I have done something similar using the following: 1. An Adit 600 with FXS card. 2. A door box from Viking http://vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=428 3. An inline dialer from viking: http://vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=137 4. A relay activated using an FXS port ring signal from Mike Sandman: http://www.sandman.com/wizard.html#UniversalRingRelay
First an explanation of the problem. Big office building they want during off hours when there is no receptionist and the door is locked that a visitor can ring an office without actually knowing their extension/phone number. The Viking door box is actually a regular phone packaged in a door box that supports Auto Answer and uses power from the FXS port, no additional power is needed. When the call button is pressed it just goes off hook. The dialer plugs in inline with the door box and provides touch tone, needs a 9VDC battery The relay will make contact between C and NO and break contact between C and NC while there is ring on the line (FXS port). In zapata.conf I have the FXS port that the door box is connected to configured as hot line which takes it as soon as it goes off hook to an IVR. The IVR asks the caller to spell the name of the person/office the are looking for or just dial their suite number or extension number. The spelling invokes app_dir, anything else just dials that person. Dynamic features is set so that if *5 is pressed it will dial the FXS port that has the relay connected to it so that the door unlocks. Hope this helps. On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Vincent <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I assume I'm not the first one to think about this: Is it possible to > connect an intercom and/or door bell to Asterisk, so that I can get an > e-mail that someone rang my place while I was out? > > Even better: If used for a doctor's office, it'd be cool if patients > could type their Social Security Number on a keypad, which would open > the door and notify Asterisk which would then display a pop-up on the > doctor's PC screen that such and such patient just walked in the > waiting room. > > Thank you. > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- AstriCon 2009 - October 13 - 15 Phoenix, Arizona Register Now: http://www.astricon.net asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
