[asterisk-users] Door Contacts via Asterisk?

[Cassius Smith]

Thanks to all for these replies. I appreciate the variety and this is a
great example of the community supporting one another. I sent this in last
night and awoke to a broad set of replies!

Thanks all - I will post again once I decide on a solution.

Cassius Smith

On 11/15/10 9:09 PM, "Sherwood McGowan" <sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 1:56 PM, jon pounder <jonp at inline.net> wrote:
>> On 11/15/2010 02:49 PM, Mark Scholten wrote:
>>
>> Anyone have a soft sip endpoint which can take touchtones over sip and
>>run
>> scripts ?
>>
>> that is a more general purpose integration solution to asterisk itself.
>>
>> I realize there are scripts for dialplans which can do this already but
>> often the door is nowhere near the core asterisk server.
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> We did something like that in the past (but for 1 company, but it
>>shouldn¹t
>> be really different). The easiest solution for us was to use a door
>>opener
>> that could work with almost any ³normall² phone connection and use a
>>Linksys
>> pap2t or something similar.
>>
>>
>>
>> With kind regards,
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Scholten
>>
>>
>>
>> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
>> [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Cassius
>>Smith
>> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 7:35 PM
>> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
>> Subject: [asterisk-users] Door Contacts via Asterisk?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have had (what I consider) an odd request. The installation I'm
>>working on
>> now is an office on a multi-floor building. They 're looking for some
>>kind
>> of solution with the phone system to provide door control. We are a
>> non-profit so of course I'm looking for something VERY inexpensive.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm sure /someone/ has done something like this. I'd appreciate any
>>ideas.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cassius Smith
>>
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>
>Hey everyone, I just wanted to say good show to everyone who responded
>to this gentleman's request!
>
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