Sorry John - I mis-read your message at first. Yes, he wants 'out of office' calls to go to the work phone and roll over to voice mail.
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:33 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote: > Not quite, John. With a few exceptions our phone system Emails voicemail > recordings as MP3 attachments. I found a script 'sendmailmp3' that > intercepts the .WAV format outgoing message. Strips it apart, converts the > WAV to an MP3 using LAME, then reassembles the outgoing message and passes > it along to sendmail. > > The dream is to have the phone system magically know that Chris is in or > out of the building and react accordingly. The reaction, directing calls > one way or another, is easy. The hard part appears to have a method of > detection that doesn't cause excess battery drain. > > I've tried to convince him to have an aircraft transponder implanted, but > he's resistant to the idea. > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:19 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Maybe then log out when you arrive, and log in when you leave? >> >> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, >> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all >> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and >> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all >> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG >> episode "The Drumhead" >> - Alex Smith >> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA >> >> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 7:11 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> According to what he said, he wants to use his mobile phone, rather than >>> his desk phone, while at work, and his work desk phone while not at work. I >>> am guessing this is probably because he spends a good part of his work day >>> away from his desk, and wants calls to his work phone during off-hours to >>> roll over to voice mail instead of routing to his cell phone. >>> >>> >>> >>> On March 30, 2015 7:04:12 PM CDT, "Alex Smith (K4RNT)" < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> How about adding your mobile number to your PBX, and logging into your >>>> desk phone when you're there? If you're logged out, it forwards to your >>>> mobile. >>>> >>>> " 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, >>>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all >>>> irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and >>>> warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all >>>> damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG >>>> episode "The Drumhead" >>>> - Alex Smith >>>> - Huntsville, Alabama metropolitan area USA >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:37 PM, John F. Eldredge <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> The approach I would probably use for this would be to have a couple >>>>> of scripts that would send some command to the Asterix server. The first >>>>> one, triggered when my phone connected to the work network, would set the >>>>> Asterix server to reroute the phone calls. The second script, triggered >>>>> when I set my cell phone to car mode, would set the Asterix server to >>>>> route >>>>> the calls to my desk phone. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On March 30, 2015 2:37:06 PM CDT, Chris McQuistion < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Curt and I were discussing this idea this morning and it seems so >>>>>> obvious that I'm sure someone is already doing this and there are >>>>>> probably >>>>>> already some good ways of accomplishing this. >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's the idea. >>>>>> >>>>>> When I'm at work, I'd like our phone system (Asterisk-based Elastix) >>>>>> to just route incoming calls over to my cell phone number, instead. I've >>>>>> got unlimited minutes and it is always on me. >>>>>> >>>>>> When I leave work, I'd like the call routing to route to my desk >>>>>> phone, as usual. >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems like this shouldn't be too hard to accomplish. If nothing >>>>>> else, IFTTT could be used with the iOS Location or Android Location >>>>>> channel >>>>>> to determine my geo-location. From there, I have to DO SOMETHING with >>>>>> that >>>>>> information, and then have Elastix act on it. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is where I'm stuck. My best ideas so far are to create a new >>>>>> file in Dropbox or append a line in a Google Spreadsheet when I'm >>>>>> entering >>>>>> or leaving the geo-location. This seems a little kludge-y to me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone got a better idea of how to accomplish this goal? It isn't >>>>>> really important. It's just one of those ideas that I've had for a long >>>>>> time and I can't seem to let it go until I figure out how to do it... >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >>>>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate >>>>> cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." -- Martin Luther King, Jr. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>>>> >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] >>> "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. 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