[arm-allstar] DTMF interdigit timeout

[Larry Mollica]

It’s a radioless node, dialer is not an option for that and other reasons.

Thanks Patrick for the point about bothering the network though, reminds me that I was going to whip up a GPIO disconnect button. I need to get back on that.


> On May 21, 2023, at 2:11 PM, Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar arm-allstar-at-hamvoip.org |HamVOIP| <7i5yut7hp95q5rt at sneakemail.com> wrote:
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> Hi:
> 
> Blind ham here.
> 
> What radio is your friend using?
> 
> If it takes them that long to enter digits, maybe using DTMF contacts would be a better idea, since all that time dialing digits slowly will hold up simplex node users if connected to a node when those digits are dialed, and they'll be more likely to get a successful command completion event with an autodialer.
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> I am unaware of any way to adjust the timeout, by the way.
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> On 5/21/2023 4:59 PM, Larry Mollica via ARM-allstar wrote:
>> I’m trying to help a sight impaired ham who is having difficulty coping with completing DTMF commands before it times out. The interdigit timeout seems to be about 3 seconds. Is there some way to change this? I’ve done a bunch of googling but not found a solution.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Larry
>> AD6G