--- In 56solo@yahoogroups.com, Laurence Taylor <ltayl@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Group
>
> How can users extract all the contents of the Caller ID log using a
terminal
> program? In my case, using the AT pipe command AT|READ=6,0 recovers
only part of
> the log (not all 392 bytes), in a much garbled fashion. Example
follows.
>
> <>
> AT|INFO=6,0
> Size=392
> Date=1161706716
> Format=0
> Count=0
> LineLen=0
> OK
> AT|READ=6,0
> CONNECT
> Õ<>E
>
> ‚E?E01111
>
> Ua?E1111
> ú™?E08702402559
>
> OK
> </>
>
> This should translate to something like this, as would show in a live
terminal
> session:
>
> RING [x 2]
> DATE/TIME=2410 17:18
> NAME=UNAVAILABLE
> NMBR=
> RING [x 5]
>
> RING [x 2]
> DATE/TIME=2510 12:09
> NAME=
> NMBR=01111
> RING [x 5]
>
> RING [x 2]
> DATE/TIME=2510 14:06
> NAME=UNAVAILABLE
> NMBR=
> RING [x 5]
>
> RING [x 2]
> DATE/TIME=2510 19:19
> NAME=
> NMBR=08702402559
> RING [x 5]
>
> The Solo's firmware is version 2.04. The log's format number, 0,
differs from
> that of voice messages (MsgFormat=1). I have call monitoring and
answering
> machine on (CallListen=1 and Mode=2). I did not pick up any of the
calls. There
> were no messages or faxes.
>
> BTW: I double-checked that second CLID by phoning 1471: confirmed
01111.
>
> My serial port terminal application is a shareware, David P.
Alverson's ZTerm,
> version 1.1 for Mac OS X. Communication settings are: data rate: 9600
bps; data
> bits: 8; parity: none; stop bit: 1; flow control: none. Some time ago
I played
> about with settings, finding that these served best with the Solo.
>
> A Keyspan USA 19-QW USB to serial port adapter connects the Pace Solo
to my
> Power Mac G4 (AGP graphics). I run Mac OS 10.4.8 and 9.2.2 (usually as
Classic
> inside OS X). To recover messages I have FotoMac Fax (version 5.0
Pro), in OS 9,
> using Kortex Kaptix settings. FotoMac does use AT|READ=6,0, but not to
log
> callers' numbers: it uses the garbled output to give names to
messages. I know
> this from sniffing serial port traffic.
>
> Any suggestions from the Group towards extracting the Caller ID log
ungarbled?
>
> Cheers
>
> Laurence

The reason why your mac software with Kortex Kaptix settings is comming
up with garbled data is because although the Kortex Kaptix is a VERY
similar modem to the Pace 56 Solo, the Pace outputs its Date and Time
data quite uniquely on the same line whereas the Kaptix follows
convention and uses seperate lines. This has thrown MANY companies off
including MSFT who made mistakes with the native Win XP Pace Solo
related inf as a result and BVRP who tried to use the same internal
driver for PhoneTools with both the Kaptix and Solo - result no caller
ID (unless you know how to change the internal driver that is).

I've tried using the same pipeline command as you and got much the same
result. If you email the creators of the Solo Messenger freeware app,
Starwise Software (they come up in a web search), they may be able to
advise the exact pipe command to get the CLID data correctly formatted.

Are you attempting to write a utility for doing this under the MAC OS?

Paul