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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I have an asterisk “watchdog”
system that calls other systems. The other systems recognize the DID in the
dial plan and respond with DTMF digits that the watchdog system uses to
determine their health and, if necessary, send short emails to the responsible
party.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>--Don</span></font><font color=navy><span
lang=EN style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Don Kelly</span></font><font color=navy><span
lang=EN style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>PCF Corp<br>
People Come First<br>
651 842-1000<br>
888 Don Kell(y)<br>
651 842-1001 fax</span></font><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Josh Hunholz<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:30
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
asterisk-users@lists.digium.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [asterisk-users] Phone
system "ping" checker</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Does anyone know of an online tool or program that would call our phone
numbers to confirm that they are up? What I'm imagining is something like
<a href="http://pingdom.com/" target="_blank">pingdom.com</a> (a ping checker
for web services), except for the phone system. It would call us, confirm
an answer, then hang up. If no answer, it would send an e-mail to our
cell phones so we knew about it right away. It seems like there would be
a market for this type of tool, but I can't seem to find any service or
software that will do what I'm wanting. Any suggestions?<br>
<br>
--<br>
Josh Hunholz<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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