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NCID - Network CallerID
File last changed: Jan 25, 2018
NCID is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3
located in a file called doc/GPL.md.
NCID Project Web Site: http://ncid.sourceforge.net
NCID Project Man Pages: http://ncid.sourceforge.net/man/man.html
NCID User Manual: http://ncid.sourceforge.net/doc/NCID-UserManual.html
NCID Package Description: http://ncid.sourceforge.net/ncid/ncid.html
Application Programming Interface: http://ncid.sourceforge.net/doc/NCID-API.html
Software Development Kit: http://ncid.sourceforge.net/doc/NCID-SDK.tar.gz
The server, ncidd, is a TCP/IP Caller ID Daemon. It either monitors a modem
or serial device for Caller ID, or obtains it from a CID gateway. It sends
the CID information over the network to its clients. The server can alias
the NUMBER, NAME and LINE identifier received before it is sent to its
clients.
The US telco always sends the CID between RING 1 and RING 2. If ncidd does
not receive the CID by RING 2, ncidd can be configured to indicate a call
by sending RING as the number and "No Caller ID" as the name. This
permits NCID to display a visual indication of a call along with the date
and time. This requires a modem that indicates RING.
The ncidd server also sends outgoing calls and hangup calls from a blacklist.
Outgoing calls require a gateway that handles outgoing calls.
Call Hangups require a modem to hangup the call.
Instructions to make and install the NCID source package are in the various
INSTALL files included and on the web site.
Source Package Directories:
Fedora : files specific to Fedora
FreeBSD : files specific to FreeBSD
Mac : files specific to Macintosh OS X
Win : files specific to Windows
attic : obsolete programs and files
client : client program
desktop : gnome icon files, desktop file and appdata file
debian : files specific to Debian
doc : most of the documentation
extensions : sample server extension scripts
gateway : gateway programs
lib : library files
logrotate : logrotate scripts
man : man pages
modules : client output modules
recordings : modem voice files
screenshots: screenshots for ncid and tivocid
server : server program
setup : scripts for gateways and client output modules that need them
test : test scripts for the server, client, gateways
tools : scripts to manipulate or view alias, blacklist, whitelist
and call log files
udev : udev rules