History
History section reflects changes in software product since it was initially
shown to public.
Version 2.10
- Added e-mail Caller ID notification.
Version 2.9.12
- Added pattern match for phones. Now you're able to add a contact with a
number, say, (435)-???-???? or ???-???-??36, to specify search criteria. All
incoming numbers beginning with 435 (1st example) or ending with 36
(2nd example) will be displayed the name you previously assigned to the
1st or the 2nd template accordingly.
Version 2.9.11
- Redesigned 'Actions' tab
- Added 'Keep Log entries' option to store the complete log of calls
- Cosmetic enhancements
- Minor bugs fixed in ring detection
- Added area code database for Kiev
- Fixed pop-up on-top behavior
- Redesigned online help and written the help for non-IE users
Version 2.9.10
- Fixed missing rings
- Improved caller ID detection quality
- Fixed Windows 95/98 advertisement display
- Added contact list CSV export
- Increased font size in the 'Incoming Call' pop-up dialog
- Improved debug output
Version 2.9.9
- Added an option to automatically record originated calls
- Fixed address book issue (business state/province)
- Fixed incoming rings on Windows 95
- Started working on TAPI
- Added 'Dialer' property tab
- Fixed dialing issues (ZyXEL, Win Modem, Rockwell HCF)
Version 2.9.8
Mainly a bug fix release.
- Fixed modem selection (Properties - General)
- Fixed Overlapped I/O
- Fixed last call time display
- Fixed log file
- Online Documentation corrected
- Added Zoom modems
Version 2.9.7
- Fixed Lucent LT Win Modem playback and recording issues
- Fixed Lucent LT dialing issues
- Fixed pop-up display timer
- Added Zoom PCI modem support
- Added last call date and time display
- Fixed Caller ID display on ZyXEL ISDN modems
Version 2.9.6
- The program is now advertiser-supported software. Please see Readme.txt
and License.txt for details.
- Added a list of methods to notify a user about an incoming call. Methods
include: new-style pop-up, old-style pop-up, main window activation, tool
tip window and no window.
- Fixed sound playback bug (mostly for PCI and Windows modems)
Version 2.9.5
- A ton of bug fixes.
- Fixed ZyXEL, IS-101, PCI and Windows modems behavior
- Fixed play back on those modems
- Added new 'Compatibility mode' option
Version 2.9.4
- Added a third-party FAX applications integration (Properties - FAX)
- Added a-law and u-law voice codecs (Lucent (AT&T), Rockwell HCF and
other PCI chip sets)
- Added a compatibility option to disable a modem inactivity timer (now
enabled by default)
Version 2.9.3
- Changed 'Properties' to a tree dialog
- Simplified configuration a bit
- Added 'Blink on new messages' option
- Separated 'normal', 'black list' and 'white list' callers actions. Now you
can define an action for each of those groups, which will, say, do an
answering machine for regular callers, disconnect unwanted callers and
answer white list callers.
- 'Disconnect the caller' option (the program will answer, then hang up
immediately)
- Russian resources moved into a separate DLL (which will be available in a
couple of weeks)
- It's easy now to add different languages to the program
Version 2.9.2
- Fixed IMA ADPCM codec! It is a recommended codec now. Many thanks
to Eugeny Abramov.
- Fixed sorting by date in the Inbox / Originated Calls / Deleted Items
dialogs
- Fixed the bug where closing an Inbox maximized caused the main window to
move off the right-hand side of the screen
- Fixed a bug that prevented a greeting recording via the sound card
- Added "Flash" and "Speak" (Speakerphone) buttons
- Added an option to keep modem speaker ON after dialing
- Optimized "Properties" dialog
- Fixed menu items
Version 2.9
- New RING monitoring algorithm
- Overlapped I/O in Windows 95/98
- Optimized CPU usage in disabled and waiting modes
- New status icons
- Fixed menu bar
- Added Rockwell optimization and recommendations for Russian ANI
- Added MSK and SPB area codes (manually selectable from Caller ID Detection
tab)
- Added greeting selection dialog
- You can now create callers in the 'Contacts' with an associated phone of
"N/A" (without parentheses) for not detected/unavailable numbers,
"O" for our of area calls and "P" for private calls. You
can assign any display name for them.
