Re: Google Voice

["ABLE1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "ABLE1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>>"G. Morgan" <usenet_abuse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "ABLE1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Worse comes to worse, you can interface with it via RS232 and
>>>>> watch for a series that triggers a text to your phone (via email).
>>>>
>>>>Thats spooky.  Still not thinking how that would be
>>>>possible..............
>>>
>>> By parsing the data and looking for certain "strings" that cause
>>> an action.  Have you ever used "Terminal" in windows to watch raw
>>> data on an RS232/485 line (access control)?
>>>
>>> When the string is seen, the script will generate an email and/or
>>> email to text.
>>>
>>>>> Where can I D/L a copy of this?  It looks 1995ish.
>>>>
>>>>You just did.  It is a .pdf.  Just save to a folder.
>>>
>>> No, I mean the actual program itself, so I can install it in a
>>> sandbox and play with it.
>>>
>>>>Again thanks for thinking about this.
>>>
>>> Sure. I love shit like this.  If we can figure this out it would
>>> make a lot of G-Voice user happy.
>>>
>>> Might have to get all fancy with these:
>>> http://www.jetcityorange.com/dtmf/
>>>
>>> Does your system allow you to dial a different number based on
>>> which mailbox has v-mail?  Could you program 4 separate numbers?
>>>
>>
>>Graham,
>>
>>I have not used terminal to view the data but I know what you are talking
>>about.  Actually in DL900 there is a diagnostic menu selection that does
>>just that when doing a DL of a Caddx panel.
>>
>>The software is a bit on the strange side.  If it is not connected and the
>>time of startup to the Dispatch VM you can't go much more past the setup
>>screen.  When it is connected it will auto download the data and open
>>screens to allow you to make changes.  When you make a change and exit
>>that
>>portion it auto writes that data back to the Dispatch VM.  So with out a
>>Dispatch VM box I am not sure you will get very far even if you had the
>>software.
>
> I wanted to look in the 'registry' to see if there is a
> tone-length adjustment.  Many of the complaints about GV not
> getting DTMF right have to do with cell phones that just do a
> short-burst tone.
>
>>For each mail box I can enter a separate number with a could of ,,, pauses
>>for delay and then digits to send.  Presently I have 3 mail boxes that all
>>dial my pager number and then send the mail box number.  12 - 13 - 14.
>
> I'm thinking about modernizing the system with a little hack.  If
> you intercept the data on the bus (probably unencrypted), and
> figure out which string is outputted when the paging is in
> process.  Windows Powershell can access the stream (actually it's
> a file updated very quickly) and parse it for the strings.  At
> that point you have control to do all kinds of "computer stuff"
> with the data (email, SMS).
>
> Commercial S/W would make things cleaner.
> http://www.hhdsoftware.com/Downloads/serial-port-monitoring-control
>
>
>>I then have a speed dial set up in my cellphone to dial back and get to
>>the
>>mail box and enter pass code and retrieve the message.  Which make little
>>difference in this discussion.
>
> What about other users of the system, don't they get to put a
> separate pager number in for out-of-office notifications-- or whah
> ??
>
>>I will look for the software and see if I can get it or have it.
>
> Alrighty.
>
> In the meantime you can download Putty for a terminal,
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
>
> Get it set up right, and you should be able to tap right in there
> with a serial cable and start watching the traffic right away.
>==============================================================

Solution Found.

I decided to post back here where it started so that others may possibly
benefit.

Well with the help of Graham and others I have found the solution to my
quest.  A lot of conversation both in emails and phone conversations finally
led me to a solution that works.

What I have found is a work-a-round solution that works, at least for me.
YEA!!! and a Yipeeeee!!

Here is the scoop.  I have three(3) mailboxes.  Personal 12, Service 13,
Sales 14.

I have three phone lines all with CallerID blocked.  I have set up MB12 to
call
my cell using L1, MB13 to use L2, MB14 to use L3.  I have unblocked CallerID
with
*82 for these calls only.

Then I loaded three(3) new contacts into my iphone labeled My MB 12, Service
13, Sales 14 and entered the phone numbers of each as the respective L1, L2,
L3.  I also set a different RingTone for those contacts so I will know that
there is a different call coming in.

Now when I receive a call for Sales and a message is left in the Sales
Mailbox the VM system makes a call thru the Sales MB 14 to my iphone that it
will display on my phone as "Sales 14 Call" and I can reject the call and
then call back with my speed dial with all the necessary keystrokes and, it
can wait till I am finished with what I am doing at the time, to retrieve
the message.

It is slick, and ingenious at the same time...........................  :-)
I love it when a plan comes together.

Certainly has made my day.  I am now saving $185.44/year and another Pager
bites the dust.

Thanks to Graham and others for all the thinking on my behalf.  Not that
they gave me the answer but more of convincing me that what I really wanted
to do was not possible and I had to start thinking outside the box for a
solution.  Cool stuff!!!

Have a good rest of the weekend.  I am!!!

Les