Caller ID decoder

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By Marc de Vinck
Posted 2008/03/03 @ 5:44 pm
Category Computers & Mobile, Electronics

This is a well-documented solution for storing unlimited caller ID phone numbers. The site contains schematics and the software needed to decode and store the data.

Some time ago, I subscribed to the Caller Id service to know who is calling me without being required to pick-up the phone. Unfortunately, my basic caller id display could not memorize enough numbers, and I had to write them manually in a computer to keep them. That’s why I decided to find a way to log the calling numbers directly to my computer.

Caller ID decoder – Link

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BY Marc de Vinck

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5 Responses to Caller ID decoder

SystemFault on March 4th, 2008 at 5:03 am said:

Easier way:

1) Get a USB modem that supports caller ID.

2) Attach modem to a Unix/BSD/Linux system.

3) Run the “cu” program. (Eg. cu -l /dev/cu.usbmodem)

4) Activate the caller ID with “AT+VCID=1″ or similar.

5) Write a program to substitute for “cu” for custom actions.

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Dennis Williamson on March 4th, 2008 at 9:35 am said:

Here’s the software:

http://ncid.sourceforge.net/

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Jim on March 4th, 2008 at 9:49 am said:

Why couldn’t you plug the phone line into the modem on the computer and out of the modem into the computer, and have software handle decoding it?

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Jim on March 4th, 2008 at 9:50 am said:

Why couldn’t you plug the phone line into the modem on the computer and out of the modem into the phone, and have software handle decoding it?

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Rob on March 8th, 2008 at 5:41 pm said:

CallClerk, http://www.callclerk.com , will do the trick for you (I wrote it)

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