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Re: Application for obtaining caller ID from a hackedBT Caller Display
50 (or similar)
Hi Kevin,
Yes, BT line(s).
I coded it based on the BT SIN227 spec and did make allowances for the
message waiting parameters. But, I don't use 1571 myself so I've not been
able to test it (I'm assuming that I'd need to get BT to activate it to be
able to receive that part of the CLIP).
The FSK chip does support the full SIN227 spec though, and since the serial
output hack effectively forwards the raw CLIP sequence I would think that
it
should work. I tested "ringback" and that worked ok even though
the CID
unit itself doesn't support it, so fingers crossed!
I can thoroughly recommend the hack itself though, the CID units can be had
for a couple of quid or so on eBay and the components to do the hack are
cheap enough too. I appreciate that the Meteor units do a lot more than
just caller id, but I'd need four of them! I'm useless at soldering and I
managed the hack ok, although I did melt an opto on my first try :)
Cheers,
Martyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Hawkins" <lists@xxxxxxx>
To: <xap_automation@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Application for obtaining caller ID from a
hackedBT Caller Display 50 (or similar)
Great stuff Martin :-)
I wonder... are you using a BT line ? I'm interested to see if in the
raw CLIP data packet the 'message waiting' parameter is ever supplied
from the exchange (presumably if BT 1571 is used). There's also a #
messages parameter and if that was valid for messages on the 1571
service it would be really useful to xAP it (enough for me to modify a
CID unit just for that feature)
Kevin
Martyn Wendon wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been playing with various hacked Caller ID boxes for a while now
with
> a
> view to using them as a cheap way of getting CID information onto my
xAP
> network (I effectively have 4 lines here, 2 real & 2 via
distinctive
> ringing).
>
> As others have found, Patrick's meteor connector does work, but I
really
> wanted a way to have all 4 of my boxes under one application.
>
> So I've knocked up a simple vb.net xAP Caller ID application (at
> http://www.runtothehills.net/xAPCallerID.zip)
using Stuart's Framework
> which
> seems to work ok.
>
> Features:
>
> Up to 4 CID boxes supported (on individual comm ports)
> Minimize to system task tray
> MSN Messenger style pop-up on incoming call
> Generates cid.incoming schema messages
>
> Installation / Configuration:
>
> Unzip it wherever you like
> Open "xAP Caller ID.exe.config" in a text editor and change
the options to
> suit (by default it is configured for one CID box on comm port 1 named
> "Home")
>
>
> I hasten to add that I'm not a Windows coder by any stretch of the
> imagination (my strengths are in perl / mysql / html) and I haven't
done
> any
> vb stuff for about 7 years, so there may well be glaring errors, bugs,
> rubbish code structure, etc, etc.
>
> However, it does seem to work ok (for me anyway) and has been stable
on an
> AMD1100 box running Windows XP for the past few days.
>
> It's also being constantly revised and changed as I think of better
ways
> to
> do things and add other features, so I'll post here when I release a
newer
> version.
>
> Hope that others may find it useful!
>
>
> Martyn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Kilgore" <andrew.kilgore@xxxxxxx>
> To: <xap_automation@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 11:30 PM
> Subject: [xap_automation] Application for obtaining caller ID from
hacked
> box...? [html-removed]
>
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've finally got round to hacking one of the several caller ID
units I
>> got
>> of eBay.
>> (Same as the smaller unit here: http://tinyurl.com/7pp2q)
>>
>> So, I've verified that it works watching the call data using
RealTerm.
>> Next step is to find a xAPplication that will convert it into a
caller ID
>> message.
>> I know there are quite a few out there but I'm not sure what baud
etc.
>> they
>> use to connect to the COM port.
>> (I tried Patrick's Meteor Caller ID utility on the off-chance but
no joy)
>>
>> I need 1200 baud.
>> Is there an application out there that will allow me to configure
the
>> baud
>> etc. of the COM port connection...?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Andy.
>>
>>
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