[nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Chris McQuistion
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

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Chris McQuistion
I thought about going that route (monitoring my WiFi IP address, when I come on the network), but it seems like iOS turns off WiFi access when you're not actually doing something on the phone (to save battery life, I'm sure). If I continually pinged my cell phone's IP address, it might keep the

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
Maybe you can integrate with your work's IM solution, whether it be Lync, Jabber or something else? That's what we did at Amazon. We integrated with either Jabber or Microsoft IM. 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Curt Lundgren
I have Zoiper on my Android phone, it works reasonably well with IAX2 on a custom port to provide me with an extension on my Elastix home system. Chris tried it on iOS and had a lot of communication dropouts. I like Zoiper, but in our vast testing pool of two phones, it didn't come up smelling

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Howard White
On 03/30/2015 02:46 PM, Curt Lundgren wrote: I have Zoiper on my Android phone, it works reasonably well with IAX2 on a custom port to provide me with an extension on my Elastix home system. Chris tried it on iOS and had a lot of communication dropouts. I like Zoiper, but in our vast testing

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Tilghman Lesher
One of the biggest problems you're going to have with this is that even though Wifi is a big battery hog, constantly refreshing geolocation is an even bigger battery hog. While I don't have an application that can do this, my inclination would be to use something along the lines of Bluetooth

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
Have you thought about going at it the other way most people do, by using an IM client or other groupware system? Jabber and/or Lync is designed with this kind of setup in mind! 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Curt Lundgren
We're actually looking at NFC enabled mag stripe cards for student ID, door access, etc. Great technology, unfortunately there aren't any affordable readers that have sufficient range to detect passage through a doorway, and even if they did, the direction of travel is not indicated. Tile is

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
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

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
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

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Curt Lundgren
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 verif...@gmail.com wrote: Not quite, John. With a few exceptions our phone system Emails voicemail recordings

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread John F. Eldredge
The simplest (but not automatic) method would be to have a couple of links on his computer at work. He would click on one when he arrived in the morning, and on the other when he was ready to go home. Assuming his phone connects to the WiFi network at work, connecting to the network could

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Cameras at the entrance facing in out and face recognition? Andy On Mar 30, 2015 9:18 PM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: The simplest (but not automatic) method would be to have a couple of links on his computer at work. He would click on one when he arrived in the morning, and

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
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

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Alex Smith (K4RNT)
How about having your access card readers require you to badge in and badge out? Your entry could trigger a start-of-work script, and your leaving could trigger an end-of-day script. 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread JMJ
On 03/30/2015 07:51 PM, Curt Lundgren wrote: I wasn't suggesting the transponder be implanted in the phone, but in Chris. Yes, it's a bit harsh, Like I say, he's resistant… But he has to sleep SOME time, right? Muah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaa JMJ -- -- You received this message because

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Jack Coats
I like the cameras, then use an app... have the computer 'text' an SMS that requires a response to take action... Your basic 2 factor authentication. On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Andrew Farnsworth farn...@gmail.com wrote: Cameras at the entrance facing in out and face recognition? Andy

Re: [nlug] Is anyone already doing this? (Unified communication)

2015-03-30 Thread Tilghman Lesher
That's also why I suggested that you place two proximity detectors along a single path. The order in which they activate then indicates ingress or egress. In fact, you can simply set the inner-most detector to trigger on-campus-presence, and the outermost detector to set off-campus presence,