At 01:43 PM 6/3/2010, Jim Duuuude wrote:

First of all, congratulations on convincing your government into letting you make outbound autopatch calls to your local PSTN. In honor or this occasion, I have added a new parameter (the 'patchconnect' parameter in the rpt.conf clause for each node) to specify a sound file that is played both on the air and over the tele when the called party answers, in order to address the regulatory issues involved with this in your country.

Thanks for that Jim. I'll look up the relevant rule, as I don't believe it needs to be announced on air, but a generic autopatch enabled message would be useful on air. In any case, chances are a different message would be appropriate on the air and over the phone at the same time. In any case, it means I can run a legitimate autopatch or reverse autopatch easily. I have a spare landline number too that could be used for incoming calls, and I also have a suitable PCI card somewhere.

You know, even though its not a requirement here in the USA, its not a bad idea to use this feature to avoid potential embarrassment and/or potentially jeopardizing ones license. Just a thought...

Well, it is a good courtesy reminder for those on the phone. :) 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com