[Asterisk-Users] Hotel wake-up

[Bob Knight]

Nicholas Bachmann wrote:

> Bill Michaelson wrote:
>
>> Anybody know how to implement a hotel wake-up call feature with *?
>
>
> It seems like it could be accomplished with an AGI and a script that 
> wrote call files.  Have the AGI prompt for the wakeup time (or have a 
> web interface for a front-desk person do it) and write a file to a 
> directory indicating when the wakeup call should occur.  Then, have a 
> Perl script that goes through those files and generates a call file in 
> /var/spool/asterisk/outgoing at the right time.  Call files make 
> retries simple as well, allowing you to space them and choose how many 
> you want.  If you wanted to get fancy, you could use a database 
> (perhaps with triggers?), voice recognition, or mp3s for the user to 
> wake up to. 

Good old at job may be able to help with this (man at).

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Bob Knight
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