[asterisk-users] Locking phones at night...

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 09:42:37PM +0100, Conrad Wood wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 08:55 +1300, Hadley Rich wrote:
> > On Wednesday 18 October 2006 05:47, Conrad Wood wrote:
> > > To do something similar, I created a dialplan extension that - if
> > > dialled - creates a file on the server. If dialled again, it removes the
> > > file again.
> > > Then, in the context of the phone I check for existence of that file and
> > > if it exists I play a busy signal and hangup. (Of course, unless the
> > > extension to re-enable it is dialled ;) ).
> > > Additionally, I ask the user for a password to lock/unlock it.
> > 
> > This is a good use for the AstDB
> 
> Sure is,  but files in the filesystem are easier to process from
> external (non-asterisk) programs. In my case, I have a web interface
> that locks/unlocks phones too.
> I find it most convenient  to use 'ls' to look up the current status of
> stuff.

asterisk -rx could also be used. Or a phone menu. Problems with a phone
menu: how can you tell the status?

> Obviously for performance and elegance the astdb is superior.

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