On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Matt Lee<[email protected]> wrote: > I want to set-up a T2 as a Digi and I am wondering if anyone has a trick > for sending out local announcements with either a status text or a > separate (alternate) beacon text that is separate to the main beacon text.
Have a look here: http://wiki.argentdata.com/index.php?title=Scripting#Multiple_Announcements I wrote this to send weekly announcements. It keeps track of the days to change announcements, but you can reduce it down to sending alternating announcements. > Example: > Main Text: Monashee APRS Digi Mount Scaia (Going out at Wide 2-2) > Local Announcement text: VE7SMT v146.740- t123.0 (Going out at Wide 2-1 > or less) > > This might be possible with an automatic change in profiles. Can you > change profiles automatically after a beacon with a macro or built in timer? You would have to change profiles in order to change the path. If you change the path from the script, it requires a write to the flash memory, which after extended use will wear out. We need to lobby Scott to allow us to set a volatile path in our outgoing packets. I'd like to emulate the WIDE2-2 / LOCAL / LOCAL / WIDE2-1 / LOCAL / LOCAL pattern that I set up for the Kantronics outgoing proportional path, which I can do in the T2, but I have to keep writing the path to change where I send to. If we have the ability to specify a path with scripting that doesn't get saved, we have more options available. This would also be useful for sending other packets as well. I'd like to direct TELEMETRY packets down a specified path, rather than over the default path. My telemetry data needs to go over a couple hops to get where I need it, but I don't need to send it in all directions. If I could specify a path for the telemetry such as VIA EVNBRG,PIGEON, it would limit the impact on neighboring digipeaters. That would mean I also have a means of initiating a telemetry packet from scripting as well though. BTW, I'd send that voice repeater information out as a voice object, so that your users with D710s can hit the TUNE button and have the radio go directly to the frequency. It's still readable by humans on the screen as well. ;146.88-SS*111111z5255.83N/11351.13WrR60k VE6SS I'm also big into maximizing the information versus characters sent... PIGEON:!5257.28NS11352.50W#PHG5460/W2,..ABn,.PigeonLake.VE6PLP This packet gives the name of the site, the location, tells the user that it's a digipeater, tells user the recommended path in the area, what aliases it supports, the location name, and callsign. We use aliases, since it's easier for the user to look at a path used that says PIGEON, EVNBRG and visualize the locations, rather than VE6PLP,VE6YER. The status text on the end is packed and formatted into 10X10X7 character groups to display nicely on the D7 and D700 screens. I have replaced spaces in the text with periods, because browsers remove double spaces... Sending "Monashee APRS Digi Mount Scaia" is a bit redundant... We know that the unit is an APRS digi, since it's on 144.39, and it should be using a digipeater icon. I'd probably look at using an alias of SCAIA, and then send this text on the end: W2,..BCn,.Mt.Scaia..VE7SMT.Monashee Ridge That conveys everything you have indicated above, and more. Of course you'll also want to set up the digipeater to act upon the current aliases properly. If you need help with that, we're here, just ask. I've set up quite a few digipeaters, and am working on getting the rest of the ones that I don't have access to in Alberta updated to the latest settings... a task that is taking far too many years! James VE6SRV
