[arm-allstar] Sending tones and Documentation

[Don Ritchie]

Then what you (they) are saying, is they are trying to send the "A" 
character rather then the "A" tone,

which, to me, makes more sense.

Thanks,

Don, K8ZGW

On 1/17/2020 23:42, "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> The cop 48 command will play the DTMF tones directly from the characters,
> thus
>
> rpt cmd 1998 cop 48 !0/500,1,2,3,A,4,5,6,B,7,8,9,C,*,0,#,D
>
> will play all the DMTF tones with a 1/2 second pre-delay.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 11:39 PM "Don Ritchie via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> I"m confused ???
>>
>> You talk about the DTMF "A" tone, what are you referring to ?
>>
>> DTMF , by it's nature, is TWO TONES (duel tone multi frequency)
>>
>> and you all make it sound like one tone ...
>>
>> to get an "A" you need to send both 697 hz and 1633 hz, at real close to
>> the same level, to be decoded as an "A" !!
>>
>> so, what are you trying to get ?
>>
>> DON, k8zgw
>>
>> On 1/17/2020 19:06, "Kipton Moravec via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>>> 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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