Hi folks, Since we have finally moved our fax and answerphone to fully-computer-driven/emailed, I no longer have a physical red answerphone light to tell me whether we received anything while I was out.
So I got one of these for $7: http://www.dealextreme.com/p/27062 ..and created the "command line" switching utility I outline here: http://club.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/threadid.382581?page=25 Combining that with our Webwatch ap (http://webcentre.co.nz/webwatch.htm) means we are monitoring relevant directories for faxes, calls and (especially) server-error emails, and turning the light to different colours as required. The light is turned off whenever we load our email to check for the things it has flagged. Basically, if we come in the office door and see that the light is blue or green, that means it is a fax or phone message, so we can ignore it if we want and look at it later, or the following day. But if it is red or fuchsia, we know a reportable server error has happened - though we will of course have already been txted anyway, if it were a repeating error. Since there may be a dozen other uses for a "stuff done/spotted" signal light like this one, I thought I'd mention it. <g> 'best! Peter _______________________________________________ NZ Borland Developers Group Offtopic mailing list Post: [email protected] Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/offtopic Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with Subject: unsubscribe
