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SPOT 14.4
SPOT 14.4 User's Guide
User's Guide
38GDE00001SCF - Issue 4 (11/96)
38GDE00001SCF - Issue 4 (11/96)
TAPI
TAPI
Introduction
Introduction
TAPI stands for Telephony Application Program Interface and was
designed by Microsoft and Intel to allow software applications to run
independent of the hardware interface, ie. to allow any TAPI programs to
talk to any TAPI telephone devices.
SPOT's implementation of TAPI supports dialling, answering calls and
caller display. All the components need to use SPOT with TAPI
compliant application are include on the SPOT Software disk.
How is TAPI different from AT commands?
How is TAPI different from AT commands?::
– Modem setup
Modem setup::
Before TAPI, each communications program you had needed to know
the setup or initialization string for your particular modem, eg.
AT&F&D0&K0Q1E0T&W
AT&F&D0&K0Q1E0T&W. Unless a program already had your
modem in its list of prepared strings, you had to enter the string
manually. With TAPI, once you have setup the driver for SPOT, it will
work with any TAPI compliant application.
– Sharing Devices
Sharing Devices::
Windows is a 'multi-tasking' environment. However, using AT
commands it is only possible for one program to access the SPOT at
any time. Under TAPI, several programs can send commands to
SPOT and receive information at the same time.
