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RE: [ECS] ECS + Fax?
Martin Terry
Fri, 19 May 2000 12:39:35 -0700

Fri, 19 May 2000 12:39:35 -0700

David can you post the event?
 
Well, my favorite event is also the Garnet Bailey modified phone event, with
similar modifications as David. I use mailboxes, so each of my kids have
their own mailboxes with their own outgoing messages, and in ACE each has a
button that indicates their new messages. There are also separate phone logs
for each person and the family as a whole. When one of the kids is out there
is a button in ACE which makes ECS take a message without any phones in the
house ringing.
 
One of the addons I have is a home built box that prevents the phone from
ringing unless ECS says it can. This kicks in when we are in "dinner mode"
or late at night. It also prevents the first ring (prior to CID) from
ringing the phones.
 
My new project involves a home built PBX that will interface with ECS so
that if my 16 year old gets a call, only her phone will ring, or only her
phone and the kitchen phone will ring. It will also be able to answer the
phone, ask for input, then ring an extension based on the input given. I'm
hoping to use this to stop solicitors dead. I'll also use this setup to
revive "local control" for ECS phones.
 
 
My favorite NON EVENT is the perl code one of the ECSers provided to
"extract" an event, along with the associated items into a single file. This
is a great way to easily cut and paste other users events into ECS without
much work.
 
In fact, maybe Mark can whip up a command line executable that is included
with ECS, I think this would make swapping events much less painful.
 
It would even be helpful in merging updates into an existing config. Mark? 
 
 -----Original Message-----
From: David Kindred [mailto:davidkindred@bigfoot.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:55 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] ECS + Fax?



Well, I'm afraid I'm going to sound really ordinary, but, since no one else
is piping in, my favorite event is my modified Garnet Bailey phone event. It
does the following:
 
  * Based on entries in a text file, announces Caller-ID info
       -- For regular callers between 7AM and 10:15PM
       -- For family, around the clock
       -- For solicitors, never
  * Solicitors get the phone picked up as soon as they are identified, and
are played a recording of the phone company's "The number you have reached
has been disconnected" message.
  * Blocked Caller-ID callers are played a curt TTS message telling them we
don't accept their calls, then it hangs up.
  * All calls are logged into a text file
  * Caller-ID info is sent to ACE where it pops up on the screen
  * If we're not home, and a message is taken, our cell phone is called to
alert us of it (not completely functional, but it does the trick)
  * If a flag is set, phone messages are E-mailed to me (loved this while we
were on vacation at the beach)
  * The vacuum cleaner is killed when the phone rings
  * Call conversation lengths are logged
 
I stole almost all the code from other people, but you're welcome to it, if
you want.
 
C'mon guys, tell us what your favorite is. Now that you've seen my plain
Jane description, let's hear yours!
 
--David

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:39 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] ECS + Fax?


LOL...  It seems the more I do, the uglier it gets!
 
I'm just trying to stir up some creative discussion...
 
-=A.J.

David can you post the event?

Well, my favorite event is also the Garnet Bailey modified phone event, with similar modifications as David. I use mailboxes, so each of my kids have their own mailboxes with their own outgoing messages, and in ACE each has a button that indicates their new messages. There are also separate phone logs for each person and the family as a whole. When one of the kids is out there is a button in ACE which makes ECS take a message without any phones in the house ringing.

One of the addons I have is a home built box that prevents the phone from ringing unless ECS says it can. This kicks in when we are in "dinner mode" or late at night. It also prevents the first ring (prior to CID) from ringing the phones.

My new project involves a home built PBX that will interface with ECS so that if my 16 year old gets a call, only her phone will ring, or only her phone and the kitchen phone will ring. It will also be able to answer the phone, ask for input, then ring an extension based on the input given. I'm hoping to use this to stop solicitors dead. I'll also use this setup to revive "local control" for ECS phones.

My favorite NON EVENT is the perl code one of the ECSers provided to "extract" an event, along with the associated items into a single file. This is a great way to easily cut and paste other users events into ECS without much work.

In fact, maybe Mark can whip up a command line executable that is included with ECS, I think this would make swapping events much less painful.

It would even be helpful in merging updates into an existing config. Mark?

-----Original Message-----
From: David Kindred [mailto:davidkindred@bigfoot.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 10:55 AM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] ECS + Fax?

Well, I'm afraid I'm going to sound really ordinary, but, since no one else is piping in, my favorite event is my modified Garnet Bailey phone event. It does the following:

* Based on entries in a text file, announces Caller-ID info

       -- For regular callers between 7AM and 10:15PM

       -- For family, around the clock

       -- For solicitors, never

* Solicitors get the phone picked up as soon as they are identified, and are played a recording of the phone company's "The number you have reached has been disconnected" message.

* Blocked Caller-ID callers are played a curt TTS message telling them we don't accept their calls, then it hangs up.

* All calls are logged into a text file

* Caller-ID info is sent to ACE where it pops up on the screen

* If we're not home, and a message is taken, our cell phone is called to alert us of it (not completely functional, but it does the trick)

* If a flag is set, phone messages are E-mailed to me (loved this while we were on vacation at the beach)

* The vacuum cleaner is killed when the phone rings

* Call conversation lengths are logged

I stole almost all the code from other people, but you're welcome to it, if you want.

C'mon guys, tell us what your favorite is. Now that you've seen my plain Jane description, let's hear yours!

--David

-----Original Message-----
From: A.J. Griglak [mailto:aj@griglak.com]
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 1:39 PM
To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ECS] ECS + Fax?

LOL... It seems the more I do, the uglier it gets!

I'm just trying to stir up some creative discussion...

-=A.J.