[arm-allstar] Playing Newsline on Allstar Pi3

Steve Agee irlp8720 at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 21 00:19:19 EST 2018


I finally figured out that duplex=0 on the sending node was the issue. 
Changing it to duplex=2 worked.

Thanks,
N5ZUA

On 1/20/2018 11:05 PM, Steve Agee wrote:
> OK, so does telemdefault=X need to be 1 or 2 then? How about duplex=0 ?
>
> N5ZUA
>
> On 1/20/2018 9:16 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>>  I have no idea what is going on but I suspect some setting on one 
>> the other nodes. I doubt it has anything to do with playnews itself. 
>> Try this
>>
>> Enter the client -  asterisk -rvvv   or admin menu item 12.  At the 
>> cli prompt type:
>>
>> rpt playback 27065 filename
>>
>> where filename is a known good sound file. You could use node-id your 
>> ID file
>>
>> rpt playback 27065 /etc/asterisk/local/node-id
>>
>> This should play your ID on ALL connected nodes. This is a standard 
>> Asterisk command and the one used by playnews.
>>
>> Do you somehow have telemetry turned off on the other node?
>>
>> *73 Doug
>> *
>> *WA3DSP
>> *
>> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 9:38 PM, "Steve Agee via arm-allstar" 
>> <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>
>>     OK, I just tried something different. Instead of running ARN from
>>     the command line NOW I ran it as follows (remember I am one hour
>>     behind you):
>>
>>     15 20 * * 6 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN 20:30
>>     27065 G &> /dev/null 2>&1
>>
>>     It played just fine on node 27065 (on the Pi) but node 2430 was
>>     connected to node 27065 and it never played there.
>>
>>     N5ZUA
>>
>>     On 1/20/2018 3:24 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>     Steve,
>>>
>>>      Case does not matter. Here is a run I did with your command
>>>     line. It obviously would not play anything with your node number
>>>     but this is what you should see. I aborted with CntrlC.
>>>
>>>      /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065
>>>     Starting Download of ARN Audio News @ 16:19:29
>>>     --2018-01-20 16:19:29-- https://www.arnewsline.org/s/news.mp3
>>>     <https://www.arnewsline.org/s/news.mp3>
>>>     Resolving www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
>>>     (www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>)...
>>>     198.49.23.145, 198.49.23.144, 198.185.159.145, ...
>>>     Connecting to www.arnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
>>>     (www.arnewsline.org
>>>     <http://www.arnewsline.org>)|198.49.23.145|:443... connected.
>>>     HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302
>>>     Location:
>>>     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3
>>>     <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3>
>>>     [following]
>>>     --2018-01-20 16:19:29--
>>>     https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3
>>>     <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b08985be65947bf171e05e/t/5a61dac4e4966b802cbba1c3/1516362443633/news.mp3>
>>>     Resolving static1.squarespace.com
>>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com> (static1.squarespace.com
>>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com>)... 151.101.208.238
>>>     Connecting to static1.squarespace.com
>>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com> (static1.squarespace.com
>>>     <http://static1.squarespace.com>)|151.101.208.238|:443... connected.
>>>     HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>>>     Length: 4814678 (4.6M) [audio/mp3]
>>>     Saving to: '/tmp/news.mp3'
>>>
>>>     /tmp/news.mp3 100%[==================================>] 4.59M 
>>>     3.53MB/s    in 1.3s
>>>
>>>     2018-01-20 16:19:31 (3.53 MB/s) - '/tmp/news.mp3' saved
>>>     [4814678/4814678]
>>>
>>>     Download complete @ 16:19:31
>>>     Converting from MP3 to wav and normalizing
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part1.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part2.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part3.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part4.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part5.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part6.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part7.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part8.wav
>>>     Creating /tmp/news.part9.wav
>>>     Converting to individual ulaw format files
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part1.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part2.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part3.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part4.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part5.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part6.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part7.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part8.ul
>>>     Converting to /tmp/news.part9.ul
>>>     ARN news will start now and use playback (global) mode on node -
>>>     27065
>>>     Press any key to start news...^C
>>>
>>>
>>>     *73 Doug
>>>     *
>>>     *WA3DSP
>>>     *
>>>     *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>>     *
>>>
>>>
>>>     On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 3:30 PM, "Steve Agee via arm-allstar"
>>>     <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Doug,
>>>
>>>         I'll play with this later today when I have more time. I was
>>>         invoking it from the command line, and there could be a
>>>         syntax issue. For example, I was using "now" instead of
>>>         "NOW" per the instructions given at
>>>         http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html
>>>         <http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html> so not sure if
>>>         that was it or not. From the command line, I was sending:
>>>         /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065 G
>>>         and also
>>>         /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11 ARN now 27065
