MICS - Telco VMsg indicator on set 2

[Clearlines]

Do you need a Caller ID card in order to have the Telco's voice message indicator to appear on a Norstar telephone set?. I have programmed all the MICS settings in CONFIG, but still no luck. It will work on a single line caller id unit purchased from Radio Shack. Any iudeas?

 

[senk1s]

if you talking about a visual message waiting indicator, then u need to have a voicemail system (like callpilot)on hte norstar

callerid has got nothing to do with message waiting

 

[jerryreeve]

If you are using a off premise Voicemail such as the Telco's Business voicemail or MCIMail then you have to first make sure that the telco is sending you Visual Message Indicator (this is a bit/word in the caller ID packet. (in the case of the VMI the caller ID packet is not necessarily sent between rings)
You must have a Caller ID card.
after these two then you set the Config programming in Lines, terminals&Sets and System Programming.

Mind like a Steel trap - Once used forever clamped shut.

JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com

 

[senk1s]

thanks a lot for correcting me jerryreeve
i didnt know that the VMI information comes along with callerID infromation

 

[jerryreeve]

Ya. I in turn was suprised when I got the tone burst in my ear and the $$%%2# line hadn't rang.

Mind like a Steel trap - Once used forever clamped shut.

JerryReeve
Communications Systems Int'l
com-sys.com

 

[bkrike]

Thats a good one I did not know (CLID card required).
A star for you Jerry.