Scenario: A Town House complex would like to open the entrance gate using the owners/tenants cellphones. Solution : Asterisk is set to look at the caller ID and only open the gate when it comes from a known user. The call does not cost the caller anything , because Asterisk does not answer the call. The additional advantages is that the call log is available to see who opened the gate and at what time. It could further be used to track to see who is inside or not. The hardware to "trigger" the gate costs under R200! It also becomes easy to add a new member - let's say someone comes to visit. A new member can be added for a limited period. The end of the gate remote control is finally in sight !

Scenario: You are driving home late at night and would like to have the security lights on when you arrive home. Solution : Asterisk answers your call and asks you what you would like to do. You enter a number and Asterisk switches on your security lights. All the necessary hardware to make this possible can be supplied by Voipmagic. PIN codes can be added for security. You never have to arrive at a dark home again! ( Why not have the jacuzzi started while you're at it ! ) You can also have Asterisk respond on your Caller ID - this way it won't cost you anything. The call will simply get dropped while the light switches on.

Scenario: You are trying to get hold of someone at work to look up how much stock is left of a product but you've been on music on hold for the last 5 minutes , the customer is getting impatient. What if you could dial into the databases and not only query the database by telephone , but book a number of units for the client ? You can do this with asterisk !