[Xastir] Server Port vs. Internet Server?

[Andrew Rich (VK4TEC)]

How to connect to XASTIR server socket using PERL

Do you need an intermediatory program ? Are the formats the same ?

You can do this by hand too ;-)

telnet 192.168.0.188 2023
user VK4TEC pass 21694 vers XASTIR 1.3.3 <rtn> 



#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::Telnet;
my $host = "192.168.0.188";
my $t = new Net::Telnet(Timeout => '5',port => '2023');
$t->errmode('return');
$t->Net::Telnet::open($host);
print $t "user VK4TEC pass 21694 vers XASTIR 1.3.3\n";
while (<$t>)
{
print $t }
}
$t->close();

> Hello all,
> 
> I have been experimenting with Xastir for SAR and am very impressed. 
> What I would like to do is use Xastir with my TNC and connect Dmapper to 
> the Xastir Server Port to allow other team members to see position 
> reports in Maptech while the main computer is running Xastir. I'm 
> testing this setup on a single PC running WinXP and Cygwin but plan to 
> use SuSE for the Xastir box once I get the configuration working right.
> 
> Dmapper has a telnet function that can connect to an APRS Internet 
> server, and this works just fine. However, when I connect Dmapper to the 
> Xastir Server Port I see incoming data but Dmapper doesn't decode the 
> positions.
> 
> Is there a difference between the output of the Xastir Server Port and 
> the output of an APRS Internet server?
> 
> Dmapper doesn't authenticate to the server, but I didn't think this 
> would make any difference because UI-View32 works just fine connecting 
> to the Xastir Server Port without authentication.
> 
> Here is the relevant Xastir output I see in the Cygwin terminal after 
> connecting and then disconnecting in Dmapper:
> 
>  > X_spider client connected from address 127.0.0.1
>  > X_spider session terminated, unauthenticated user, address 127.0.0.1
> 
> I'm using Xastir CVS compiled on 11/8/2004.
> 
> Thanks and keep up the good work!
> 
> Kevin
> KB9MQU
> 
> 
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Andrew Rich (VK4TEC) <vk4tec at tech-software.net>