Asterisk Baby Monitor

Asterisk can be configured as a baby monitor. The cool thing is that it can be multi-baby and multi-parent, and can even be accessed remotely.

Configuring The Monitor

This is used for returning a single value from a query.

meetme.conf

[rooms]
conf => 222

extensions.conf

exten => 222,1,Goto(BABY-MONITOR,222,1)

[BABY-MONITOR]
exten => s,1,NoOp(>>>> CONNECTING TO MONITOR MODE FROM BABY'S ROOM <<<<)
exten => s,n,MeetMe(222,tq)

exten => 222,1,NoOp(>>>> CONNECTING TO MONITOR MODE FROM REMOTE PHONE <<<<)
exten => 222,n,MeetMe(222,m)

chan_dahdi.conf

[channels]
group=4
context=BABY-MONITOR
signalling=fxo_ks
threewaycalling=no
transfer=no
callwaiting=no
callwaitingcallerid=no
echocancel=no
echotraining=no
immediate=yes
txgain=-100
channel => 4