[arm-allstar] Transmitter Timeout Timer for Telephone use.

[David McGough]

Hi Ron,

Yes, AllStar has an activity timer which I believe will be active if 
connected via a phone, etc...You can test this setting to confirm.

In the /etc/asterisk/rpt.conf file, see (or add) the parameter
"totime=xxx" for the appropriate radio stanza. Note that "xxx" is the max
number of milliseconds the node can be keyed before the timeout timer
expires and unkeys the transmitter. So, as an example:

totime=360000

...This timer setting would expire after 360 seconds.

73, David KB4FXC




On Wed, 9 Dec 2015 ron at morell.us wrote:

> 
> I'm a novice at configuring Asterisk and AllStar but do have a little knowledge. I've setup a HSMM-MESH and a 4 telephone set Asterisk phone system. Line 2 on
> these telephones connect to the AllStar switch and can dial up the AllStar node.  One of them, or all of them, can monitor the radio this way. They can all turn on
> the transmitter too.  I see this as a liability and need a way to time out the transmitter if someone forgets it is keyed and just walks away or falls asleep or
> whatever.  The current radio connected is a Yaesu FT-7800R and it has an adjustable Time Out Timer built into the radio and so that will suffice, but what if the
> AllStar radio did not have one. Will Asterisk provide this fail safe through some magic configurations?
> Ron Morell
> KA7U
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