These things are spendy. I found a couple, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of a cheaper solution. VoIP preferred, but I can do ring-down using an ATA device if needed, so analog would be fine.
http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/...uct.php?pid=336 (Can get for around $200)
http://www.provantage.com/cyberdata-010935~7CDAT00N.htm (supports VoIP out of the box)
My plan is to replace my doorbell with this. When someone presses the button, the following happens:
- My phone switch (http://www.freeswitch.org) plays a voice prompt that says to say your name and purpose after the tone
- The switch simultaneously rings several phone numbers where I or my wife may be at, including cell phones. Caller-ID is spoofed to a number that I know is coming from the front door, and I can put it in my contact list and assign a custom ring to it on my cellphone
- When someone picks up, it says "You have a visitor at the front door: <insert recorded name/purpose here>. Press 1 to accept, press 2 to ignore, press 3 if it's a solicitor"
- If 1 is pressed, the other lines that are potentially still ringing are hung up, and the front door is patched through to the phone that pressed 1
- If 2 is pressed, it waits for the other lines to pick up and potentially press 1, or if none of them pick up, then it plays a message that says we're busy
- If 3 is pressed, it plays a message that we are not interested, and that the person is trespassing on clearly posted private property (there is a sign posted at the entrance up the road)
All I need is a weatherproof speakerphone. Or at least something that can endure an outdoor environment under an overhang and work when it's -30F. But, I really don't want to spend several hundred dollars on it. I thought about getting a "hotline" phone with no buttons, but they look dumb, and I'd be worried about the neighbor kids seeing it and wanting to play with it, or someone leaving it off hook.
http://www.vikingelectronics.com/products/...uct.php?pid=336 (Can get for around $200)
http://www.provantage.com/cyberdata-010935~7CDAT00N.htm (supports VoIP out of the box)
My plan is to replace my doorbell with this. When someone presses the button, the following happens:
- My phone switch (http://www.freeswitch.org) plays a voice prompt that says to say your name and purpose after the tone
- The switch simultaneously rings several phone numbers where I or my wife may be at, including cell phones. Caller-ID is spoofed to a number that I know is coming from the front door, and I can put it in my contact list and assign a custom ring to it on my cellphone
- When someone picks up, it says "You have a visitor at the front door: <insert recorded name/purpose here>. Press 1 to accept, press 2 to ignore, press 3 if it's a solicitor"
- If 1 is pressed, the other lines that are potentially still ringing are hung up, and the front door is patched through to the phone that pressed 1
- If 2 is pressed, it waits for the other lines to pick up and potentially press 1, or if none of them pick up, then it plays a message that says we're busy
- If 3 is pressed, it plays a message that we are not interested, and that the person is trespassing on clearly posted private property (there is a sign posted at the entrance up the road)
All I need is a weatherproof speakerphone. Or at least something that can endure an outdoor environment under an overhang and work when it's -30F. But, I really don't want to spend several hundred dollars on it. I thought about getting a "hotline" phone with no buttons, but they look dumb, and I'd be worried about the neighbor kids seeing it and wanting to play with it, or someone leaving it off hook.
