[Xastir] dumb but quick questions

Chris Howard chris at yipyap.com
Mon May 19 08:15:45 EDT 2003


On Sun, May 18, 2003 at 11:14:27PM -0500, Jim Shorney wrote:
> 
> Digi_Ned talks to the TNC in KISS mode through the AX.25 stuff.  Your
> existing TNC should work fine if it supports KISS mode; I'm running
> just such a setup here.  The Digi_Ned docs detail how to set it up, and
> Digi_Ned has some powerful digi rules that you can use to cover those
> dusty corners.  They way I have it set up, Digi_Ned handles the TNC and
> feeds Hamish Moffat's version of aprsd, which I then connect Xastir (or
> any other APRS software capable of connecting to the Linux box over the
> LAN) to.  Works pretty slick, with the side benefit that I can have
> APRS on any LAN-connected machine in the house with one TNC/radio, and
> also do iGateing through aprsd if I want to...
> 

My TNC is an ancient MFJ Multimode Data Controller.  I don't
think it knows about KISS.  But I will check that out.

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chris at yipyap.com                                 Estes Park, Colorado  USA



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