aprs_status now returns actual state of transmision.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2023-01-13
 First working version.
+
+## [1.0.1] - 2023-01-14
+Changed: aprs_status (published on the MQTT broker) now returns actual state of transmision (sending, retrying, send or failed) instead if just 'ready' and 'busy'.

aprs-mqtt-bridge.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class mqtt_settings:
     #retry
     #topics
     state = 'ready'
+    aprs_state = 'idle'
     pass
 mqtt = mqtt_settings()
 
@@ -282,6 +283,7 @@ def process_message(data, payload):
                 #os.system(aprs.beacon_program_with_arguments)
                 print ('APRS message ' + aprs.message + ' send to ' + aprs.call_of_wait_for_ack + '.')
                 mqtt.state = 'busy'
+                mqtt.aprs_state = 'sending message'
                 aprs.request_to_send = 1;
     else:
         mqtt.state = 'busy'
@@ -299,9 +301,10 @@ def run():
     client.loop_start()
     
     # Send ready to MQTT broker to indicate we are meaning business
-    topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
+    mqtt.aprs_state = 'ready'
-    publish(client,topic,'ready')
+    #topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
-    mqtt.state = 'ready'
+    #publish(client,topic,'ready')
+    mqtt.state = 'busy'
     
     aprs.time_out_timer = time.time()
     while True:
@@ -347,9 +350,10 @@ def run():
                                     aprs.wait_for_ack = 0
                                     aprs.busy = 0
                                     aprs.retry_counter = 0
-                                    topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
+                                    mqtt.aprs_state = 'message send'
-                                    publish(client,topic,'ready')
+                                    #topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
-                                    mqtt.state = 'ready'
+                                    #publish(client,topic,mqtt.aprs_state)
+                                    mqtt.state = 'busy'
                                     
                 
         # Time out waiting for acknowledge
@@ -362,6 +366,8 @@ def run():
                     aprs.request_to_send = 1;
                     #os.system(aprs.beacon_program_with_arguments)
                     print ('Retry: APRS ' + aprs.message + ' message send to ' + aprs.call_of_wait_for_ack + '.')
+                    mqtt.aprs_state = 'sending message (retry ' + str(aprs.retry_counter) + ')'
+                    mqtt.state = 'busy'
                 else:
                     # Give up
                     print ('No acknowledge received from ' + aprs.call_of_wait_for_ack + '. Giving up.')
@@ -369,13 +375,14 @@ def run():
                     aprs.wait_for_ack = 0
                     aprs.busy = 0
                     aprs.retry_counter = 0
-                    topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
+                    mqtt.aprs_state = 'sending message failed'
-                    publish(client,topic,'ready')
+                    #topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
-                    mqtt.state = 'ready'
+                    #publish(client,topic,mqtt.aprs_state)
-        # If APRS system is still waiting for acknowledge, keep on waiting and send an MQTT update
+                    mqtt.state = 'busy'
+        # If APRS system is transmitting, retrying and still waiting for acknowledge, keep on waiting and send an MQTT update
         if mqtt.state == 'busy':
             topic = mqtt.topic_root + '/aprs_status'
-            publish(client,topic,'busy')
+            publish(client,topic,mqtt.aprs_state)
             mqtt.state = 'ready'