[Xastir] Xastir w/soundcard

[Curt, WE7U]

On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Andrew Rich wrote:

> This is driving me nuts sorry
>
> 1) The 706 has an RTTY port - its a stereo plug that take in logic to shift
> the tx using rtty only
> 2) You should not use the ACC port either
> 3) Use the data socket, it is designed for AUDIO IN, PTT, and AUDIO out
> 4) There is NO system in existance that I know of that allows XASTIR to be
> used with a sound card

a) AGWPE on a Windows box used with Xastir on the same or any other
box.

b) "soundmodem" on Solaris, configured as a serial KISS TNC.  Xastir
running on Solaris.

c) "soundmodem" on Linux, configured as a serial KISS TNC or as an
AX.25 networking device.  Xastir running on Linux.

We have users which run each of these configurations.

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