[Xastir-Dev] Less brave testers wanted. :-)

[Tom Young]

It appears my TNC is not RELAYing in KISS mode.   Here is a section of
this mornings log:

# Sat Mar 29 09:37:43 EST 2003
# Sat Mar 29 09:38:13 EST 2003
KD1LY-9>T1PR6V,RELAY,WIDE2-2:`e=;!@Xk/>"49}
# Sat Mar 29 09:38:43 EST 2003
# Sat Mar 29 09:39:13 EST 2003
# Sat Mar 29 09:39:43 EST 2003
# Sat Mar 29 09:40:13 EST 2003
KD1LY-9>T1PR1V,RELAY,WIDE2-2:`e?X!,Fk/>"41}Lstn146.521or147.39
# Sat Mar 29 09:40:43 EST 2003
# Sat Mar 29 09:41:13 EST 2003

Oddly, it appears no one else RELAYed KD1LY-9's messages, while he drove
by here.  He was RELAYed earlier, though, when he was farther east.


	Cheers, 

		-Tom, KD1UL


"Curt Mills, WE7U" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Tom Young wrote:
> 
> > Success!
> 
> Great!
> 
> > to enter KISS mode.  I did this in Minicom and was able to see the kind
> > of packets you describe (fortunately, wo/screen commands).
> 
> Excellent.  I love it when a plan comes together...
> 
> >       1) How to get the TNC out of KISS mode, without doing a hard reset.
> >          Solved via Google:  enter
> >               <ALT>192
> >               <ALT>255
> >               <ALT>192
> >                ENTER
> >            to return to TERMINAL mode.
> >           (It would be nice if Xastir did this when leaving the KISS
> > interface.)
> 
> That's been requested before.  Most of us who run in KISS mode
> _never_ come out of it for any reason, so the actual utility of
> being able to make Xastir do that is minimal.
> 
> >       2) How to tell if I'm RELAYing any packets.  Will Xastir substitute my
> > callsign when it digipeats?
> 
> I believe Xastir should do that, yes.
> 
> > The 'RELAY Digipeat' button is pressed
> > in the Configure
> >          KISS TNC dialog and I can xmit manually.   I have not noticed any
> > digipeating
> >          but then I have not seen any packets that need me to RELAY.   I'll
> > let
> >          it run tonight and check the log tomorrow.   DIGIPEAT is ON in the
> > TNC, but
> >          I don't know if this is correct, unnecessary, or what in KISS mode.
> 
> "Digipeat on" in terms of a TNC command has no effect in KISS mode.
> In fact, none of your TNC commands have any effect while in KISS
> mode.
> 
> --
> Curt Mills, WE7U                    hacker_NO_SPAM_ at tc.fluke.com
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