DTMF codes to activate function

Hi,

Just as a heads up to anyone new reading this and learning about app_rpt and also as a question to the more experienced node owners out there, I have noticed a little niggle with the DTMF tone sequences used to activate functions on app_rpt.

Here’s the scenario:

In my rpt.conf I have a function:

94 = cop,something or other

All is fine until I try and add a command 941 to do something else.

The new code wont work and app_rpt seems to ignore the extra digit on the end and just activates the function that is associated with the code 94.

I’m not sure if this is really a bug or not but it certainly had me teased for a good few hours recently when I was adding some new functions to my node.

I was expecting code 941 to work but it just wasnt - I was testing a new feature which had been added and I wasnt sure if I had busted the feature or something else had gone wrong!

I changed the code to 95 and all worked as expected!

Just something to be aware of really I guess unless its an easy fix for the app?

Cheers,

Matt

G4RKY

Node 2250

I found that doing this helps:

941 = cop,something
942 = cop,something else
943 = cop,foo
94 = cop,do something now

Jim K6JWN

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On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Matt Beasant g4rky@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Hi,

Just as a heads up to anyone new reading this and learning about app_rpt and also as a question to the more experienced node owners out there, I have noticed a little niggle with the DTMF tone sequences used to activate functions on app_rpt.

Here’s the scenario:

In my rpt.conf I have a function:

94 = cop,something or other

All is fine until I try and add a command 941 to do something else.

The new code wont work and app_rpt seems to ignore the extra digit on the end and just activates the function that is associated with the code 94.

I’m not sure if this is really a bug or not but it certainly had me teased for a good few hours recently when I was adding some new functions to my node.

I was expecting code 941 to work but it just wasnt - I was testing a new feature which had been added and I wasnt sure if I had busted the feature or something else had gone wrong!

I changed the code to 95 and all worked as expected!

Just something to be aware of really I guess unless its an easy fix for the app?

Cheers,

Matt

G4RKY

Node 2250


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Email: nessenj@jimsoffice.org | Ph: 530.979.0894
IRLP: Nodes 3598 and 3633 | Echolink: 83598 K6JWN-R | AllStar: Nodes 2142 and 2165

Ah, thanks Jim, yes I can see how that would make sense if the app parses the file from top to bottom and stops at the first valid code it gets to.

Obvious really I guess! Doh!

Cheers, Matt

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2009/5/26 James Nessen nessenj@jimsoffice.org

I found that doing this helps:

941 = cop,something
942 = cop,something else
943 = cop,foo
94 = cop,do something now

Jim K6JWN

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Matt Beasant g4rky@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Hi,

Just as a heads up to anyone new reading this and learning about app_rpt and also as a question to the more experienced node owners out there, I have noticed a little niggle with the DTMF tone sequences used to activate functions on app_rpt.

Here’s the scenario:

In my rpt.conf I have a function:

94 = cop,something or other

All is fine until I try and add a command 941 to do something else.

The new code wont work and app_rpt seems to ignore the extra digit on the end and just activates the function that is associated with the code 94.

I’m not sure if this is really a bug or not but it certainly had me teased for a good few hours recently when I was adding some new functions to my node.

I was expecting code 941 to work but it just wasnt - I was testing a new feature which had been added and I wasnt sure if I had busted the feature or something else had gone wrong!

I changed the code to 95 and all worked as expected!

Just something to be aware of really I guess unless its an easy fix for the app?

Cheers,

Matt

G4RKY

Node 2250


App_rpt-users mailing list

App_rpt-users@qrvc.com

http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users


Jim Nessen K6JWN
Email: nessenj@jimsoffice.org | Ph: 530.979.0894
IRLP: Nodes 3598 and 3633 | Echolink: 83598 K6JWN-R | AllStar: Nodes 2142 and 2165


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App_rpt-users@qrvc.com

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Its not a bug. Its not a shortcomming. Its a well-defined lookup table, concisely stated. If you specify a 2 digit function, thats it. no more functions with 3 or more digits
starting with the same 2 digits as the 2 digit function.

