[arm-allstar] Hourly weather announcements

Doug Crompton wa3dsp at gmail.com
Fri Dec 7 00:42:35 EST 2018


George,

 Questions 3 and 4??? Refresh my memory.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:02 AM "George via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Doug,
> Thanks for the clarification. Will give it a go. The auto announcement on
> the hour worked perfectly.
> Any thoughts on my questions 3 and 4?
>
> Regards,
> George, NJ3H
> Redmond, Oregon USA
> DMR Node: 3141315
> Allstar Node: 49246
> Echolink Node NJ3H-L: 3135
>
>   On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 8:24 PM, Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar<
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:   George,
>
>  I thought the line was in there but if not here is what you do -
>
> ;81=status,12  ; Time of Day (local)    <<<COMMENT THIS LINE
> 81=cmd,/usr/local/sbin/saytime.pl 18954 42291  <<<< ADD THIS LINE
>
> Comment by putting a semicolon before the line
> and add the line with YOUR zip and node number
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 10:54 PM "George via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Doug,
> > Thank you for the steps to do this.  A few questions.
> > 1. crontab edited ok.2. looked at rpt.conf.  I do not have a line similar
> > to the one in your initial message.  What I have looks like the
> following:
> >
> >
> ****************************************************************************
> > 80=status,11    ; ID (local)
> > 81=status,12    ; Time of Day (local)
> >
> > ; Say 24 hour time - change to your node
> > 82=cmd,/usr/local/sbin/say24time.pl 49246
> >
> >          and further down
> >
> > 1=*81 *80#    ; play time and voice ID
> > ********************************************************************
> > So where exactly do I put the statement that is in the same format of *82
> > from your email?
> > 3. If I wanted a 2 second delay at the start of the announcement how
> would
> > I do that?
> > 4. If I wanted to add "Redmond Oregon" after my call, how could I do
> that?
> > As always, Doug, thanks for the very prompt answers to questions.  You
> and
> > the others at Hamvoip (staff and users) are just fantastic. Regards,
> > George, NJ3H
> > Redmond, Oregon USADMR Node:  3141315Allstar Node:  49246Echolink Node
> > NJ3H-L:  3135
> >
> >      From: Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> >  To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> > Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> >  Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 1:57 PM
> >  Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Hourly weather announcements
> >
> > George,
> >
> >  Quite easy.  Edit your cron -
> >
> > crontab -e
> >
> > Carefully edit it to add your zip code -
> >
> > 00 0-23 * * * (source /usr/local/etc/allstar.env ; /usr/bin/nice -19
> > /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/sbin/saytime.pl 18954 $NODE1 > /dev/null)
> >
> > The preceding line is all one line. You can see the 18954 which is my zip
> > code. In your line replace that with your zip code. Don't change anything
> > else.
> >
> > Save it and it will report the time and weather condition at the top of
> the
> > hour as well as the time.
> >
> > You also have the option of doing this at any time manually by typing
> >
> > saytime.pl <zip> <node>
> >
> > Or adding it to a function in rpt.conf as shown here.  Stock code only
> has
> > the node not the zip. Edit rpt.conf and add the zip, restart asterisk and
> > *81 will also have the weather temp and condition.
> >
> > 81=cmd,/usr/local/sbin/saytime.pl 18954 42291
> >
> >
> > *73 Doug*
> >
> > *WA3DSP*
> >
> > *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> >
> > * <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 4:08 PM "George via ARM-allstar" <
> > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Greetings,
> > > I saw a message where Chris Zenchenko mentions he has the the
> temperature
> > > announced at the top of the hour in addition to the time.
> > > I would love to see a How-To to make this happen.
> > > Regards, George, NJ3H
> > > Redmond, Oregon USA
> > > DMR Node: 3141315
> > > Allstar Node: 49246
> > > Echolink Node NJ3H-L: 3135
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