asterisk users - Jun 2015 - How to invoke a binary file from the dial plan?

Hi everyone.

I'm new with Asterisk and I have to create a dial plan that will invoke a
binary code. That is, asterisk will execute a program in the same machine. How
to do it?

Let me explain what I have to do:

In the project that I am currently working, there is smartphones, SIP servers
and doors/gates to be unlocked remotely. When the user executes an application
on his/her phone, it will presents a button to unlock a remote gate or door.
By  pressing such button, the application will send a SIP INVITE to the SIP
server (Asterisk). In this moment, a existing dial plan should call an
executable hosted in the current machine. In this case I need to know how to
program my extensions.conf to let Asterisk invoke another software to me.
The another software is the one responsible for unlocking a gate or door.

So, how to codify my extensions.conf in order to make Asterisk invoke another
software?
Is another better way (idea) to implement my project using Asterisk and SIP? If
so, comment, please!

Any hint will be very helpful!

Best regards.

RODRIGO PIMENTA CARVALHO
Inatel Competence Center
Software
Ph: +55 35 3471 9200 RAMAL 979

> Hi everyone.
> 
> I'm new with Asterisk and I have to create a dial plan that will 
> invoke a binary code. That is, asterisk will execute a program in 
> the same machine. How to do it?
> 
> Let me explain what I have to do:
> 
> In the project that I am currently working, there is smartphones, 
> SIP servers and doors/gates to be unlocked remotely. When the user 
> executes an application on his/her phone, it will presents a button 
> to unlock a remote gate or door.
> By  pressing such button, the application will send a SIP INVITE to 
> the SIP server (Asterisk). In this moment, a existing dial plan 
> should call an executable hosted in the current machine. In this 
> case I need to know how to program my extensions.conf to let 
> Asterisk invoke another software to me.
> The another software is the one responsible for unlocking a gate or 
door.
> 
> So, how to codify my extensions.conf in order to make Asterisk 
> invoke another software?
> Is another better way (idea) to implement my project using Asterisk 
> and SIP? If so, comment, please!
> 
> Any hint will be very helpful!
Look into the System() dialplan application. It will execute a command on 
the system for you. Be aware that it will execute it as the user your 
Asterisk instance is running as, so permissions can sometimes be a bit 
finicky to get correct. I do something similar to pop my gate open. It is 
using nc to make a connection to the device, but same general idea as what 
you are doing.
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Ok. Thanks for the hint.

But, what exactly is a "System() dialplan application"? Is it a kind
of command that i can call in dial plan?

I will look for System() related to dial plans.

Thanks.

RODRIGO PIMENTA CARVALHO
Inatel Competence Center
Software
Ph: +55 35 3471 9200 RAMAL 979
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De: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [asterisk-users-bounces at
lists.digium.com] em Nome de Kevin Larsen [kevin.larsen at pioneerballoon.com]
Enviado: ter?a-feira, 2 de junho de 2015 17:31
Para: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Assunto: Re: [asterisk-users] How to invoke a binary file from the dial plan?
> Hi everyone.
>
> I'm new with Asterisk and I have to create a dial plan that will
> invoke a binary code. That is, asterisk will execute a program in
> the same machine. How to do it?
>
> Let me explain what I have to do:
>
> In the project that I am currently working, there is smartphones,
> SIP servers and doors/gates to be unlocked remotely. When the user
> executes an application on his/her phone, it will presents a button
> to unlock a remote gate or door.
> By  pressing such button, the application will send a SIP INVITE to
> the SIP server (Asterisk). In this moment, a existing dial plan
> should call an executable hosted in the current machine. In this
> case I need to know how to program my extensions.conf to let
> Asterisk invoke another software to me.
> The another software is the one responsible for unlocking a gate or door.
>
> So, how to codify my extensions.conf in order to make Asterisk
> invoke another software?
> Is another better way (idea) to implement my project using Asterisk
> and SIP? If so, comment, please!
>
> Any hint will be very helpful!
Look into the System() dialplan application. It will execute a command on the
system for you. Be aware that it will execute it as the user your Asterisk
instance is running as, so permissions can sometimes be a bit finicky to get
correct. I do something similar to pop my gate open. It is using nc to make a
connection to the device, but same general idea as what you are doing.