[App_rpt-users] Understanding ilink,9 usage

Jon Rorke jrorke at cogeco.ca
Tue Apr 5 18:09:36 UTC 2016


So what does the receiving node do with the incoming text msg?

Does it display on the console or does it make Allison speak the text 
message over the air?
Jon RQ

On 4/4/2016 3:26 PM, Steve Zingman wrote:
> Larry,
> To send a text message from a DIAL node to a another node you will 
> need to edit /etc/asterisk/modules.conf
> change:  noload => app_sendtext.so to
> load => app_sendtext.so and restart asterisk.
> This will be fixed in future revisions of DIAL
>
> from the asterisk cli the command would be"
> CLI> rpt cmd your node number ilink 9 destination node number,"This is 
> a test"
>
> Send a text message of This is a test from node 2154 to node 2100:
> rpt cmd 2154 ilink 9 2100,"This is a test"
>
> The message has to be either 1 word or enclosed in quotes.
> Notice the comma after the destination node number.
>
> This is also valid from the cli:
> rpt sendtext 2154 2100 "This is another test"
>
> As a DTMF command, the entry for 809 wont do anything. You could have:
> 809 = ilink,9,2100,"Testing ..." would send a text message to node 2100
> or, 809 = ilink,9,0,"Testing ..." Which would send the text message to 
> all connected nodes.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> 73, Steve N4IRS
>
>
>
> On 4/3/2016 2:28 PM, larry wrote:
>> Recently I installed a Dial version on a RPi2
>>
>> In it includes command to use ilink,9 to send a text message to 
>> another node.
>> I am unable to find additional info about ilink,9 and how it works.
>>
>> Could someone give me an explanation if how to utilize it?
>> Also what if anything needs to be pre-configured locally or at the 
>> receiving node to use this function.
>>
>> A command syntax example would be nice as I am confused by the 
>> comment following the defined DTMF of 809
>> Rpt.conf defines ....  809 = ilink,9           ; Send Text Message 
>> (9,<destnodeno or 0 (for all)>,Message Text, etc.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Larry - N7FM
>>
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