Yes that is the feature: Power Control..
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If the station is transmitting weather, the radio does not need to be powered on most of the time. However, with a bit more functionality, it could be powered up at pre-determined times for possible incoming commands.
Fred N7FMH
You are request the same feature as the Power Control feature.
As If I am reading the Argent Data manual, the feature needs to:
?? a) Activate a GPIO Power Control pin (to power up the radio)
?? ? ? Argent Data unit has a switch to active low, so GPIO = -3
?? b) Wait a specified number of seconds - so this needs to be before the TX section.
?? c) Then run normal TX function
?? d) De-Activate GPIO Power Control pin
Of course this would be a tracker feature because there woiuld be no decode while the radio is OFF.
Robert GiulianoKB8RCO
On Thursday, July 15, 2021, 8:45:14 PM EDT, Rob Giuliano via groups.io <kb8rco@...> wrote:
Fred,
What are you running Direwolf on?
If it's a pi, you could use the GPIO and a relay to handle the radio power.??
Probably could be done with about any system.?
Rob Giuliano
KB8RCO
?On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 18:57, Fred Hillhouse<fmhillhouse@...> wrote:Greetings,?I am looking to power up a radio, send a packet, shutdown radio. I had this function on the ArgentData trackers.?I am not seeing a reference to this option in the documentation but then I have missed the obvious before.?Thanks!?Best regards,Fred N7FMH?This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 18:57, Fred Hillhouse
<fmhillhouse@...> wrote:
Greetings,
I am looking to power up a radio, send a packet, shutdown radio. I had this function on the ArgentData trackers.
I am not seeing a reference to this option in the documentation but then I have missed the obvious before.
Thanks!
Best regards,
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