[arm-allstar] newsline

[Dave Petrie]

Hi Darrell, that's fine for your choice, we have 6 repeaters on a microwave
linked system and I have set all the timers the way I need and want them.
rpt.conf
tx_timeout=1800000
idtime=600000
politeid=10000
rx_timeout=600000

playnews-0.11
#echo $LENGTH
START=0
INCREMENT=585

# Divide into 2.5 minute segments
INCREMENT=585

# send start announcment
sleep 22

# Start news
sleep 599


I just need to be able to stop the play at the end of the increment, for
20-30 seconds and start the second play increment.
Almost there.
Hey I am retired and I will figure it out someday, maybe not this winter
but I will get it.
I was hoping one of you linux guys would have an easy solution.
IT's the technical challenge, not the need to play newsline.
I have accomplished so much in the last year or so and having so much fun
with this hamvoip software, and I know there is so much more to learn. I
don't want to fell like I am back at work, it's so nice to close the laptop
and take a nap anytime I feel like it.
Thanks for the reply, any others ?
Dave









On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 3:28 PM Darrell Black <gigahacker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dave, I played with this when I set up our news server.
>
> in file /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.11
> Around line ~210 >INCREMENT=150 <==== 150 seconds is 2.5 minutes.
>
> Warning if you increase the time, it like I did. The repeater timeout
> timer and all the allstar hotspot linked timers need to be greater than
> your slice time, or they will timeout. In the end I went back to 2.5
> minutes.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 2:41 PM "Dave Petrie via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> I am trying to control the playtime for newsline, everything is working as
>> I want it to except for when the first segment finishes, i can't get the
>> broadcast to shutdown or unkey or be quiet long enough for the forced
>> repeater ID time to play.
>> I have edited the mp3 file so that the audio play timing fits.
>> I want 9 minutes 30 seconds for the play times and the first section is
>> perfect, INCREMENT=585.
>> I can't get things to shut down for 20-30 seconds to allow for the ID
>> timers to complete and can't seem to control the start of the second mp3
>> play file. I am not a linux guru, but I don't give up easily.
>> So to recap, I want to be able to choose my play windows timing and I want
>> things to unkey at the end of the playtimes and restart up again, all that
>> timing should be under my control.
>> Thanks
>> Dave
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