add ability to configure TX comments

README.md

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ For these parameters, the default values are generally good as a starting point,
 | `VERBOSE` | If set to `yes`/`on`/`1`/`true`, produce more verbose output | Unset |
 | `DW_DEBUG` | Sets debug verbosity for DireWolf. For accepted values, see `docker exec -it direwolf --help` | Unset |
 | `DW_EXTRA_CMDLINEARGS` | Any extra command line arguments you want to pass to DireWolf | Unset |
+| `DW_TB_COMMENT` | Any comment text you want to add to your Tracker Beacon transmissions | Unset |
 
 \* If the automatic setting doesn't work, you can show which audio devices, cards and subdevices are available on your system with the following command:
 

docker-compose.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 version: '3.8'
 services:
   aprs:
-    #image: ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-aprs-tracker
-    build: https://github.com/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-aprs-tracker.git
+    image: ghcr.io/sdr-enthusiasts/docker-aprs-tracker
     container_name: aprs
     hostname: aprs
     restart: always
@@ -11,13 +10,19 @@ services:
     privileged: true
     environment:
       - VERBOSE=false
-      - MYCALL=KX1T-1
+      - MYCALL=NOCALL     # set your callsign before using the container!
+      - DW_EXTRA_CONFIGS=TXDELAY=30
+      - DW_EXTRA_CMDLINEARGS=-r 48000
+      - DW_TB_COMMENT="Myname [email protected]"
+      - AUDIOLEVEL_TX=64
+     # - DW_DEBUG=tog
+     # - DW_DONTSTART=true
     tmpfs:
       - /run:exec,size=32M
       - /tmp:size=32M
       - /var/log:size=32M
     ports:
-       - 2947:2947
+      - 2947:2947    # exposes the GPSD port in case you want to use it for other purposes on the device
     volumes:
       - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
       - "/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro"

rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/scripts/30-set-direwolf-params

@@ -261,6 +261,15 @@ if [[ -n "$VIA" ]]; then
     "${s6wrap[@]}" echo "[INFO] Setting VIA: $(grep -o "^\s*#*\s*TBEACON.*$" "$DWCONFIGFILE")"
 fi
 
+if [[ -n "$DW_TB_COMMENT" ]]; then
+    if grep -qio "^\s*#*\s*TBEACON.*COMMENT=.*$" "$DWCONFIGFILE"; then 
+        sed -i "s/^\s*#*\s*\(TBEACON.*COMMENT=\).\+\(\b.*\)$/\1${DW_TB_COMMENT}\2/g" "$DWCONFIGFILE"
+    else
+        sed -i "s/^\s*#*\s*\(TBEACON.*\)$/\1 COMMENT=${DW_TB_COMMENT}/g" "$DWCONFIGFILE"
+    fi
+    "${s6wrap[@]}" echo "[INFO] Setting COMMENT: $(grep -o "^\s*#*\s*TBEACON.*$" "$DWCONFIGFILE")"
+fi
+
 if [[ -n "$SMARTBEACONING" ]]; then
     setdwconfig SMARTBEACONING "$SMARTBEACONING"
     "${s6wrap[@]}" echo "[INFO] Setting SMARTBEACONING $SMARTBEACONING"