[plug] V.92 Call Waiting

Mike Holland myk at plug.linux.org.au
Thu Oct 31 14:15:20 WST 2002


On 31 Oct 2002, Chris Caston wrote:

> I'm interested making my modem drop the connection and have the phone
> ring when someone tries to call me (ie a customer)
> 
> I have a V.92 modem

Chris,
there is a way to do this without V.92. Its ugly, but been known to work.
Use the AT commands to set a very short timeout for loss of carrier.
Then when the call-waiting tones come, your modem will hang up, and the
phone starts ringing. You may need to experiment.

Mike.

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