TwoToneDetect New TwoToneDetect in the works - Python based

[MikeOrlando02]

USB Sound Card Recommendation

Can anyone recommend a good USB sound card for adding a second mic-input to my TTD computer to monitor a second frequency? I purchased the one recommended for the Raspberry PI project off eBay for $1, it looked the same as the link shared from Amazon.

It sounded okay on recordings, but TTD would not recognize the tones on the default 2% tolerance. I had to crank it up to 20% and then I was capturing the wrong agency tones. Other issue is that the bulky housing didn't allow for it to plug in because of the housing on the Tough Book so I had to use a USB extension, not sure if that was the cause of the bad tone detection. Did I get a dud, back knock off, or is there another that would be recommended?

https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Channel-...dp/B0027EMHM6?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0


Thanks.

 

[ajalbarano]

I use the "line in" input for one and the "mic" input for the second.


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[MikeOrlando02]

I use the "line in" input for one and the "mic" input for the second.


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I don't have the Toughbook in front of me, but under the cover for audio there are only two ports. A combo microphone/line in and a headphone jack. I do not believe I have any other audio jacks under any of the other port covers.

 

[ajalbarano]

Ah. Ok


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[BigRedBox80]

Is there any way to launch TTD minimized? I'm running two instances on Windows 10 along with a full screen web browser application and even though the browser launches last, the TTD window stays on top.

 

[CommJunkie]

Is there any way to launch TTD minimized? I'm running two instances on Windows 10 along with a full screen web browser application and even though the browser launches last, the TTD window stays on top.

Mine has a minimize button ...

 

[BigRedBox80]

Mine has a minimize button ...

I suppose I should have specified. This is hands free. TTD and the full screen browser application are startup items, I need this to stay behind the browser so auto minimized would be best.

 

[MikeOrlando02]

I suppose I should have specified. This is hands free. TTD and the full screen browser application are startup items, I need this to stay behind the browser so auto minimized would be best.

Typically, you could just edit the shortcut properties to start minimized, but it does not seem that TTD follow's that setting. You could use scripting software like AutoHotKey and run:

Run, TwoToneDetect68a.exe, , Min ; Launch TTD minimized.

Probably the simplest thing to do, without having to install more software like AutoHotKey, would be to use a batch file to delay the opening of your browser so that TTD would launch on top and then after a delay the browser would open, on top of TTD.



@Echo Off

:Wait 15 seconds
TIMEOUT /T 15 /nobreak
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" ::Open browser

 

[BigRedBox80]

Typically, you could just edit the shortcut properties to start minimized, but it does not seem that TTD follow's that setting. You could use scripting software like AutoHotKey and run:

Run, TwoToneDetect68a.exe, , Min ; Launch TTD minimized.

Probably the simplest thing to do, without having to install more software like AutoHotKey, would be to use a batch file to delay the opening of your browser so that TTD would launch on top and then after a delay the browser would open, on top of TTD.



@Echo Off

:Wait 15 seconds
TIMEOUT /T 15 /nobreak
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" ::Open browser

Unfortunately I'm already trying the timeout thing.

I might have to try the AutoHotKey, I wish TTD would honor the minimize on startup property.

 

[MikeOrlando02]

Unfortunately I'm already trying the timeout thing.

I might have to try the AutoHotKey, I wish TTD would honor the minimize on startup property.

If AHK cannot do it programmatically, worst case it can control the curser with a macro and click on the minimize button on TTD.

 

[asmith136]

Raspberry PI Question

I got my first PI up and running works great. I just have 2 questions

1. Is the a display showing TTD like there is on the PC version?

2. Can you run more then 1 TTD on a PI?

 

[MikeOrlando02]

Can anyone recommend a good USB sound card for adding a second mic-input to my TTD computer to monitor a second frequency? I purchased the one recommended for the Raspberry PI project off eBay for $1, it looked the same as the link shared from Amazon.

It sounded okay on recordings, but TTD would not recognize the tones on the default 2% tolerance. I had to crank it up to 20% and then I was capturing the wrong agency tones. Other issue is that the bulky housing didn't allow for it to plug in because of the housing on the Tough Book so I had to use a USB extension, not sure if that was the cause of the bad tone detection. Did I get a dud, back knock off, or is there another that would be recommended?

https://www.amazon.com/HDE-Channel-...dp/B0027EMHM6?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0


Thanks.

Just as a follow-up, I purchased this USB sound card adapter off Amazon for $8. It has a similar issue with audio quality using plug-and-play drivers, but as soon as I installed the drivers it came with it was only few HZ off than the actual tone. Actually, is more accurate than the on-board sound card.

