[asterisk-users] Connecting home intercom to Asterisk?

[Tzafrir Cohen]

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 02:47:18PM +0200, Vincent wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I assume I'm not the first one to think about this: Is it possible to
> connect an intercom and/or door bell to Asterisk, so that I can get an
> e-mail that someone rang my place while I was out?
> 
> Even better: If used for a doctor's office, it'd be cool if patients
> could type their Social Security Number on a keypad, which would open
> the door and notify Asterisk which would then display a pop-up on the
> doctor's PC screen that such and such patient just walked in the
> waiting room.

The social security number may be considered sensitive information. Some
people may not want to have it displayed around.

Anyway, typing a 9(?) digit number with no typos may be a problem to
some of the patients. Why would they bother? Typing the number doesn't
sound like the nicest interface to me. Choosing from a list of names
sounds more probable.

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