Hi Eric, I'm very interested in your enhancements! Would you mind sharing this code? I'll be glad to contribute my changes, too! 73, David kb4fxc On Thu, 24 Sep 2009, Eric Tichansky wrote:
app_rpt is quite flexible like that.
Using a completely silent autopatch call, coupled w/ dialplan + a couple bash scripts allows us to change almost every node stanza parameter, cw attributes, and build new courtesy tones in rpt.conf as well as zaptel.conf parameters using just DTMF over the air, with changes activated in realtime. We've even implemented a 100 slot "DVR" using silent autopatch for playback, record, delete. The messages can then be used as tail messages, which, again, are added/removed from a silent autopatch -> script tail messages parameter "editor" using over-the-air DTMF commands. There is also a "command mode lock and unlock" function to avoid unauthorized use of the above. Just a simple Asterisk DB entry that is toggled by a command + security code, and checked prior to every command call.
We may eventually consider mashing together a distributable AGI script to eliminate the dialplan ugliness.
There's quite a lot of flexibility and functionality that can be squeezed out of app_rpt if you don't mind getting dirty.
73 - eric - no3m
Hey! That's an intereting idea! I just tried tests from the command line and I think it'll work GREAT! ...I'll put together a script and report back.
This kind of scripted approach would be very very useful for remote base controls, too, IMO---Rather than hacking on app_rpt.c to add an another radio type or features, etc....Then, hooking in a "do it all" library (eg: hamlib) would be painless--AND, it would be a completely separate module that doesn't introduce show-stopping bugs or have to be directly maintained as part of the app_rpt codebase.
The reason I bring this up is that I'm very successfully using an Icom M-710 radio for HF remote base. But, it uses NMEA-0183 control sentences. And, right now I have to hack, hack everytime I upgrade app_rpt.c... Separate scripts/modules would be SOOOO much easier! ....And Ole Rube would be prowd, too!
73, David kb4fxc
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