>>>
>>>         N5ZUA
>>>
>>>         On 1/20/2018 2:10 PM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>         holdofftelem=0 ONLY needs to be in place on the node
>>>>         playing the news. The reason for this is that there is no
>>>>         blocking on playing audio files in Asterisk/Allstar. That
>>>>         is you play it and it goes into a buffer and you have no
>>>>         control over knowing when it ends or even canceling it. The
>>>>         playnews script gets around this by carefully timing the
>>>>         segments and using delay (sleep) statements to ensure that
>>>>         nothing gets out of sync, If telemetry (playing of the
>>>>         audio) was held off at any point due to a keyup from
>>>>         anywhere it would screw up the sync. Having holdofftelem=0
>>>>         avoids this.
>>>>
>>>>         Having holdofftelem=0 on a non-radio hub is not an issue as
>>>>         the only audio heard from the hub to remote nodes would be
>>>>         global playback.
>>>>
>>>>         *73 Doug
>>>>         *
>>>>         *WA3DSP
>>>>         *
>>>>         *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
>>>>         <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>>>         *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM, "Steve Agee via
>>>>         arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>         <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>             Thanks, Bill. I was wondering if this is one of those
>>>>             seldom used features that nobody has actually tried
>>>>             yet, and I happened to be the one that found out that
>>>>             it did not work? I tried it between the Pi and an ACID
>>>>             node as well as between the Pi and a DIAL node with no
>>>>             luck. I made sure the other node was connected before
>>>>             invoking the script, and that all nodes had
>>>>             "holdofftelem=0"
>>>>
>>>>             N5ZUA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>             On 1/20/2018 4:45 AM, "Mr. Possum (Bill) via
>>>>             arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>>             Hi Steve,
>>>>>
>>>>>             I always thought that was a "feature" that was to keep
>>>>>             it from propagating across a wide area network...  But
>>>>>             maybe my impressions are inaccurate...
>>>>>
>>>>>             Maybe I will diddle with that a bit...  and see what
>>>>>             difference it makes between "localplay" and "playback"...
>>>>>
>>>>>             I've been wrong before - my wife keeps reminding me...
>>>>>             (repeatedly...)
>>>>>
>>>>>             Bill - N5MBM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>             ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>             *From:* Steve Agee via arm-allstar
>>>>>             <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>>>>             *To:* arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>>             <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
>>>>>             *Cc:* Steve Agee <irlp8720 at yahoo.com>
>>>>>             <mailto:irlp8720 at yahoo.com>
>>>>>             *Sent:* Saturday, January 20, 2018 2:36 AM
>>>>>             *Subject:* Re: [arm-allstar] Playing Newsline on
>>>>>             Allstar Pi3
>>>>>
>>>>>             OK well not working for me ... only plays on the
>>>>>             originating Pi node for some reason.
>>>>>
>>>>>             N5ZUA
>>>>>
>>>>>             On 1/20/2018 2:34 AM, "Doug Crompton via arm-allstar"
>>>>>             wrote:
>>>>>>             If set to global it will play to ANY connected node
>>>>>>             including Echolink.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             *73 Doug
>>>>>>             *
>>>>>>             *WA3DSP
>>>>>>             *
>>>>>>             *http://www.crompton.com/ hamradio
>>>>>>             <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>
>>>>>>             *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>             On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 2:41 AM, "Steve Agee via
>>>>>>             arm-allstar" <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>>>             <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 If I invoke Playnews with either ARRL or ARN with
>>>>>>                 the flag set to global, will it play on other
>>>>>>                 connected ACID or DIAL nodes, or only on other
>>>>>>                 connected Hamvoip nodes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 N5ZUA
>>>>>>
>>>>>>                 On 1/19/2018 9:28 AM, "Robert Prybyzerski via
>>>>>>                 arm-allstar" wrote:
>>>>>>>                 Mike, I have a how to of installing a script for
>>>>>>>                 downloading and playing newsline and Arrl audio
>>>>>>>                 news.  The script comes from the hamvoip
>>>>>>>                 website, I just documented my steps.
>>>>>>>                 http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_ script.html
>>>>>>>                 <http://www.qsl.net/w2ymm/news_script.html>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Bob W2YMM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>                 Bob W2YMM
>>>>>>>                 631-960-1051
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>                 On Jan 19, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Mike Shelby via
>>>>>>>                 arm-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
>>>>>>>                 <mailto:arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 Since I am new to Allstar I figured I'd ask how
>>>>>>>>                 hard is it to play Newsline on my Allstar node
>>>>>>>>                 for our nets? Any advice would be greatly
>>>>>>>>                 appreciated.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>                 Thanks,
>>>>>>>>                 Mike Shelby - K9MLS
>>>>>>>>                 bcham.org <http://bcham.org/>
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