[Xastir] does Xastir work with Rascal interface?

[BDonnell at ar-northwest.com]

A choice I like better for laptops  that have serial ports rather than using a sound card is to use a Baycom-type modem.  It leaves your sound hardware free, and only requires a single connector from the laptop to the modem.  I think there's even someone out there who makes a miniature one that's all within a D-sub 9-pin connector (what many refer to as a DB-9, but is really a DE-9).  And over the long haul, a D-sub connector is a lot more rugged than the 3.5mm phone jacks used for sound card connections.  Many of the Baycom-style modems will run off the power that can be gleaned from the laptop's serial port.

And there's kernel support for Linux using these devices too.  The installation process is similar to the soundmodem, but not identical.

73, Bob, KD7NM

> -----Original Message-----
> From: xastir-bounces at xastir.org [mailto:xastir-bounces at xastir.org]On
> Behalf Of Ronny Julian
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:45 AM
> To: xastir-xastir.org List
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] does Xastir work with Rascal interface?
> 
> 
> The soundmodem  driver and multi app interface sounds like 
> the way to go. 
> 
> Dream shot:
> 2 laptop portable stations.  Both running Rascal interfaces and some 
> type of Linux OS.  I don't have a built in CD rom in either 
> laptop but 
> they do have PCMCIA type 2 ports.  I had though of getting a 
> type 2 CDR 
> drive for loading OS and maps.  Unless anyone knows a way to map over 
> ethernet to a desktop box for instalation of  the OS and such?
> 
> 1 home station on full time running both APRS and some type of I-Gate 
> software.  I know nothing about the capabilities of an I-Gate but I 
> don't mind sharing bandwidth if their are some cool apps.
> 
> I am definatly going to Linux of some type.   I have tried 
> UI-View and 
> WinAPRS and I am not impressed with either.  The AGW 
> interface is stable 
> but I can't seem to make either of the APRS programs to work 
> all the time.
> 
> Curt, WE7U wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Ronny Julian wrote:
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Does it work and if so how?  I have two along with two 
> laptops I'd like
> >>to get going.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Isn't that just a hardware interface between a radio and soundcard?
> >Something more?
> >
> >If it's just an interface doo-hickey (technical term, don't worry
> >about it), you can run the usermode "soundmodem" driver in Linux or
> >Solaris, or run AGWPE in Windows to use the soundcard as an
> >interface, then Xastir can connect to that interface.
> >
> >Tell us what OS you're using, and if Linux, whether you wish to use
> >the AX.25 kernel networking (which allows you to share an interface
> >across multiple applications and do ethernet-like routing of
> >packets), or whether you just wish to use Xastir talking to one port
> >and that's all (which allows a simpler setup overall).
> >
> >--
> >Curt, WE7U.   APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
> >"Lotto:    A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
> >"Windows:  Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
> >"The world DOES revolve around me:  I picked the coordinate system!"
> >
> >  
> >
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