[arm-allstar] How to use Raspberry Pi GPIO pins to connect and disconnect a node

Wed Jan 29 14:18:16 EST 2020

Sorry I didn't read all the way to the bottom (my boss says the same thing
to me) so I didn't see you want to do this while driving. The smart phone
and web connect / disconnect I think is still your best bet. You can put
two icon on the desktop of your phone to run the script for you.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 2:11 PM Darrell Black <gigahacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are a few ways to do what you are asking. I think you trying to do
> it the hard way. If you use supermon you can just add the second node to
> you favorits button. If you are not using supermon then you can place a
> macro in the rtp.conf
>
> [functionsxxxxx]  <=== your node number
>  ; execute macro = *5<macro#>
> 5=macro,1
>
> [macroxxxxx] <=== your node number
> 5=*55 *3xxxxx <=== the number you want to dial
>
> Then when you press *55 it will run the function #5 that will run the
> macro that will dial your other node
>
>
>
> If that is not want you want you can write some PHP so when you go to your
> nodes website http://192.168.1.xxx <== you nodes ip you see the "This is
> a test" page. Replace the srv\http\index.html with a new one that looks
> like this.
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>YourNodeNameHere</title>
> </head>
>
> <body>
>
> <br>
> <p><a href="/dial.php">Connect</a></p>
> <p><a href="/hangup.php">Disconnect</a></p>
> </br>
>
> </body>
>
> </html>
>
> Then you need two scripts..that dial and hangup....I can help more if this
> is the path you want to take but as it was pointed out to me, your opening
> the door of hackers this way.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:46 PM "Steve Sedgwick via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone created a way to use two GPIO pins on a Raspberry pi node to
>> connect and disconnect that node to another node or hub? What I want to
>> be able to do is on my node I want to be able to press a pushbutton that
>> is connected to a GPIO pin on my node and that press causes my node to
>> connect to a predetermined node, for example connecting node 12345 to
>> node 54321.  I would also like to be able to press a second pushbutton
>> and disconnect my node from a predetermined node, for example disconnect
>> node 54321 from node 12345.  I want this for my mobile node so I don't
>> have to dial the normal node connection/disconnection sequences.  It's a
>> lot easier for me to press one button on my node than it is to press 7
>> or eight touch tone keys on a microphone or HT while drive down the road
>> a 70 mph.
>>
>> Thanks, 73
>>
>> Steve_WB8GRS
>>
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>
>
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>
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>
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>
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Darrell Black

(517) 917-2226
GigaHacker at gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/darrellblack

73 de W8DSB
"In God we trust, all others we monitor"

GMRS WRDE739