On Sep 12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>I am in need of some means to detect when our (one) phone line is
>being used while any of the family is using the PC, but is not
>online (we already have Internet Answering Machine and our phone
>co.'s call forwarding to catch attempts to call us when we =are=
>on).
>Very often someone in the family will take the portable phone
>somewhere out of earshot of the person using the computer, =ergo= he
>or she is grossly unaware of the true status of the line until Juno,
>for example, tells them that it could not detect a dial tone.
Hi Bob and all...
I believe the best solution is in hardware, not software. Radio Shack
has a little line-in-use indicator that plugs into your phone line, and
the LED flashes when the line is in use... Bet Phil could tell you the
exact part # <g>
-=Brian=-
