Minimize to notification tray

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to place an icon in the notification tray when minimized.  The Ascendis Caller ID program will also disappear from the task bar.  This keeps Caller ID out of the way until needed.

Run in tray

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to place an icon in the notification tray the entire time it is running.  The Ascendis Caller ID program will also disappear from the task bar.  This keeps Ascendis Caller ID out of the way at all times.

Don't use tray

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to run as a standard Windows program, with a button on the task bar and no icons in the notification tray.

Show caller information over notification tray

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to create a balloon over the notification tray icon when a call comes in.  It will look something like this:

The balloon will not appear if Minimize to notification tray is selected but Ascendis Caller ID is not minimized when the call arrives.  Also, if Minimize to notification tray is selected, then Ascendis Caller ID will only allow this or Bring to top when phone rings to be selected, not both. If this option is disabled even when Minimize to notification tray or Run in tray is selected, then you're running an older version of Windows. Windows 2000 or Windows XP is required for this feature.

Bring main window to top when phone rings

Determines whether Ascendis Caller ID will automatically pop up its window when the phone rings.  Ascendis Caller ID will appear in front of whatever you were working on, so you may find this distracting.  However, this will let you see who is calling without having to manually switch to the Caller ID program.  If Minimize to notification tray is selected, then Ascendis Caller ID will only allow this or Show caller information over notification tray to be selected, not both.

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to minimize itself after the specified number of seconds after a call comes in.  If a modal window (such as Options, Edit Contact, etc.) is displayed then this is ignored.

Open separate call display window for each call

Determines whether Ascendis Caller ID should open separate windows for each incoming phone call.  This may be useful for busy multi-line situations.

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to close the call display window after the specified time has elapsed.

Generates a rather small window containing the caller's name and phone number, the date and time of the call, and the line on which the call was received:

Creates a window that, by default, occupies the whole screen.  The window displays the caller's name and phone number:

The large size makes the caller information readable from a fair distance.  The window's size and position can be customized by adjusting the size and position while the window is displayed.  The background color and fonts can be customized by right-clicking on the window.  The font size will be reduced if needed to fit the window.

Automatically position small window

Determines whether Ascendis Caller ID will position the small window automatically so that it doesn't overlap any other small notification windows.  Otherwise the small window is always put in the same place, which can be adjusted manually (by moving a displayed notification window).

This has no affect on the large notification window.

Open contact window for each call

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to open the contact window corresponding to the new call.  If the caller is not already in the contact list, it is added.

Stop screen saver when phone rings

Determines whether Ascendis Caller ID will attempt to stop the active screen saver when the phone rings.  This may make more CPU time available to Ascendis Caller ID for playing sounds, speech, and other processing.

Wake up monitor when phone rings

Causes Ascendis Caller ID to switch the monitor out of power saving mode when the phone rings.