[arm-allstar] New playnews script

Doug Crompton wa3dsp at gmail.com
Mon Sep 25 11:34:41 EST 2017 

Richard,

 You could make a script that executed the play NOW - it would look like
this-

#!/bin/bash

/etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN|ARRL NOW <node> L|G

Of course just ARRL or ARN and <node> just the node number and L for local
play G for global.

This would be called by a function command in rpt.conf. Assuming the above
script  was in /etc/asterisk/local and the name was news.sh -

850=cmd,/etc/asterisk/local/news.sh

Then *850 would play the news

Preferably you also might be able to do it this way skipping the above
script. I think it would work but have not tested.

850=/etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN|ARRL NOW <node> L|G

Then to be more specific you could have one for ARRL and one for ARN. Lets
assume global play and node 40000.

850=/etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN NOW 40000 G
851=/etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARRL NOW 40000 G

So *850 would play ARN and *851 ARN both globaly

BUT very important you would need to modify the playnews script commenting
one line shown below. Otherwise it would hang waiting for your response.

# wait for start time
echo "Waiting for start time"
while [ $(date +%H:%M) != $TIME ]; do sleep 1; done

else

echo "$NEWSTYPE news will start $TIME and use $MODE $MODETYPE mode on node
- $NODE"
echo -n "Press any key to start news..."
#read -n 1     <<<<< this line commented with #

fi


Also the setup time takes up to a minute so you will not get an immediate
response from the DTMF command, WAIT for it to start! Also once started you
will have no way of stopping it using DTMF. It will play through the entire
file.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

