[arm-allstar] Auto connection if not in use

[Doug Crompton]

Matt,

 The proper way is   rpt localplay <node> <file>    So if it was node 40000
and the file was /etc/asterisk/local/test.gsm it would look like this -

rpt localplay 40000 /etc/asterisk/local/test

You do not put the extent on the file name.

If you used playback instead of localplay it would go locally and to all
connected nodes.

Also the file must be properly formatted for Allstar.   See the Text to
Speech Howto. At the end of that PDF is a SOX line to convert. I would
start out with a .wav file. Yoiu can either create it locally in yours or
others voice or cature one of the demo sites in computer voice.  Then
convert to a .ul file as shown in the howto.


*73 Doug*

*WA3DSP*

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



On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 4:25 PM "Matthew via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> 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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