[Asterisk-Users] 911/Emergency calls + Caller ID

[Jon Pounder]

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>Also, it isn't very easy to 'test' either, as the staff at the 911 call
>centre won't appreciate your testing, and at least in Australia, it is some
>sort of criminal<?>/illegal offence to call emergency for non-emergency
>situations.

I had much the same thoughts. Currently my 911 code is just commented out 
for that very reason - I don't want to get in trouble for accidentally 
making 911 calls to test it. Should I rely on that code untested for when 
it is really needed most ? What are other people doing ?

I have a set of extensions I call "line seize" that are supposed to act 
like the line buttons on a conventional business phone to pickup a specific 
line and get a dial tone (I was going to add them to adsi to make the 
illusion even more complete), maybe I will modify those to include a 
softhangup when the line is busy if the user hits * or something.

In a real emergency though you would want this as simple as possible, but 
foolproof if you code it wrong.



>PS, also keep in mind that different countries use different codes for
>emergency. Personally, when setting up these codes, I have tried to
>accomodate for all the ones I know of:
>911 - North America
>000 - Australia
>112 - Emergency from Mobile Phones in Australia
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>I'm not sure what the number is in other countries, but perhaps we should
>allow this to be somewhat flexible enough that it can be used anywhere.
>
>Just some additional lengthy comments to add to the list :)
>
>Regards,
>Adam
>
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