*http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*



On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 1:57 AM, "Richard Bateman via arm-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> I've been looking at using this script; any suggestions for how it
> could be easily adapted to automatically download but only play on
> demand, e.g. when a DTMF command is sent?
>
> Richard
>
> On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 12:18 AM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar"
> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > Understood.  If I can be of any help let me know.  I have the ARRLs ear
> > right now.  Just trying to help.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > boB - W5EVH
> > www.w5evh.org
> > www.SouthTexasLinkSystem.com
> > AllStar 28640 - IRLP 9457 - EchoLink NV5TX-L (4911)
> >
> > "The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror (37)
> > is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7 and 3.
> ...
> > In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001."
> > -Dr. Sheldon Cooper, (Jim Parsons), "Big Bang Theory"
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:47 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Bob,
> >>
> >>  If you saw my last message on here you will see why the current naming
> >> convention is a good thing. It dates the files. That is good because the
> >> ARRL takes off on holidays. This last Friday was their holiday. It
> usually
> >> is on the Friday before but this one they did it the week after. When
> this
> >> happens the script looks for the new date and does not find a file and
> >> exits. This is a good thing otherwise it would be playing old files over
> >> again. Personally I like the current method. It is easy to create the
> file
> >> name as long as it is constant and efficiency is not a factor.
> >>
> >>
> >> *73 Doug*
> >>
> >> *WA3DSP*
> >>
> >> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 6:23 PM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar" <
> >> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ok, I just got off the phone with Tom Gallagher.  I explained the
> issue
> >> and
> >> > agreed to work out what ever was needed.  I feel the easiest was for
> them
> >> > to make a separate audio file arrlnews.mp3 to be overwritten every
> week
> >> > with the latest news.  Just like newsline.  That way, things would be
> >> much
> >> > simpler and the scrips would be more efficient.
> >> >
> >> > I'll let you know when I have some information.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Sincerely,
> >> >
> >> > boB - W5EVH
> >> > www.w5evh.org
> >> > www.SouthTexasLinkSystem.com
> >> > AllStar 28640 - IRLP 9457 - EchoLink NV5TX-L (4911)
> >> >
> >> > "The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its mirror
> (37)
> >> > is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7 and
> 3.
> >> ...
> >> > In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is 1001001."
> >> > -Dr. Sheldon Cooper, (Jim Parsons), "Big Bang Theory"
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:22 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> >> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Bob,
> >> > >
> >> > >  There is nothing wrong with their file naming. The script in
> playnews
> >> > > works fine. The problem is when they change things and are not
> >> > consistent.
> >> > > I got a note back from Steve Ford at ARRL that they now will be
> >> > consistent
> >> > > as it is now.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > *73 Doug*
> >> > >
> >> > > *WA3DSP*
> >> > >
> >> > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> >*
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:31 PM, "Bob Roszkowski via arm-allstar" <
> >> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > > ok, on another note, I am working with the CEO and Pres of ARRL to
> >> get
> >> > > the
> >> > > > file naming issue resolved.  Working on a format like Newsline.
> Ill
> >> > let
> >> > > > you know how it goes.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Sincerely,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > boB - W5EVH
> >> > > > www.w5evh.org
> >> > > > www.SouthTexasLinkSystem.com
> >> > > > AllStar 28640 - IRLP 9457 - EchoLink NV5TX-L (4911)
> >> > > >
> >> > > > "The best number is 73. Why? 73 is the 21st prime number. Its
> mirror
> >> > (37)
> >> > > > is the 12th and its mirror (21) is the product of multiplying, 7
> and
> >> 3.
> >> > > ...
> >> > > > In binary, 73 is a palindrome, 1001001 which backwards is
> 1001001."
> >> > > > -Dr. Sheldon Cooper, (Jim Parsons), "Big Bang Theory"
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 9:07 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" <
> >> > > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > > Bob,
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >   No mainly because it would break Allstar and most widely
> >> connected
> >> > > > > systems due to timeouts. The ARRL news runs about 20 minutes and
> >> ARN
> >> > > > about
> >> > > > > 30 minutes. There is generally a 3 minute timeout established in
> >> the
> >> > > > > repeater community and this is also true in most Allstar
> systems.
> >> > > Timing
> >> > > > > variables would need to be changed on the playing node and every
> >> > > > connected
> >> > > > > node. This is really not practical but if you wanted to do it it
> >> > would
> >> > > be
> >> > > > > easy. Once the file is downloaded just play it. It would
> eliminate
> >> > most
> >> > > > of
> >> > > > > the script but without system timing changes you would hear the
> >> first
> >> > > 3-5
> >> > > > > minutes and then things would timeout. It is also a courtesy to
> >> stop
> >> > > > > transmissions periodically to allow for simplex stations to
> connect
> >> > and
> >> > > > > disconnect.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > *73 Doug*
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > *WA3DSP*
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/
> >> hamradio
> >> > >*
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:31 AM, "Bob Roszkowski via
> arm-allstar" <
> >> > > > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > > Doug, is there a script that will play the news with out
> breaks?
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > Sincerely,
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > boB - W5EVH
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:35 PM, "Doug Crompton via
> >> arm-allstar" <
> >> > > > > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >> > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > I have changed the playnews script to isolate the URL's in a
> >> > > separate
> >> > > > > > > playnews.ini file. The new tar archive can be found at:
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > >  http://hamvoip.org/downloads/playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > Or at the link on the hamvoip.org web page.
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > Users can (carefully) edit URL's in the playnews.ini file
> for
> >> > > Amateur
> >> > > > > > Radio
> >> > > > > > > Newsline and ARRL News when necessary. What is there works
> as
> >> of
> >> > > > > > 6/23/2017.
> >> > > > > > > Yes they changed ARN back to .mp3 today! Maybe they were
> >> > listening.
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > I suggest you put these files in
> /etc/asterisk/local/playnews.
> >> If
> >> > > you
> >> > > > > > > already have files there you can safely delete them all and
> >> untar
> >> > > the
> >> > > > > new
> >> > > > > > > archive.
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > cd /etc/asterisk/local
> >> > > > > > > mkdir playnews
> >> > > > > > > cd playnews
> >> > > > > > > wget https://hamvoip.org/downloads/playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> >> > > > > > > tar xvzf playnews-0.11.tar.gz
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > Use 'playnews-0.11' in your script or if you desire rename
> it
> >> to
> >> > > just
> >> > > > > > > 'playnews'
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > *73 Doug*
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > *WA3DSP*
> >> > > > > > >
> >> > > > > > > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/
> >> > > hamradio
> >> > > > >*
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