Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
You can do some really fun things interfacing asterisk with IO control equipment. We use Opto22 Snap Brains and asterisk for various purposes. Opto provides some nice linux API code examples to interface with their units. I have a 3D tube laser cutter interfaced to asterisk so that someone gets called or paged when the cutter runs out of material or an error occurs, we also control air compressors with asterisk, and can check on various equipment status. Brian McEntire wrote: Hehe... that's awesome :) I laughed out loud when I read it. Someone else replied that they are going to use * to control their entry gate system by cell phone. Nice. Thanks for the examples! While reading over at voip-info.org, I found the auto-dial feature that can be combined with .call files. That should be perfect for an idea I had -- use cron and POP3 to check my e-mail account for any new messages from the transit authority... if there are any, dial/ring home phones at 6am and playback a message to check e-mail for possible morning commute problems. Not quite as good as drunkdial though :) ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
Very cool stuff - Original Message - From: Paul Zimm To: Brian McEntire ; Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions You can do some really fun things interfacing asterisk with IO control equipment. We use Opto22 Snap Brains and asterisk for various purposes. Opto provides some nice linux API code examples to interface with their units. I have a 3D tube laser cutter interfaced to asterisk so that someone gets called or paged when the cutter runs out of material or an error occurs, we also control air compressors with asterisk, and can check on various equipment status.Brian McEntire wrote: Hehe... that's awesome :) I laughed out loud when I read it.Someone else replied that they are going to use * to control their entry gate system by cell phone. Nice. Thanks for the examples! While reading over at voip-info.org, I found the auto-dial feature that can be combined with .call files. That should be perfect for an idea I had -- use cron and POP3 to check my e-mail account for any new messages from the transit authority... if there are any, dial/ring home phones at 6am and playback a message to check e-mail for possible morning commute problems. Not quite as good as drunkdial though :) ___--Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com --Asterisk-Users mailing listAsterisk-Users@lists.digium.comhttp://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.4/109 - Release Date: 9/21/05 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
I have a USB based X10 controller (http://www.smarthome.com/1132u.html -- about US$40) connected to the Asterisk box. Currently, it controls the sprinklers, kid's tv's and Xmas house lights. I'm hoping my thermostat will die so I can justify replacing it with an X10 based unit :) I also have a TV card (http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_goplus.html -- US$25 off ebay) on the same box. A couple of years ago, I cobbled up an email interface to the TV card so I could send an email from my cell to tell it the channel, start time, and duration to record. It should be easy to add interfaces to these gadgets to Asterisk so I can turn off the sprinklers when it starts raining in the middle of the night, or to schedule a tv recording from the bar when the game's good and my mates want to run, or to cool down the house when I come home unexpectedly. Another thought is to use Asterisk to start recording my favorite talk radio station off the internet (with mplayer) if I hear something interesting on the way to work. Just another cog (Asterisk) in the world's best Tinker Toy set (Linux). Thanks in advance, Steve Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: +1-760-468-3867 PST Newline Fax: +1-760-731-3000 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
I hope the subject isn't too buzzword compliant :) I'm just curious: What have people done with Asterisk? I'm particularly interested in DIY projects and things that can be done on a small/home office (or even hobbiest's) budget. If you have clever hacks or creative functionality you've implemented, I'd love to hear what a few people have come up with. Thanks! -Brian ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
RE: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
Have you discovered www.voip-info.org yet? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian McEntire Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:18 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions I hope the subject isn't too buzzword compliant :) I'm just curious: What have people done with Asterisk? I'm particularly interested in DIY projects and things that can be done on a small/home office (or even hobbiest's) budget. If you have clever hacks or creative functionality you've implemented, I'd love to hear what a few people have come up with. Thanks! -Brian ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
Yes, and it is a fantastic resource! I don't think I could have gotten up and running without it. I assume you pointed me there because there are some articles about what people are doing with *. I'll dig for them. I previously read in an issue of ;Login: several columns discussing things you could do with Asterisk. Articles are good, I was just hoping to get a couple of quick ideas about what people on the list have accomplished. Things like I set up time and temperature for whenever I dial *22 ... or something like that. Figured it might be a change for people to show off a bit and for me to get some ideas/get inspired ;-) Thanks again for the voip-info ref, I'll work my way through that wiki.On 9/22/05, Damon Estep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you discovered www.voip-info.org yet? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian McEntire Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:18 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions I hope the subject isn't too buzzword compliant :) I'm just curious: What have people done with Asterisk? I'm particularly interested in DIY projects and things that can be done on a small/home office (or even hobbiest's) budget. If you have clever hacks or creative functionality you've implemented, I'd love to hear what a few people have come up with. Thanks! -Brian ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
try [EMAIL PROTECTED] it has some builtin features like the weather script and stuff and if you are just playing around and have fun then this would be the way to get some nice features and such.On 9/22/05, Brian McEntire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Yes, and it is a fantastic resource! I don't think I could have gotten up and running without it. I assume you pointed me there because there are some articles about what people are doing with *. I'll dig for them. I previously read in an issue of ;Login: several columns discussing things you could do with Asterisk. Articles are good, I was just hoping to get a couple of quick ideas about what people on the list have accomplished. Things like I set up time and temperature for whenever I dial *22 ... or something like that. Figured it might be a change for people to show off a bit and for me to get some ideas/get inspired ;-) Thanks again for the voip-info ref, I'll work my way through that wiki.On 9/22/05, Damon Estep [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you discovered www.voip-info.org yet? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Brian McEntire Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 6:18 AM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions I hope the subject isn't too buzzword compliant :) I'm just curious: What have people done with Asterisk? I'm particularly interested in DIY projects and things that can be done on a small/home office (or even hobbiest's) budget. If you have clever hacks or creative functionality you've implemented, I'd love to hear what a few people have come up with. Thanks! -Brian ___--Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing listAsterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersTo UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users-- Tom VileBaldwin Technology Solutions, IncConsulting - Web Design - VoIP TelephonyPhone: 518-631-2855 x205 Fax: 518-631-2856 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [Asterisk-Users] SOHO Survey / Creative Asterisk Solutions
Hehe... that's awesome :) I laughed out loud when I read it. Someone else replied that they are going to use * to control their entry gate system by cell phone. Nice. Thanks for the examples! While reading over at voip-info.org, I found the auto-dial feature that can be combined with .call files. That should be perfect for an idea I had -- use cron and POP3 to check my e-mail account for any new messages from the transit authority... if there are any, dial/ring home phones at 6am and playback a message to check e-mail for possible morning commute problems. Not quite as good as drunkdial though :) On 9/22/05, Tom Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, there are about a billion DIY * projects out there.Myslightly-insane use of asterisk on a tiny budget is running thesite:www.drunkdial.orgPeople call in - leave drunk messages then comment on them later. Cheers,--Tom HaydenOn 9/22/05, Brian McEntire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I hope the subject isn't too buzzword compliant:) I'm just curious: What have people done with Asterisk? I'm particularly interested in DIY projects and things that can be done on a small/home office (or even hobbiest's) budget. If you have clever hacks or creative functionality you've implemented, I'd love to hear what a few people have come up with.Thanks!-Brian ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users --Tom ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation sponsored by Easynews.com -- Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
