Re: Script to check whether modem telephone line in use --- how?
Simple solution, we have another phone downstairs ( i camp with the pc and modem
upstairs).
I bought myself a "privacy" adapter which is basically a phone splitter wich disables
textension "A" if "B" is in use ( and vice versa), thus i do not get disconnected
when they pick the phone up downstairs (Ahummm, well only until im told to get off
the line that is ).
Should solve your problem it works great only allows one line to be active, also has
a led on each :).
cheers
Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I think I may have misunderstood you earlier. Your father is using a
> > different computer with a different modem?
>
> Yes. Different computer, different modem, different operating system,
> phone socket in a different room.
>
> > I don't really see why your modem going off-hook should have killed
> > his connection. Do you have his modem connected to the "phone"
> > socket on your modem?
>
> No. The house is wired so there are connections to the phone-line
> both downstairs and upstairs.
>
> Why does pon kill his connection? Well because pon merrily walses in,
> spewing out phone numbers and other noise onto the line. Presumably
> this confuses the heck out of my father's computer causing his link to
> go down. (Incidently, the same happens to me when my father tries to
> connect while I have a ppp link running.)
>
> What I was thinking of is writing a script which will output the
> activity of the phoneline to my speaker for a few seconds, without
> actually putting anything on there, so I can check whether my father's
> connected without disrupting him. If there's an even neater way to
> do this I'd love to hear it, but this way would be much better than
> my present situation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark.
>
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