[plug] Telstra CLI/CID Question

russ russ at powerstech.com
Tue Aug 10 22:04:28 WST 1999


I believe cli is sent using dtmf tones and there is no tone for a
space:
1234567890*#ABCD


Garth Atkinson wrote:
> 
> Hello Pluggers
> 
> I have achieved my goals of getting mgetty to use cli/cid/cnd info as
> intended! yay !
> 
> After close (?) examination of the mgetty code it appears that all
> telco's in the world (mgetty's world at any rate) transmit cid info
> 'down the line' to the modem without any white spaces (ie 08 9444 5555
> becomes 0894445555).
> 
> Question: When using my netcomm smartmodem 56 I receive the caller
> number as '08 9444 5555' not '0894445555'. Is this because:
> 
>         1) Netcomm display the information in this way.
>         2) Telstra format the cli info this way.
> 
> Anyone have first hand experience with other country's telco's and the
> way that cli/cnd has been implemented in those countries?
> 
> Garth


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