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[AdvMutant]

Hey folks.
I just unplugged a useless modem out of my grandma's computer, because we were having some internet problems. I contacted my (crappy) ISP and they said it's a 'technical difficulty'. Gosh, we were having problems for a bit more than a moth now. It's solved and I have internet, but it's still problematic.
The point is that I unplugged another modem(there were two for some reason) because I thought it was the source of the problem, but it wasn't. Turns out that everything works the same way it did before, and that the telephony modem wasn't even connected to my PC.

So... I was curious if there's something interesting I can do with it. It's called "Arris TM602A", and it's also written "Touchstone Telephony Modem" on it. It has "Tel 1", "Tel 2", "Ethernet 10/1000", "USB", and "Cable" ports on it's back. I heard I can make a fax with an unused modem, or even set up an alarm clock that calls to my phone. Is there anything cool I can do with it?

~ Mike.

[zoranh]

I haven't programmed modems directly, but as far as I know, they can be controlled using the Hayes commands.

I wish you luck in playing with the modem. If you get some interesting demo, you can post it on CodeCall as blog entry or something. Note that CodeCall blogs are indexed by search engines, so that is basically a good place to put working code into public.

[AdvMutant]

Thanks, I'll see what I can get.

[LuthfiHakim]

Cool! You've got yourself a combo card. It used to be very pricey back then.

So, what cool things you can do with the modem? Let's see, I don't know if you consider these are cool, but here you go:

• IVR (Interactive Voice Response). If your modem support voice (most does, but not all) you can write an application that turns that modem as interactive anwering machine, like those you get when you call big companies support line.
• Answering machine/Voice mail. If your modem support voice, you can write application that use the modem as asnwering machine and record voice of the caller.
• SMS/Text sender. Some mobile provider used to provide service to send SMS/text through land line using special protocol (set of AT/Hayes command). Although this feature is becoming less popular, but maybe you are interested and check with your local providers.
• Autocall specified number on scheduled time, just like one of your original idea.
• Voice Reminder. It's like the previous autocall, but you get to play voice message when the receiver picks up the call.

[AdvMutant]

My problem is that I can't get internet access with it. It says it's online and all the needed LEDs are on, but Windows 7 detects it as an 'Unidentified Network'. I tried to turn off the second modem and go online, same.