pace modem. It announces CID fine, takes messages fine;
can't dial
> > in and get messages or control any X.10, and the modem locks now
and
> again;
> > but hey nothings perfect.
> >
> > I upgraded to HomeSeer Phone 2, and the Pace modem would not 
work. I did
> not
> > expect it too as it has an unsupported chipset (HSP 2 only 
supports
> > conextant). So I bought a cheap (9.99) modem from PC world 
(Creative
> HSPPCI
> > DI5732) which was Conextant based.
> >
> > Everything on HSP 2 now works, and I can do all of the cool stuff
that did
> > not work on HSP 1.
> >
> > But. The manual for this modem says it needs a minimum P3 550mhz
or higher
> > to run, which suggests it is a software modem. My HomeSeer 
systems is an
> old
> > P1 233, I do see a high CPU utilisation when the modem is
active,
> everything
> > _seems_ to be fine.
> >
> > So the questions I would like ask:
> >
> > Do manufacturers set the minimum spec deliberately high for 
software
> modems,
> > so the user will not notice the extra CPU being used, and hence
wont
> > complain?
> >
> > Is there anything that I have not considered here that might 
result as a
> > consequence of using a lower spec PC.
> >
> > Would I be better junking the software modem and simply getting a
hardware
> > one (eg
> > http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?
&product_uid=26175)?
> > (does hardware=good, software=evil in the modem world?)
> >
> > Thanks - Steve
> >
> >
> >
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