Alex, the point is that I don't want to manually mark myself as available or not available. I want the solution fully automatic so I don't have to remember to check in or check out It is just done automatically by being on campus.
I was joking with Curt that this magic little tracking device lives in my pocket and Apple and my service provider and the NSA, Google, and who-knows-how-many-others, are already tracking my whereabouts, at all times, thanks to this little tracking device that I paid a lot of money for. I think it's about time I got some value from tracking me.... On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking of logging into an IM system, and marking yourself as > "available" or "forward to cell". That removes having to install a special > app on your phone beyond your company's IM solution. You could mark > yourself "away" or "offline" when you leave the office. > > " '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 Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Chris McQuistion <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I don't understand what integration of an IM client does for this issue? >> >> I could logon to my phone and manually enable and disable forwarding. It >> is very easy to do on our Polycom handsets. >> >> The thing I'm trying to accomplish is a completely automated way of >> addressing this, while also having a way to manually override it. For >> instance, I could be working from home one day and want to easily enable my >> office phone to forward to my cell phone. I'm thinking "launch an app from >> my cell phone and push a button" easy. >> >> To be completely honest, this is really a "I just want to see if I can do >> this and make it reliably work" kind of project. This isn't >> mission-critical or anything; it's just in my head and it seems like I >> ~should~ be able to make it work. >> >> Chris >> >> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It sounds like maybe integrating an IM client into your PBX, maybe >>> integrating your access control solution into it as well. >>> >>> Why can't you just log into your desk phone when you leave, and log out >>> when you arrive? That would simplify things, and allow you to forward to >>> your cell phone when you're not at your desk phone. >>> >>> It would be an awful lot simpler than what you're proposing. >>> >>> " '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 Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:02 PM, Chris McQuistion < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> That's not a bad idea, Kent, but I believe our DHCP lease is 24 hours >>>> (perhaps longer), so it would take a very long time to release. >>>> >>>> My most recent idea is to use IFTTT to download a web file to my >>>> Dropbox when I'm entering an area or leaving an area. >>>> >>>> The web server will have a log of that file being accessed and the >>>> contents of the file is unimportant, as is it's existence in Dropbox. The >>>> important part is that the web server logs would know when the file is >>>> accessed. That access stamp can be used to perform an action on the server >>>> and there would be no need for the server to download any files or have any >>>> 3rd party software installed. >>>> >>>> When I roam INTO the geographic area of work, IFTTT (on my behalf) >>>> downloads examplesite.com/present.html to my Dropbox. When I road OUT >>>> of the geographic area or work, IFTTT downloads >>>> examplesite.com/absent.html to my Dropbox. Additionally, I set up the >>>> "DO" app on my phone with two buttons that do the same thing, so I can >>>> manually enable or disable forwarding by going and fetching those files. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Kent Perrier <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What is you DHCP lease length? Can you have something that that checks >>>>> the for the mac address of the phone in the DHCP leases and if it is >>>>> there, >>>>> do the needful on VOIP box, otherwise don't forward calls to your cell >>>>> phone? If the lease is short enough, that could work. >>>>> >>>>> Kent >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Tilghman Lesher < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I suspect the Google Docs/Dropbox is simply manipulating various URLs >>>>>> via some RESTful API. If you can instead load an arbitrary URL, I'd >>>>>> suggest one that hooks into a CGI script running on your Asterisk >>>>>> server (or another local web server) that simply sets a value in a >>>>>> database row. Your PBX can then reference that database row using my >>>>>> func_odbc module (built-in to Asterisk since the 1.4 days). >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Chris McQuistion >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> > Some good ideas here (multiple sensors (maybe low-power bluetooth) >>>>>> to detect >>>>>> > incoming path vs outgoing path) and some not-so-good-ideas >>>>>> (implanting >>>>>> > sensors inside of my body....) >>>>>> > >>>>>> > iOS (and I assume Android as well) have low power background app >>>>>> refresh (at >>>>>> > least this is what Apple calls it) that you can use for >>>>>> geo-location. It >>>>>> > isn't actually using GPS, as that would chew up battery power. It >>>>>> is a >>>>>> > background process that uses info from WiFi networks, cell towers, >>>>>> etc, to >>>>>> > determine location "passively", so it doesn't chew up a lot of >>>>>> battery >>>>>> > power. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > What I got working yesterday was two IFTTT "recipes" to create >>>>>> files in >>>>>> > Google Docs and Dropbox for each time I enter or exit the Watkins >>>>>> area. >>>>>> > That part actually works. The next step is doing something with >>>>>> that >>>>>> > information (from Google Drive or Dropbox) to launch an action on >>>>>> our VoIP >>>>>> > server. >>>>>> > >>>>>> > It still seems kludge-y to me, but I haven't heard a better >>>>>> suggestion that >>>>>> > less power (and is fully automated.) >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Chris >>>>>> > >>>>>> > On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 6:02 AM, JMJ <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> On 03/31/2015 12:54 AM, Tilghman Lesher wrote: >>>>>> >>> >>>>>> >>> That's also why I suggested that you place two proximity detectors >>>>>> >>> along a single path. The order in which they activate then >>>>>> indicates >>>>>> >>> ingress or egress. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> And since nobody has mentioned using a Raspberry Pi yet... you >>>>>> could make >>>>>> >> a proximity detector out of a Raspberry Pi with a camera and/or a >>>>>> USB >>>>>> >> Bluetooth gadget. >>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> If the work schedule is consistent, you could just schedule the >>>>>> PBX to >>>>>> >> route calls based on the time of day. 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