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Re: (ASCEND) Caller ID prob with new P75
Can you provide the model/version etc. (anything relevant), since we have
not found a unit that did not work....
At 06:04 PM 8/10/97 -0400, Ken Mandelberg wrote:
>I have one of the 5.0B P75's and tried testing the analog port
>caller id feature that it supports. So far it works with just one of
>the 3 Caller ID boxes I've tried.
>
>I think the problem may be timestamps. On the one it works with
>the calling number shows, but without a timestamp. On the two
>it doesn't work with, I get an error condition from the caller id
>box reflecting a data error. My guess is that when they don't
>get a timestamp they give up on the call.
>
>All of the boxes have a clock display, but depend on setting the
>clock from the first incoming call. This never happens.
>
>My conjecture is that the P75 doesn't get a timestamp in the ISDN call
>setup message from the switch to pass on. Also since its own clock
>is not settable, they chose not to synthesize a time stamp from its
>time since boot clock.
>
>===
>
>An unrelated caller id issue, is the extended caller id information
>that identifies the name of the caller. I know my provider (BellSouth)
>doesn't offer this over ISDN, so its no surprise I don't get it.
>
>Do other providers offer it, and if so would the P75 extract it and
>send it to the caller id box?
>
>
>
>
>Ken Mandelberg | km@mathcs.emory.edu
>Emory University |
>Dept of Math and CS | Phone: Voice (404) 727-7963
>Atlanta, GA 30322 | FAX 727-5611
>
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