AlarmReceiver()

`AlarmReceiver()`
	Appendix B. Applications in the dialplan

AlarmReceiver()

Appendix B. Applications in the dialplan

`AlarmReceiver()`

Receives alarm reports from a burglar or fire alarm panel.

        
          AlarmReceiver()

Emulates an alarm receiver and allows Asterisk to receive and process alarm reports in proprietary alarm panel signalling formats from burglar and fire alarm panels. Only Ademco Contact ID formatted alarm reports are supported at this time.

Once AlarmReceiver() is called, Asterisk performs a handshake with the connected alarm panel, waits for it to transmit events, then validates and stores them. When the panel has hung up, AlarmReceiver() runs the system command specified in the eventcmd of alarmreceiver.conf. The alarmreceiver.conf also contains DTMF timing settings and acknowledgement tone volume.

This application has not been certified for use in critical environments where it is the only means of polling alarm events. Use it at your own risk! Before implementing, be sure to test it thoroughly.

Always returns 0.

; Process alarm events:
exten => s,1,AlarmReceiver()


Internal help for this application in Asterisk 1.4: -= Info about application 'AlarmReceiver' =- [Synopsis] Provide support for receiving alarm reports from a burglar or fire alarm panel [Description] AlarmReceiver(): Only 1 signalling format is supported at this time: A demco Contact ID. This application should be called whenever there is an alarm panel calling in to dump its events. The application will handshake with the alarm panel, and receive events, validate them, handshake them, and stor e them until the panel hangs up. Once the panel hangs up, the application will run the system command specified by the eventcmd setting in alarmreceiver.conf a nd pipe the events to the standard input of the application. The configuration f ile also contains settings for DTMF timing, and for the loudness of the acknowled gement tones. diff output to internal help in Asterisk 1.2: 5c5 < Provide support for receiving alarm reports from a burglar or fire ala rm panel --- > Provide support for receving alarm reports from a burglar or fire alar m panel

Internal help for this application in Asterisk 1.4:

  -= Info about application 'AlarmReceiver' =- 

[Synopsis]
Provide support for receiving alarm reports from a burglar or fire alarm
 panel

[Description]
  AlarmReceiver(): Only 1 signalling format is supported at this time: A
demco
Contact ID. This application should be called whenever there is an alarm
panel calling in to dump its events. The application will handshake with
 the
alarm panel, and receive events, validate them, handshake them, and stor
e them
until the panel hangs up. Once the panel hangs up, the application will 
run the
system command specified by the eventcmd setting in alarmreceiver.conf a
nd pipe
the events to the standard input of the application. The configuration f
ile also
contains settings for DTMF timing, and for the loudness of the acknowled
gement
tones.

diff output to internal help in Asterisk 1.2:

5c5
< Provide support for receiving alarm reports from a burglar or fire ala
rm panel
---
> Provide support for receving alarm reports from a burglar or fire alar
m panel

See also. alarmreceiver.conf


`AGI()`	\|	`AMD()`

AlarmReceiver()

WARNING: ALPHA-VERSION!

`AlarmReceiver()`