Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
On 3/2/13 4:59 pm, David Smiley wrote: I finally found the perfect solution for me:http://www.amazon.com/La-** Crosse-D111-101-E1-WGB-**Wireless-Monitor/dp/** B0081UR76G/ref=dp_ob_title_defhttp://www.amazon.com/La-Crosse-D111-101-E1-WGB-Wireless-Monitor/dp/B0081UR76G/ref=dp_ob_title_def The device is $69, plus $10/month for alerts. And I get to monitor the temperature online, which is a great bonus. I use these devices to monitor everything from server rooms to my home freezer and cigar humidor (they also have monitors that do humidity). This is the best solution to the problem, not a voice system. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
If you're willing to spend a bit more you may also want to check out these people - http://avtech.com/ Mike From: Carlos Alvarez [mailto:car...@televolve.com] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2013 9:00 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification On 3/2/13 4:59 pm, David Smiley wrote: I finally found the perfect solution for me:http://www.amazon.com/La-Crosse-D111-101-E1-WGB-Wireless-Monitor/dp/B0081UR76G/ref=dp_ob_title_def The device is $69, plus $10/month for alerts. And I get to monitor the temperature online, which is a great bonus. I use these devices to monitor everything from server rooms to my home freezer and cigar humidor (they also have monitors that do humidity). This is the best solution to the problem, not a voice system. -- Carlos Alvarez TelEvolve 602-889-3003 -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
On Sat, 2013-02-02 at 18:36 -0500, David Smiley wrote: Hello! I'm totally new to the world of Asterisk, and so my apologies in advance if my question has been asked before or is in the manual because I'm too new to even know what to search for. I own a property far-away that isn't inhabited year-round. I want to come up with a low-temperature alert system so I can be notified that there is insufficient heat for whatever reason (e.g. failed boiler, or ... ?). There are some systems in the several hundreds of dollars price range that could either hook up to my WIFI to a monitoring service (sometimes with monthly fees), or a cell-phone based one that sends a text message. Then there are inexpensive ones for about $60 that can hook up to a plain old telephone jack and dial a number with an automated voice to alert the receiver of the problem. But I don't want to buy phone service to this place just for this device. So I'm wondering if I could buy an adapter of some sort with a phone port and ethernet port. An ATA? But then I'm sure it'd need to talk to some sort of VOIP service. Where I live year-round I have an underpowered build-your-own HTPC computer that stays on the internet all the time and occasionally I access it remotely. Perhaps I could install asterisk there. But then I have no idea. Ultimately I want to get notified somehow (e.g. email) that this phone dialer sent an alert. Maybe this is more trouble than its worth :-) ~ David -- Usually the problem with remote locations is the absence of (low cost) internet connections. If you have internet access to the property all year round, then get a usb temperature monitoring dongle (there are several prices around 15-20 $) and find/write a script to query it every X amount of minutes and send you a notification either by email or even sms using a (usually free) email to sms gateway Again if you have internet access you can put the monitor device that has PSTN output to an ATA and have the ata register to an asterisk at your home,so you won't need to pay monthly fees to a Voip provider. That would require to setup a permanent asterisk server at your main house, but you could do it with VM image and avoid setting up a new PC You then need to do some port forwarding in your router for ports 5060 (for the sip signaling) and 1-11000 for the RTP stream Assuming you don't have static ip's in either place you will also need to set up DynDNS so that the phone knows where to find asterisk There are several other options but which one is best depends on budget, knowledge for hooking up the stuff and time it takes to do it :) Stelios -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
David Smiley wrote: Hi John, On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:52 PM, John Novack jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org wrote: Sounds like a nice application for an HP Thin Client, AstLinux and an FXS ATA Even simpler would be an ATA and a VOIP service, though I don't think much of SIP exposed to the Internet. I suppose since this will only be placing calls from the ATA though. I can't seem to find a VOIP provider that's pay-per-call (what I want) vs pay-per-month (what I don't want). At least I don't want to pay more than a few bucks/month for how little I'll use it. voip.ms is a prepaid service with a very low monthly fee for their value service. $12-$24 per year plus minutes depending on the rate center. I assume US. Certainly a better deal than Magicjack. OOMA is more up front, and I believe they now have some monthly fee? Also, do you not ever go to this location and want phone service during that time? But I think I just came up with my solution. A cheap ~$60 temperature monitor that uses standard phone service, coupled with Magic Jack. The Magic Jack Plus is $70 up-front and $30/year; not bad. I'll look some more for other options first. What would you do IF there is an alert?Do you have someone who could respond that is nearby and is able to fix whatever is wrong? Yes; I have a winter care-taker who happens to live next-door. ~ David -- Dog is my Co-pilot -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
Thanks for your time and the pointers, John. I finally found the perfect solution for me: http://www.amazon.com/La-Crosse-D111-101-E1-WGB-Wireless-Monitor/dp/B0081UR76G/ref=dp_ob_title_def The device is $69, plus $10/month for alerts. And I get to monitor the temperature online, which is a great bonus. If I do eventually decide I want phone service, I'll consider the voip.ms VOIP service you mentioned. Thanks again. ~ David On Feb 3, 2013, at 8:14 AM, John Novack jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org wrote: David Smiley wrote: Hi John, On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:52 PM, John Novack jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org wrote: Sounds like a nice application for an HP Thin Client, AstLinux and an FXS ATA Even simpler would be an ATA and a VOIP service, though I don't think much of SIP exposed to the Internet. I suppose since this will only be placing calls from the ATA though. I can't seem to find a VOIP provider that's pay-per-call (what I want) vs pay-per-month (what I don't want). At least I don't want to pay more than a few bucks/month for how little I'll use it. voip.ms is a prepaid service with a very low monthly fee for their value service. $12-$24 per year plus minutes depending on the rate center. I assume US. Certainly a better deal than Magicjack. OOMA is more up front, and I believe they now have some monthly fee? Also, do you not ever go to this location and want phone service during that time? But I think I just came up with my solution. A cheap ~$60 temperature monitor that uses standard phone service, coupled with Magic Jack. The Magic Jack Plus is $70 up-front and $30/year; not bad. I'll look some more for other options first. What would you do IF there is an alert?Do you have someone who could respond that is nearby and is able to fix whatever is wrong? Yes; I have a winter care-taker who happens to live next-door. ~ David -- Dog is my Co-pilot -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
