[arm-allstar] autopatch semantics

[Patrick Perdue]

Greetings:

I have some questions about using an autopatch on HamVoIP behind another 
controller.

I am working with a club who is using HamVoIP on the link port of an 
Arcom RC-210, currently half duplex (trying to convince them to change 
the link port to full duplex). duplex=0, linktolink=yes.

As I understand it, the autopatch uses VOX in duplex modes  0 and 1, and 
there is no way to disable VOX for those modes. Is that correct?

If the link port is full duplex, and linktolink=yes, this would be a 
full duplex setup, and VOX would be unnecessary.

If VOX can't be disabled, or the threshold adjusted, I would like to 
impose a hangtime only while the autopatch is up, so that when long 
pauses happen, it doesn't drop. This repeater has a very short hangtime.

My thought was to use althangtime or another control state to do this, 
change duplex to 1 and manually disable all the courtesy tones and 
unnecessary telemetry.

First, how would one dynamically change hangtime only while the 
autopatch is active?

Second, is this even a reasonable idea in the first place, or is there 
something better?

I thought of using duplex=3 when the port is set to full duplex on the 
controller, but I think that would cause the repeater controller to not 
properly send the appropriate courtesy tone as defined for each port, 
since the node is still transmitting but with no audio in that mode.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks and 73

N2DYI