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...broadcasts a message so that users see the CID name + number pop up on their computer screen, and simultaneously ring their phones. The following script doesn't work as planned: It waits until the script ends before moving on to the next step, which is Dial(): =========== exten => s,1,AGI(netcid.py|${CALLERID(num)}|${CALLERID(name)}) exten => s,n,Dial(${MYPHONE},5) =========== # cat netcid.py #!/usr/bin/python import socket,sys,time,os def sendstuff(data): s.sendto(data,(ipaddr,portnum)) return sys.stdout = open(os.devnull, 'w') if os.fork(): #BAD? sy...

Hello I'd like to display CID information on users' monitor running Windows. I know I can run a script through the dialplan to send a datagram that is picked up Impulse Technology's free NetCID (www.imptec.com), but I'd rather use an open-source solution. An alternative would be to use a Windows application that would connect to Asterisk's AMI. I don't know if multiple clients can connect simultaneously and each be notified of incoming calls. There may be yet other ways to d...