[arm-allstar] Global playback command

[Stephen - K1LNX]

Awesome Doug thanks :) I suspected this was probably the only/best way, so
thanks for the tips!!!

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 11:31 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> The playback command is global. The localplay command is local. So:
>
> rpt playback 40000 somefile
>
> would play global
>
> rpt localplay 40000 somefile
>
> would play local. You always omit the file extent. So no .gsm or .wav etc.
>
> you could do this in a cron as such
>
> 00 20 * * 0 /usr/bin/asterisk -rx "rpt playback 40000 somefile"
>
> This would play somefile from node 40000 at 8PM every Sunday.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
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>
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 3:48 PM, "Stephen - K1LNX via arm-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > I'd like to have a message sent from the scheduler or cron 2-3 times a
> day
> > with a canned announcement from my hub node so all the other nodes
> > connected to it will hear it. I did some testing and it appears the
> global
> > playback command is what I'm after to pull this off.
> >
> > I don't see a COP command for global playback, but it can be executed
> from
> > the CLI doing "rpt fun xxxx /path/to/file" and appears to work as
> expected.
> > I suppose I could write a shell script that sends "asterisk -rx rpt fun
> > xxxx /path/to/file" but I wasn't sure if this was the only or best
> method?
> >
> > 73
> > Stephen
> > K1LNX
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