PL>>> I do not think so. I tried a courier and had it set to 

PL>>> answer after the second ring. It worked fine because the 

PL>>> mailer actually causes the modem to answer not the modem 

PL>>> itself. When testing I found that each "pair" of rings 

PL>>> (ring-ring) is only detected as one ring. So ring-ring 

PL>>> ring- ring is detected and reported as being 2 rings.



MG>> All I can say is that in my case each ring-ring is reported 

MG>> as 2 rings. Just watching the terminal screen shows:-



MG>> RING

MG>> (short pause)

MG>> RING

MG>> (long pause)

MG>> RING

MG>> (short pause)

MG>> RING

MG>> (long pause)

MG>> etc



MG>> Each ring comes up with each ring of the phone.  I can think 

MG>> of 3 possibilites why this isn't the case for you.  One 

MG>> possibility is that you are on a different type of exchange 

MG>> which produces a different ring pattern, although this 

MG>> doesn't seem likely from your explanation.  Another is that 

MG>> you were using a Courier other than the V.everything or 

MG>> otherwise the Courier may have had a different SDL loaded...  

MG>> In this case it doesn't make any difference whether it is the 

MG>> modem or the software which is actually being set to answer, 

MG>> except that the software can be set to answer after only 1 

MG>> ring which the modem cannot.



PL>>> It is actually the phone devices that generates the ring 

PL>>> pattern you hear. That's why you have to use certain types 

PL>>> of phone with "multiple number" (distinctive ring) to hear 

PL>>> the different ring tones.



MG>> On the contrary, most phones ring with the pattern sent from 

MG>> the exchange. The only types of phones that I can think of 

MG>> that don't and consequently aren't compatible with 

MG>> distinctive ring are those that regenerate the ring signal 

MG>> such as cordless phones or novelty phones which play a tune 

MG>> or strange sound instead of ringing.  PABXs are another 

MG>> example of systems that regenerate the ring signal...  If 

MG>> you were to probe the phone line with a voltmeter or CRO, you 

MG>> would see the line voltage rise and fall with the phone 

MG>> ringing.



 DD> Peter is using an Austel approved Courier DS etc wit the same SDL as 

 DD> mine.



 DD> Surely the S0 ring detection is when answering, not dialling out.



 DD> When I had my answer string set to three rings here in Binkley, the logs 

 DD> showed

 DD> ONLY the three rings incoming before it answered it (not 6 and not 1.5).  

 DD> It

 DD> took THREE Australian Ring-rings to answer the phone.



DEAD RIGHT....Anyone with the modem speaker on...would think that you had gone

out.....And taken you courier with you.



Russell



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