Placing a Phone Call

Sprad has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Placing a Phone Call by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 15, 2011 at 21:54 UTC
Take a look at Asterisk and Asterisk or AGI. Also consider SIP if you already have a SIP-capable phone and want to do things the hard way.	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call by davido (Cardinal) on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:44 UTC
I just wanted to mention because of the topic of this question: Using VOIP with Perl will be one of the two presentations given at the next Los Angeles Perl Mongers meeting. The presentation is entitled, "Mike Frager: VOIP with perl and asterisk/freepbx". Anyone in the LA area interested follow the link for specifics. To everyone else (not in LA): Find the Perl Mongers group nearest you! I realize this presentation will probably be too late and/or too far away for the person who asked this question. So if Mike makes the slides available online I'll (with his permission) follow up to this post with a link to them. At least then it will only be too late (no longer too far), and hopefully a future reader may benefit. Dave	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call by Anonymous Monk on Nov 15, 2011 at 23:55 UTC
Hi, A simpler solution might be to set up a Fax printer on your work box, and then print to it, making your home phone ring. The whistles and beeps you get when you answer should be enough to alert you and get you up. Hopefully J.C.	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call by zentara (Cardinal) on Nov 16, 2011 at 11:34 UTC
I saw this great article on Perl and telephones on Gabor Szabo's Perl Weekly Newsletter. It's cheap, and a free trial is allowed. See automating telephony with Perl and Twillo I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. Old Perl Programmer Haiku ................... flash japh	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 16, 2011 at 11:17 UTC
Your phone service provider very likely has an alarm clock service you can use. You tell them when to wake you, and they phone you at that time. They can do repeated alarms, that is, you can order a wake up call for every weekday. There's no need reimplement that.	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call (alt awakening machinery) by ww (Archbishop) on Nov 16, 2011 at 13:51 UTC
Not a telephonic solution...but: Buy (or find) old style, windup alarm clock Buy (or find) motion (or sound: aka mic) detector Wire output of detector to amplifier wire amp output to solenoid adequate to open a valve on a compressed air tank Acquire airhorn (see your local junkyard or consult a railway) - disused Fire Engines are a great source. Connect airhorn to compressed air via the solenoid-controlled valve Install completed contraption at the foot of your bed Roll out on or before the alarm clock goes off (to save your hearing and sanity, if any) Program something useful (for some undetermined value of same) :<})	[reply]
Re^2: Placing a Phone Call (alt awakening machinery) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 14:08 UTC
:) metal pot, tray ... balance metal on a cup or two place phone onto metal , turn on vibrate and sound for added effectiveness, use one cup, off balance, on headboard (above your head)	[reply]
Re^2: Placing a Phone Call (alt awakening machinery) by Sprad (Hermit) on Nov 16, 2011 at 14:14 UTC
I love it! But if I did that, then next I'd have to post asking for a Perl module to assist in optimally dividing up possessions when my wife leaves me. --- A fair fight is a sign of poor planning.	[reply]
Re^3: Placing a Phone Call (alt awakening machinery) by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 15:08 UTC
The set partitioning problem is quite easy when it all goes into her box anyways.	[reply]
Re: Placing a Phone Call by Anonymous Monk on Nov 16, 2011 at 11:57 UTC
56K modemz for the win ^.^ ATDT 1234 //dial 1234 ATH //hangup	[reply]