filePro connect to phone line and dial a voice line

[Rod Caddy PSS]

Some years ago using SCO Unix I made this work quite well using Wyse terminals. It was used by a collection agency and each terminal had a modem that would dial the phone locally and then release so the collector could talk. 


Rod Caddy - Pro-Set Systems
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<div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nancy Palmquist <Nancy.Palmquist at vss3.com> </div><div>Date:05/22/2014  2:27 PM  (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com </div><div>Subject: Re: filePro connect to phone line and dial a voice line </div><div>
</div>You guys are way out in left field with the auto dial stuff.

He wants to dial the phone number attached to an apartment in his database.

filepro had a feature for this in the very early versions.  I saw it 
work.  AIX might be a platform where it will still work.

I know it does not work in Windows since Windows3, at least I never 
could get it to work.

It requires access to the com port or the modem port.  If you can send 
signals to the modem and had the phone hooked up to the modem in the 
other jack they usually provided in that version of modem it might happen.

You have way to many variables to make this something someone could give 
you help with on the list.

I do remember the command was OUTS "str"
Definition says: Sends characters to a serial port.  Requires that the 
PFOUTS environment variable be set.
PFOUTS = port, baud, wordlen, parity, stopbit

UNIX would require something like:  tty1a, 9600,8,n,1 and then with a 
Hayes modem you could set a dialing code ATDT[phonenumber]

Probably need much more and the right hardware but maybe it is doable.

Nancy


On 5/22/2014 11:47 AM, Fairlight wrote:
> I've seen documents which say it applies to speed dial...which I think
> carries it a bit far.
>
> But taking the speed dial thing out of it...  Depends how you define
> sequential number generator.  If you mean generating 6105551212,
> 6105551213, etc., then no, probably not.  If you mean generate a list of
> numbers sequentially for auto-dialing, as retrieved from a database, then
> yes.
>
> Welcome to the wonderful world of legalese and ambiguously written legal
> language.  They manage to be both too explicit and too broad in the same
> stroke.
>
> Key thing, though...is if you're on auto-dialing, I believe you are
> obligated to honour the state and federal do not call lists.  I leave it as
> an exercise to the implementor to make sure they're compliant.
>
> m->
>
> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:32:08AM -0400, Kenneth Brody thus spoke:
>> On 5/22/2014 11:10 AM, Fairlight wrote:
>>> My suggestion is to check the actual laws.  If you hit even one mobile
>>> phone this way, it's illegal.
>>>
>>> http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf
>>>
>>> That's a good starting point.  There are additional state laws in many
>>> jurisdictions.
>> Question:
>>
>> 47 USC 227(a)(1)(A)
>>
>>      [The term "automatic telephone dialing system" means...]
>>
>>      to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random
>>      or sequential number generator
>>
>> Does manually bringing up a record on a computer screen and clicking
>> "dial" fall under the definition of "automatic telephone dialing
>> system", as prohibited in 227(b)(1)(A)?
>>
>> IANAL, but my thinking would be "no, it's no different than using a
>> phone's 'speed dial' feature".
>>
>>> On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 10:30:38AM -0400, daN baueR thus spoke:
>>>> You were complaining about it being too quiet. I've got a question/project.
>>>>
>>>> The server in question is an old IBM running AIX with a very old
>>>> version of filePro and Facetwin on a few old PC's. The application in
>>>> question is a very simple flat file that contains names and phone
>>>> numbers for all the residents of two apartment buildings. They'd like
>>>> to be able to pull up an apartment check the name hit a button/key and
>>>> have the phone number automatically dialed by the computer. I have
>>>> basically no access to the server. I understand this could be done
>>>> with Anzio and a simple modem in each PC but I haven't gotten
>>>> permission or access for that. Any other suggestions? Thanks in
>>>> advance for your assistance.
>> -- 
>> Kenneth Brody
>>

-- 
Nancy Palmquist
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Virtual Software Systems - www.vss3.com
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