Ascendis Caller ID 2.2.0.0

Ascendis Caller ID 2.2.0.0 is a useful software that works with your telephone company's caller id service to track and announce phone calls and block annoying telemarketers. Each caller can be announced with a variety of pop-up window options, pre-recorded sounds, and/or text-to-speech, and can trigger email, a hang up, or the program of your choice. Advanced scripts provide even more control.

Major Features:

1. Tracks incoming phone calls, including caller name, number, date, time, and number of rings
2. Tracks call duration and outgoing calls when used with Whozz Calling? devices or Skype™
3. Contacts include picture, company, address, notes, custom fields, and multiple phone numbers
4. Can create, edit, display, and print notes for each call
5. Calls, contacts, and actions can be searched
6. Calls, contacts, and actions can be sorted and filtered
7. Announces callers with sounds you record or speech synthesis
8. Sends email when call is received, if desired
9. Run program(s) of your choice when call is received, if desired
10. Automatically hang up on specific or unknown callers
11. Pop-up window when call is received, if desired
12. Show caller information overlaid on screen when call is received, if desired
13. Display caller information over notification tray, if desired
14. Supports caller-specific or group-based actions
15. Power users can create custom actions using DelphiWebScript (DWS2)
16. Shares modem with other TAPI programs, or accesses modem directly
17. Computers without modems can get caller information over network
18. Supports multiple phone lines with multiple modems (in one or more computers) or Whozz Calling? devices
19. Import contacts from CSV file
20. Export calls as CSV, HTML, or text (manually or when a call comes in)
21. View calls from any web browser connected to your computer's network (including the internet)
22. View calls, contacts, and actions on your TiVo Series2 with Home Media Option™
23. User configurable phone number formats
24. Dial callers from Ascendis Caller ID
25. Lookup callers on internet
26. "Repair Modem" command to fix modem configuration problems
27. Access password to prevent unwanted tampering
28. Web access password to restrict web access
29. Customizable web pages
30. Ring sound (or other action) when phone rings, if desired
31. Popup caller in Outlook, if desired
32. Supports modems that detect and report DTMF caller id signals
33. Notification popup can display multiple calls for multiline installations
34. Automatically import contacts from file when file changes
35. Can suppress first ring with compatible Whozz Calling? devices
36. Database can easily be backed up to and restored from a single file
37. Display panel can be customized using HTML
38. Incrementally search call/contact/action/location lists by typing until match appears
39. Export grids exactly as displayed
40. Quickly copy any grid cell to clipboard for use in other programs
41. Monitor incoming and outgoing calls made through Skype™
42. Supports Whozz Calling? Ethernet Link devices
43. Supports secure (TLS) mail servers
44. Works in Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7
45. Missed calls report shows unanswered calls
46. Supports YAC servers and clients

 Enhancements:

• added Ini and Classes libraries to DWS scripts
• help: added PhoneSound
• help: added link to DWS on web and suggestion for checking DWS manual for additional DWS functions
• when importing CSV contacts, fill missing FirstName, LastName, DisplayName fields from provided field(s) (RawName, DisplayName, FirstName, LastName)
• when importing CSV calls, fill missing FirstName, LastName, DisplayName fields from provided field(s) (RawName, DisplayName, FirstName, LastName)
• properly handle case where no CR or LF follows last directive in HTML templates
• fixed Windows 7 repair problems: changing modem init string to enable caller id and restarting after repair
• trap and log exceptions when saving contact image to temp file; this happened for one user and could conceivably happen if an anti-virus program was scanning an existing file at the time
• fixed call note printing (including when no printer is defined)
• autosize images in display panel (to disable, right-click on display panel and
• remove the checkmark next to "Autosize Images")
• added auto import contacts option to delete contacts without phone numbers
• added notification window setting to show the edit buttons
• added Copy All command (on right-click menu) to small notification window
• added buttons to small notification window to edit call notes or contact
• fixed problems repairing modems which use 64-bit registry entries in Vista 64
• fixed a memory leak when the contact view was updated (became apparent when contact list was visible and enough calls were detected)
• if an unsupported device type is found in the device list (this should only happen if the list becomes corrupt), show a helpful message and continue
• contact window: confirm cancel if changes have been made (and would be lost)
• fixed exception when editing action from contacts grid context menu
• added Description, DisplayName (synonym for Name), Title, ContactLabel,
• ContactNotes, Extra, Email, and CallLabel fields to CallInfo object
• renamed Notes field on CallInfo object to CallNotes
• support importing Description field for contacts
• small notification window: added Description field; hide empty fields; shrink width to fit text
• fixed "Edit Action" command on Calls list context menu for outgoing calls
• hide "Edit Action" command from Calls list context menu when no call is selected
• hide "Export as Displayed" command from list context menus when list is empty
• cache web pages (currently caches last 10 unique pages) -this greatly improves web server performance when database hasn't changed
• hide border in large notification window until window is right-clicked for editing
• fixed problem showing missed calls window after it had been closed
• fixed potential problem in large notification window where window size was effectively not saved when maximized
• changed the devices file name extension to avoid anti-virus scans when we access it (should speed up program startup on systems where files with "ini" extension are scanned)
• fixed problem where editing a contact from a call could cause an exception if the window was already open
• added Preview button to Notification options page
• added transparency options to large/custom notification window (transparency is on at about 50% by default; to change this right-click on the notification window when it appears (to bring up notification window on demand, use the Preview button in the Options window, Notifications page))
• in call notes window, don't duplicate company name if company name matches contact name
• when call comes in, deselect existing call before selecting new one
• View->Activity Log, View->Network Status, and Help->Diagnostics->Line Monitor now always show the respective windows, instead of toggling their visibility
• backup device settings file before rebuilding
• use multiple threads when sending real-time network messages to clients, so slow clients don't make other clients wait
• fixed problem where color and font customization windows could be hidden behind large notification window
• size small notification window to fit data
• initialize Whozz Calling? device if version info is received when call is expected and device has not already been initialized
• allow more time for Whozz Calling? device to respond
• fixed problem displaying '<' and '>' in display panel
• added HtmlEncode function for scripts
• improved call printout appearance
• added Notes, ServerName, CallLabel fields to CallInfo object
• added header and footer to call and missed calls printouts
• remember page setup (saved when print preview's page setup window is closed using "OK" button; saved separately for different report types)
• Call Notes window: fixed print preview problem when ACID is configured to keep child windows on top where print preview sub-window would appear behind call notes window
• added missed calls report (View -> Missed Calls)
• track HTTP/TiVo bytes sent and received in Network status window
• added YAC server and client

Requirements:

• Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, or Windows 2000
• Dial-up telephone modem (not a DSL or cable modem) or other TAPI device with caller id support or Whozz Calling? device connected to a voice phone line, or Skype™
• Caller id service from your phone company (unless using Skype™)
• 200 MB disk space