AFUNTA 7.1 Surround Sound 12 Channel Sound Adapter Equalizer USB 2.0 Steel Sound 5hv2 Channel External Sound Card Game(black)

https://amzn.com/B00BP2REBK

 

[pei006]

redundant issue

I have been using TTD for many years with great results.
I have upgraded from ver 65 to 68 to use the redundant feature.
I am running 2 instances on the same computer, each fed by its own soundcard
The redundant config files are set to local, file_access = local ,
path is set properly for tone tracking file

the primary instance writes to the common tracking log file fine and sends emails appropriately.

the non primary instance records and converts, writes to audio folder and then stops.

from the log file:

done converting to AMR Chtn ENGINE ONE 23:11:20 on 07/09/16
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 961, in alert
NameError: global name 'ftp_server' is not defined


at this point nothing else happens, no email, wav file is not deleted, ...
if another page is received it is processed and all stops again at this point
with the same error

any ideas?
Thanks in advance

 

[aaknitt]

I have been using TTD for many years with great results.
I have upgraded from ver 65 to 68 to use the redundant feature.
I am running 2 instances on the same computer, each fed by its own soundcard
The redundant config files are set to local, file_access = local ,
path is set properly for tone tracking file

the primary instance writes to the common tracking log file fine and sends emails appropriately.

the non primary instance records and converts, writes to audio folder and then stops.

from the log file:

done converting to AMR Chtn ENGINE ONE 23:11:20 on 07/09/16
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 961, in alert
NameError: global name 'ftp_server' is not defined


at this point nothing else happens, no email, wav file is not deleted, ...
if another page is received it is processed and all stops again at this point
with the same error

any ideas?
Thanks in advance

This is a bug that was just found a few days ago. The "local" redundant feature won't work until this bug is fixed. It's an easy fix, I just need to find some time (probably at least a week or two out) to get a new build put together.

Andy

 

[MikeOrlando02]

Feature Request: Emails with Many Recipients

Our MABAS group is large as it is a County-wide list, we are currently around 135 recipients. Almost all email providers limit the number of recipients per message to 100 so our MABAS emails get rejected. My feature request would be to have a config option for the max number of recipients per email. Anything above that would get split into a second message. So my 135 recipient message would go out as 100 recipients in the first email and 35 in the second.

Understandably, we may have a larger list than many so I could see this may not be a very popular need.


-Mike

 

[MikeOrlando02]

Our MABAS group is large as it is a County-wide list, we are currently around 135 recipients. Almost all email providers limit the number of recipients per message to 100 so our MABAS emails get rejected. My feature request would be to have a config option for the max number of recipients per email. Anything above that would get split into a second message. So my 135 recipient message would go out as 100 recipients in the first email and 35 in the second.

Understandably, we may have a larger list than many so I could see this may not be a very popular need.


-Mike

Possibly a better suggestion with more utility would be to create a MABAS/group page setup where in the group you could choose when agency/tone sets belonged to it. In this way you would not have to manage a separate MABAS contact list and instead it would just point back to the individual contact lists for each agency/tone set. When the emails went out it could be a separate email for each agency in the group, which would certainly solve my large single email issue as well.

 

[DC31]

Our MABAS group is large as it is a County-wide list, we are currently around 135 recipients. Almost all email providers limit the number of recipients per message to 100 so our MABAS emails get rejected. My feature request would be to have a config option for the max number of recipients per email. Anything above that would get split into a second message. So my 135 recipient message would go out as 100 recipients in the first email and 35 in the second.

Understandably, we may have a larger list than many so I could see this may not be a very popular need.


-Mike

Mike,

I have one tone set that is for all personnel in the county (we don't use a MABAS system). That tone set contains 423 email/text addresses. It rarely gets used but last week they sent it out. 420 of them got delivered, 3 bounced back as undeliverable.

My emails go out through a bluehost mail server and through an SMTP forwarding service serversmtp.com

Jim

 

[motomeso]

I'm using Bluehost also and they increased the amount of emails I could send in an hour.

 

[pei006]

This is a bug that was just found a few days ago. The "local" redundant feature won't work until this bug is fixed. It's an easy fix, I just need to find some time (probably at least a week or two out) to get a new build put together.

Andy

Thank You
I will watch for the new bulld

 

[ryolsen8]

Copy and Paste

Andy,

For a few of the Co. systems I manage, I keep a master Google Drive copy. What I tried to do today was enter all of my new information into the tones file, and then copy and paste it into the tones notepad file on the computer. For whatever reason, (the picture I've included) these goofy symbols came up. I then had to go back in, and manually remove the "" and re-do it...

Any help or suggestions?

Thank you.