[asterisk-users] Is there any Asterisk controllable thermostat?

[wendell hamilton]

I wouldn't IVR this.  I'd do it with extensions.  You have areas,
targets, and actions assigned to an extension digit. So if lights are
appliance type 1, the bedroom is location 1, and the action to turn the
target on is 1, so you dial extension 111 and perform an action based on
the extension.  This also gives you the opportunity to "macro" events.
Press 539 (sex) and it turns on the Jacuzzi, streams some Tony Bennett
to the speakers, sets the lights to dim, lights the fireplace, porn
begins streaming to the flatscreen and the phone is set to DND. (not
that you'd ever get laid if you were this geeky)




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Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Is there any Asterisk controllable
thermostat?

Doug Crompton wrote:
> and it works great. Now I have one more way to control X10 devices. I
can
> even call my VM on the way home and turn on my lights or whatever
before I
> get home.
> 
> Doug

I've started to play with writing some code using the Java FastAGI 
interface to connect to my home automation system.  The code is
working and I could now write whatever I wanted, but I haven't figured
out what would be a reasonable menu interface that wouldn't be very
annoying to use.  I'd be very interested to hear what menu structures
and what actual capabilities people have found useful and nice to use.

For example, has anyone come up with something less annoying than the
following dialog:

"Press 1 for living room, press 2 for outside, press 3 for bedroom"
(I press 2)
"Press 1 for porch light, press 2 for garage light"
(I press 1)
"Press 1 to turn on, Press 2 to turn off, Press 3 to say current status"
(I press 1)
"congratulations, you just spent several minutes just to turn on a
light!"


Steve
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