Version 2.8.6
- Added new look for a pop-up call notification window (MS Office 2000
style)
- Allowed dialing '*' tone (fixed dialer bug)
- Added USRobotics 56k PCI modem
- Added Australian mobile numbers formatting
- Fixed main window buttons text if large system fonts are in use
- Allowed to turn off output messages screening (your own Greeting message
won't be played back through a sound card every time it plays)
- Fixed 16-bit PCM voice codec
Version 2.8.5
- Fixed menu appearance error
- Fixed ampersand in caller's name
- Added ZyXEL omni.net modem
- Added Israel region
- Added heuristic number formatting (for e.g. mobile calls)
- Changed modem driver structure (now in separate *.cfg files)
Version 2.8.4
- Optional menu on top of the main dialog
- Fixed dialer
- Fixed 'Out of area' and 'Private' calls
- Added ability to customize greetings and ring sounds for 'Out of area' and
'Private' calls
Version 2.8.3
- Reworked the Contact list
- Contact list now loads 5-10 times faster
- Improved contact list look and feel
- Added context menus to the contact list
- Fixed Inbox duplicate entries in answering machine mode
Version 2.8.2
- Fixed auto-login identity issue
- Changed pop-up dialog color
- Fixed main window pop-up menu
- Added custom area dictionaries
- Allowed different area announcement formats
Version 2.8
- Added Silence Detection
- Added multiple identities and multiple voice boxes
- Added area codes translation for U.S.A. and UK
- Fixed small issues
Version 2.7
- Added 'Scheduling' feature
- Automatically releases COM port when connecting to Internet
- Releases COM port when user-defined application started
- Fixed 'Import' issue
- Added easy 'enable/disable' switch
Version 2.6
- Added per-caller Greeting and Incoming Ring sounds
customization
- Added Area Code Rules processing for dial-out
- Added Originated Calls tracking and journaling
- Originated Calls folder
- Inbox, Originated Calls and Deleted Items folders moved to
<ACC>\Profiles\Default profile\ (multiple profile support planned)
- Fixed 'Control Deck disappears' bug
Version 2.5.2
- British Telecom CLIP standard support (Pace and Hayes Accura
modems)
- Software Gain Control (AGC) for quiet voice
- Final fix of GSM frames
- Corrected 'delete item' action
- Changed mail window close and minimize behavior
- Optimized and fixed memory and GDI usage for Windows'95/98
Version 2.4.0
- Custom Telephone Number Formatting
- Slightly modified ZyXEL Hardware Caller ID
- Improved software 'busy' detection quality
Version 2.3.1
- Software busy signal detection (select your country or set up
frequencies in Signals section)
- Reworked ZyXEL hardware Caller ID and answering machine functions
Version 2.3.0
New after initial 2.0 release
- Continued History section maintenance
- Inbox, Contact list are now resizable
- Added new columns in Inbox
- Last position and size of all windows remembered
- Added columns selection
- Added 'Deleted Items' window
- Properties dialog rearranged
- GSM 6.10 auto-detection for USRobotics modems
- Added Hardware Caller ID for ZyXEL modems
- Fixed 'on-hold' behavior
- Added 'Reset to defaults' option
- Added display number formatting and international number formatting
- Added 'Data mode dialing'
- Added RINGBACK parameters for better dialing
- Added e-mail sending support to contact properties
- Optimized modem communication behavior
- Added more locales (and more countries are in plans)
Version 2.0
- Phone Dialer
- Phone book
- New, user-friendly user interface
- A lot of bugs fixed
- Extended line diagnostic added
- Improved 'Inbox'
- Allowed playback of recorded messages through different devices (modem,
sound card etc.)
- Solved internationalization problems
- Added international sorting and timer
- English and Russian Tip of the day
Version 1.7
- Added setup/uninstall program
- Separated user- and modem-specific initialization files for painless
upgrade
- New modems added
- Added possibility to record Greeting message from sound card (microphone)
- Added easy 'Answering machine' icon on LCD panel
- Fixed answering machine bugs
- Added 'Pre-detect ANI before request' option for Russian Caller ID
- Fixed GUI and modem-specific bugs due to open beta-testing
Version 1.6
- Numerous UI enhancements
- American Caller ID formatted presentation added
- Numerous bug fixes in modem subsystem
Version 1.5
- New GUI
- Fixed Windows modems support
- Sportster Vi modems now are TRULY WORKING!
Version 1.4
- Added support for different Windows modems (WinModem)
- Fixed decompression code for Sportster Vi modems
- Added bitmaps in pop-up menu
- Added support for IDC modems
- Extra codecs added
- Fixed 'recording greeting message' issue
- Fixed 'Page fault' exception after RING
- Fixed automation for American Caller ID
- A lot of smaller bugs fixed
Version 1.3.0.164
- Better looking Caller ID pop-up window
- Russian CID: ring emulation enhanced and customized
- Corrected Caller ID pop-up font problem
Version 1.2.0.162
- New experimental feature - voice routing through sound card
- Russian CID: number formatting fixed in some cases
- Modified sound playback for better robustness
Version 1.1.0.158
- New 'Large pop-up font' option added to increase Caller ID readability
('Properties'...)
