[Xastir-dev] Server to server gating?

[Curt, WE7U]

On Mon, 1 Feb 2010, Jason KG4WSV wrote:

> OK, so server to server gating is not a good idea without lots of
> thought beforehand, and I bluntly don't have time for lots of thought
> before i get requirements nailed down, so we will stick to rf ->
> server and server -> rf modes of gating only.
>
> My problem now is testing this, because they do not have a requirement
> to implement an RF interface (due to unknown variables with RS232
> interfacing).  There's no real way to test gating, and it doesn't make
> any sense, if multiple server ports are all you are required to
> implement.
>
> thoughts on that?

When I was playing with OpenTrac protocol I recall connecting Xastir
to a pseudo port and then reading/writing that port.  You should be
able to do the same and connect a testing script or a dumb terminal
to that pseudo port for testing, thereby skipping the real
hardware/serial port/TNC.

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