Jim WB6NIL

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Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:05:53 -0700
From: nessenj@jimsoffice.org
To: g4rky@yahoo.co.uk
CC: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com
Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] DTMF codes to activate function

I found that doing this helps:

941 = cop,something
942 = cop,something else
943 = cop,foo
94 = cop,do something now

Jim K6JWN

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Matt Beasant g4rky@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Hi,

Just as a heads up to anyone new reading this and learning about app_rpt and also as a question to the more experienced node owners out there, I have noticed a little niggle with the DTMF tone sequences used to activate functions on app_rpt.

Here’s the scenario:

In my rpt.conf I have a function:

94 = cop,something or other

All is fine until I try and add a command 941 to do something else.

The new code wont work and app_rpt seems to ignore the extra digit on the end and just activates the function that is associated with the code 94.

I’m not sure if this is really a bug or not but it certainly had me teased for a good few hours recently when I was adding some new functions to my node.

I was expecting code 941 to work but it just wasnt - I was testing a new feature which had been added and I wasnt sure if I had busted the feature or something else had gone wrong!

I changed the code to 95 and all worked as expected!

Just something to be aware of really I guess unless its an easy fix for the app?

Cheers,

Matt

G4RKY

Node 2250


App_rpt-users mailing list

App_rpt-users@qrvc.com

http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users


Jim Nessen K6JWN
Email: nessenj@jimsoffice.org | Ph: 530.979.0894
IRLP: Nodes 3598 and 3633 | Echolink: 83598 K6JWN-R | AllStar: Nodes 2142 and 2165

Hi All

Makes sense to me as well, i had a few 500 series macros set up to connect most commoly used nodes/destinations on the fly and ran into the same issue

now i know what to do to fix it… thanks again

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On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 15:15, Jim Duuuude telesistant@hotmail.com wrote:

Its not a bug. Its not a shortcomming. Its a well-defined lookup table, concisely stated. If you specify a 2 digit function, thats it. no more functions with 3 or more digits
starting with the same 2 digits as the 2 digit function.

Jim WB6NIL


Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:05:53 -0700
From: nessenj@jimsoffice.org
To: g4rky@yahoo.co.uk
CC: app_rpt-users@qrvc.com

Subject: Re: [App_rpt-users] DTMF codes to activate function

I found that doing this helps:

941 = cop,something
942 = cop,something else
943 = cop,foo
94 = cop,do something now

Jim K6JWN

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Matt Beasant g4rky@yahoo.co.uk wrote:

Hi,

Just as a heads up to anyone new reading this and learning about app_rpt and also as a question to the more experienced node owners out there, I have noticed a little niggle with the DTMF tone sequences used to activate functions on app_rpt.

Here’s the scenario:

In my rpt.conf I have a function:

94 = cop,something or other

All is fine until I try and add a command 941 to do something else.

The new code wont work and app_rpt seems to ignore the extra digit on the end and just activates the function that is associated with the code 94.

I’m not sure if this is really a bug or not but it certainly had me teased for a good few hours recently when I was adding some new functions to my node.

I was expecting code 941 to work but it just wasnt - I was testing a new feature which had been added and I wasnt sure if I had busted the feature or something else had gone wrong!

I changed the code to 95 and all worked as expected!

Just something to be aware of really I guess unless its an easy fix for the app?

Cheers,

Matt

G4RKY

Node 2250


App_rpt-users mailing list
App_rpt-users@qrvc.com
http://qrvc.com/mailman/listinfo/app_rpt-users


Jim Nessen K6JWN
Email: nessenj@jimsoffice.org | Ph: 530.979.0894
IRLP: Nodes 3598 and 3633 | Echolink: 83598 K6JWN-R | AllStar: Nodes 2142 and 2165


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