Re: Hayes modem

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

" IOW, you lie." <you lie.@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:59:44 -0600, "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >The modem sends out a tone that the panel recognizes and will pick up
> >without having to do a ring-hang-ring, if you've ever done FBII panels
it's
> >the same concept. I seldom use it unless it's a business that doesn't
deal
> >well with the more conventional method
>
>
> Oh, so the tech has to be on the phone with his buttset?

Yea or anyone picking up the phone or say an answering machine, the pitfall
of using Tone Sniff is it doesn't work if the call goes to voice mail