Meanwhile, AVM has changed the login procedure and the original script no longer works. With the help of this example, it’s finally doing its job again.

Special thanks go to Christopher Füseschi (ICQ 40520202) for pointing me to this issue and also for doing final tests.

You can download the updated script here.

Launchbar is a very convenient application launcher for Mac OS X. Among other great features like instant send, it can execute a script when invoking a phone number from your address book. I own a Fritz!Box 7170, which is one of the most famous combination of WLAN router and telephone system in Germany. By sending special HTTP POST-requests to the Fritz!Box, you can dial phone numbers from your computer. I wrote a small Applescript which glues both features together.

The installation is pretty simple. First of all, open the script in Apple’s script editor and adjust the parameters. The password and the phone port are very likely to change. Save it to Library/Application Support/Launchbar/Actions under your Home folder. The script assumes that you are using Launchbar 5, which currently is in public Beta. Now open Launchbares preferences, choose Actions and select the script for phone numbers.

That’s all. Now fire up Launchbar, navigate to an entry from your address book, select a number and hit enter. The script immediately tries to call the number and prints a message in large print on the screen. After the specified delay (25 seconds by default), the script gives up reaching the number.

The script is based on a shell script by Christian Felder posted here and an expample script for dialing with Skype from Launchbar found in its help.

You can download the script here here.