Re: Hayes modem

[Carnival Midway Hawker <dont@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:38:00 -0600, "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
>" 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


Voicemail and 'callnotes' services have always been APITA.