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Dropdown Menu - I'm at my wits end trying to get caller id information from a modem. Ido subscribe to caller id through my US telephony provider andsuccessfully receive the information on a caller id enabled phone.I've tried two different PCI soft modems (USR 56k Voice 1806 andConexant HSF) and an external serial modem (Modem Blaster DE5621), allof which claim to support caller id. In all cases, I've tried thefollowing alternatives:1) Used a terminal program to connect both through the driver or (forthe Modem Blaster) directly through the COM port.2) Used the appropriate caller id enabling string (AT+VCID=1/2 orAT#CID=1, depending on the modem).3) Enabled voice mode (AT+FCLASS=8) as an experiment.4) Tried various versions of drivers on Windows XP and 2000 (bothgeneric and vendor-specific). Updated to the latest firmware.5) Gave up on Windows and tried on Linux. Tried the Linuxant driverfor the Conexant HSF and connected via the serial port to the ModemBlaster.6) Connected directly to the wall phone jack or through my DSL filter.7) Connected my caller id enabled phone through the modem, using asplitter or not at all.8) Tried various different phone cables.In all cases, I get RING responses, but no caller ID information fromthe modem. I once got a MESG response on the Conexant HSF (presumablywith AT+VCID=2), but have not been able to recreate it. In all case,my caller ID enabled phone displays the caller information.Because of the single, but ephemeral, MESG response, my only guess isthat my problem has nothing to do with the modems, but is related tothe line signal. Is it possible for signal weakness or lineinterference to cause problems with caller ID? If so, are modems moresensitive to this than caller id phones? Is there anything else thatI'm missing?Any and all help would be appreciated.
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