Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Balu Raman wrote: Omar, I am hoping that there may be some temp sensor interface that can be routed to a pc and if the temp falls out of a range, I can have this event call someone. I know what to do in asterisk to make a call. I have to do some research. may be, someone has already done a similar thing. Has to be event driven. Here's what we do - even it's not asterisk-related - temperatures are monitored/polled using Maxim/Dallas DS1820s devices. These are cheap and the size of a transistor. When/if certain thresholds are exceeded, an email is sent to our central mail-server where it is turned into an SMS. The same email could just as easily be turned into a call file and dropped into to the appropriate asterisk directory. We expect to start using SNMP traps instead of the email, but the principle is pretty much the same. /Per Jessen, Zürich -- http://www.spamchek.com/ - your spam is our business. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Kevin, What kind of device are you using on the fridge ? Dovid - Original Message - From: Kevin Withnall To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 12:04 AM Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms We use similar things here for issues like our generator battery voltage monitoring. We just have a relay going into our alarm system and as asterisk monitors our alarms it initiates emails or calls out. The alarm system is also linked into a seperate SMS unit for emergency backup so we also get SMS when any alarm goes off. My basic alarmreceiver scripts are available at http://kevin.withnall.com/2007/07/09/asterisk-alarm-receiver-using-triggers-mysql5/ if anyone wants them. -- Kevin Withnall http://kevin.withnall.com/ ILB Computing http://www.ilb.com.au PH: 02 4227 0001 Mobile: 0412 453 846 FAX: 02 4227 0081 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2007 7:20 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms The refrigerators will have external outputs to trip relays (even if your customer doesn't know that), ask for the number of their refrigeration mechanic he will tell you how to get electrical/relay outputs for the alarms. These are then connected to asterisk via an interface board so when something trips it results in an event in asterisk (check out the asterisk at home X10 configurations for some ideas), this will then result in a call with a number (or even better a recording being played), eg meat fridge number 1 at 6 degrees celcius That's pretty much your answer J Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balu Raman Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 4:47 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman -- ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- 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-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Hi Balu, http://www.digitemp.com/ has all the info you need. Cost of hardware around US$70. Will give you pretty fridge temperature graphs too! You can easily hack some of Brian's scripts to do different levels of temp alarm and trigger calls in Asterisk. regards, Drew Balu Raman wrote: Omar, I am hoping that there may be some temp sensor interface that can be routed to a pc and if the temp falls out of a range, I can have this event call someone. I know what to do in asterisk to make a call. I have to do some research. may be, someone has already done a similar thing. Has to be event driven. Thanks, balu raman On 10/17/07, Omar A. Sabek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Balu, Do you want events passed to Asterisk from the refrigerator? Or does a reminder type phone call need to be placed on an interval? Please be more specific, since this sounds like a special purpose refrigerator, does it have any way of passing events to an external device? Omar A. Sabek On 10/17/07, Balu Raman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- 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-- 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-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Drew Gibson Systems Administrator OANDA Corporation www.oanda.com ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Balu Raman wrote: Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? OWFS for sure! Here is a screenshot of a program I created a couple years ago to monitor refrigerators/warmers. It would be trivial to have the alarm script call a phone. I have been out of the OWFS loop for a while, but I'm pretty sure there is native alarming and set points now. http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=85502ssid=33253 Here the owfs website: http://www.owfs.org/ Msg me off list if you have any questions. -jc ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Quoting Balu Raman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman I used this way back for something similar but forget the details there is a call queue directory you drop files in that can call an arbitrary number, and play a recording. I think for that sort of application though, wouldn't something like digitemp-snmpd-opennms-pager numbers or sms be more appropriate ? the problem I found with the call and play is they build up when the calls go unanswered and the whole sequence of things goes to hell. Then you get calls when all is well again, etc etc., and it really gets annoying when its 3am. opennms has escalation to page other people if unacknowledged, etc., and can try other contact methods if the initial ones fail. you also have built in thresholds like certain temperature might be a warning, another temperature is critical. Jon Pounder _/_/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ Inline Internet Systems Inc. Thorold, Ontario, Canada Tools to Power Your e-Business Solutions www.inline.net www.ihtml.com www.ihtmlmerchant.com www.opayc.com This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
