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Distinctive Ring Services
This is a phone service that may be offered by your phone
company. Distinctive Ring services permit up to four subscribers
to share the same telephone line. Calls to different numbers
vary by ring and may be distinguished by a modem. Thus,
if a modem and the normal telephone set are connected to
such a line in parallel (i.e. each with an extension off
the same line), a modem can be configured so that it will
answer only on a certain type of incoming call and ignore
normal voice calls. To use this function, check the Use
distinctive ring services setting box under the Reception
– Automatic – Distinctive ring services tab. The program
offers two methods for distinguishing rings: via TAPI
or software.
Using TAPI
This function is available in Windows 98 and Me only, and
only if the via TAPI option is selected under the
Modem - Interacting with Modem tab. Furthermore,
this function must be supported by the modem. In user manuals
it is usually called ‘Distinctive Ring Detection’. To use
Distinctive Ring services your modem should have proper
Windows settings.
Using program
This option is available if you need to distinguish incoming
rings but the operating system (for example, Windows 2000
or Windows XP) has no way of doing this. With this option,
the program "captures" the modem after the first
ring and analyses ring information directly from the modem.
In order to save the caller's phone number information
(with the use of Caller ID), the Initialize at – set
by TAPI setting should be enabled under the Modem
– Interacting with Modem tab (anyway, this is the most
often optimal option for interacting via TAPI). Via TAPI
setting should be selected in this tab. For the program
to operate correctly via port, you can add special
command set to the additional initialization string. This
command set is specific to each modem models. This operation
should be attempted only by advanced users.
Customizing the answering machine
Open the Reception – Automatic – Distinctive
ring services tab and click the More… button.
In the window that opens check the Redefine settings
for this ring pattern box and specify new auto-answer
settings. The following settings can be redefined:
- the number of ring for the program to answer on;
- the answering machine greeting message;
- the auto-answer settings (Fax, Record);
- the voice message recording time;
- the answering machine remote control script file;
- the Switch to remote control immediately after answering
a call setting.
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