Re: Re: Does the following landline phone exist?

[Steve Morgan <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andy,

The first bit's easy. Whereas I route calls with no caller ID to
voicemail, it's equally easy to route to an interactive menu, instead.

The second bit is beyond my preferred level of commitment, however.

For reference, total cost is about the same as Truecall.

If you feel like giving it a go, give me a shout. I can give you my
configuration settings for Asterisk and the SPA3102 with a bit of extra
advice thrown in for good measure.

Cheers,
Steve


On 15/04/2013 15:41, "Andy" <andywhitfield2002@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>As mentioned in my other replies..... I need a facility for ex
directory
>(no caller ID) to enter a PIN and get through to me.
>
>All you got to do is produce a finished product that is legal to plug
in
>to a BT socket.  And sell it for half the price of truecall.
>Then I'll buy one!   ;-)
>
>Andy
>
>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Steve Morgan <steve@...> wrote:
>>
>> Never mind looking for something off-the-shelf, this is an ideal
>>candidate
>> for a UKHA project.
>>
>> I ordered Truecall, but cancelled the order as soon as I realised
I
>>could
>> do it better another way. I've put together my version using a
Raspberry
>> Pi, Asterisk PBX software (actually, Incredible PBX, which adds
another
>> layer of functionality on top of Asterisk) and a Cisco SPA3102
>>providing a
>> PSTN-to-IP gateway.
>>
>> No programming involved, unless you want to and you you can set it
up to
>> access a variety of remote phone books. My specific logic is
slightly
>> different, but yours is perfectly do-able using this setup.
>>
>> For incoming calls with no caller ID or international numbers, the
call
>>is
>> silently routed to voicemail	with a rather terse message that we
don't
>> accept calls from unknown or international callers; they can leave
a
>> message and if their call is important to us, we'll get back to
them.
>>
>> Calls with caller ID that are on my blacklist are unceremoneously
cut
>>off
>> with the message "this number is not in service"
>>
>> Otherwise, calls are routed through to the internal phones. If
they're
>>not
>> answered, they'll go to a separate voicemail box. If the call
turns out
>>to
>> be unwanted, I can directly add the number to the blacklist.
>>
>> Any voicemail is sent out by Asterisk by e-mail, though you can
dial in
>>to
>> check voicemail or use the web interface. Full call logging is
standard.
>>
>> With this scheme, 95% of unsolicited calls are handled without me
>>knowing.
>> The odd ones that get through, I take great pleasure in ensuring
that
>>they
>> won't get through again. I'm as pleased as punch with it.
>>
>> Asterisk supports IVR menus, so implementing your PIN scheme is no
>>problem.
>>
>> Shout up if you want any more information.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On 14/04/2013 13:04, "Andy"
<andywhitfield2002@...> wrote:
>>
>> >Does the following landline phone exist?
>> >
>> >I get 5+ cold calls per week day.  Plus now they are ringing
me
>>Saturday
>> >and Sunday!
>> >I'm registered with the telephone preference service.  And
have been
>>for
>> >years.  But doesn't stop the buggers!
>> >
>> >So I'm looking for a landline phone that can do the
following.......
>> >
>> >For INCOMING calls....
>> >1) If the incoming call has a caller ID and it is in the
phone's
>>'address
>> >book' then the phone rings as normal.  I can either pick up or
let it
>>go
>> >to answer phone.
>> >
>> >2) If the caller ID isn't in the 'address book' or is blank
(as with
>>most
>> >cold calling) then the phone SILENTLY answers the call and
plays a
>> >pre-recorded message along the lines of "Your number has
not been
>> >recognised.  Please enter your 4 digit PIN".
>> >    For friends and relatives who are ex directory, I would
give them
>> >individual PINs (probably last 4 digits of their phone
number).  The
>>PINs
>> >would be in the phone's 'address book'.  So when they enter
their PIN,
>> >the phone would then ring as normal.
>> >
>> >3) Where the caller doesn't have a PIN then a message would
play giving
>> >the caller an alternative method of contact.  E.G. a throw
away email
>> >address.
>> >    Or perhaps ask the caller to enter a default PIN and go
straight to
>> >answer phone.  Cold callers tend to hang straight up and not
leave
>> >messages.
>> >
>> >The idea is cold callers get answered silently (no rings,
beeps clicks,
>> >etc) and I don't get interrupted by them.  Only genuine
callers will
>>get
>> >through.  And if a genuine caller doesn't have a PIN or isn't
>>programmed
>> >in the phone's address book' then they can either contact me
by email
>> >(which I get within 5 minutes on my mobile phone) or perhaps
enter a
>> >default PIN and leave a message on the answer phone (depending
on how
>> >I've set up the phone).
>> >
>> >Ideally the phone should have a USB port so I can set up the
'address
>> >book' etc via my laptop.  Plus look at the logs of missed
calls (which
>> >hopefully will be all cold callers!).
>> >
>> >I think BT do a phone that only rings if the caller ID is in
the
>>phone's
>> >'address book' but it doesn't do the second bit of allowing ex
>>directory
>> >callers to enter a PIN.
>> >So I hope someone knows of a phone that can do all 3 points
above?
>> >
>> >Regards
>> >Andy
>> >
>> >
>> >
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