[Xastir] Change to RELAY digipeat function

[Curt, WE7U]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Donald C. Hitt wrote:

> Hang on.......
> "WIDE1-1" is not the same as "WIDE" for other reasons.
> "WIDE1" is the same as "WIDE".
>
> WIDE1-1 will go through 2 wideN-n digi's. The first reduces WIDE1-1 to
> WIDE1-0 which is displayed as WIDE1, and then it will go through the second
> digi before it becomes WIDE1*. So WIDE1-1 is 2 digi's and WIDE or RELAY is
> one digi. I had a hard time with this also but with computers you have to
> deal with zero's as an integer.
>
> The next time you see a "WIDEn" in a path with no star you know it has one
> more WIDE to go before it gets marked as a used path entry.
>
> At least that is the way it works on the UIDIGI's around me.
> Maybe that is what should be fixed.

Yes, they should be fixed.  UIDigi ROM's have a bug where they do an
extra digipeat at the end.  KPC-3's, 3+'s, and I think Paccomm TNC's
don't work that way.  This was discussed just last week or the week
before on APRSSIG.

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