DTMF codes instead of "RING" for vgetty ?

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 15 May 1999 14:34:45 +0200


Hi,

On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 01:22:14PM -0700, Ray wrote:
> Unless I'm missing something this only works if you let vgetty/mvm answer
> the call.  That's fine if all you want is messaging/fax/data but what I had
> in mind was the situation where you actually want to talk to the person most
> of the time.  Also, using dtmf instead of RING would alow you to control mvm
> from a phone connected directly to the modem rather thant having to call in
> from another line.  

This would mean the modem would have to be able to "listen into the line"
without picking up the call.  I don't know any products that can do this.

gert
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