-=> Quoting Russell Brooks to Peter Lane-collett <=-

 MG>> hasn't enabled Caller ID yet :-(.  Also, I believe there is a maximum 
 MG>> setting for S0 is 5...
 
 MG>> In the case of the Courier, you can have it set to S0=2 and the modem 
 PL> will
 MG>> still answer after only 1 ring since it detects the Australian ring as 
 PL> two
 MG>> rings...  Hmm - I wonder which ring pattern our
"normal" ring will be 
 MG>> detected as when we finally get distinctive ring in an Aussie SDL?
 
 PL> I do not think so. I tried a courier and had it set to answer after the 
 PL> second
 PL> ring. It worked fine because the mailer actually causes the modem to 
 PL> answer not
 PL> the modem itself. When testing I found that each "pair" of rings 
 PL> (ring-ring) is
 PL> only detected as one ring. So ring-ring ring-ring is detected and 
 PL> reported as
 PL> being 2 rings.
 
 PL> It is actually the phone devices that generates the ring pattern you 
 PL> hear.
 PL> That's why you have to use certain types of phone with
"multiple number"
 PL> (distinctive ring) to hear the different ring tones.

 RB> More proof of this is the fact that I have a fax switch here, that
 RB> (with the flick of a switch) can be changed to send an american ring
 RB> or  and Australian ring to the phone.

Thats not proof.  Thats counter-proof - if what Peter says is true, then
such a device couldn't exist!

 RB> Hmmm.....I wonder if that could be an advantage, when using a modem
 RB> that doesnt hear our australian ring tones....never tried it in that
 RB> situation. 
 RB> Could be one way of making a cheap clone answer on ring in this
 RB> country.  

I'd expect that the cost of the fax-switch would probably push the price of
the clone above more expensive models that can detect the ring.

Regards,
Mark Griffiths.

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