- Russian ANI formatting corrected (incomplete number received)
- Robustness of Russian ANI increased
Version 1.0.0.155 release!
Changed since last beta
- Finalized Windows'95/98 bugs hunting
- Fixed 'RINGS before action'
- Small bugs corrected
- Added 'readme.txt' file
- Added precise timing for Russian ANI request
New in .151
Bug-fix release (Windows'95/98). Fixed:
- Kernel32 Exception on startup
- Exception on closing Control Deck
- Exception on attempt to play RIFF without sound data
- 'Cannot initialize sound' error on playing recorded voice
All bugs corrected relates to Windows'95/98 only and did not affect NT.
New in .150
- Bugs fixed
- Inbox-area 'play' enhanced
- Russian CID: corrected the situation when part of message is available
- GUI fixed
New in .148
- 'Russian Courier Advanced' modem added
- New GUI
- Inbox field for received voice messages and logged calls
- Ability to listen recorded messages
- Enabled blacklist functionality
- 'Blacklisted' or 'White list' messages displayed when appropriate
- License system finished
New in .140
- 'Drop-after-answer' bug fixed
- Transparency bug fixed (?)
- American Caller ID works stable
- License system incorporated
- GUI enhanced
New in .136
- Russian Caller ID works stable now
- American CND fixed again
- Encapsulated GSM codec rewritten
New in .129
- Still working on Russian Caller ID detection quality improvement
- Answering machine is half-working now
- American CND somewhat fixed
New in .127
- LARGE improvement in Russian Caller ID detection. Not only the bugs
were cleared, but overall sensitivity improved and even incorrect numbers
now are displayed exactly as they are.
- Answering machine added... Not working yet, though.
New in .125
- A very stupid bug corrected. Russian Caller ID detection will be
much more robust...
- Courier+ID_SDL fixed (?)
New in .123
- Standard ".wav" support added. Following restrictions still
apply: sample rate must match the one modem operates on; only 16-bit PCM
files; not all .wav files could be played correctly.
- Rockwell PCM;8 compression fixed.
New in .122
- Added stuff for on-the-fly compression and decompression of voice files.
- Added sample 'play voice' and 'record voice' functions (for test purpose
only).
- A lot of bugs fixed...
New in .115
- 'Overlapped I/O' Compatibility option added. Turn it OFF in Windows'95/98,
and turn ON if using NT or Windows2000.
- Rockwell modems compatibility greatly improved, native Rockwell
voice compression included.
New in .112
- 'External Help' .ini-file option added to reduce resident part of the
program memory usage. This works through 'hhp.dll' library
- Several UI enhancements
New in .110
- 'Compatible I/O' compatibility option (checked by default)
- Rewritten modem initialization code
- Included Online Documentation! (this is the very, very
beginning...)
New in .107
- Check new 'Faster modem initialization' option, which now works better
then ever!
- 'Use Software I/O' compatibility option added (checked by default)
- 'Do not synchronize communication events' compatibility option added;
check it if you experience initialization problems.
- Overall stability improvements through more structured abstraction code
and exception handling
- Help system really works!
New in .104
- Initialization code rewritten
- Added compatibility option 'Do not synchronize communication events' (turn
it on if the program seems to stop responding during an initialization)
- Help support added (NO, help file is not included in this release... It's
very unfinished)
New in .100
- 'Modem simulation' mode (Debug level=4) (usage undocumented)
- Courier IDSDL hardware ANI corrected (Russian ANI)
- American CND corrected and should be working now
- A lot of small and at least one serious bug fixed
New in .98 beta
- Set 'Properties->Compatibility->Debug level' to 1 or 2 to turn ON modem
logging feature (do it before contacting support and include 'modem.log'
with your message)
New in .97 beta
- Some setup issues fixed
- Several compression issues changed
- Setup wizard changed
New in .95 beta
- Re-implemented American CND (still untested...)
- Fixed several Settings issues
New in .92 beta
- Fixed serial-error issues
- Fixed 'serial port not available' issue
- Added Settings->Modem Strings setup
- Fixed port release
- Middle mouse button behavior changed
- Fixed tray icon tool tips
- Rewritten code for Courier hardware ANI (Russian CID)
New in .83 beta
- Initial setup (modem selection) bugs fixed
- Fixed Properties->Modem type selection issues
- Fixed incorrect Compression baud rate selection
- Redesigned pop-up menu
- Fixed 'Modem did not respond to initialization command' message when
rapidly switching from and to 'pause' mode
- Modem strings setup dialog (not functioning yet, though)
- Changed some default settings in .ini file ('Use hardware to detect Ring'
is now 'False' by default; try setting it 'True' to release CPU from
monitoring the line)
Introducing ACC