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A standard that was supposed to make adding peripherals to your system as easy as plugging them in and using them. Also referred to as Plug-and-Pray, its biggest contribution, aside from the endless cycle where Windows keeps finding and installing drivers you don't want installed, is the removal of jumpers from many devices. Seriously, though, Plug-and-Play has actually made configuration easier, even if it took a while
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PNP - Well there are like two kinds of CallerID. Are you talking about the =CallerID when your line isn't in use? Or the CallerID while you are =currently on the phone which is normally called something like =CallWaiting Caller ID?For me to get CallerID while I am not on the phone, I believe this is =correct for USR modems:AT#CID=3D1You won't see anything through the MOH software, but just using some =term program like HyperTerm or something. Although while online with =CallWaiting, it needs to be (and your MOH will see it):AT#CID=3D0Does this help at all?Bill"Vid" wrote in message =news:d2bdd573.0404161022.183feec9@posting.google.com... I'm at my wits end trying to get caller id information from a modem. I do subscribe to caller id through my US telephony provider and successfully receive the information on a caller id enabled phone. I've tried two different PCI soft modems (USR 56k Voice 1806 and Conexant HSF) and an external serial modem (Modem Blaster DE5621), all of which claim to support caller id. In all cases, I've tried the following alternatives:=20 1) Used a terminal program to connect both through the driver or (for the Modem Blaster) directly through the COM port. 2) Used the appropriate caller id enabling string (AT+VCID=3D1/2 or AT#CID=3D1, depending on the modem). 3) Enabled voice mode (AT+FCLASS=3D8) as an experiment. 4) Tried various versions of drivers on Windows XP and 2000 (both generic and vendor-specific). Updated to the latest firmware. 5) Gave up on Windows and tried on Linux. Tried the Linuxant driver for the Conexant HSF and connected via the serial port to the Modem Blaster. 6) Connected directly to the wall phone jack or through my DSL filter. 7) Connected my caller id enabled phone through the modem, using a splitter or not at all. 8) Tried various different phone cables.=20 In all cases, I get RING responses, but no caller ID information from the modem. I once got a MESG response on the Conexant HSF (presumably with AT+VCID=3D2), but have not been able to recreate it. In all case, my caller ID enabled phone displays the caller information.=20 Because of the single, but ephemeral, MESG response, my only guess is that my problem has nothing to do with the modems, but is related to the line signal. Is it possible for signal weakness or line interference to cause problems with caller ID? If so, are modems more sensitive to this than caller id phones? Is there anything else that I'm missing?=20 Any and all help would be appreciated.
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