[asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101

[Steve Totaro]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Andrew Joakimsen
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:39 PM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Doorphone vs. Grandstream BT101
> 
> This is the simplest solution I can think of:
> http://www.smarthome.com/5070cw.html
> 
> On 3/26/07, Jay Milk <ast-users at skimmilk.net> wrote:
> > Steve Totaro wrote:
> > > Just get a Grandstream ATA and a handset with no buttons.  So
simple.
> > That doesn't really meet my needs -- I want to be able to dial-out,
and
> > have the person on the other end simply be able to push a button to
ring
> > the doorbell.  The doorbell button requirement stems from the
eternal
> > hope that someday DHL drivers will be trained to push it just before
or
> > after they slam-dunk that box marked "fragile", so I can get this
box of
> > broken computer parts out of the pouring rain when it arrives, and
won't
> > have to file the insurance claim days later when I find the
rain-soaked
> > cardboard blob near the culvert.
> >
> > Sorry, I got sidetracked there.  What I mean is, I'd like to keep
the
> > doorbell button so that Fedex and UPS drivers can continue to ring
it
> > and leave when they deliver something -- I think having to pick up a
> > crusty, dirty receiver might be a deterrent even to those 99.9% of
folks
> > who are better trained than a DHL driver.  Shoot, went there again.
No
> > I'm not bitter.


OK....  

Anyways...  You could still use a Grandstream ATA and just have your
doorbell switch actually be the hook switch for the line, use the h
extension to continue ringing phones, send an SMS, jabber message or
whatever.  Just set the auto dial in the ATA.

Or you could just use a regular old doorbell or one of the wireless
units sold at Radio Shack, Sears, Wal-Mart, and everywhere.  It pains me
to say it, but not everything needs to integrate with Asterisk.
Sometimes a doorbell should just be a doorbell, why make things more
complicated than they need to be?

Thanks,
Steve Totaro
http://www.asteriskhelpdesk.com
KB3OPB