TTDx or oTTD coming soon - Feature request?

[chrismec]

Hello all, since TwoToneDetect is now IAR and it has restrictive terms of service, I am working on my own version. It will either be Two Tone Detect Next or Open Two Tone Detect, still working on that detail.

The plan is to implement all the existing features of Andy's TTD but I'd like to hear what features you all wish you had.

If you have a need that isnt being filled please describe what you would like and how you would use it.

Thank you : )

Matt

 

[DC31]

For some ideas: TwoToneDetect - TTD Helper Script - SFTP/Twitter/Zello/Pushover/Cleanup

 

[CDTbolt10033]

I'd like to see relay control added for the raspberry pi version so you can have an external device like a bell or strobe go off when the specific tones are detected and in the Tone profile you can select your relay (maybe up to 8 relays) and the time (in seconds) it would be activated for and the relay control can be turned off for certain hours so the external device does not activate within those hours like when its the middle of the night. Also, I'd like to see Pushover integration as email to text doesn't always work (like when your cell service provider blocks the message and when you switch to a different service that does email to text differently) the pushover would also have custom sounds unlike TTD 71 where you were only able to have it send messages with no sound/default phone sound where you couldn't set custom sounds for the application API.

 

[chrismec]

Thank you for the ideas. SFTP, pushover & audio file hosting are already in the works. I'll look at Zello and I hadnt though about twitter but that seems like it may be a great way to get pages out. Cleanup shouldnt be difficult to add. I'll see if I can squeeze it in though it may go on the future list. For relay control on a pi, my first instinct is that this seems like something that would be better suited for a separate script. There are probably countless pi hats that all use different IO and I'm not sure I would be able to support all of them. I do plan on implementing the ability to invoke custom scripts upon page detection and page complete, like TTD. Maybe this would be a good way to operate relays, etc... Hmm, now that I think about it I suppose it doesnt matter what hat is being used. All we need to do is allow an arbitrary IO pin to be set and reset in the software. You would need to know what IO your hat needed for each relay and then just set that IO up in TTDx. Should be doable, I'll see what I can do. Thank you for the suggestions!

 

[DC31]

Thank you for the ideas. SFTP, pushover & audio file hosting are already in the works. I'll look at Zello and I hadnt though about twitter but that seems like it may be a great way to get pages out. Cleanup shouldnt be difficult to add. I'll see if I can squeeze it in though it may go on the future list. For relay control on a pi, my first instinct is that this seems like something that would be better suited for a separate script. There are probably countless pi hats that all use different IO and I'm not sure I would be able to support all of them. I do plan on implementing the ability to invoke custom scripts upon page detection and page complete, like TTD. Maybe this would be a good way to operate relays, etc... Hmm, now that I think about it I suppose it doesnt matter what hat is being used. All we need to do is allow an arbitrary IO pin to be set and reset in the software. You would need to know what IO your hat needed for each relay and then just set that IO up in TTDx. Should be doable, I'll see what I can do. Thank you for the suggestions!

I use MQTT (mqtt.org) to communicate to smart switches and relays with no hard wiring to any pins on the pi. The smart devices (as low as $10) can be connected to the internet via wifi anywhere in the world and will activate when the specific tone set drops. Great for volunteers in their homes who want to automate a light.

 

[chrismec]

YES! MQTT, thank you. I would like to understand more about this. How are you using MQTT now? Pre/Post alert scripts?

 

[DC31]

A prealert script

 

[webstar22]

Multiple tones, I am using FDNotify right now because it works with more than 2 tone pages something which TTD was lacking from the start.

 

[chrismec]

The alpha I am currently working on has no limit to the number of tones or their length. I've still quite a bit of testing to get through to ensure there are no misses or falses but so far it has tested very well. Mixing single long tone detection in with two tone detection and 5 tone detection seems to not be an issue at the moment.

 

[CDTbolt10033]

How about Motorola 2+2 (Quik Call I) decode for nostalgia purposes :-D

 

[chrismec]

Whoa! Does anybody still use QC1? Maybe that can go on the wish list : )

 

[CDTbolt10033]

Just some examples of QC I...

 

[xicarusx]

I wrote the TTD helper script. If you would like some help writing your new program feel free to message me.

One thing I would like to see is a configuration that is in json format. The ini format just isn’t easy to use.

I saw you were interested in MQTT. In my helper script there is MQTT support. I think it is in the alert script I made. As well as a few different audio manipulation tools to help make the audio sound better or to add sounds to the beginning of the tones.

 

[chrismec]

I've recently learned that some areas use a series of beeps to indicate various things such as type of call, mutual aid, etc... and I would like to integrate detection of these beeps into TTD-neXt or oTTD (whatever it ends up being). Does anyone have any recordings of these types of indications they would care to share?

 

[Andy2712]

DTMF support would be great.

 

[chrismec]

I'll look into that. It may be doable depending on how its used and if we are only talking about the touch tone frequencies from phone keypad keys 0-9, *, #, A-D. Do you have any recording samples of its use where you are? Is it being used in conjunction with two tone's?

 

[chrismec]

If DTMF goes in, then QC1 would likely also go in : )

 

[krokus]

I'll look into that. It may be doable depending on how its used and if we are only talking about the touch tone frequencies from phone keypad keys 0-9, *, #, A-D. Do you have any recording samples of its use where you are? Is it being used in conjunction with two tone's?

There is an agency near me that uses two tone followed with DTMF.