[Xastir] object display problems

[Bryan Klofas]

Hello--

archer at eskimo.com wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Gerry Creager (N5JXS) wrote:
> 
> 
>>Check in the 'Stations' drop down menu and see if you have anything
>>selected for display.  Likeely, you do not.  It takes a while to get a
>>feel for initial configs, and if you're like me, you will find yourself
>>changing them almost every time you are using xastir and think of
>>another test to perform or station to track.
> 
> 
> One of your responses pointed to the likely problem:  Your packets
> coming in from the TNC are split into two lines, header and info.
> You need to set the parameter for the TNC so that each packet comes
> in as one line, or else kick the TNC into KISS mode and use that
> instead.  Be aware that if you put the TNC into KISS mode, it takes
> a trick or two to get it back out into normal TNC mode again.  Most
> people that have been into packet for a while keep their TNC's in
> KISS mode and never take them back out.  That's what I do.
> 
> The TNC command for making each packet into one received line is
> probably something like "headerln".

This did it. I tried Kiss mode, but didn't do anything; the packets 
didn't even get to the computer. Maybe this is because I am running on 
very old firmware, version 5.0 on a KPC3. Turning off headerln in just 
the non-kiss mode worked, and everything is fine now. Thanks for your help.
-- 
Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO
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