Asterisk@Home and Bluetooth Proximity Management

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Nerd Vittles has a quite detailed how-to series on setting up a “Bluetooth Proximity Detection System” that detects when you’re home or not by sensing your Bluetooth device, and routes your incoming calls accordingly. The system is based on the free Asterisk@Home Linux server, and can also connect with a home automation system to turn on the lights and get that electric blanket of yours all warmed up. They did it all for $50, and that includes purchasing a Bluetooth adapter for the compy and a headset to activate the system in case you don’t have a Bluetooth phone (tsk, tsk). A warning though, for the Linux averse: you’re going to have to get down with your command line bad self for this one; though they do tell you just what you’ll be typing into that terminal of terror.

engadget.com/entry/123400006 … /#comments

Onward link:

mundy.org/blog/index.php?p=78