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# File last changed: Apr 20, 2024
NCID - Network CallerID
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.
Included with the CID information sent to the clients, ncidd also sends
the number formatted for the country where the server is located, the
caller number type (fixed, mobile, pager, etc), the country code of the
calling number, the locality (city/region) of the calling number, and
the carrier of the calling number.
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 handles outgoing calls, hangups calls from a blacklist
and hangups calls from an extension. 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
client-portable : creates portable versions of the client for different ODs
debian : files specific to Debian
desktop : gnome icon files, desktop file and appdata file
doc : most of the documentation
extensions : sample server extension scripts
gateway : gateway programs
icons : icons used by the client
lib : library files
libcarrier : carrier library files used with libphonenumber
locales : client supported languages
logrotate : logrotate scripts
man : man pages
metadata : generates new carrier data
modules : client output modules
ncidlib : libraries used by the client
plugins : client plugins
recordings : modem voice files
screenshots : screenshots for ncid and tivocid
server : server program
setup : scripts for gateways and client output modules
that need them
systemd : systemd service scripts
test : test scripts for the server, client, gateways
tools : scripts to manipulate or view alias, blacklist, whitelist
and call log files
udev : udev rules