Enable CTCSS from tcl-files?

[sm0svx]

Reported by dl1hrc on 24 Aug 2009 13:24 UTC
Would be nice to enable a ctcss tone from tcl-scripts, f.e. with

playCTCSS(88.5);

The CTCSS-tone should be played until it's switched off with

stopCTCSS();

The background is, that somebody sometimes only wants to hear the propagation-alerts or special announcements from the svxlink node and not the QSO's.

[sm0svx]

Commented by sm0svx on 27 Aug 2009 20:41 UTC
If it is acceptable to use the CTCSS tone specified in the TX configuration things become much more simple. Then it's only an on/off as with any other event causing CTCSS tone to be sent. Or is the whole idea to use a different tone?

[sm0svx]

Commented by dl1hrc on 27 Aug 2009 21:18 UTC
Replying to sm0svx:

If it is acceptable to use the CTCSS tone specified in the TX configuration things become much more simple. Then it's only an on/off as with any other event causing CTCSS tone to be sent. Or is the whole idea to use a different tone?

The only goal was to have the chance to switch off boring qso's without missing interesting information like incoming connections of the sysop (me ;-) and/or propagation info, that's working great here. A little bit like the traffic information in the radio ;-)

[sm0svx]

Commented by sm0svx on 2 Sep 2012 09:39 UTC
This was an old one...

The TX_CTCSS config variable should provide the needed functionality for the stated case.