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Subject: Re: Re: 9600 user data - Digi_Ned 3rd Party
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 21:36:04 +0200
X-Message-Number: 37
Hello Bill,
At 12:53 8-10-03 -0700, Bill Vodall - WA7NWP wrote:
>>Is it converting incomming data from an IGATE link to third-party format?
>>Isn't the IGATE supposed to do this when it converts the IGATE data
>back to
>>AX.25 packets?
>
>The IGATE does that and that's exactly what we need Digi_Ned to do. The
>situation is where it's used to gate packets to an alternative network.
Wes's intention was the other way around, to feed IGATE traffic to a local
QRG without the 3rd party header. You want to feed HF traffic with a 3rd
party header.
So now I have two features for the wish-list; convert to third-party on
reception and to convert from third party on transmission... I should have
know... I noted it.
Kind regards,
Henk.
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Subject: Re: Linux-based packet appliance survey
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 22:54:59 +0200
X-Message-Number: 38
Hello,
At 01:45 9-10-03 -0700, Spider wrote:
>Scott, what operating system is on it now? And why do you need Linux to to
>run Digi-Ned?
Advantage of Linux is that you can also run some other applications at the
same time. Even if you only use it as a digi you can add some programs to
do remote maintenance. If you make it pure DOS you have to ass some packet
program so do this and customize the .bat files to start that program after
you exited DIGI_NED. Advantage of DOS is that it is easier to setup and
works on a 286 class PC (although to save power an industrial 486 PC or an
old Laptop is better).
I just made a slight change to DIGI_NED for DOS. I no longer use "cprintf"
to print directly to the videomemory but use "printf" so the output goes to
the CON driver. I tested it with the following DOS commands:
C:> mode com1:9600,n,8,1,none
C:> ctty com1
Now all output is send to COM1, also the output of the changed DIGI_NED (in
the distributed version the output of DIGI_NED still goes to the screen).
I have send this version to one of the users to experiment with, if more
people would like to have it than I can send it to them too, just drop me
a line. You can do the change yourself also if you are able to compile the
source; in the source file "output.c" just replace "cprintf" with "printf".
Kind regards,
Henk.
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Subject: Re: DigiTraveler to PalmIIIxe
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:05:47 +0200
X-Message-Number: 39
At 13:34 9-10-03 -0400, Mike Yetsko wrote:
>With one exception, at all times the unit will power off in 30 seconds
>without touching the screen or a button.
With PocketAPRS on my Palm IIIe (non-replacable PalmOS 3.1) it stays up,
but when it passes midnight it forgets to update the date. After that the
date is stuck. To fix it I have to perform a soft reset. I hope the other
solutions do not have the same problem. I have forgotten to tell Mike
Musick about it, I hope I still remember it when he returns on the APRS scene.
Kind regards,
Henk.
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Subject: Re: drsi anyone?
From: Henk de Groot <henk.de.groot@hetnet.nl>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 23:16:09 +0200
X-Message-Number: 40
At 14:26 9-10-03 -0400, Wes Johnston wrote:
>Has anyone ever set up digi=ned with a DRSI card?
That should work fine. We tested with a PA0HZP OptoPcSCC card. DRSI ik
known to work fine with TFPCX and since AX25_MAC uses the same driver I
expect no problems. Linux is not a problem at all of course, there is a
Z8530 SCC driver to cover these type of cards. I guess there must be some
French stations using this, DRSI cards are used a lot in France (Like
PA0HZP cards in the Netherlands and BayCom USCC cards in Germany).
Kind regards,
Henk.
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Subject: Re: DigiTraveler to PalmIIIxe
From: "Mike Yetsko" <myetsko@insydesw.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:35:38 -0400
X-Message-Number: 41
>I could not find the place on the gps where the fuse was supposed to go.
>I lifted the positive pin on the diode bridge ans soldered in a 100ma 5
>volt reg. Now I can run it on 12 volts. I will put ajumper in when I find
>where to put it. My D-7-a turns it on ok. As the Palm talks both ways to
>the computer, it looks like should turn it on and keep it on.
The fuse is on the lower right with the RJ 'under' the PCB and towards you.
It appears to come off of pin 1 of the RJ. It's a tiny little sucker...
You could put a 78L05 right there with the output over to the bridge
output, that way you can feed 12v up the data cable, or still use 6v on
the jack as 'stock'.
Mike
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Subject: TM-V7A and 9600 baud packet... Anyone?
From: "Zachary Grant Michael, KB9UQQ" <zachary.michael@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 17:15:08 -0500
X-Message-Number: 42
All,
Has anybody here ever used a Kenwood TM-V7A on 9600 baud? I've got it
all hooked up to my KPC-9612 and it keys fine, but no audio is coming
through. I've verified all the connections and all seems well. Has
anybody successfully used this combination of TNC and Radio before? If
so, could you contact me off list so I can compare some things between
our setups?
