[arm-allstar] A Script to Change Courtesy tones

LaRoy McCann lmccann at dtisp.com
Fri Jan 22 10:36:14 EST 2016


Doug,
So I could not wait till later to try this. lol

It works well.  Just not sure what "T-changed-to" is supposed to say.

It says "has been changed to" and the telemetry number.

Great job.  Thanks

LaRoy McCann, K5TW



On 1/21/2016 6:59 PM, Doug Crompton wrote:
> OK, here is a reasonable way to do it that seems to work well. There 
> is a little setup but it should not take too long. Follow these steps -
>
> Put the attached script in /etc/asterisk/local
>
> Make it executable
>
> chmod 750 change_telemetry.sh
>
> Backup your rpt.conf file
>
> Make a new directory if it does not already exist in /etc/asterisk 
> called custom
>
> Edit the primary rpt.conf file and copy (cut and paste or whatever) 
> the telemetry section in entirety.
>
> Save the telemetry section you copied out of rpt.conf to 
> /etc/asterisk/custom/telemetry.conf
>
> Also copy it to /etc/asterisk/custom/telemetry1    and telemetry2
>
> This assumes you will have two telemetry changes. If you will have 
> more copy to more telemetry files telemetry3, telemetry4, etc.
>
> Go back to the rpt.conf file and either delete or comment (your 
> choice) ALL lines in the telemetry section you just copied out. When 
> you are done there should be no active telemetry section in rpt.conf
>
> Go to the end of the rpt.conf file and change the last line to this -
>
> #includeifexists custom/telemetry.conf
>
> Go to the /etc/asterisk/custom directory and edit the files for the 
> different telemetry settings you want. telemetry.conf and telemetry1 
> should not be edited - they will be the stock files. Edit telemetry2, 
> 3, 4 etc. however many different tone groups you want to define. You 
> can have as many as you want, just give them consecutive numbers and 
> remember them by number.
>
> Once the files are saved run the change_telemetry program. It is set 
> at start to only accept  two files - telemetry1 and 2 - change the 
> MAX_FILE parameter in the script to the number of definitions you have 
> (telemetryx files in the custom directory.)
>
> You can run the script manually to see how it works. It does not 
> effect Allstar operation. You can change at any time.
>
> change_telemetry x        - where x equals the file number
>
> Once this is all working you can call the script either directly from 
> a function, via the autopatch, cron, etc.
>
> function section example....
>
> 811=cmd,/etc/asterisk/local/change_telemetry 1
> 812=cmd,/etc/asterisk/local/change_telemetry 2
> 813=cmd,/etc/asterisk/local/change_telemetry 3
> etc.
>
> then DTMF
>
> *811  - default telemetry
> *812  - Telemetry values 2
> etc.
>
> What this does.
>
>  The telemetry section is removed from rpt.conf. rpt.conf is then 
> setup to call telemetry.conf in the /etc/asterisk/custom directory. 
> The change_telemetry.sh then copies different definition files to 
> telemetry files to telemetry.conf based on a number. It then reloads 
> rpt.conf and sends an audible message to the user.
>
> Things to remember -
>
> if you run setup again the rpt.conf file will be overwritten. You will 
> have to delete the telemetry section and add the last line again.
>
> Always leave at least one file - preferably telemetry1 - as the 
> default stock values.
>
> The mapping in rpt.conf should not need to be changed. For instance if 
> unlinkct=ct2  and you wanted to change it you would change the ct2 
> definition in the telemetry section in one of the files.
>
> The change_telemetry script announces the change locally on the 
> primary node given in the environment variable NODE1. If you want it 
> to speak on a different node you need to change the node in the voice 
> lines in the change_telemetry script.
>
> I hope this helps or at least gives you ideas of how to do it. Let me 
> know how it works for you and if you have any questions I would be 
> glad to answer them.
>
> *73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> From: lmccann at dtisp.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 15:29:57 -0600
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Courtesy tones
>
> Is there any way to dynamically change the courtesy tones?
> Maybe thru the event management subsystem?
>
> Or is the only way to read the definitions from rpt.conf?
> I know I could always use a script to edit rpt.conf and then reload, 
> but was just hoping of some other way to do it.
>
> LaRoy McCann, K5TW
>
>
>
> On 1/20/2016 11:41 AM, LaRoy McCann wrote:
>
>     Doug,
>
>     */remotetx/*  That was what I was looking for.
>
>     Thanks
>
>     LaRoy McCann, K5TW
>
>     On 1/20/2016 11:29 AM, Doug Crompton wrote:
>
>         LaRoy,
>
>           linkunkeyct  when connected and someone on the network
>         unkeys.  But your local radio unkey is set by the remotetx
>         tone group in the telemetry stanza.
>
>         So if you change linkunkeyct you would not hear the change
>         unless someone else on the connected network unkeys. You could
>         test this by connecting two locals nodes together.  That is
>         why I mentioned it is confusing because you expect it to
>         change when you are connected and unkey and it doesn't. Also
>         always remember to 'reload rpt' in the client after a change.
>
>         *73 Doug
>         WA3DSP
>         http://www.crompton.com/hamradio*
>
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>         From: lmccann at dtisp.com <mailto:lmccann at dtisp.com>
>         Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:47:58 -0600
>         Subject: [arm-allstar] Courtesy tones
>
>         Ok, I've been racking my brain trying to figure this out.
>
>         The courtesy tone on a single node when a users unkeys is
>         */unlinkedct/*.
>
>         The courtesy tone changes when this node connects to another
>         node via the internet.
>         What courtesy tone variable is used when the local user unkeys
>         and the two nodes are linked together?
>
>
>         LaRoy McCann, K5TW
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