[App_rpt-users] Execute Schedule Only If Certain Conditions are Met

[Tony Olivero]

Hi all:

As I've been playing with a node I finally got set up running on a
Sheevaplug I was wondering if it's possible to schedule events, but
only have them fire if conditions are met?

I can think of a few ways to use this, but a quick example: schedule
an hourly time announcement followed by a recorded announcement file
about the club meeting that night, but do not allow it to play if
RPT_TXKEYED. In other words, we don't want the announcement to play
over someone talking, whether they be on a link or a local receiver. I
can see how to check variables in the event management system, but I
don't quite know how, or if, variables can be tied into the scheduler.

The best option I can see for conditional events would be to go
outside app_rpt and use cron and asterisk -rx. Using a shell script it
might be possible to read in the node channel vars and fire off the
desired macro through a cli command. This might also allow you to
periodically check to see if the node is still in transmit, say every
15 seconds for 15 minutes, and if the node goes quiet play the
announcement. If it never does, just forget about it for that hour.

This is maybe a simplistic example, but I'm trying to learn the
intricacies of app_rpt with the simple stuff :).

Thanks for any pointers.

73,
Tony AD9O