[Xastir-dev] Help testing messaging

[Curt, WE7U]

On Wed, 18 May 2005, Tom Russo wrote:

> > Format for WHO-IS is just "WHO-IS" as the destination and someone's
> > callsign as the message body.  A successful test will be a return
> > message from the WHO-IS server and the ack's getting recognized both
> > ways.
>
> Here's what I saw (my outgoing path was obviously overkill, but I wanted
> to be sure I hit an igate quickly):
> 0:TX -> KM5VY>APX151,WIDE3-3::WHO-IS   :WE7U{AC}00
> 0:TNC-> KM5VY>APX151,WIDE3-2::WHO-IS   :WE7U{AC}00
> 0:TNC-> W5MPZ-1>APS221,WIDE3-2:}WHO-IS>APJSWI,TCPIP,W5MPZ-1*::KM5VY    :ackAC}
>
> so I got an ack from WHO-IS and xastir recognized it, changing the shading of
> the message in the dialog.

The only thing I see strange above is the "00" at the end of the
transmit.  I don't think Xastir should be doing that, but I'd have
to go look at the reply-ack protocol again to be sure.  It doesn't
appear to hurt anything in this case though.


> Then:
> 0:TNC-> W5MPZ-1>APS221,WIDE3-1:}WHO-IS>APJSWI,TCPIP,W5MPZ-1*::KM5VY    :WE7U/E/CURTIS E MILLS/ARLINGTON, WA 98223{01
>  0:TX -> KM5VY>APX151,WIDE3-3::WHO-IS   :ack01
>
> I don't know if WHO-IS recognized the ack, but I didn't see any repeats of the
> reply, so I assume so.
>
> I was using code updated this evening, RF only.

That all looks great!  Thanks.

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