single phone line

[Laurie]

Does anyone know of some software that can detect the
type of call that is coming in? For example, software
that can detect that it is a fax machine calling, so the
fax software on XP will answer and receive the fax,
versus a human calling so the answering machine would
pick up the call?

[Hal Hostetler [MVP DTS]]

Some third party hardware devices can provide this:

http://www.youcansave.com/switchboard.html
Emerson Switchboard
http://www.command-comm.com/phone_line_products.html
ComSwitch®

Hal
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"Laurie" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know of some software that can detect the
> type of call that is coming in? For example, software
> that can detect that it is a fax machine calling, so the
> fax software on XP will answer and receive the fax,
> versus a human calling so the answering machine would
> pick up the call?

[Pavel]

> Does anyone know of some software that can detect the
> type of call that is coming in? For example, software
> that can detect that it is a fax machine calling, so the
> fax software on XP will answer and receive the fax,
> versus a human calling so the answering machine would
> pick up the call?

Yes, I know. :) VentaFax & Voice (www.ventafax.com). Fax & answering
machine (2 in 1). Distinctive ring service is available even in
Windows 2000 and XP.

Pavel.