[asterisk-users] How to notify an event to every user

[Steve Totaro]

As said before, paging would work well.  A walk through of the
building would be helpful too.

Although rash, pull the fire alarm, making sure to remove the
connections to the fire department.  Killing the power shortly after
would certainly help providing you have lighted emergency exit signs.

You could leave a sign on the door when you lock it with a number to
call to get out, this could be done via Asterisk with right kind of
automagic door lock, otherwise, stick around and get ready to answer
calls.

There are many buildings with stairwells that open to the stairs but
will not open from the stairs, maybe if you give more details, a good
solution could be devised.

A few cans of tear gas can clear an area post haste ;-)

Curious, are you shutting down your company without giving notice?  I
feel that if an employee should give two weeks notice, so should the
employer.

If not, you could simply install a key card system for at least the
main door, or a motion sensor that activates a servo in the door
locking mechanism.  Either way, it should be fairly cheap.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Gordon Henderson
<gordon+asterisk at drogon.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Olivier wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've got this case :
>> When the last staff member is about to leave and lock offices, he would like
>> to notify everybody "Offices are about to be closed" so that (s)he wouldn't
>> lock anybody in.
>> Which is the smartest way to do it ?
>>
>> I thought of either :
>> 1. sending an SMS,
>> 2. calling every extension 1 by 1 with a pre-recorded message,
>> ...
>>
>> SMS is fine but it is desired that members shouldn't find "We"re about to
>> close" message when they arrive in the morning.
>> Calling everybody might take a long time and difficult to "tame" (as people
>> forward calls here and there).
>>
>> Any idea ?
>
> Arrange the building to have a master lights off switch. Push it, then
> wait for the screams. This was used in a place I worked some years back.
>
> Use the intercom/page functions on the phones you have - dial the page
> button - say "Anyone left?" and if no-one screams, then turn the lights
> out.
>
> Arrange a ring-time for "night bells" - ring it. Wait for the screams.
>
> Many ways. The simplest might just be to use a lock system that can be
> opened from the inside. (alarms not withstanding)
>
> Gordon
>
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