Using Asterisk to open an electric gate

[portcullis]

I've been pondering this for a while now and was wondering if anyone has added their electric gate as an extension on their asterisk server?

It must be possible, either to add the gate as a custom device or as a ZAP device.

 

[gmza]

See the Pantel IP gate system:

http://www.its-tel.com/info.asp?id=48

I honestly don't know how one wires up such a system.

 

[portcullis]

Negative,

I went down to Miro and had a look at those this past week. They are just weatherproof IP phones.

This has caught my eye.

If we could somehow work how to connect the FXS port of a Digium card to this device, our problem should (in theory) be resolved.

 

[smartguy]

We have a mircom type system that calls my asterisk box when my unit number is called. I then use sphynx to listen to the "password" and if it's correct it plays the correct dtmf tone to open the gate and hangs up.

 

[rorz0r]

If you have the incoming line to the asterisk server and then have an "outgoing" line (can't remember which is FXS/FXO but 1 of each) going to a small circuit it should be doable. Redirecting the call on that line should result in a voltage spike and I'm sure any engineering types can figure out a small circuit to trigger the gate.

 

[portcullis]

If you have the incoming line to the asterisk server and then have an "outgoing" line (can't remember which is FXS/FXO but 1 of each) going to a small circuit it should be doable. Redirecting the call on that line should result in a voltage spike and I'm sure any engineering types can figure out a small circuit to trigger the gate.

After a lot of research and struggling I got this sorted.

Get yourself one of these and plug the electric gate straight into it.

Nice and easy.