Thanks!
73 de kb9uqq
--
Zachary Grant Michael, KB9UQQ
http://www.qsl.net/kb9uqq/
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Subject: Re: TM-V7A and 9600 baud packet... Anyone?
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 18:02:16 -0500
X-Message-Number: 43
At 05:15 PM 10/9/2003 -0500, Zachary Grant Michael, KB9UQQ wrote:
>All,
>Has anybody here ever used a Kenwood TM-V7A on 9600 baud? I've got it
>all hooked up to my KPC-9612 and it keys fine, but no audio is coming
>through. I've verified all the connections and all seems well. Has
>anybody successfully used this combination of TNC and Radio before? If
>so, could you contact me off list so I can compare some things between
>our setups?
Dosen't this radio have separate 1200 and 9600 audio inputs?
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Subject: Re: Dwait Hacks kill APRS
From: "Tim Cunningham" <tim_cunningham@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:13:28 -0500
X-Message-Number: 44
>NO! Like I tried to explain a few times already YOU CAN CONFIGURE THIS! For
>everybody who wants to setup his digi to TRANSMIT IMMEDIATELY and doesn't
>want to (or cannot!) use DWAIT for this, here is how:
>
>1) set PERSIST to 255 - this kills random backoff
>2) set SLOTTIME to 0 - this means ZERO wait time after the channel is cleared
SLOTTIME can only be set as low as 1 on the UIDIGI firmware.
Tim - N8DEU
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Subject: Re: Dwait Hacks kill APRS
From: <BobDonnell@arkalmus.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 16:53:35 -0700
X-Message-Number: 45
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bounce-aprssig-17768@lists.tapr.org
>[mailto:bounce-aprssig-17768@lists.tapr.org]On Behalf Of Tim Cunningham
>Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 4:13 PM
>To: TAPR APRS Special Interest Group
>Subject: [aprssig] Re: Dwait Hacks kill APRS
>
>>NO! Like I tried to explain a few times already YOU CAN
>CONFIGURE THIS! For
>>everybody who wants to setup his digi to TRANSMIT
>IMMEDIATELY and doesn't
>>want to (or cannot!) use DWAIT for this, here is how:
>>
>>1) set PERSIST to 255 - this kills random backoff
>>2) set SLOTTIME to 0 - this means ZERO wait time after the
>channel is cleared
>
>SLOTTIME can only be set as low as 1 on the UIDIGI firmware.
>
>Tim - N8DEU
Equivalent to 10 ms - still pretty short. Then there's always fullduplex...
73, Bob, KD7NM
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Subject: Re: Dwait Hacks kill APRS
From: David VanHorn <dvanhorn@cedar.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 19:16:43 -0500
X-Message-Number: 46
At 01:31 PM 10/8/2003 -0400, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>Those that believe that setting Dwait at the DIGIs to other than 0 or
>hacking around with the UIDWAIT parameter in our APRS system are simply
>dead wrong.
I love how this sounds like we were all issued a document, at some time in
the past, that said what all these settings should be, nationwide, but then
we just started deliberately screwing with things to see how much we could
hose up the network..
What I remember, is more along the lines of a lot of different
recommendations, and local standards, and a bunch of argumentation on what
things should be, would or wouldn't work, etc etc etc.
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Subject: Re: Dwait Hacks kill APRS
From: Bob Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 20:48:28 -0400 (EDT)
X-Message-Number: 47
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, David VanHorn wrote:
>At 01:31 PM 10/8/2003 -0400, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>
>>Those that believe that setting Dwait at the DIGIs to other than 0 or
>>hacking around with the UIDWAIT parameter in our APRS system are simply
>>dead wrong.
>
>I love how this sounds like we were all issued a document, at some time
>in the past, that said what all these settings should be, nationwide,
>but then we just started deliberately screwing with things to see how
>much we could hose up the network..
>
>What I remember, is more along the lines of a lot of different
>recommendations, and local standards, and a bunch of argumentation on
>what things should be, would or wouldn't work, etc etc etc.
Sorry, I guess that is my fault. I just assumed that everyone read
DIGIS.TXT, and understood how it all worked. Now I see that I was terribly
wrong. There were just so many nuances that were involved in setting up
APRS, that I now realize most people never dug into it that deeply.
By the time I noticed that digis were being set up in strange ways, there
were dozens and dozens of opinionated web pages with WRONG info telling
people how to do it. It was impossible to clean up. SO I let it go,
just figured eventually they would see the damage that these errors were
producing...
But now I see that not very many people look at the overall big picture
anyway, and only care about what they see on their own screens (nothing
wrong with that, its just human nature...)...
..
SO its time to start hammering the system into shape. I just wish I had
more time to devote to helping get things set up right...
And you are right, Digis.txt did not give a good set of instructions
either, it just tried to give the top down view, but didnt tell the WHY of
all the settings... nor list them...
Bob
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