Phone Kit question.

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2 total messages Started by Wim Nijenhuis Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:41

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Author: Wim Nijenhuis
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 08:41

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Hello,

I would like to use the Phone Kit as it is provided with NS3.0.
According to me it must be very easy to build a voice-response
application. I don't use ISDN.

The application should be able to play voice messages to the phone
and recognize the tone on the phone line when the user presses
a button on his phone.

My questions are:

 - Can I buy objects which handle the recognition of tones whithout
   expensive hardware? I don't want to buy the Hayes ISDN System 
   Adapter because I only use ordinary telephone lines.

 - Did anyone see applications like MessageCenter (a Developer Example)?
   I would like to have more examples of how to use the Phone Kit.


Any information related to this subject would be very welcome. Maybe some
are interested in a discussion about the Phone Kit. You're welcome!

Greetings,

Wim Nijenhuis

e-mail: R.W.Nijenhuis@research.ptt.nl

Re: Phone Kit question.

#1425

Author: Peter Eisch
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:10

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In article <1992Dec22.084101.14725@spider.research.ptt.nl> nijenhui@nex001  
(Wim Nijenhuis) writes:
> My questions are:
> 
>  - Can I buy objects which handle the recognition of tones whithout
>    expensive hardware? I don't want to buy the Hayes ISDN System 
>    Adapter because I only use ordinary telephone lines.

No, you do need the Hayes eXTender to interface to the standard phone line  
(POTS - Plain Old Telephone Service) as well as ISDN.   It has two plugs.

>  - Did anyone see applications like MessageCenter (a Developer Example)?
>    I would like to have more examples of how to use the Phone Kit.

The PhoneKit does decode the tones on a POTS line and sends the proper  
messages to the NXPhoneCall instance.  There are some problems with some  
of the notification messages though that may cause some problems.  I've  
researched voice calls quite extensively on POTS and have only tried it on  
ISDN twice.  I'll completely research the ISDN handling of voice calls  
after the holidays -- the times are busy now...

The first requirement for programming with the PhoneKit though is a  
network interface (see first question).  Once you have this I have a pile  
of code......

> 
..
> Wim Nijenhuis
> 
> e-mail: R.W.Nijenhuis@research.ptt.nl

I can only really speak for the US/North America situation.  I believe the  
hardware will work on the European phone network, but I have no experience  
in that area.  (This discussion may best be continued in c.s.n.programmer)

peter

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