How To Invoke A Binary File From The Dial Plan?

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Hi everyone.

I’m new with Asterisk and I have to create a dial plan that will invoke a binary code. That is, asterisk will execute a program in the same machine. How to do it?

Let me explain what I have to do:

In the project that I am currently working, there is smartphones, SIP servers and doors/gates to be unlocked remotely. When the user executes an application on his/her phone, it will presents a button to unlock a remote gate or door. By pressing such button, the application will send a SIP INVITE to the SIP server (Asterisk). In this moment, a existing dial plan should call an executable hosted in the current machine. In this case I need to know how to program my extensions.conf to let Asterisk invoke another software to me. The another software is the one responsible for unlocking a gate or door.

So, how to codify my extensions.conf in order to make Asterisk invoke another software?
Is another better way (idea) to implement my project using Asterisk and SIP? If so, comment, please!

Any hint will be very helpful!

Best regards.

RODRIGO PIMENTA CARVALHO
Inatel Competence Center Software Ph: +55 35 3471 9200 RAMAL 979

One thought on - How To Invoke A Binary File From The Dial Plan?

  • door.

    Look into the System() dialplan application. It will execute a command on the system for you. Be aware that it will execute it as the user your Asterisk instance is running as, so permissions can sometimes be a bit finicky to get correct. I do something similar to pop my gate open. It is using nc to make a connection to the device, but same general idea as what you are doing.