asterisk users - Sep 2009 - Connecting home intercom to Asterisk?

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.

Thank you.

AIPHONE makes all that stuff, I would not try to reinvent that.

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.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 02:47:18PM +0200, 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.
The social security number may be considered sensitive information. Some
people may not want to have it displayed around.

Anyway, typing a 9(?) digit number with no typos may be a problem to
some of the patients. Why would they bother? Typing the number doesn't
sound like the nicest interface to me. Choosing from a list of names
sounds more probable.

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On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Vincent <vincent.delporte at
bigfoot.com>wrote:
> 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?
>
Valcom makes a SIP door phone, but they're fairly expensive so I've not
tried one.

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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

Yes - I have a similar access control using VoIP Pantel (Aleen) and Viking
Units w- a C1000 module


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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.

Thank you.


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I have done something similar using the following:
1. An Adit 600 with FXS card.
2. A door box from Viking
http://vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=428
3. An inline dialer from viking:
http://vikingelectronics.com/products/view_product.php?pid=137
4. A relay activated using an FXS port ring signal from Mike Sandman:
http://www.sandman.com/wizard.html#UniversalRingRelay

First an explanation of the problem. Big office building they want
during off hours when there is no receptionist and the door is locked
that a visitor can ring an office without actually knowing their
extension/phone number.
The Viking door box is actually a regular phone packaged in a door box
that supports Auto Answer and uses power from the FXS port, no
additional power is needed. When the call button is pressed it just
goes off hook.
The dialer plugs in inline with the door box and provides touch tone,
needs a 9VDC battery
The relay will make contact between C and NO and break contact between
C and NC while there is ring on the line (FXS port).

In zapata.conf I have the FXS port that the door box is connected to
configured as hot line which takes it as soon as it goes off hook to
an IVR.
The IVR asks the caller to spell the name of the person/office the are
looking for or just dial their suite number or extension number.
The spelling invokes app_dir, anything else just dials that person.
Dynamic features is set so that if *5 is pressed it will dial the FXS
port that has the relay connected to it so that the door unlocks.

Hope this helps.


On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Vincent <vincent.delporte at bigfoot.com>
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.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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