Hi All, I am in a situation that I need some advice on implimenting an access DTMF tone for you repeater.
So far. We have installed a CTCSS tone on the RX of our repeater, and have been asked "How does one access it if they don't have CTCSS onboard?" Should mentioned the repeater is open, the CTCSS is just to stop the intermittent interference we get from either a garage door opener or home digital TV transmitter. Anyway back to my problem. I am running a RLC-3 controller (6 ports) and I would like to add a feature that would allow someone with a DTMF keypad to enter a tone, like a "long-0" or "0-0"? Idea would be then for the controller to stay active in COS for around 1 min after the tail drops. Don't want them having to enter the access tone too much, K.I.S.S. I do have the repeater setup for pre-access as it is part of a linked system, the main repeater is set for "*" then the access codes. I do have a little bit of code that might do the task, but I would like to see if there is any other ideas before I proceed too far into it, might even already be done? Look forward to any replies. Kevin, ZL1KFM.
