<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">'rpt playback' is global and if playnews is invoke without any option it assumes global. You can put an L or G at the end to force one way or the other. I use this two nights a week to send out both the ARN and ARRL news. Here is one cron example -</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"># Weekly playing on ARN news<br>30 20 * * 0 /etc/asterisk/local/playnews/playnews-0.12 ARN 21:01 27225<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Notice I have left off the 'G' at the end which assumes global. If you run playnews manually - 'NOW' for time you will see what it is doing. You have the option when running it manually to start it by hitting a key or cntrlC to kill it. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">If the (global) playback command is working with Allstar playing a file it will work with playnews as it is the same command that is used.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I have been using playnews for years twice weekly playing to 50+nodes and probably many more indirectly connected nodes. This is NOT in any way specific to any version of Allstar.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="m_-2175881977686020083gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><b><font size="4">73 Doug<br></font></b></div><b><font size="4">WA3DSP<br></font></b></div><b><font size="4"><a href="http://www.crompton.com/hamradio" target="_blank">http://www.crompton.com/<wbr>hamradio</a><br></font></b></div></div></div>
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<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"> <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 10:46 AM, "Steve Agee via arm-allstar" <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Thanks, Bill. I was wondering if this is one of those seldom used
      features that nobody has actually tried yet, and I happened to be
      the one that found out that it did not work? I tried it between
      the Pi and an ACID node as well as between the Pi and a DIAL node
      with no luck. I made sure the other node was connected before
      invoking the script, and that all nodes had "holdofftelem=0"<br>
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    <p>N5ZUA<br>
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    <div class="m_-8349171718080976962moz-cite-prefix">On 1/20/2018 4:45 AM, "Mr. Possum
      (Bill) via arm-allstar" wrote:<br>
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        <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35610">Hi Steve,</div>
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        <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35548">I always thought
          that was a "feature" that was to keep it from propagating
          across a wide area network...  But maybe my impressions are
          inaccurate...</div>
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        <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35822">Maybe I will
          diddle with that a bit...  and see what difference it makes
          between "localplay" and "playback"...</div>
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        <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35855">I've been wrong
          before - my wife keeps reminding me...  (repeatedly...)<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35978">Bill -
          N5MBM<br>
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                  Steve Agee via arm-allstar
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                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b>
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                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b>
                  Steve Agee <a class="m_-8349171718080976962moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:irlp8720@yahoo.com" target="_blank"><irlp8720@yahoo.com></a><br>
                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b>
                  Saturday, January 20, 2018 2:36 AM<br>
                  <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b>
                  Re: [arm-allstar] Playing Newsline on Allstar Pi3<br>
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                  <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35980"> OK
                    well not working for me ... only plays on the
                    originating Pi node for some reason.<br clear="none">
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                    N5ZUA<br clear="none">
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                        1/20/2018 2:34 AM, "Doug Crompton via
                        arm-allstar" wrote:<br clear="none">
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                            set to global it will play to ANY connected
                            node including Echolink.</div>
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                                      <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35990"><b id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35989"><font id="m_-8349171718080976962yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1516420755136_35988" size="4">73 Doug<br clear="none">
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                          <div class="m_-8349171718080976962yiv8813101780gmail_quote">On Sat,
                            Jan 20, 2018 at 2:41 AM, "Steve Agee via
                            arm-allstar" <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>></span>
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                              <div> If I invoke Playnews with either
                                ARRL or ARN with the flag set to global,
                                will it play on other connected ACID or
                                DIAL nodes, or only on other connected
                                Hamvoip nodes?<br clear="none">
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                                N5ZUA<br clear="none">
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                                <div class="m_-8349171718080976962yiv8813101780m_4027634440424739334moz-cite-prefix">On
                                  1/19/2018 9:28 AM, "Robert Prybyzerski
                                  via arm-allstar" wrote:<br clear="none">
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                                <blockquote type="cite"> Mike, I have a
                                  how to of installing a script for
                                  downloading and playing newsline and
                                  Arrl audio news.  The script comes
                                  from the hamvoip website, I just
                                  documented my steps. 
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                                  <div>Bob W2YMM <br clear="none">
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                                    <div id="m_-8349171718080976962yiv8813101780m_4027634440424739334AppleMailSignature">Sent
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                                      <div>Bob W2YMM </div>
                                      <div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect">631-960-1051</a></div>
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                                      On Jan 19, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Mike
                                      Shelby via arm-allstar <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="mailto:arm-allstar@hamvoip.org" target="_blank">arm-allstar@hamvoip.org</a>>
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                                          <div style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Since
                                            I am new to Allstar I
                                            figured I'd ask how hard is
                                            it to play Newsline on my
                                            Allstar node for our nets?
                                            Any advice would be greatly
                                            appreciated. <br clear="none">
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                                              Thanks,<br clear="none">
                                              <div>Mike Shelby - K9MLS</div>
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