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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >>>>>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate >>>>>> cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >>>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 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