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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>On 2/17/2012 9:47 PM, Ron Simpson wrote: <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p>Is it possible to use the voice mail features built into Asterisk for canned system announcements? I want to announce the various nets and meetings on the repeater. I would also like to use the vm feature for someone to call in and leave me a message. Am I doing some big time wishful thinking or is this possible!!<o:p></o:p></p><p>73,<o:p></o:p></p><p>Ron - N6GKJ<br>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Another two ways to do announcements at specific times (not voicemail): <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Put an entry in the [schedule] stanza to run a macro at the desired date/time and have the macro play the recording<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Put entries in crontab calling asterisk –rx with the commands in quotes, like:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *9913"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>with this second method, you can call a script file and put many commands in the file to do something more elaborate than would you could do with a macro.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *80"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *9916"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *9940"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *711883"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *6601"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *427061"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *6601#"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *428204"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *6601#"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *4533"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *6601#"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *9911"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>sleep 34m<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *892"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27021 *427061"</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>73<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ken – KE2N<o:p></o:p></p><p 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