Check out the equipment made by WTI (Western Telematics, i think). I bought a remote reboot switch of theirs off ebay (significant savings) and control it over serial. I know they have more advanced models too now with IP links, but if you can just hook up a modem to its serial port, or plug it into the serial of the Asterisk box and write something just like that then all the cheaper. I currently have it tied into some network and server monitoring software to reboot hardware automatically as needed (though once I tracked down the faulty RAID card, that server is no longer locking up and requiring the switch, but it's good to have).
Regards, Bryce Chidester Rhino Equipment Corp. [EMAIL PROTECTED] SIP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 (480) 940-1826 x6351 IAX: [EMAIL PROTECTED] x6351 +1 (800) 785-7073 x6351 FWD: 633686 x6351 THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and its attachments from all computers. On Jun 14, 2006, at 01:46, Graham S. Jarvis wrote: > Following on this thread . . . > > Has anyone implemented a dtmf -based power switch? > > I have a situation where I'm remote from the AstLinux installation and > manage it over the net. > If the Internet connection drops at the remote site - for whatever > reason - > someone has to reboot. > I can still call-in over the pstn so it should be straight forward > to set up > an extension (with authentication) which calls "reboot" - we're > running as > root after all ;-) > > But, I need to reboot the external modem. . . > Does anyone know a "black box" that can be called from a telephone and > controlled using dtmf to switch a relay? > > I suppose the alternative is to put a dsl card in the box (a PC). > What dsl card are "people" using? (Europe, POTS) > > All input gratefully received. > Thanks. > > -Graham S. Jarvis- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lonnie Abelbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] UPS protection > > > It would be kinda cool to send a "The power is out!" (and "The power > is back.") voice message to a predefined phone number using 'apcupsd' > as the trigger. Maybe even monitor the status of the UPS via voice > prompts. > > Lonnie > > On Jun 12, 2006, at 9:58 AM, Kristian Kielhofner wrote: > >> Mark Spring wrote: >>> I wouldn't think anybody would care about the compact flash being >>> read >>> only or not. The main focus is probably on any >>> configuration/voicemails stored on a keydisk that could be >>> potentially >>> lost. I googled around a bit for a UPS on linux howto and turned up >>> some stuff but nothing definite. I'm sure there is something out >>> there >>> that can do it...might take a little research though. >>> >>> Mark >>> >> >> Mark, >> >> You will need to add apcupsd to the build system. I haven't built >> apcupsd in a while, so I can't really give you an idea of how complex >> that will be... >> >> -- >> Kristian Kielhofner >> _______________________________________________ >> Astlinux-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users >> >> Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _______________________________________________ > Astlinux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users > > Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
