[arm-allstar] Sending tones and Documentation

[Kipton Moravec]

That is a neat trick.

That helped with the missing DTMF tone.

I still do not know where the commands are documented better.

I still do not know how to make the DTMF A tone play solid for 2 seconds.

Thank you,

Kip

On 1/17/20 5:26 PM, "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> Kip,
>
>    I think you probably need to add delays especially at the beginning. Here
> is some info on this from previous emails....
>
> EXAMPLES:
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48
> !0/500,!1100+1700/100,!700+900/60,!700+1100/60,!700+900/60,!1500+1700/60
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48 !0/500,!399.8/1000,!339.6/2000
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48
> !0/500,!697+1209/200,!0/200,!697+1336/200,!0/200,!697+1477/200,!0/200,!770+1209/200,!0/200
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48 !0/500,1,2,3,A,4,5,6,B,7,8,9,C,*,0,#,D
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48 !0/500,!1068+1068.35/1400
>
>
> ....Replace the 1998 with your node number.
>
> Delay EXAMPLES
>
> Send DTMF 1,2,3. To place a 1/4 second delay between tones, and a 1/2
> second at the
> beginning, try something like:
>
> 981=cop,48,!0/500,1,!0/250,2,!0/250,3
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 4:40 PM "Kipton Moravec via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> I am working on sending pager tones for when we go to Skywarn nets.
>>
>> Our county has two sets of pager tones that we use for historical purposes.
>>
>> In addition we send a DTMF A tone, which turns on the speaker on some
>> people's radio somehow.
>>
>> If we start a Skywarn net the pager tones can wake people up, (or at an
>> EOC if they have a Motorola radio) and turn on the speaker.
>>
>> Looking at https://www2.hamvoip.org/allstar_functions.pdf it lists the
>> functions but not the format of the commands.
>>
>> So someone told me the commands I am looking for are:
>>
>> 901=cop,48,!330.5/1000,!349.0/3000 ; Send two tone paging sequence:
>> Motorola codes 110,111
>> 902=cop,48,!634.5/1000,!707.3/3000 ; Send two tone paging sequence:
>> Motorola codes 122,124
>>
>> 903=cop,48,A/2000                             ; Send DTMF A tone for 2
>> seconds
>>
>> The first two work. How am I supposed to guess the format? Where is it
>> documented? it is not documented in the .pdf above.
>>
>> The last one does not work.  I think it keys but no sound
>>
>> So I tried
>>
>> 903=cop,48,A
>>
>> Still no sound.
>>
>> Found this link:
>>
>> http://www.chrishoodblog.com/pass-dtmf-through-allstar-to-rc-210-repeater-controller/
>> which said
>>
>> The syntax is as follows:
>> DTMF command through Allstar = cop,48,DTMF,DTMF,DTMF
>>
>> EX…
>> 880 = cop,A,1,1
>> You key up send *880 and release
>> Allstar will generate A 1 1 and send it out the radio, but not back
>> across the Allstar network.
>>
>> So I tried:
>>
>> 903=cop,48,A,A,A,A,A,A,A  ; 7 A
>>
>> and I heard 6 A tones. So the first one is silent?
>>
>> I do not have any commands that start with the DTMF A. I thought that
>> may be the issue.
>>
>> If the first one is silent maybe I should try
>>
>> 903=cop,48,A,A/2000
>>
>> No sound.
>>
>> How am I supposed to figure out how this works?
>>
>> Kip
>>
>>
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