[Asterisk-Users] Can asterisk be programmed to make "alarmcalls"?

[Mark Phillips]

Thanks Steve,

I have created this file which I call dialWAnumbers.call and cron'd it for
every 10 days as suggested below. I'm using my ZAP card but I'd rather
dial out over my VoIP provider. I haven't tried it yet but I'm guessing i
can do something like Channel: SIP/WAstatenumber at voip-provider ?

Channel: ZAP/1/13603821962
MaxRetries: 3
RetryTime: 60
WaitTime: 15
#
# Assuming that your outgoing call logic is kept in the
#  context called [outgoing]
#
Context: antidiscorobot
Extension: 555
Priority: 1

The context "antidiscorobot" is as follows

exten => 555,1,Answer
exten => 555,2,Festival(Hello.)
exten => 555,3,Festival(I am the anti disconnect robot.)
exten => 555,4,Festival(I am calling to prevent the loss of your)
exten => 555,5,Festival(free Washington State phone number.)
exten => 555,6,Festival(I will call again in 10 days. Thank you.)
exten => 555,7,Wait(1)
exten => 555,8,Hangup


Thanks again de Mark



> On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 13:41, Mark Phillips wrote:
>> Those of you whom have a free Washington State phone number from
>> ipkall.om
>> will know that one has to use the number at least every 30 days or else
>> the number becomes disconnected.
>>
>> I have 3 numbers pointed at my asterisk my which work very well but I
>> still had the 30 day problem.
>>
>> Is there a way that I can program asterisk to make a call to my WA
>> numbers
>> so that they wont get disco'd? I'm thinking of something like a "alrm
>> call" that one has in a hotel room. YOu pick up the phone and program a
>> ring back time.
>>
>> Hope this make sense.
>>
>
> Research sample.call, write cron job to submit one every x days to
> guarantee you get a call out. I suggest, every 10 days, this gives you 3
> opportunities to make the call in case your computer was down or
> unreachable for some reason during the month.
> --
> Steven Critchfield  <critch at basesys.com>
>
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Mark Phillips