[asterisk-users] Connecting home intercom to Asterisk?

[Gordon Henderson]

On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Vincent wrote:

> Hello
>
> I assume I'm not the first one to think about this: Is it possible to
> connect an intercom and/or door bell to Asterisk, so that I can get an
> e-mail that someone rang my place while I was out?
>
> Even better: If used for a doctor's office, it'd be cool if patients
> could type their Social Security Number on a keypad, which would open
> the door and notify Asterisk which would then display a pop-up on the
> doctor's PC screen that such and such patient just walked in the
> waiting room.

What? And deprive the patient the pleasure of being sneered at by a snooty 
nosed doctors receptionist?

Or don't you have them where you live?

Gordon