Doug, The Uniden CLX465 supports stutter dial tone (SDT) and provides a MWI. Might be overkill since it is an answering machine as well. There are a few others. Google for stutter dial tone or "phone company compatible voice mail". The SPA3K can produce SDT. The Budgetone 102 also has an MWI.
I never thought about painting the phone's case. The handset might be an issue. Sounds like an interesting marketing opportunity, like cell-phone covers. Bob... On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 10:14 -0500, Doug Crompton wrote: > John, > > Two questions on your comments.... > > I have no seen an Insteon computer controller similiar to the old bottle > rocket. Is there such a device? I am thinking of getting an Insteon > starter kit bit I have so many X10 devices it will be awhie before, if > ever, that I get it all changed over. Many items, like spotlights, are not > available in Insteon. > > I would be interested in the Ethernet MWI. I am using many phones on an > SPA3000 fxs and I can't seem to find an MWI on an analog phone that works > with Asterisk and the SPA3000, although I have been told that there are > some that do??? The quick answer would be to put a SIP phone with MWI > where your wife wants to be able to see the light. I have a Budgtone 200 > and MWI works fine on it. Of course then you have styling and color issues > that might not past the muster. > > Doug > > On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, John Marvin wrote: > > > > > I would suggest that people who don't already have an investment in home > > automation equipment should look at Insteon rather than X10. Insteon is > > a next generation version of X10 that provides backwards compatibility > > with X10. The devices are a little more expensive, but not as expensive > > as some of the other alternatives. Insteon provides 2 way communication > > and is a lot more reliable than X10. > > > > If you already have an investment in X10 devices you can slowly convert > > to Insteon, since Insteon provides backwards compatibility, i.e. X10 > > controllers can control Insteon devices and Insteon controllers can > > control X10 devices, however you won't get all the advantages of Insteon > > until you have Insteon controllers controlling Insteon devices. > > > > For people with some soldering and basic circuit design skills, you may > > want to consider using ethernet as a home automation bus for some > > things. I love the Olimex PIC WEB and PIC Mini Web development boards > > (they cost $49.95 and $39.95 respectively). They have an ethernet port > > and an expansion connector for the available PIC I/O pins. Microchip > > provides a free C compiler for Pic processors, and they also have an > > open source networking stack that works on the Olimex boards. So with a > > ribbon cable connector and a small breadboard with a few IC's and/or > > driver transistors you can build a device that responds to commands via > > the network (or via a built in web server) from your Asterisk server > > that does about any task you can think of. Lots of fun ... I'm currently > > building a voicemail indicator (my wife didn't like me taking her > > answering machine away with the blinking lights when we switched to > > Asterisk voicemail) using a PIC Web board. Next project will be a web > > based sprinkler controller. > > > > John > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > "Those that sacrifice essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Ben Franklin (1759) > > **************************** > * Doug Crompton * > * Richboro, PA 18954 * > * 215-431-6307 * > * * > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * http://www.crompton.com * > **************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users