Make Phone Connected to Modem Ring

Question

I have an old landline phone and am looking for a way to make it ring when it's connected to the modem of my home server. I want to use it as a notification when a build is broken and stuff like that. Like most modems, the one in my server has two line jacks, one for data and one for a phone. Since I can only programmatically manipulate the data line, I'm guessing I'm going to have to plug the phone into the data line and simulate a connection somehow but that's where I'm drawing a blank.

I've read up on phone phreaking and telephone ringing circuits but I'm not real sure how that would translate to code, if at all. I can't imagine I'm the only one to think about this so I'm guessing it's either not possible or too hard to be practical. Any help is great. Thanks.

Answer 1

Generating ringing power is beyond the capabilities of modems. The only way you could ring the phone is to actually have two real switch lines, connect the phone to one, modem to the other and actually call the phone.