[arm-allstar] AARL news feed

[Doug Crompton]

Just so you don't get confused in the cron examples it shows playnews-0.12
-  The downloaded version is 0.11 not 0.12. I have a later version that I
have not released.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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

On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 6:10 PM "ka5tkn via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> hot dog Doug, thats what i need..now i'm on  the right paththanks  glenn
> k5cod
>
>
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> -------- Original message --------From: Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Date: 10/4/18  4:24 PM  (GMT-06:00) To: ARM
> Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> Cc: Doug Crompton <wa3dsp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] AARL news feed
> There is no howto for that but it really is quite simple.
>
> Download the tar file into the directory you want to run playnews from. I
> created a playnews directory under /etc/asterisk/local  -   so you would do
> this at the Linux prompt.
>
> 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
>
> That's it the file and its needed files are installed.
>
> It has several parameters and ways it can be used. Here are the variations
> -
>
> /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11  ARRL|ARN time|NOW node L|G
>
> The vertical bar means or. it is not entered in the command.
>
> So you could specify ARRL or ARN for what you want to play.
>
> A specific time to initiate the playing  24 hour time   HH:MM  or now to
> playt immediately.
>
> The node must be a node number on the server you are running playnews on
>
> The last parameter is L for local or G for global.  If you specify L it
> plays only on the node you specified and any RF connected to it.  If you
> specify G it goes to all connected nodes. If you leave this parameter off
> it assumes global.
>
> If you specify the NOW parameter it will create the files immediately and
> wait for you to hit any key to start the playing.
>
> Typically you run playnews from a cron that run at least 5 minutes before
> the specified time. I play ARRL news on Sundays at 9:01 PM and ARN on
> Mondays at 9:01 PM. The cron's run at 8:30 PM and setup all the files. The
> actual playing is at 9:01 PM.  Here is an example -
>
> # 1 for Monday
> # Weekly playing of ARRL news
> 30 20 * * 1 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.12 ARRL 21:01 27225
> #
> # 0 for Sunday
> # Weekly playing on ARN news
> 30 20 * * 0 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.12 ARN 21:01 27225
>
> To create a cron at the Linux prompt type
>
> crontab -e
>
> Add the lines carefully after exisitng lines in the file. Do not disturb
> any existing lines.
>
> Control X will exit and save.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 5:04 PM "ka5tkn--- via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> > hi guys,  where can i get a how to install for dummies the aarl news
> > feed.. other than the read me file in the script package..i am a real
> dummy
> > at this...tnksglenn k5cod
> >
> >
> >
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