On 3/2/13 4:59 pm, David Smiley wrote: I finally found the perfect solution for me:http://www.amazon.com/La-Crosse-D111-101-E1-WGB-Wireless-Monitor/dp/B0081UR76G/ref=dp_ob_title_def The device is $69, plus $10/month for alerts. And I get to monitor the temperature online, which is a great bonus. Working on the assumption that you already have internet access at the property in question, I do wonder whether you might be better off with something network-based rather than phone based. You should be able to pick up a network temperature sensor relatively inexpensively, which you could in turn use to fire HTTP requests to a server under your control (even if it's at your home). You could then store temperature stats in a database and set up your own triggers to do something as and when they drop below a certain threshold. In my $dayjob I've set up a number of similar systems at bird hides in various national parks/wetlands here in the UK for similar purposes (with the addition of the ability to pull off CCTV images). These are running programmable ICs which make a simple HTTP call to a webserver running SQL over a 3G data SIM every hour. I doubt it'd be difficult for you to knock up something similar for your property. Kind regards, Chris -- This email is made from 100% recycled electrons -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
[asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
Hello! I'm totally new to the world of Asterisk, and so my apologies in advance if my question has been asked before or is in the manual because I'm too new to even know what to search for. I own a property far-away that isn't inhabited year-round. I want to come up with a low-temperature alert system so I can be notified that there is insufficient heat for whatever reason (e.g. failed boiler, or ... ?). There are some systems in the several hundreds of dollars price range that could either hook up to my WIFI to a monitoring service (sometimes with monthly fees), or a cell-phone based one that sends a text message. Then there are inexpensive ones for about $60 that can hook up to a plain old telephone jack and dial a number with an automated voice to alert the receiver of the problem. But I don't want to buy phone service to this place just for this device. So I'm wondering if I could buy an adapter of some sort with a phone port and ethernet port. An ATA? But then I'm sure it'd need to talk to some sort of VOIP service. Where I live year-round I have an underpowered build-your-own HTPC computer that stays on the internet all the time and occasionally I access it remotely. Perhaps I could install asterisk there. But then I have no idea. Ultimately I want to get notified somehow (e.g. email) that this phone dialer sent an alert. Maybe this is more trouble than its worth :-) ~ David -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
David Smiley wrote: Hello! I'm totally new to the world of Asterisk, and so my apologies in advance if my question has been asked before or is in the manual because I'm too new to even know what to search for. I own a property far-away that isn't inhabited year-round. I want to come up with a low-temperature alert system so I can be notified that there is insufficient heat for whatever reason (e.g. failed boiler, or ... ?). There are some systems in the several hundreds of dollars price range that could either hook up to my WIFI to a monitoring service (sometimes with monthly fees), or a cell-phone based one that sends a text message. Then there are inexpensive ones for about $60 that can hook up to a plain old telephone jack and dial a number with an automated voice to alert the receiver of the problem. But I don't want to buy phone service to this place just for this device. So I'm wondering if I could buy an adapter of some sort with a phone port and ethernet port. An ATA? But then I'm sure it'd need to talk to some sort of VOIP service. Where I live year-round I have an underpowered build-your-own HTPC computer that stays on the internet all the time and occasionally I access it remotely. Perhaps I could install asterisk there. But then I have no idea. Ultimately I want to get notified somehow (e.g. email) that this phone dialer sent an alert. Maybe this is more trouble than its worth :-) ~ David Sounds like a nice application for an HP Thin Client, AstLinux and an FXS ATA Even simpler would be an ATA and a VOIP service, though I don't think much of SIP exposed to the Internet. I suppose since this will only be placing calls from the ATA though. What would you do IF there is an alert?Do you have someone who could respond that is nearby and is able to fix whatever is wrong? John Novack -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Dog is my Co-pilot -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
Re: [asterisk-users] How to connect a POTS robo alert dialer to asterisk with email notification
Hi John, On Feb 2, 2013, at 6:52 PM, John Novack jnov...@stromberg-carlson.org wrote: Sounds like a nice application for an HP Thin Client, AstLinux and an FXS ATA Even simpler would be an ATA and a VOIP service, though I don't think much of SIP exposed to the Internet. I suppose since this will only be placing calls from the ATA though. I can't seem to find a VOIP provider that's pay-per-call (what I want) vs pay-per-month (what I don't want). At least I don't want to pay more than a few bucks/month for how little I'll use it. But I think I just came up with my solution. A cheap ~$60 temperature monitor that uses standard phone service, coupled with Magic Jack. The Magic Jack Plus is $70 up-front and $30/year; not bad. I'll look some more for other options first. What would you do IF there is an alert?Do you have someone who could respond that is nearby and is able to fix whatever is wrong? Yes; I have a winter care-taker who happens to live next-door. ~ David -- _ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
