RE: Modem as a service?

[Josh Reynolds <josh () kyneticwifi com>]

You could always just use UPS equipment that can send out alerts on power
outages and low bat voltage. Or, use equipment that supports dying gasp.
On Dec 6, 2015 4:31 PM, "James Laszko" <jamesl () mythostech com> wrote:

> Nah, it wasn't you!  :)
>
> The solution I think we're going to go with is leveraging our existing SIP
> infrastructure and write scripts to dial out to the OOB Modem / Fax
> machines at the sites that are disconnected from the network.  If they both
> don’t answer, we'll assume a power outage.  If one or the other does
> answer, it'll queue up for human interaction.
>
> I wrote a script in Perl in about 15 minutes to do this.  God, I'm not
> sure if I'm stuck thinking inside or outside the box anymore!
>
>
> Thanks for the replies and insights,
>
>
> James
>
>
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> On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 16:36 -0500, James R Cutler wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 2015, at 2:19 PM, James Laszko <jamesl () mythostech com>
> wrote:
> > > ... we don’t need to actually connect to the OOB modem on the other
> > > side, we just need a NO ANSWER/ANSWER kind of response. …
> >
> > Forget modems - to probe via some kind of analog connection, just get
> > a single instrument wireless telephone with answering capability.  For
> > a bonus, put some kind of identifier in the answering message:  No
> > power > no answer; power > answer.
>
> I must be thick - how does that solve the problem? The OP wants to know if
> a modem at a remote site will answer the phone. Maybe I misunderstood the
> problem.
>
> Regards, K.
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