[Asterisk-Users] Voicemail => SMS

[Peter Bowyer]

On 01/07/05, Mark Charlton <mcwebtree at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/1/05, Peter Bowyer <peeebeee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 01/07/05, Mark Charlton <mcwebtree at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > I have been fighting with the Bayham Systems FastSMS AGI script, and I
> > > re-wrote it as a stand alone Perl script.  I am now calling it with
> > > the EXTERNNOTIFY option in the voicemail.conf file.  It gets passed
> > > the context, extension and number of messages which I build into a
> > > text, and since they all go to the same location its no problem.  I'm
> > > planning on using the extension info to open the mailbox, and read the
> > > text file for the latest message to pull out the caller for the text.
> > > I might also have an extension map in a text file so I can look up who
> > > to notify about a VM.
> >
> > I also hacked Bayham Systems' script. I need to control the MWI on GSM
> > phones, which is turned on and off by custom SMS messages (which
> > Bayham helpfully provide macros for). And I needed to avoid sending
> > repeat notifications when a second or subsequent new message was left.
> >
> > I ended up keeping a flag in a db file which stores per mobile number
> > what state the MWI is in for that phone. If the flag says the MWI is
> > already set when a new message comes in, then the script is a no-op,
> > otherwise it sends the 'MWI on' SMS and flips the flag. Ditto in
> > reverse.
> >
> > Works fine and dandy here.
> >
> >
> > Peter
> 
> How do you monior when the VM is listened to to turn off the MWI on the mobile?
> Mark

I have a 'h' extension in the context where voicemailmain gets called,
which calls the MWI script.

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Peter Bowyer
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