[arm-allstar] Numeric Keypad for mobile ops

[James R. Pilgram]

Aloha Simon, 
You might want to try something like an I-pad with an IaxRpt client on it. Make it fill the whole screen so the numbers are large. If you have an android phone you can get the IaxRpt app that has the touch tone pad. 

Jim NH6HI 

  Original Message  
From: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Sent: January 9, 2017 21:34
To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Reply-to: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
Cc: zl1oe.nz at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Numeric Keypad for mobile ops

Hi Doug, I got a bit frustrated trying to hold the steering wheel whilst
pressing PTT and the keys on the radio!  I thought an easier solution would
be to have a numeric keypad like this
<https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Mini-18-Keys-USB-Number-Pad-Keypad-Numeric-Keyboard-For-Laptop-Notebook-Free-Shipping/32713439487.html>
sitting next to the gear shifter, plugged directly into the pi.

Thanks for the suggestion on the script.

Regards
Simon ZL1OE

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 4:48 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Simon,
>
> I am not sure I understand. You have a mobile node so you are talking to it
> with a radio. Why can't you use the DTMF pad on the radio to communicate?
>
> If I assume you have a radio that does not have DTMF and you want to use
> this pad to enter things. You could run a background script that starts at
> boot and constantly looks at output from the keypad. Assuming it is a 0-9
> *#  keypad then the script could look for a *<command># sequence and send
> it to allstar via the client -   /usr/bin/asterisk "rpt fun node
> $command"   where $command was the command formed from the keypad. * would
> always start the command sequence and # would end. The script would look
> roughly like this -
>
> while true   (endless loop)
> do
> <process the keyboard input>
> if *xxx# sequence found pass to asterisk
> /usr/bin/asterisk "rpt fun node $command"
> done
>
> Not a hard thing to do assuming you have good communications via USB with
> the keypad.
>
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 10:14 PM, "Simon Keys via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > I purchased a cheap USB numeric keypad in the hope I could use it to
> enter
> > node numbers into my mobile node.  I need to auto-login root and then
> run a
> > simple shell script that waits for numeric input and then connects to the
> > node after the <enter> key is pressed.
> >
> > Before I do any work on the script, has anyone done this already?
> Anything
> > you'd like to share?
> >
> > Thanks and Happy 2017 to all
> > Simon ZL1OE
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