[Xastir] First Time CVS source

Curt Mills, WE7U hacker at tc.fluke.com
Thu Jul 10 13:14:26 EDT 2003


On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Stephen West-Fisher wrote:

> Yep, it's getting valid strings and positions. However, it's never
> switching back. Now I understand why you didn't understand me about the
> timing. The previous code was not switching back to TNC mode when it
> received a valid position, it would wait until the timer setting time.
> For instance, if the Timing was set for 60 seconds, it would listen to
> the GPS for 60 seconds with DTR low, then DTR would go high for 60
> seconds, then back to the GPS for 60 seconds, etc. Note that even though
> DTR would go high, and I would see the recieve light on the TNC, and the
> light on the tester would flicker, Xastir never showed the red arrow, or
>   displayed any knoledge of the reception. Now, with DTR on a continious
> low, the red reception arrow is constantly lit.

You've provided good info on the problem, and more importantly, you
keep bugging us about it, which keeps it higher on the priority
list.  Squeeky wheel gets the grease and all that...

I'll try to look at this during lunchtime today.  It shouldn't take
long to fix.

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Curt Mills, WE7U                    hacker_NO_SPAM_ at tc.fluke.com
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