utility or program needed

[ideas]

hi every1, am i need (help) of a simple script or a program of any language.

ok, here's how it should work

am gonna connect my telephone headset line to the modem on my PC

then whenever i dial a number, wherever the insertion point is ( eg. field box ) the same number will be automatically typed.

so if i type 9795633215 from my land line telephone, then in the text field the same numbers will appear / duplicated.....

i hope som1 can help with this 1

[RogueSpear]

I'm not much of a modem expert anymore. It's been so long since I've needed to use a standard landline. But I think what you're asking could present some pretty serious problems. I think in order for the modem to "read" your touch tones, it would have to be "off hook" so to speak. And I don't know how you could get the modem to do that automatically whenever you pick up your handset.

A couple of the secretaries where I work have landline phones with bluetooth in them, where they use a cell phone style headset. You could probably find some software, like FMA, that would monitor things that way.

[LLXX]

Your modem would need to be able to hear correctly the pulsed dialing signal or the variable frequency tones sent out by the phone, depending on which signalling system your telephone service uses.

Most modems can't do that. Maybe those that support receival of voice, but the software is still not going to be much easier.

[phkninja]

As stated before the modem would need to be able to read the DTMF tones transmitted by the telephone to be able to decode the keypresses. Most modems are unable to do this.

What you could do is have a box that connects to your 9 pin serial, or 25 pin parrallel connector on the computer, that takes has an input from the phone line (at the telephone) and decodes the DTMF tones. This can then transmit the number bacj to the PC.

THis is not extremly complex, but requires a circuit board for the box, and a program to read the serial number from the serial/parrallel port and place it in the text field of choice. (the placing of the data is the most complex part, but if you saveed the numbers and the time to a txt file it could be copied to the field when required)

[LLXX]

As stated before the modem would need to be able to read the DTMF tones transmitted by the telephone to be able to decode the keypresses. Most modems are unable to do this.

What you could do is have a box that connects to your 9 pin serial, or 25 pin parrallel connector on the computer, that takes has an input from the phone line (at the telephone) and decodes the DTMF tones. This can then transmit the number bacj to the PC.

THis is not extremly complex, but requires a circuit board for the box, and a program to read the serial number from the serial/parrallel port and place it in the text field of choice. (the placing of the data is the most complex part, but if you saveed the numbers and the time to a txt file it could be copied to the field when required)

Using the sound card's input is also a possibility.

[jaclaz]

There are quite a lot of testing equipments that can do that, unfortunately they are "professional" thus quite pricey:

http://www.sandman.com/digit.html

but there also more simple ways:

http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/phone/dtmf.htm

There are also some components (shareware):

http://www.redsofts.com/soft/875/21698/Pho...ne_Decoder.html

http://www.tapiex.com/PhoneToneDecoder.htm

And some apps:

http://www.reconphone.com/

http://www.personainternet.com/~northscan/files.html

http://www.aiglonsoft.com/

Just search on google for "DTMF decoding software" or "DTMF decode" without quotes.

or go here:

http://drn.digitalriver.com/welcome.php

and search for DTMF

jaclaz

Edited May 28, 2006 by jaclaz

[ideas]

thanks everyone for ur solutions, i am very happy for these

[ideas]

As stated before the modem would need to be able to read the DTMF tones transmitted by the telephone to be able to decode the keypresses. Most modems are unable to do this.

What you could do is have a box that connects to your 9 pin serial, or 25 pin parrallel connector on the computer, that takes has an input from the phone line (at the telephone) and decodes the DTMF tones. This can then transmit the number bacj to the PC.

THis is not extremly complex, but requires a circuit board for the box, and a program to read the serial number from the serial/parrallel port and place it in the text field of choice. (the placing of the data is the most complex part, but if you saveed the numbers and the time to a txt file it could be copied to the field when required)

thanks again, however can u give me schematics and instructions in how to do this?

[phkninja]

give me a week and i could or do a search for dtmf decoder circuit schematics in google. There are numerous decoder chips out there, and im sure you can find one that suits your needs. if you need me to do a schematic then let me know