[arm-allstar] Numeric Keypad for mobile ops

[Neil k8it]

Here is abetter idea.
Since Iam   blind i working on a Amazon Echo skill app that will respond to 
my voice commands ad send the commands to the raspberry pi bia regenerated 
dtmf or bia ssh. both are possible but I have not decided on what approach 
to use yet.
anybody want to help


Thanks
73 Neil Sablatzky  K8IT
Allstar Node 41838 KITLINK
Allstar Node 42087 KITLINK HUB
IRLP Node exp0068
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From: ""Simon Keys via arm-allstar"" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 2:34 AM
To: "ARM Allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
Cc: "Simon Keys" <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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