I don't understand what integration of an IM client does for this issue? I could logon to my phone and manually enable and disable forwarding. It is very easy to do on our Polycom handsets.
The thing I'm trying to accomplish is a completely automated way of addressing this, while also having a way to manually override it. For instance, I could be working from home one day and want to easily enable my office phone to forward to my cell phone. I'm thinking "launch an app from my cell phone and push a button" easy. To be completely honest, this is really a "I just want to see if I can do this and make it reliably work" kind of project. This isn't mission-critical or anything; it's just in my head and it seems like I ~should~ be able to make it work. Chris On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <shadowhun...@gmail.com> wrote: > It sounds like maybe integrating an IM client into your PBX, maybe > integrating your access control solution into it as well. > > Why can't you just log into your desk phone when you leave, and log out > when you arrive? That would simplify things, and allow you to forward to > your cell phone when you're not at your desk phone. > > It would be an awful lot simpler than what you're proposing. > > " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, > the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG > episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith > - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu > > wrote: > >> That's not a bad idea, Kent, but I believe our DHCP lease is 24 hours >> (perhaps longer), so it would take a very long time to release. >> >> My most recent idea is to use IFTTT to download a web file to my Dropbox >> when I'm entering an area or leaving an area. >> >> The web server will have a log of that file being accessed and the >> contents of the file is unimportant, as is it's existence in Dropbox. The >> important part is that the web server logs would know when the file is >> accessed. That access stamp can be used to perform an action on the server >> and there would be no need for the server to download any files or have any >> 3rd party software installed. >> >> When I roam INTO the geographic area of work, IFTTT (on my behalf) >> downloads examplesite.com/present.html to my Dropbox. When I road OUT >> of the geographic area or work, IFTTT downloads >> examplesite.com/absent.html to my Dropbox. Additionally, I set up the >> "DO" app on my phone with two buttons that do the same thing, so I can >> manually enable or disable forwarding by going and fetching those files. >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Kent Perrier <kent.perr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> What is you DHCP lease length? Can you have something that that checks >>> the for the mac address of the phone in the DHCP leases and if it is there, >>> do the needful on VOIP box, otherwise don't forward calls to your cell >>> phone? If the lease is short enough, that could work. >>> >>> Kent >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Tilghman Lesher <tilgh...@meg.abyt.es> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I suspect the Google Docs/Dropbox is simply manipulating various URLs >>>> via some RESTful API. If you can instead load an arbitrary URL, I'd >>>> suggest one that hooks into a CGI script running on your Asterisk >>>> server (or another local web server) that simply sets a value in a >>>> database row. Your PBX can then reference that database row using my >>>> func_odbc module (built-in to Asterisk since the 1.4 days). >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Chris McQuistion >>>> <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: >>>> > Some good ideas here (multiple sensors (maybe low-power bluetooth) to >>>> detect >>>> > incoming path vs outgoing path) and some not-so-good-ideas (implanting >>>> > sensors inside of my body....) >>>> > >>>> > iOS (and I assume Android as well) have low power background app >>>> refresh (at >>>> > least this is what Apple calls it) that you can use for >>>> geo-location. It >>>> > isn't actually using GPS, as that would chew up battery power. It is >>>> a >>>> > background process that uses info from WiFi networks, cell towers, >>>> etc, to >>>> > determine location "passively", so it doesn't chew up a lot of battery >>>> > power. >>>> > >>>> > What I got working yesterday was two IFTTT "recipes" to create files >>>> in >>>> > Google Docs and Dropbox for each time I enter or exit the Watkins >>>> area. >>>> > That part actually works. The next step is doing something with that >>>> > information (from Google Drive or Dropbox) to launch an action on our >>>> VoIP >>>> > server. >>>> > >>>> > It still seems kludge-y to me, but I haven't heard a better >>>> suggestion that >>>> > less power (and is fully automated.) >>>> > >>>> > Chris >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:02 AM, JMJ <roadr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> On 03/31/2015 12:54 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: >>>> >>> >>>> >>> That's also why I suggested that you place two proximity detectors >>>> >>> along a single path. The order in which they activate then >>>> indicates >>>> >>> ingress or egress. >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> And since nobody has mentioned using a Raspberry Pi yet... you could >>>> make >>>> >> a proximity detector out of a Raspberry Pi with a camera and/or a USB >>>> >> Bluetooth gadget. >>>> >> >>>> >> If the work schedule is consistent, you could just schedule the PBX >>>> to >>>> >> route calls based on the time of day. 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