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DTMF to activate QC2
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mmckenna
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Easy (?) way to do it is have a radio that will trigger an out put based on the DTMF, that trigger would set off the input to another radio that would send the QCII.
Why tho?
Why tho?
my why is that I want to build a repeater type deal that has all sorts of stuff, and I thought that would be cool.
mmckenna
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OK, if it's for a repeater, then there are probably other ways to do it with a good repeater controller and some outboard add ons.
Again why ? If its a repeater just use the radio to send the QCII command. I'd have to ask what the application is also as I'm sure if its ham or gmrs many folks wouldn't be thrilled to hear QCII tones going out all day.
Many repeater controllers are capable of sending QCII tones in response to a DTMF command. A friend of mine set his ham repeater up to do this for long tone zero so that he would be alerted if anyone tried to use that for help when he wasn't actively listening. Take a look in the manual for your controller. You may be surprised what features are available.
Disregard the following - I completely misread the question. I'll leave it here for prosperity.
It can be done with limitations. Look at a DTMF tone chart. You will be limited to one row or one column of digits. You will ignore the common DTMF tone for that group, only use the differing tones.
I used this for temporary setups with pagers and old radios that couldn't encode QCII but had a DTMF keypad. Just tell the user to hold the digits for a second or two.
It can be done with limitations. Look at a DTMF tone chart. You will be limited to one row or one column of digits. You will ignore the common DTMF tone for that group, only use the differing tones.
I used this for temporary setups with pagers and old radios that couldn't encode QCII but had a DTMF keypad. Just tell the user to hold the digits for a second or two.
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