Simon re: video conferencing - I have the Blindside project that we've discussed before. It'd be well suited for the show as we could set up a couple of cameras around different booths. Just say the word.
Steve On Feb 7, 2008 7:42 AM, Simon P. Ditner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Keith and John have very good points. Who should we target? > I'd personally like to go after IT managers and business owners to get > more open source telephony out in the field, and explain where our > group fits in with that objective... Exposing you to other people's > ideas through the presentations, state of the technology, the > opportunity to network with peers and consultants, and service > providers. > > I have the Firecracker kit, and have set it up for previous shows, so > that's certainly doable. I'd also like to see some of the bluetooth > presence stuff. Add a bit of click-to-call, and that'd probably be > enough whizbang. We could also demonstrate a hosted pbx locally ;-) -- > in which case, I think we'd be demonstrating multi-tenanted features. > > Has anyone played with the video conferencing? > > On Feb 3, 2008 11:04 AM, Ian Darwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Is anybody handy with basic electronics? I think people would be > > > interested > > > in things like > > > > > > Thermocouple that can be polled. You can phone in for temperature reports > > > (or > > > have a cron job that runs once a minute and makes a phone call with a > > > recording if the temp exceeds some threshold). > > > > You can buy these in kit form, just need a soldering gun. I had one but > > not sure I can find it :-( > > > > > Phone into your home and give it an eta. It'll set the furnace. > > > > Spend $20 on an X10 "firecracker" off eBay, it takes a fairly simple > > command code over RS232 and can turn eg., lights (flashing or otherwise) > > on or off, that plus a simple script and you're on the air. Having > > something turn on immediately is more visceral than "I'll be home in > > half an hour", though you could have them enter such stuff too. How about > > > > Enter 1 to turn lights on, 2 for furnace, 3 for A/C. > > > > I can't remember offhand if the Firecracker can sense the current on/off > > state of a device. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > -- > | It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what > | you know for sure that just ain't so. -- Mark Twain > | > | The Toronto Asterisk Users Group > | Join the discussion group by visiting http://taug.ca > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
