COM server software

[lilboi]

Hey guys,

To fully use the program i've been trying to make since last september...yes, it's sad... we need to page or text messages out.

Now we've been thinking of a com server. Apparently it comes with software that all you had to do is pass on the phone # and message and it'll do its own job paging it out.
It's been 3 months and it seems that we might not get a hold of this com server.

I know this is a far shot but what if i write the software,
1) I need to be able to see which modem (can be up to 4) is not being used
2) Find out the paging protocol for telco's. We have their number already.

Any leads?

 

[Sheco]

The last time I messed with a modem was using VB4 on NT 3.51 but I imagine it would still work to use the MSComm control to send "AT commands" to the modem on the proper serial port.

For an explanation of these modem commands:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_commands

Using AT commands might be a little crude compared to using TAPI:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAPI