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On Wednesday, May 9, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Lena Shore wrote: > Background: I have been a longtime user of PhoneValet. It's basically an > answering machine for your mac. It has caller ID that displays > cross-referenced with your address book and does the phone tree thing. Love > it. > > The Problem: PhoneValet died recently and they will stop supporting it June > 1st. So, the next upgrade after June 1st, it will cease to work. > > Partial Solution: I did the research and decided the best course of action > was for me to get a dedicated MacMini, keep an older system on it and run > PhoneValet from that. Works great except for the popup caller ID that is part > of PhoneValet. It displays fine on the MacMini - but I need it to display on > my main machine. So, I thought I would try Growl. > > Currently: I am using PhoneValet on a headless MacMini running 10.6.8 OS and > Growl 1.2.2. I would like this caller ID to display on my main machine (an > iMac running 10.7.x and Growl 1.3.1 (happy to upgrade growl if needed). > > I found this article that sort of explains two scripts that should make this > work: > http://www.g-loaded.eu/2006/11/06/netcat-a-couple-of-useful-examples/ > > Unfortunately, I am not a developer and don't understand what I'm supposed to > do with these two scripts. I did run both and I think that PhoneValet on the > MacMini registered the app because PhoneValet now shows up under the Growl > Applications on that machine. But, when a phone call comes in, the Caller ID > works for PhoneValet, but does not activate the one for Growl... so it never > shows up on my main computer. > > I don't understand where the other script goes. > > Growl help was super quick to respond to me and did answer my question about > two versions of Growl not working well together: "Networking between 1.2.2 > and 1.3.x is not compatible. So if you're stuck on 10.6.8 on that mac mini, > you may need to downgrade your 10.7 box to 1.2.2 as well. Networking doesn't > work well in 1.2.2 though, which is why it was replaced." > > I may try to downgrade Growl on my main - but I hate to do that. Now I am > wondering if I could just buy a dedicated Modem for my main just to display > my caller ID. Seems like that would work. > > Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this to work? Or can offer any > suggestions on how to approach? My brain feels like mashed potatoes. > > Thanks, > Lena > > (: > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/growldiscuss/-/QK9nVdb7ZDkJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
