[Xastir] Looking for serial->IP widget

[Curt Mills, WE7U]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jack Twilley wrote:

> I have two different desires which are contradictory:
>
>  * I like rebuilding Xastir from CVS to test changes and updates
>  * I like long-term data collection
>
> I am looking for a small, simple program that will sit on my serial
> port, listen to my TNC, and store the data in files based on date/time
> information.  This program must also provide a server that is
> compatible with Xastir.  I guess what I'm looking for is an igate but
> with logging.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?  Please let me know.

Yea.  Xastir-2!

What we need is someone to start the ball rolling.  This seems like
a perfect time to do it!


1) Separate the I/O code off into it's own daemon.

2) Create an SQL database that's fed by the I/O daemon.

3) Tweak the rest of Xastir to feed from the database.


A more short-term solution:
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1) Use Xastir's logging functions to store everything received in
log files.

2) Use cron to split them up by day/hour/whatever and perhaps
archive/expire them.

3) Tweak Xastir so that when it starts up, it auto-slurps the log
files (or some of them).

You could also set up a Perl server that's local to your box, and
have it feed Xastir when Xastir first starts up.  I have code that
you could start from, to make this job easier.

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