[App_rpt-users] Anyone using MDC1200 for control?

[Jim Duuuude]

The new version of app_rpt.c which will be posted on SVN
this evening contains new code (experimental at this point)
which allows you to put a '[mdcmacro]' stanza in your rpt.conf file
where the entries under it are UnitID=DTMF Tones To RUN

So, like:

[mdcmacro]
d00d=*32000

If you have id d00d, it logs into hub node 2000.

If you send the same ID over and over again, it ignores
subsequent duplicates.

If someone would find me a full copy of the MDC-1200 command
set, I sure would appreciate it.

JIM WB6NIL



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> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:44:50 -0500
> From: w9drr.ham at gmail.com
> To: kt9ac at ameritech.net
> CC: app_rpt-users at qrvc.com
> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Anyone using MDC1200 for control?
>
> Wouldn't it be better to use mdc status messages for control? The unit
> id is sent every transmission.
> You really wouldn't want a dtmf macro activated every time a unit
> transmits.. that could be real bad if you slip on the ptt.
> I can see it would be pretty easily to generate a couple commands by
> accident. I think MDC status messages are more
> up that alley.
>
> My MDC-1200 biggest wish is an "MDC squelch" that will compare the
> unit-ID to a list, if in the list allow the audio to repeat.
>
> A local ham repeater (fishfar) only allows access based on a known
> list of Unit IDs.
>
> My concept would be status-1 to enable the repeater, status-2 disable,
> status-3 reboot the server, status-4 enable mdc-squech,
> status-5 enable pl squelch, status-6 send "ffff" all call. Something
> like that....
>
> It would be really cool if we could also have the ability to generate
> MDC messages. a command like rpt mdc 2090 ffff which would generate
> an ffff all call on node 2090 would be really appreciated.
>
> Being able to watch the output of the decoder into a log would help
> find what codes are being seen.
>
> In the mean time, I recorded my ht sending the "all call" and play the
> wav file back. It does activate all the radios each time it's sent.
>
> --
> Don Russell, CBRE
> W9DRR - ARRL OES, Technical Specialist
> --
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 14:12, KT9AC  wrote:
>> Yes, that is correct.
>>
>> Jim Duuuude wrote:
>>> okay, What I will do is have a list of "Unit-ID"'s that
>>> can correspond to DTMF macros. In other words, you
>>> could make unit ID 1234 be the same as pressing *32000
>>> or something like that.
>>>
>>> Is that pretty much what you had in mind??
>>>
>>> JIM WB6NIL
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:42:50 -0500
>>>> From: kt9ac at ameritech.net
>>>> To: telesistant at hotmail.com
>>>> CC: app_rpt-users at qrvc.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Anyone using MDC1200 for control?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Jim for the reply and interest. Basically I just want to
>>>> send/decode the Unit ID that will be used as a control function (i.e.
>>>> macro to connect up to site "X"), activity timer (link transmit
>>>> authorization) or repeater access control. I like MDC since its a
>>>> fixed-length packet, has error-correction built-in and once programmed
>>>> in to a radio mode doesn't require using a DTMF mic while mobile.
>>>>
>>>> Tony
>>>>
>>>> Jim Duuuude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, it could very easily. Im game.. (be sure you
>>>>> pronounce that right) :-). What kind of MDC-1200
>>>>> message type are you intending use (excuse the
>>>>> possibility of this being a dumb question, but
>>>>> the only thing Im familiar with MDC-1200 for is
>>>>> UnitID).
>>>>>
>>>>> JIM WB6NIL
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:17:52 -0500
>>>>>> From: kt9ac at ameritech.net
>>>>>> To: App_rpt-users at qrvc.com
>>>>>> Subject: [App_rpt-users] Anyone using MDC1200 for control?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Everyone,
>>>>>> New to the group and Asterisk; got my first node online today. I know
>>>>>> there are libraries available from Matthew Kaufman for MDC1200 decoding,
>>>>>> but haven't ventured into the code just yet. Does anyone have examples
>>>>>> of what works and how difficult it was? I want to simply send an MDC ID
>>>>>> into Asterisk to control my links/macros versus DTMF.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Tony, KT9AC
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