[asterisk-users] Survey: In what ways do you use Asterisk at yourhouse?

[Dovid B]

How much did the hardware cost you to set this up for your door ?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mitcheloc" <mitcheloc at gmail.com>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" 
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Survey: In what ways do you use Asterisk at 
yourhouse?


> For about a year and a half now I've had Asterisk set up to unlock my
> front door at my house when calling a certain number. I locked it down
> by using caller id (not the most secure, but hey nobody knows the
> phone number to my door). Speed dialing your front door is one of the
> coolest things you can do.
>
> On 11/13/06, Dave Fullerton <dfullertasterisk at shorelinecontainer.com> 
> wrote:
>> Earle Clubb wrote:
>> <snip>
>> > The main reason for this e-mail is to see what other people are doing.
>> > - What service provider/technology do you use for 
>> > origination/termination?
>> > - What hardware/software do you use and how does it all tie together?
>> > - What tasks do you use * to accomplish?
>> > - Any other pertinent info.
>> <snip>
>>
>> I'm using a plain old POTs line for my termination.
>> I have a Pentium III 450 w/192 megs of RAM, a TDM400 with 2 FXS and 2
>> FXO ports, and asterisk 1.2.13. The two FXS ports provide an "extension"
>> for upstairs cordless phones and another extension for the downstairs
>> cordless phone. I also have a budgetone 102 in the office. One of the
>> FXO ports terminates my POTs line and the other is connected to a
>> Dock-n-Talk device that I use to plug my cell phone into when I'm home.
>> I don't get great signal at my house, so I dock it in the location where
>> I get the best signal. Any calls coming into my cellphone then ring all
>> the extensions in the house. I can call out on my cellphone by prefixing
>> any number with a 9 from any phone in the house. Asterisk provides
>> voicemail and emails a copy of the voicemail to me at work.
>> I have asterisk linked to another asterisk box where I work (via IAX
>> over the internet, which is cable) so I can call home from from my desk
>> or dial any extension at work from home and connect directly. Works
>> great for talking to the wife on her day's off. I also have it connected
>> (in a very limited fashion) to some X10 equipment. I've used it to turn
>> on and off Halloween decorations in separate rooms all at once.
>>
>> Hope that's the kind of info you were looking for. Asterisk really is
>> cool once you get it figured out.
>>
>> -Dave
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