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Phone Call On PC

nicolaoscon96

Hello Again,

 

As I mention in other posts I am working on  a home automation project and I want to make it like a personal assistance as JARVIS is in IronMan Movies.All the coding and circuit boards are mostly design by me except the Raspberry Pi and The arduino image. So as the title say i want to write a code for my PC software (i wrote mostly of the main software in Visual Basic 2010) that it will be able to receive incoming calls and also the caller ID.Is there any way to achieve that? I searched the internet but i can't find any similar and if this is possible am i going to need to install on my pc a 56k dial up modem?

 

Any ideas are welcome

Thanks a lot nicolaoscon96

  • Hello Nicolas,

    Receiving incoming calls can be done several ways,

    1) A modem or cellular Wifi hotspot

    2) VOIP

    3) Skype or similar program

    4) Tablet with SIM card (like Samsung Tab E and AT&T NumberSync)

    Anything tied to a SIM card will probably cost you a fee.

    Scott

  • in reply to rsc

    Thanks for the reply. I forgot to mension it on the comment i want it to be able to receive incoming calls and show me the caller id from the house landline number. Not from internet or sim cards. i want it that way because it's a house automation system and i want to install it in my house

  • in reply to nicolaoscon96

    I don't know how but yes it is possible. There are caller ID phones so if you have the similar system you can but I dunno how. You also need to talk with your service provider to active it (I did when I got that phone). It looks like an old technology. Technology is moving towards VOIP.

     

    Mehmet

  • Hi,

     

    As explained by others, this is an old technique.
    We have used a long-range modem with 2.4kbd.
    The call ID must be enabled by the service provider, then the ID can also be received.
    The transmitter, the remote system, has inserted the ID in the software and sends it together with the status protocol.
    The receiver, the stationary system, now identifies with the ID, which transmitter transmits its states.
    This data is then evaluated in the software of the plant.

    Today, the Internet is normally used with the WAN-LAN interface; Gateway, or Router.
    With the analog modem the data with this protocol are used.
    The hardware of the local system can also have a LAN modem connection.
    Then you have to connect the modem to a virtual LAN-COM port.
    This virtual COM port can be easily set up in the operating system.

     


    image    All necessary programs for the connection are available in the operating system and the application of the local system accesses these interfaces.

    With your Visual Studio you can write your own application software.

     

    Best Regards,

    Gerald