The refrigerators will have external outputs to trip relays (even if your customer doesn't know that), ask for the number of their refrigeration mechanic he will tell you how to get electrical/relay outputs for the alarms. These are then connected to asterisk via an interface board so when something trips it results in an event in asterisk (check out the asterisk at home X10 configurations for some ideas), this will then result in a call with a number (or even better a recording being played), eg meat fridge number 1 at 6 degrees celcius That's pretty much your answer :-) Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balu Raman Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 4:47 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Balu, Do you want events passed to Asterisk from the refrigerator? Or does a reminder type phone call need to be placed on an interval? Please be more specific, since this sounds like a special purpose refrigerator, does it have any way of passing events to an external device? Omar A. Sabek On 10/17/07, Balu Raman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- 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-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Omar, I am hoping that there may be some temp sensor interface that can be routed to a pc and if the temp falls out of a range, I can have this event call someone. I know what to do in asterisk to make a call. I have to do some research. may be, someone has already done a similar thing. Has to be event driven. Thanks, balu raman On 10/17/07, Omar A. Sabek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Balu, Do you want events passed to Asterisk from the refrigerator? Or does a reminder type phone call need to be placed on an interval? Please be more specific, since this sounds like a special purpose refrigerator, does it have any way of passing events to an external device? Omar A. Sabek On 10/17/07, Balu Raman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- 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-- 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-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Omar A. Sabek wrote: since this sounds like a special purpose refrigerator, does it have any way of passing events to an external device? SNMP? Syslog? ;) Regards, Philipp Kempgen -- amooma GmbH - Bachstr. 126 - 56566 Neuwied - http://www.amooma.de Let's use IT to solve problems and not to create new ones. Asterisk? - http://www.das-asterisk-buch.de Geschäftsführer: Stefan Wintermeyer Handelsregister: Neuwied B 14998 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
Don't laugh, some of the commercial units come with Ethernet built in and external query capabilities for interfacing into external applications. Hotel automation has come a long way since a clipboard on a string at the front door. Regards, Dean Collins Cognation Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:asterisk-users- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Philipp Kempgen Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 5:38 PM To: Asterisk Users Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms Omar A. Sabek wrote: since this sounds like a special purpose refrigerator, does it have any way of passing events to an external device? SNMP? Syslog? ;) Regards, Philipp Kempgen -- amooma GmbH - Bachstr. 126 - 56566 Neuwied - http://www.amooma.de Let's use IT to solve problems and not to create new ones. Asterisk? - http://www.das-asterisk-buch.de Geschäftsführer: Stefan Wintermeyer Handelsregister: Neuwied B 14998 ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- 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-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
We use similar things here for issues like our generator battery voltage monitoring. We just have a relay going into our alarm system and as asterisk monitors our alarms it initiates emails or calls out. The alarm system is also linked into a seperate SMS unit for emergency backup so we also get SMS when any alarm goes off. My basic alarmreceiver scripts are available at http://kevin.withnall.com/2007/07/09/asterisk-alarm-receiver-using-trigg ers-mysql5/ if anyone wants them. -- Kevin Withnall http://kevin.withnall.com/ ILB Computing http://www.ilb.com.au http://www.ilb.com.au/ PH: 02 4227 0001 Mobile: 0412 453 846 FAX: 02 4227 0081 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Collins Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2007 7:20 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms The refrigerators will have external outputs to trip relays (even if your customer doesn't know that), ask for the number of their refrigeration mechanic he will tell you how to get electrical/relay outputs for the alarms. These are then connected to asterisk via an interface board so when something trips it results in an event in asterisk (check out the asterisk at home X10 configurations for some ideas), this will then result in a call with a number (or even better a recording being played), eg meat fridge number 1 at 6 degrees celcius That's pretty much your answer :-) Regards, Dean Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-212-203-4357 Ph +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Balu Raman Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2007 4:47 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms Hi, I want asterisk to call a person on the phone for monitoring the refrigerator storing vaccines. I am clueless where to look. Can someone clue me in ? Thanks, balu raman ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] Refrigerator Alarms
That a refrigerator is getting power is not the same as it operating nominally. Doors get left open... compressors fail... refrigerant eventually leaks out of seals and coils... Best to query it for temperature... and at a point faraway from the coils, such as the top of the door... which as luck would have it is also the hardest place to wire to. ;-) -Philip Kevin Withnall wrote: We use similar things here for issues like our generator battery voltage monitoring. We just have a relay going into our alarm system and as asterisk monitors our alarms it initiates emails or calls out. The alarm system is also linked into a seperate SMS unit for emergency backup so we also get SMS when any alarm goes off. My basic alarmreceiver scripts are available at http://kevin.withnall.com/2007/07/09/asterisk-alarm-receiver-using-triggers-mysql5/ if anyone wants them. -- Kevin Withnall http://kevin.withnall.com/ ILB Computing http://www.ilb.com.au http://www.ilb.com.au/ PH: 02 4227 0001 Mobile: 0412 453 846 FAX: 02 4227 0081 Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail ___ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
