[arm-allstar] Feature request: Mute DTMF after * received

[Lu Vencl]

Agree!

> On Feb 23, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Chris via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> This is an excellent idea!!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARM-allstar <arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org> On Behalf Of "Steve
> Matzura via ARM-allstar"
> Sent: February 23, 2022 8:54 AM
> To: Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Cc: Steve Matzura <sm at noisynotes.com>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Feature request: Mute DTMF after * received
> 
> I've wanted this ever since I entered the Allstar ecosystem and was quite
> surprised to find out that it didn't already work this way. In the days of
> autopatch ubiquity and general DTMF control, as soon as the attention tone
> was received by a repeater, audio was cut to the transmiter until received
> carrier was dropped. Now, with networking, as soon as the attention tone (in
> this case, the "*") is received, the sending node should drop its network
> transmission until the RF carrier at the head end sending the tone sequence
> drops. Yes, it would mean that the sender can't talk after sending a DTMF
> sequence, as in the case of using local parrot or enabling or disabling
> something on the local node (like NOICE, NOICD, etc.) since the node had
> dropped its network transmission, but I don't see that as a bad consequence.
> Hear the star, end transmission. Problem goes away.
> 
> 
>> On 2/22/2022 10:05 PM, "Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> Hi:
>> 
>> On my system, lots of folks are using DTMF to control their nodes. 
>> This is fine, but sometimes, it can be a real pain during nets when 
>> someone tries to disconnect between transmissions, slowly dialing the 
>> sequence, getting it wrong, trying again, etc. With almost all nodes 
>> on the system being simplex, and with many digital modes connected, 
>> this can really slow things down. Aside from having everyone use other 
>> methods, such as fast auto-dialers, Node Remote, CLI etc. would it at 
>> all be possible to mimic the behavior of echolink and some other 
>> systems, in which audio transmission to the network stops after the * 
>> character is received by simpleusb, but still allow in-band data to be 
>> processed in the normal way? My semi-education suggests that this 
>> would need to be done at the module level, if it can even be done at all.
>> 
>> I, personally, never issue DTMF commands during nets, either using 
>> Node Remote on my phone or some other method to silently control my 
>> node. Not everyone can do this.
>> 
>> Thanks and 73
>> 
>> N2DYI
>> 
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