[arm-allstar] Auto connection if not in use

[Matthew]

Thanks Doug.

That was my initial thought. Play a 10 minute, 5 minute and 1 minute 
warning and see how the users take to it.

I seem to have a problem playing my voice files though. I have them 
saved as .gsm files in /var/lib/asterisk/sounds but if I try and play 
them from the Asterisk CLI, I get an error (I've replaced node number 
with 12345). The repeater keys up but no audio is played..

rpt playback 12345 voice_test.gsm
[Oct 14 21:14:24] WARNING[1944]: file.c:602 ast_openstream_full: File 
voice_test.gsm does not exist in any format
[Oct 14 21:14:24] WARNING[1944]: file.c:912 ast_streamfile: Unable to 
open voice_test.gsm (format 0x44 (ulaw|slin)): No such file or directory
[Oct 14 21:14:24] WARNING[1944]: app_rpt.c:7937 rpt_tele_thread: 
ast_streamfile failed on DAHDI/pseudo-1336827494
     -- Hungup 'DAHDI/pseudo-1336827494'

Am I missing something?

Thanks,

Matt

"Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" wrote on 14/10/2018 20:53:
> Matt,
>
>   Anything is usually possible with some work but what you want to do is
> probably not practical. I would think the best approach is to either
> educate your users of the connection and time it will connect or you could
> as I do here create a cron based announcement at 5 and 10 minutes before
> the connect on the RF side that the connection will be taking place.
> Something like "Attention the so and so net will connect in 10 minutes"
> That way they are aware it is going to happen. If this is done on a regular
> basis then it should not be a problem once they get use to it.
>
> Being able to detect usage would be tricky. You could check for PTT at the
> time the connection was to take place but how do you know it was really
> busy or just Id'ing. I suppose a more elaborate script could be written but
> I would try the above approach first.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 3:40 PM "Matthew via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I've been playing with connecting our stand alone repeater up to one of
>> the AllStar hubs in the afternoons when the repeater is usually very
>> quiet on local RF. I've got all of the cron entries sorted and
>> everything works well. Before I make it all live, is there any way I can
>> only get the script to run if there are no RF users on the repeater so
>> it does not connect them up half way through a QSO? I already have voice
>> announcements for 10 minutes, 5 minutes and 1 minute before the
>> connection runs but it would be great to only allow the connection once
>> the repeater has not been in use for x minutes.
>>
>> Failing that, is there a way to set up a short code that an RF user can
>> dial to abort the auto connect before it runs? I could create a voice
>> file that outputs something like 'dial *73 on your DTMF keypad to abort
>> the connection'. I know I can do this once the repeater has connected
>> but it would be a nice feature to be able to stop the connection.
>>
>> Is any of that possible?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matt
>> M0LMK
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