[App_rpt-users] Access Command Mode With A Macro

[Ken]

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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