[asterisk-users] need a pointer regarding scripting asterisk

[Derek Whitten]

shawn bright wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> i am a newbie here, but i have managed to get asterisk up and running
> with one zap channel, and various tutorials with dial plans.
> Cool. What i need to do is a little more complex though. We monitor
> field equipment for farmers, right now we store their info in a mysql
> database, and present it to them via pager, or the web. We are looking
> to implement an ivr system that would call them and play a message
> when their equipment changes status, and allow them to call in to
> check on status of certain equipment.
> They will all have the same phone number to call in, and they will
> login with a 5 digit pin number, they then need to enter a two digit
> number to access info about a particular piece of equipment that we
> monitor. Ok, so this is a little complex for a dial plan. So i want to
> use python to handle it. There are two modules out there, but i can't
> seem to find much in the way of documentation for them. One is called
> Py-Asterisk, the other is called pyst.
>
> There is also a ruby module called RAGI, but i cant seem to find any
> docs for it. I found one tutorial, but it required Rails to be installed.
>
> So what i am asking for i suppose.... if anyone out there knows of
> some good docs for a python or ruby solution, preferably with some
> examples, please pass the links on to me.
>
> i have the ATOF book, and its really helped me get started, but i
> suppose i need examples more closely related to what i am doing.
>
> if you have read this far, thanks for your time.
>
> -sk
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You should be able to do that with a regular dialplan depending on the
quantity of machines that you need to monitor..  you could use DISA for
your authentication and festival (or something similar) to "say" your
particular message..  could use mysql commands and store the whole thing
in a db as well too..



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