[Xastir] xastir on Solaris and AEA PK232

[Jack Twilley]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Shackelford <alan_s at shaknet.net> writes:

Alan> Dear hams, I spent the better part of a Saturday getting,
Alan> compiling and configuring xastir on Solaris 9. It comes up just
Alan> fine, and loads a map, and shows my station in the proper
Alan> place. I have checked the comms between the PakRatt and the
Alan> Ultra5 running Solaris 9 using `cu` (the Solaris program for
Alan> talking through the serial port) and the APRS data are coming in
Alan> just fine. But in xastir the data are jumbled, like when the
Alan> baud rate or parity are wrong. No stations appear on the screen,
Alan> but my station is definitely sending correctly (I can see it on
Alan> findu.com with correct position and time).

It sounds like you've got the baud rate and parity set correctly, if
findu.com can see the correct information.

Alan> Is anyone running xastir on Solaris with a AEA PK232 PakRatt?

I am using an AEA PK232mbx on FreeBSD, and there's a few others out
there using Solaris currently.

Alan> What does the tnc-startup.sys look like, and how should the
Alan> serial port be configured?

There is a file "config/tnc-start.aea" which has been in the CVS
repository for nearly two years, so if you've got a recent version of
the software, it should be there.  Have you tried that?

I've got the serial port configured as 9600 8N1, if that helps.
Before I use the AEA with xastir, I connect with tip and send a set of
*'s to make sure it's on the right baud rate -- I haven't gotten
around to permanently fixing the battery problem.

Alan> I had this working last year before my shack got destroyed by a
Alan> young girl in an uninsured SUV, but now that the rigs are
Alan> recovered from the rubble pile I can't seem to get the software
Alan> running.

Bummer on last year's loss, glad to hear you're coming back from
adversity.

Alan> Alan NG3B

Jack.
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