An aircraft transponder is a bit harsh [and would drain your smartphone
battery like you wouldn't believe] but have you considered either an RFID
tag or a Tile (https://www.thetileapp.com/) or similar?  This would allow
you to detect them coming and going and react accordingly.

Andy

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sorry John - I mis-read your message at first.  Yes, he wants 'out of
> office' calls to go to the work phone and roll over to voice mail.
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Not quite, John.  With a few exceptions our phone system Emails voicemail
>> recordings as MP3 attachments.  I found a script 'sendmailmp3' that
>> intercepts the .WAV format outgoing message.  Strips it apart, converts the
>> WAV to an MP3 using LAME, then reassembles the outgoing message and passes
>> it along to sendmail.
>>
>> The dream is to have the phone system magically know that Chris is in or
>> out of the building and react accordingly.  The reaction, directing calls
>> one way or another, is easy.  The hard part appears to have a method of
>> detection that doesn't cause excess battery drain.
>>
>> I've tried to convince him to have an aircraft transponder implanted, but
>> he's resistant to the idea.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Maybe then log out when you arrive, and log in when you leave?
>>>
>>> " '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 Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:11 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> According to what he said, he wants to use his mobile phone, rather
>>>> than his desk phone, while at work, and his work desk phone while not at
>>>> work. I am guessing this is probably because he spends a good part of his
>>>> work day away from his desk, and wants calls to his work phone during
>>>> off-hours to roll over to voice mail instead of routing to his cell phone.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On March 30, 2015 7:04:12 PM CDT, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> How about adding your mobile number to your PBX, and logging into your
>>>>> desk phone when you're there? If you're logged out, it forwards to your
>>>>> mobile.
>>>>>
>>>>> " '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 Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:37 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The approach I would probably use for this would be to have a couple
>>>>>> of scripts that would send some command to the Asterix server. The first
>>>>>> one, triggered when my phone connected to the work network, would set the
>>>>>> Asterix server to reroute the phone calls. The second script, triggered
>>>>>> when I set my cell phone to car mode, would set the Asterix server to 
>>>>>> route
>>>>>> the calls to my desk phone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On March 30, 2015 2:37:06 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Curt and I were discussing this idea this morning and it seems so
>>>>>>> obvious that I'm sure someone is already doing this and there are 
>>>>>>> probably
>>>>>>> already some good ways of accomplishing this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's the idea.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I'm at work, I'd like our phone system (Asterisk-based Elastix)
>>>>>>> to just route incoming calls over to my cell phone number, instead.  
>>>>>>> I've
>>>>>>> got unlimited minutes and it is always on me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I leave work, I'd like the call routing to route to my desk
>>>>>>> phone, as usual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish.  If nothing
>>>>>>> else, IFTTT could be used with the iOS Location or Android Location 
>>>>>>> channel
>>>>>>> to determine my geo-location.  From there, I have to DO SOMETHING with 
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> information, and then have Elastix act on it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is where I'm stuck.  My best ideas so far are to create a new
>>>>>>> file in Dropbox or append a line in a Google Spreadsheet when I'm 
>>>>>>> entering
>>>>>>> or leaving the geo-location.  This seems a little kludge-y to me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Anyone got a better idea of how to accomplish this goal?  It isn't
>>>>>>> really important.  It's just one of those ideas that I've had for a long
>>>>>>> time and I can't seem to let it go until I figure out how to do it...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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