[Xastir] Whishes

[Rick Green]

That was my first thought, too.  Then I noticed that the question was
specifically about an ax.25 interface, not a serial TNC.

  That said, it's not in the 'unix style' to add such features to an
application program.  High-level application programs are not supposed to
be swiss army knives that are attempt to perform every function under the
sun, albeit poorly. The 'unix style' is more towards smaller, modular
programs that perform more specific functions.  It would be more
appropriate to have a separate standalone test/calibrate program to open
the interface and send solid tones or arbitrary text.  That would be
usable by all ax25 users, not just those that are interested in aprs.
-- 
Rick Green

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
 temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
                                  -Benjamin Franklin

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 BDonnell at ar-northwest.com wrote:

> And most standalone TNC's provide a CALIBRATE command, which allows you
> to use a terminal program, as Curt mentioned, to key and unkey the
> transmitter, and to select which tone to use for the test, or to diddle
> back and forth between the two tones, at a high rate.  Most of these
> also incorporate a watchdog feature, such that if you leave the TNC in
> transmit for "too long", the TNC will drop out of transmit on its own,
> typically after 30 seconds or 60 seconds of continuous transmit.
>
> Bob, KD7NM