Kurt,
If you are willing to get a telephony card you can do some pretty
incredible stuff with GNUe Bayonne.
http://www.gnu.org/software/bayonne/
Derek Neighbors
GNU Enterprise
http://www.gnuenterprise.org
derek@gnue.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Kurt Granroth wrote:
> On Monday 10 June 2002 09:11 am, David A. Sinck wrote:
> > 0) get cid from your provider
> > 1) get a cid + linux compatible modem
> > 2a) get one of the many cid apps (see sourceforge)
> > 2b) roll your own with Device::Serial or direct ioctl calls
> > 3) YMMV
> >
> > For instance, I've got my roll-your-own program sending jabber
> > messages to me currently. :-)
>
> On a related topic, does anybody know if any of the cid programs for Linux
> support logging the call time? I'm trying to figure out a way to count up
> the total number of minutes that my phone is in use (incoming and outgoing;
> local and long distance) and Qwest won't give me that info without a
> subpoena. Now I know that my modem can get the CID info without answering
> the phone, but can it figure out how long the phone is active?
>
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