[arm-allstar] Sending tones and Documentation

[Orrin Winton]

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:04 PM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> Kip,
>
>   The command to send tone command is   !tone/duration in ms.  So to send a
> 1000 Hz tone for 2 seconds with a 1 second beginning delay is :
>
> cop 48,!0/1000,1000/2000
>
>
Respectfully, that should read:   cop 48,!0/1000,!1000/2000
Like in the other example below, as i just found out.
Without the second ! the tone goes on until i rebooted.
This is great, thanks.

Orrin wn1z



Tones can be added with +  -  !tone+tone/duration
>
> DTMF cannot have duration when using the characters, so  1/2000 or A/2000
> is not legal. In that case you would have to specify the actual tones to
> create the DTMF.  So just for example if the tones were 1000 and 1500 you
> could do something like this -
>
> cop 48,!0/1000,!1000+1500/2000
>
> This would play the 1000 and 1500 tones for 2 seconds with a 1 second lead
> in delay. Obviously you would use the actual tones for the DTMF you want to
> create.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
> *WA3DSP*
>
> *http://www.crompton.com/hamradio <http://www.crompton.com/hamradio>*
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM "Kipton Moravec via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> 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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