Re: HomeSeer Phone 2

["Dean Smith" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Do you get CallerID from it ?

A cheap UK CallerID enabled modem would be great :-)

Thanks
Dean


----- Original Message -----
From: <steve.crick@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>; <homeseer@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:06 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] HomeSeer Phone 2


> Sorry for the crosspost, but there seems to be little life on the
homeseer
> group these days.
>
> My HomeSeer and HomeSeer phone has been running quite nicely for a
while
> with my Pace modem. It announces CID fine, takes messages fine; can't
dial
> in and get messages or control any X.10, and the modem locks now
and
again;
> but hey nothings perfect.
>
> I upgraded to HomeSeer Phone 2, and the Pace modem would not work. I
did
not
> expect it too as it has an unsupported chipset (HSP 2 only
supports
> conextant). So I bought a cheap (9.99) modem from PC world
(Creative
HSPPCI
> DI5732) which was Conextant based.
>
> Everything on HSP 2 now works, and I can do all of the cool stuff that
did
> not work on HSP 1.
>
> But. The manual for this modem says it needs a minimum P3 550mhz or
higher
> to run, which suggests it is a software modem. My HomeSeer systems is
an
old
> P1 233, I do see a high CPU utilisation when the modem is active,
everything
> _seems_ to be fine.
>
> So the questions I would like ask:
>
> Do manufacturers set the minimum spec deliberately high for
software
modems,
> so the user will not notice the extra CPU being used, and hence
wont
> complain?
>
> Is there anything that I have not considered here that might result as
a
> consequence of using a lower spec PC.
>
> Would I be better junking the software modem and simply getting a
hardware
> one (eg
> http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?&product_uid=26175)?
> (does hardware=good, software=evil in the modem world?)
>
> Thanks - Steve
>
>
>
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