[App_rpt-users] Access Command Mode With A Macro

[Bryan D. Boyle]

simply, no

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On Jul 31, 2013, at 21:37, Robert Garcia <robert at n5qm.com> wrote:

> Guys,
> 
> This is an excellent thread with great ideas.  By chance does the cmd
> function pass the entered DTMF sequence to the shell script?
> 
> Robert
> N5QM
> 
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Ken <ke2n at cs.com> wrote:
>> Very nice – I do something quite similar.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I note that you can define a function to tell Allison to “be quiet” for
>> example
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 9940=cop,34                       ; local telemtry off
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I execute *9940 at the start of my multi step script and it helps keep
>> things a bit more quiet.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> At the end, I turn it back on with cop,33.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Of course, this only does the local node.  I suppose you could execute such
>> a function on the remote node to turn off announcements (after the first
>> one).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I have a DSTAR machine at the same site and it sends commands to the
>> asterisk machine, in some cases, using OS scripts like this.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Michael Hebert [mailto:mhebert1975 at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:21 PM
>> To: Bryan D. Boyle
>> Cc: app_rpt mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] Access Command Mode With A Macro
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Brilliantly written Bryan! Kudos
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike - KD5DFB
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Bryan D. Boyle <bdboyle at bdboyle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On 7/31/13 2:38 PM, Johnny Keeker wrote:
>> 
>> The question is, can a macro be created to connect to a node and then put it
>> in the command mode?  I've tried creating the usual macro example.
>> [macro]
>> 1=*325555*425555#
>> *51 only calls the 25555 node yet it does not take into account the *425555
>> 
>> 
>> Colin Chapman, founder of Lotus, had a favorite saying: "Simplify and add
>> lightness".
>> 
>> When you get into complex command strings and trying to make the machines
>> jump through hoops, brew coffee, and change the baby at the same time, it's
>> easy to forget that there is more than one way to accomplish what you are
>> trying to do or gore an ox or stuff a ballot box (if you're in Chicago).
>> 
>> Ever thought of writing an OS shell script?  There you now have somewhat
>> more programmatic control over HOW and IN WHAT sequence commands are
>> executed, can pause in between commands to allow them to run to completion,
>> do variable substitution so that the same shell, with different values
>> passed to it, can be used for multiple functions.
>> 
>> In short, to me, it makes more sense.
>> 
>> Here, is an example of a useful Macro tied to a schedule:
>> 
>> [macro27XXX]
>> 09=*81#
>> 
>> [schedule27XXX]
>> 09 = 00 * * * *
>> 
>> Which plays the time at the top of every hour.  Clean.  Neat.  Simple.
>> Brilliant.  No pillocks here....
>> 
>> But, what if you want to unlink two hub nodes, link another node through a
>> secondary hub (because your brother ops object to the other node because
>> it's a 2-meter link radio?) and tell everyone that it's done? Wow.  Tell me
>> the command string for that.
>> 
>> I do not see that as a macro job.
>> 
>> How about a script to do it:
>> 
>> Call this script linkconnect.sh.  Put it in a scripts directory somewhere,
>> like /etc/asterisk/scripts, strangely enough...
>> 
>> Call it from rpt.conf:
>> 9XX=cmd,/etc/asterisk/scripts/linkconnect.sh
>> 
>> --
>> # Call a shell, no error checking, WYSIWYG, down and dirty
>> #!/bin/bash
>> 
>> #Send Asterisk a function message to unlink the two hubs
>> /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27123 *127234#"
>> 
>> #wait for all the gyrations and Allison to shut up
>> sleep 5
>> 
>> #Now, send a message to the second hub in the network to link
>> #to the link radio node 27999
>> /usr/sbin/asterisk -rx "rpt fun 27123 *428999*327999#"
>> 
>> #Wait for it....
>> sleep 2
>> 
>> #Now, play an announcement that the new configuration is up and going.
>> /etc/asterisk/scripts/w3skconnect
>> --
>> 
>> 
>> (obviously not the real node numbers, apologies to the holders of those
>> numbers if they're in live use.)
>> 
>> Now, you can define a 'macro' as, say,
>> 10=*9xx# ;call the function numbered 9XX
>> 
>> This gives you added flexibility and the ability to either call, using the
>> internal schedule, on a fixed value, the shell you wrote, or using the OS
>> cron facility, from a cronjob, or, even just run from the shell.
>> 
>> Don't fixate on one solution as being better...sometimes imagination is the
>> key to creativity and indecision is the key to flexibility.
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Bryan
>> In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
>> Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant.
>> You may quote me.
>> 
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