In order to see Caller ID information on your computer, you will need some type of serial communications program such as Hyper-Terminal, PC Plus, PC Anywhere, etc. Follow the instructions below for connecting to your computer and refer to Fig. 1.
Connect the supplied 9 pin cable to the female serial connector on unit marked “To Computer”.
Connect this same cable to an available serial port on the computer.
Plug in 2-wire RJ11 phone lines into the modular phone jacks on the unit.
Use any terminal emulation program or modem software set to terminal mode.
Choose the COM port number to which the unit is connected and set the communication parameters to 9600 Baud, 8 Bit, 1 Stop, No Parity.
Plug in the power supply and make sure the red channel LEDs light.[1]
Make a phone call to one of the lines connected to the unit. The Caller ID information will appear on your screen.
[1] The power up sequence of the unit will flash the LEDs and a couple of seconds. The unit will send the firmware version number of each channel to the serial port when the DIP switches are positioned to send the CallerID.com format (Fig. 2a).