[Xastir-dev] args to data_add()

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004, Tom Russo wrote:

> Perhaps it would be better to hack up a generic 'fake tnc' program
> that xastir can connect to as if it were an APRS Internet Server?
> That little program could read FlightGear's position reports, then
> generate artificial APRS packets for xastir to read through a TCP
> connection. Xastir could then do real-time updates rather than have to
> be told to read a log file.
>
> I think it would be best not to hack the functionality into xastir
> itself.  But it should be very easy to make that little linkage
> program and use existing xastir functionality.

Excellent idea, and I've done similar things for use in testing
Xastir before:  A perl program that generates packets and has a
listening socket for Xastir to connect to.

You could do the same with a /dev/ptyXX interface.

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