Caller ID box with "No ID" Blocking?

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I'm looking for a "Caller ID Box" to put in the phone line going to our office fax machine, which will not pass incoming calls through to the machine unless they have a caller ID.

I'm trying to limit the number of "junk faxes" which we receive every day, and/or be able to record the sender's phone number for faxes which haven't had their caller IDs blocked by the sender.

For various reasons I don't want to use a fax modem program on a computer.

Pointers to Caller ID boxes with the feature(s) I'm looking for will be much appreciated.

Thanks guys,

Jim Thompson · Accepted Answer

WinFax has the ability to block faxes with no caller-ID, but yourmodem has to have caller-ID capability.I'm also interested in caller-ID boxes which could output serial orUSB data so I could use it for blocking jerks who continue to ignorethe Do-Not-Call List.                                        ...Jim Thompson-- |  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     ||  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      ||  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    ||  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             ||  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  ||                  |    1962     |             I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

dont know · Answer

I don't think such a device is available. I built a few boxes similar to this for a friend and me. What you need is a caller ID with a LINE IN and a controlled PHONE OUT connection. Only allow connection to Phone/FAX after 1st ring and caller ID received and verified using an extra relay oerated by a micro. But then You have the problem when you want to place a call from the PHONE/FAX. With the controlled connection you will not see the LINE at the PHONE/FAX and you are not able to make the call.

Some phones had a second pair that close a contact independent of the loop when you lift the handset. Is this available on a FAX?

jrp792 · Answer

I am not sure if this will help or not, but try  You get yourfaxs sent to your email and I think you can get who ever sent it onthe cover page. The basic service is free and after that there arefees. It is great if you want to only receive. To receive and sendthats were the fees comes in. Good luck

Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the · Answer

Don't you report them? I thought we went thru this recently. The callerID bitstream is a 202 modem compatible bitstream, so all you have to do to get it into your PC is to connect a 202 modem receiver, such as a XR2211 chip I believe it is. Then once it's into your PC, pick out the data that you need. Which was where I thought your son or son-in-law was supposed to do the software work. ;0)

Jim Thompson · Answer

We're all incredibly busy so I'd like to buy the CID-to-serialoff-the-shelf and stand-alone... I don;t want to have to insertanything into the computer... thinking saleable *product* here ;-)                                        ...Jim Thompson-- |  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     ||  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      ||  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    ||  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             ||  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  ||                  |    1962     |             I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

Tim Auton · Answer

If you have caller ID here, you can automagically have anonymous callsblocked. Will your telco not do it for you?(I live in the UK).Tim-- Love is a travelator.

Jim Thompson · Answer

[snip]Surf Google Groups for "ring killer", on science.electronics.misc(might have been cross-posted  to other groups as well).This thread discusses how to kill ringing without affecting yourability to call out.                                        ...Jim Thompson-- |  James E.Thompson, P.E.                           |    mens     ||  Analog Innovations, Inc.                         |     et      ||  Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems  |    manus    ||  Phoenix, Arizona            Voice:(480)460-2350  |             ||  E-mail Address at Website     Fax:(480)460-2142  |  Brass Rat  ||                  |    1962     |             I love to cook with wine.      Sometimes I even put it in the food.

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