[arm-allstar] Numeric Keypad for mobile ops

[Simon Keys]

Sounds interesting, have you got Alexa working on Arch?


On 11/01/2017 4:51 AM, "Neil k8it" <k8it at cac.net> wrote:

>
> 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
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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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