Caller ID

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Hi,

On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 02:34:24PM -0500, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> I want to learn more about how to record the caller ID signal,
> using my Zyxel 1496.  
> 
> I read an article in ALT.2600 which indicated that, in example,
> a call that is displayed as "PRIVATE" actually transmits the
> phone number anyways, but the CID reader knows to display
> "PRIVATE" based upon a code number which is in the string/signal
> that is sent.

Unlikely.  But I have no facts about this.

> I'd like to record the entire signal for each call.  Might be interesting
> to have mgetty/vgetty record information into a database, etc., and
> possibly change the names of the recorded messages to correspond
> with the date and time, etc.

That's what I do, yes.  You can use the "cnd-program" feature of mgetty
1.1.18 and up for that.

gert
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